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Monday 20 May, 2024
Outdoor Organization Checklist
It’s finally springtime, and summer is coming up fast. Is it starting to warm up outside where you are? If so, it is the perfect time to tackle those outdoor cleaning and organizing tasks you haven’t been able to take care of over the winter. It’s a good idea to get them out of the […]
Monday 13 May, 2024
Make the Most of the Space Under Your Kitchen Sink
How often do you take the time to do some under kitchen sink organization? This is an area of the kitchen which is easy to neglect, because odds are you don’t even think about it most of the time. You just grab what you need and put it back. Only when you can’t find something […]
Monday 06 May, 2024
4 Obstacles Stopping You From Organizing
“Why can’t I get organized?” is a question you may end up asking yourself on a regular basis. Around this time of year, we look back at our failings over the past year and we think about what we want to achieve over the months ahead. As you look around at the clutter and chaos […]
Monday 29 April, 2024
Getting Organized at Home: Where to Start
“This is it … this is finally the year I am going to get organized!” Going into the new year, you may have big plans to finally get your cluttered house under control. You dream of freeing up space and finally having room for new things—but then you look around at the pigsty in your […]
Monday 22 April, 2024
How to Involve Family Productively in Organizing
Are you looking for ideas for organizing your home with a large family? If you are the stay-at-home parent or you only work part-time, you may feel like it is entirely your job to organize your home. But it is also up to you to organize your household chores, including those associated with decluttering and […]
Monday 15 April, 2024
Soft Drawer Organizers vs. Plastic Bins with Dividers
Trying to figure out the best way to organize your sock drawer, dresser drawer, or the junk drawer in your room? Tired of all your socks, stockings, hair accessories, and other small odds and ends getting mixed together? If so, you need some kind of divider system for your drawer. This allows you to split […]
Monday 08 April, 2024
4 Steps to Organize Your Old Magazines
When you first decide to get a magazine subscription, it’s always a lot of fun. Suddenly you have tons of exciting stuff to read, more of it than you may even be able to get through. After a few months, you have a small pile of magazines, some which you may have read, others which […]
Monday 01 April, 2024
4 Steps to Organize Your Desk
There are few physical spaces in your life which are more central to who you are and what you need to accomplish each day than your desk. When your workplace is cluttered, you may find your thoughts are also cluttered, and you may not be very productive. When you have a clean, well-organized workspace, you […]
Monday 25 March, 2024
4 Organized Pantry Tips
Do you lament the disorganization in your kitchen? A lot of us complain about how long it takes to prepare our food, but oftentimes we are making it harder on ourselves by allowing our kitchens to remain so cluttered. Taking a couple of hours to organize your pantry closet can save you time every day […]
Monday 18 March, 2024
4 Easy Ideas to Declutter Fast with Plastic Bins
When you decide to declutter your home, you may feel daunted at the start by just how many decluttering tasks are ahead of you. There are a lot of small chores you can do though to jumpstart the process and start to declutter your home fast. Plastic bins for organizing are some of the most […]
Monday 11 March, 2024
How to Organize Fabric Scraps
Is your crafting room a mess of fabric scraps right now? If so, it may be time to get those scraps organized so you can get back to enjoying a tidy crafting zone. Let’s talk about how to organize quilt fabric scraps and other types of fabric scraps. 1. First, get rid of sizes you […]
Monday 04 March, 2024
4 Clever Uses for Plastic Lids
A lot of plastic storage containers come with lids, but what do you do with those lids if you have no need to seal your plastic storage bins? Sometimes bins are more useful without their lids, especially small plastic bins in the kitchen or the bedroom or bathroom. When you need to be able to […]
Monday 26 February, 2024
3 Ways to Reward Yourself for Getting Organized
On the surface, getting organized is easy. You can keep costs low by purchasing cheap organization supplies like plastic containers with lids, which are extremely versatile. Organizing itself is more or less a three-step process: Get rid of stuff you no longer need, clean, and put everything back in a more logical fashion. But what […]
Monday 19 February, 2024
3 Ways to Jazz Up Your Plastic Bins
Maybe you bought your plastic storage bins for utilitarian storage in your attic or basement where you will never see them, but maybe not. Maybe they are going in your dorm room or even your living room or bedroom, and lots of people (most importantly you!) are going to be seeing them. Plastic bins offer […]
Monday 12 February, 2024
Re-Evaluating the Question, “What Would I Replace”
Recently I read the suggestion that while decluttering, one should ask oneself the question, “Suppose I lost this possession tomorrow in a fire along with everything else that I own. Would I replace it, or not?” The thinking here is simple enough. If you would answer, “Yes, I would replace this item,” it has measurable […]
