How To Store Your Wet Boots and Shoes

Mother Nature is having some serious mood swings.  Yesterday it was 87 degrees and sunny, pouring rain all night, and this morning I had to pull out my socks and sweaters. So if you’re switching from flip flops to rain boots as often as I am here’s a quickie tip on what to do with…

How To Organize Your Magazines

I don’t know if it’s a male thing, but both my dad and my husband subscribe to a ton of magazines. Seriously how many magazines can a person read? If you or someone in your home is a zine-machine, assess how many of those publications are actually read. If you’re saving up your magazines in…

How To Remember To Return Your Returns

  In our hectic family life I find myself returning things almost as often as I buy them! I don’t always have time to try on clothes at the store or find the exact shade of grey socks my son has asked for, so back to Macy’s or Target they go. So where do I…

How To Keep Your Sheet Sets Organized

Hope you all had a good weekend. 🙂 Here’s a quickie tip to get the week started. Do you have trouble keeping your sheet sets together? Especially those same colored ones for different sized beds; they really tend to get mixed up. And what’s more annoying than making a bed and trying to fit a…

Why A Stairs Basket Is A Must

  My kids’ bedrooms are upstairs. Their play room is upstairs. So why is it that there are crayons, socks, legos and video games downstairs everyday?! I suppose (begrudgingly) I have to accept the fact that my kids will bring stuff down and just focus on how to get it back up..on a daily basis….

Start Organizing Your Photos From TODAY

  Organizing photos is one of the hardest projects to catch up on, and certainly to maintain. Friends and clients often tell me they’re ready to get started but just don’t know where to begin. They have years and years of photos and logically want to start at the beginning but are too overwhelmed. However, contrary…

How To Safeguard Your Documents

In light of all the recent natural disasters, (these tornadoes are mind blowing), I thought I’d share some thoughts on document safety. You probably have a filing system of some sort in your home. In our filing cabinet I keep a folder for everything including “passports”, “birth certificates” and “marriage certificates”. (Oops, sorry honey, I…

Why Do We Save Things?

Do you want to get rid of things but just can’t seem to do it? I’ve been thinking about what makes it so difficult to just move on.  Here are two main reasons why we save stuff, and how to get passed them. 1. We’re worried that we might want to use an item…someday My…

Top 5 Organizing Mistakes

I’ve written a lot about different organizing ideas but there are several reasons why getting organized doesn’t always work. Here are five mistakes to avoid. 1.  Organizing clutter is not going to help you get organized. If you have a lot of stuff that you don’t use or need you will end up spinning your wheels…