How To Organize

Are you getting ready to sell your home and move to a smaller place? Or, are you downsizing and staying where you are? No matter which you are doing you will need to evaluate your belongings and decide what stays and what goes. If you have lived in your home for more than a couple of years you will have lots to assess. How will you do this with a minimum of fuss and bother? Is it even possible to downsize your home without drama? As a professional organizer, I can tell you the answer is “Yes!”.  I have done…

Keeping clothes tidy is something that can impact how your bedroom looks. When clothes are piled all over the bedroom it looks disorganized and cluttered. Some people don’t have a closet and others don’t have a dresser to use. Today I’m talking about how to organize clothes without a dresser. There are many creative ways to organize clothes without a dresser. Some people even prefer having no dresser because it’s easier to see the clothes that are available to wear. It is also easier to put clothes away when you don’t have to open and close a dresser drawer. Here…

It’s time friends. Time to return our homes back to normal and put away our holiday decorations. Yes. The holiday rush is over. We are now left with the job of cleaning up. It was so much fun, wasn’t it, to get out the decorations and feel the anticipation of the holidays. It is not so much fun in reverse. We have to get out the boxes and crates which hold the decorations, stuff the decorations inside as quickly as possible, and return the boxes and crates to the attic, basement, or storage room. Really? What if we went about…

Let’s be honest, here. I don’t know about your purse, but my purse contains my life. When I don’t know where it is I get a little anxious. How about you? When I can’t find something that I KNOW is in my purse I also get a little anxious and even upset. I think to myself, it must be there. That’s where I always put … (you can fill in the blank). Does that ever happen to you? It is very important to me to keep my purse organized because it’s one simple way for me to avoid stress and…

Organizing a small house is a challenging project. It can sometimes feel almost impossible to organize a small house when there is no storage. That is when you need to be creative and think outside the box. As a professional organizer I am often asked how best to store things when there is no obvious or apparent place to store them. Here are my tips. Tips to organize a small house with no storage Evaluate what you own Be critical as you decide what you are keeping. Here are some questions to ask yourself. Do you use it? If you…

I love socks. There’s nothing my feet like better than a pair of comfy socks to cushion my feet unless it’s a fabulous foot massage and pedicure. Even though I love my socks they sometimes present problems. They get lost easily and it can be difficult to find the pair you want unless you know how to organize your socks. Looking for the right pair of socks can make you take extra time getting ready in the morning. Time is already tight in the morning, there’s no need to waste it looking for just the right pair of socks. It’s…

We are about to enter that time of year when some people decorate the inside and outside of their homes with seasonal decor. It seems we hit the pause button on seasonal decorations during the summer but once the temperature starts to drop it’s time to decorate again. Like everything else in your house it’s a good idea to only keep the decorations that you truly love and to purge decorations that you don’t use. Here are 3 steps to take to purge decorations you no longer want to use 1. Find the decorations Find all the holiday decorations you…

Almost everyone wants to be more organized than they are in one or more areas of their home or life. Sometimes people postpone, delay, or procrastinate organizing an area because it brings up too many emotions. They feel overwhelmed. We know that organizing can be an emotional and difficult process. Is it possible to get organized without losing it and becoming a complete wreck? As a professional organizer, I’m here to tell you that, yes, it is possible to get organized without throwing a tantrum, dissolving in tears, or becoming so filled with emotion that you can’t do anything. Think…