Moving – Start Your Planning Early. If you have are fortunate enough to know about your upcoming move, double the time you think you’ll need to get everything done. That will help ease the stress of moving. Once you start packing (learn how to pack like a boss here) you’ll probably realize you have more…
Sooooo, we’ve been mucking around all summer with a kitchen remodel. We’ve been poking around for like a year looking at painted oak cabinets, but it’s a big change, and an expensive one. But we’ve had these old 70’s style golden oak cabinets in our kitchen for a decade and they weren’t very nice. This…
Organizing strategies are one of my best ways to keep my sanity on my busiest days. I’ll bet you struggle with it too. How ’bout if I share with you some products that would really help you boost your own organizing strategies. Let’s face it, part of the key to organizing your belongings is to…
Today we are talking about doing a Spring clean on your digital devices. This is another guest post from my friend Seana Turner of the Seana Method. Seana is a Professional Organizer – she’s actually the President of the Connecticut Chapter of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers) and she’s going to help us with this…
Here we are on Day Three of our New Year’s motivation series. Today, we are talking my best tips to clean/declutter/organize your home. I’ve got more than 100 posts to choose from in this category, so I couldn’t narrow it down to just five posts. Instead, I selected five different types of posts to help…
Thanks so much for stopping by. Today we are going to talk about storage. I think getting the best use out of your storage is something everyone struggles with and I’m sure you do too. We all have SO much stuff and trying to store it in a way that protects it while still giving…
Moving soon? Moving can be a messy, expensive, back-breaking effort, so I feel for you. In the 30 or so years we’ve been married, we’ve moved a total of eight times. I don’t like it much, but I have to say, I’m pretty danged good at it, so I thought I’d put together some tips…
I don’t know about you, but I HATE cleaning! Anytime there is the slightest chance that I could do LESS of it, I am all over it! So, I’ve been doing a little research on the topic and I’ve discovered not one, but SEVEN different ways you can keep your house cleaner by actually doing…
Clutter is one of the one of the biggest challenges in keeping your home looking nice. It can get out of control SO quickly and then you’re up to your neck in dishes, mail, shoes, newspapers, backpacks, etc. If you can just get this one very simple clutter habit under control, you would be…
My definition of a cleaning mistake is one that causes you waste time cleaning. We’re busy people, so why spend MORE time cleaning instead of something more fun? So this is my collection of efficiency tips to make your cleaning routines FAST and EASY! Disclaimer: This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate…
America has a huge love affair with the magazine industry. And I get it, they’re all glossy and pretty and promise all these fresh new ideas. There are thousands of magazines created every month for everything from knitting to golf and every other hobby or interest imaginable. Most people have at least 5 to…
Is it just my imagination, or do we take about a zillion more photos than our parents used to take? I guess it’s because we carry a camera around in our pocket every day, plus we so much more visual than we used to be. But managing all those thousands of photos can be crazy-making….
One of the biggest clutter challenges my readers ask about is PAPER. It’s like a faucet that never shuts off. Every day when the mailman comes – more paper. The kids come home from school – more paper. And don’t get me started on the newspapers, and the magazines, and the coupons. If you don’t…
I think there is one common thread among women and that is the fear and embarrassment of being “caught” with a messy house. I’m not sure if we pick this up from our mothers or from TV or where. But I think it’s a universal feeling, and it’s worse if it happens in front of…
The other day, I was over at the very clean house of one of my “cleanie” friends and it’s really got me thinking. This lady had a gorgeous house that was beautiful and apparently effortlessly clean. I was in several different rooms during my visit and all of them were gorgeously decorated and looking wonderful…
I was over on Pinterest looking at storage solutions to get some ideas for this post. Based on that, I’ve decided the following: These people have a lot of time on their hands and not really all that much stuff. They are much more creative and possibly OCD than I am. They have a large…