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General Tips for Decluttering and Organizing Part 2
If you are tired of coming home to a pigsty, but are having a hard time figuring out where to get started with organization (or finding the time or energy), our home organization ideas will be a big help. If you haven’t yet, check out part 1 of our home organization tips to learn about […]
General Tips for Decluttering and Organizing Part 1
Looking for tips for decluttering your home? You’ve come to the right place. Whether you want to organize your kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, hall closets, mudroom, or another area of your house, you will not get very far if you do not tackle it with the right approach and mindset. These tips for organizing your home […]
Family Command Center Organization Tips
Family Command Center Organization Tips A family command center is one of the most useful things you can create in your home to stay organized! A family organization center allows you to consolidate tasks, paperwork, incoming and outgoing mail, and more. If you are looking for family command center ideas, you are in the right […]
Do You Have a Household Notebook
If you’re the one in charge of keeping your household organized, it is a great idea to arm yourself with the best possible tools for the job. That means stocking up on home organization products and also coming up with some clever tactics for keeping track of chores and goals. A household planner notebook is […]
De-Cluttering Tip Create a Donation Station
What is the hardest part of getting your house organized? Finding organization supplies which are affordable and convenient? Nope, that is pretty easy with a nice set of plastic storage bins. Finding time to organize? That probably depends on how busy you are, but most of us can find plenty of time on the weekends. […]
Decluttering Strategies – Box and Banish Method
Decluttering Strategies: Box and Banish Method Living in a house full of clutter? Looking for a way to get it all under control? Earlier I talked about the popular Four Box method. Another popular method which can work just as well, and which is especially helpful in a pinch, is the Box and Banish method. […]
Decluttering Strategies: The Penicillin Method
There are numerous methods for decluttering your home. What is the best decluttering method? It is hard to say, but one strategy developed by an online decluttering expert named Ellen has become quite popular. It’s known as the Penicillin Method. It’s an odd name, but it comes from a metaphor for clutter. Imagine clutter as […]
Cute and Inexpensive Organizing Ideas
One of the biggest reasons that people tend to avoid getting organized in the home or office is a fear of racking up large expenses. This is understandable; if you have a lot that you need to organize, you could end up needing to purchase a lot of supplies. Thankfully there are a lot of […]
Create a Self-Watering Planter with a Couple Plastic Bins
In a recent article, I talked about how you can use clear plastic storage bins as miniature greenhouses for small potted plants and growing seedlings. This is a very cool idea for how you can incorporate plastic storage containers into your gardening efforts, but it is not the only exciting way of using plastic containers […]
Create a Household Organization Center
Do you have an area of your house that isn’t going to use? It could be anything—just a narrow wall in a mudroom, entry hall, or kitchen. All you need is a few feet of space. If you have that, you can set up a household organization center! A household organization center is a great […]
Common Home Organizing Mistakes – Part 3
When you spend a lot of time, energy, and money organizing but do not get the results you are hoping for, it probably means you are making organizing mistakes. The best home organizing ideas in the world will fall flat if you are continually compromising your efforts with poor organizational practices. In parts one and […]
Common Home Organizing Mistakes: Part 2
If you are someone who puts a lot of time and energy into getting organized, but still find yourself feeling disorganized, it could be that you are making common home organizing errors. In our first installment, I talked about the importance of choosing organizational schemes that make sense and offer convenience and logic, not just […]
Common Home Organizing Mistakes – Part 1
Do you put a lot of work into DIY home organization without getting the results you are looking for? Do you spend hours a week cleaning and moving stuff around, and still feel like you are living in the middle of a cluttered mess? It could be that you have been using a lot of […]
Benefits of Organizing Your Clothes
One of the main benefits of organizing your closet is to organize your clothes. But what are the advantages of doing that? You may think of an organized closet as simply a luxury, especially if you are pressed for time each day, but it can be well worth it to invest a little extra time […]
5 Tips for Making Organizing Fun
Cleaning house is something many people dread—but everybody looks forward to living in a clean, well-organized space. The chores won’t do themselves, however. We focus a lot on the practical aspects of cleaning and organizing here: how to organize your to-do lists, what household organization products you need to buy, and how to get family […]