Organize Your Home
How is it possible to keep the inside of your car clutter-free at all times with almost no effort? Introducing… the organized car caddy! It’s not a special gadget with lots of pockets. And it doesn’t live full-time in your car, either. It’s a bin, or bag, or box, or basket that you take out to the…
Whether you do your own taxes, or have them done by someone else, it’s hard to prepare for tax time if your paperwork is a mess! It will take only a few minutes to gather up the pertinent documents if you have good year-round paper management habits. Here’s what I mean:
Who enjoys doing chores? No one, that’s who. But what if I told you there were ways to make chores fun? Or, at least, more fun than they seem now. Chores include house work, meal prep, yard work, paying bills, running errands, grocery shopping, tidying up, cleaning,…
I was sorting clothing with a client. Rather, she was sorting and I was managing the rapidly growing piles. We used white kitchen trash bags to contain categories, clearly labeled by me with a black Sharpie, such as: Keep; Donate; Repair; Try On; Wash. We talked about how, in this case, the labeled bags doubled…
Do you have a creative mess? Do you feel inspired by it…or overwhelmed? I have helped clients organize their quilting and sewing rooms; scrapbooking, jewelry making, painting, and glass art studios; and elementary school art classrooms. Their respective supplies and equipment all had different storage requirements, but the clients all had these things in common:
Congratulations! You’re moving! Whether you’re upsizing or downsizing, moving for a change of scenery, a change in family, or a change in career, this is an exciting, scary, fun, stressful time! The more organized you are, the less stressful it will be. Here are some ways to be more organized during a move:
Do you have a closet full of clothing, yet nothing to wear? Is everything crammed in so tightly that everything’s wrinkled, and you can’t even see what your choices are? We only wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time anyway, so why not purge a few things? I promise this is a case…
For some folks Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday house guest season, but around here it’s October’s Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. People come from all over the world to participate, to experience, and to visit us in our homes. Of course it’s nice to have a spare room devoted to only guests, but not everyone has…
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