Reduce back to school chaos by creating easy to maintain stations.  Applying a few simple systems can save hours of frustration.  Every item must have a place to live for the home to be organized and setting up a few simple systems can make your days run much smoother.  It’s important to set up systems…

The summer months are not amenable to tackling large jobs like basements; however, they can be used to work on smaller, organizing tasks that can be accomplished quickly and will enhance the order in our lives.

People hire organizers because they feel their lives are out of control and they are unable to get organized on their own. Frequently the problem is simply having too much stuff to organize. The question we need to ponder is why do we purchase so much in the first place?

Spring is the time of year when we naturally want to create new beginnings. Often that means we have to shed the old to make room for the new. Shedding can be cathartic; it is the act of physically purging our space which can often also clear our minds and enhances our moods.

This is the time of year that highlights our paper organizing skills.  There is nothing worse than having to sort through piles of paper on your desk, in your drawers or through all those bags and boxes that got stuffed full of papers just before company arrived.  It seems there’s a never ending trail of…

I often remark that Sam’s Club, Costco and BJ’s keep me in business.  Frequently, the first thing I recommend to my clients is that they reduce their purchases to essential items.  I recognize “essential” is a relative concept, but people understand that we often consume needlessly & impulsively.  The heart of disorganization often comes from…

Gather all your garden tools into one location Access the condition of all the tools Repair or throw out broken or unused tools Clean and sharpen tools and oil any moving parts Replenish items such as weed wacker cord, garbage bags and garden ties Clean clay pots with a solution

School Supplies and Backpacks Be sure to clean and sort out all left over school supplies from the previous year so that you know what you already have on hand and what you need to purchase.  Maybe you caught a sale last season and you have 3 extra boxes of crayons that you completely forgot…

So your college kid is coming home for summer break with a car load of “stuff” in tow. That organized checklist you created to make sure junior had everything he needed for a successful college career has now multiplied and is coming back to haunt you for the summer. The problem may be compounded if…

So the kids have moved out and you suddenly have space to spare.  Too often that space becomes a free storage unit for the leftover items your children didn’t want cluttering their new home or it becomes a dumping ground for all those items that can never seem to find a permanent home. You know……

Advance planning is critical to orchestrate any successful move and the timetable below will walk you through all the necessary steps.

A client told me the other day that her husband said she should use only a given number of filing drawers for each category of papers and that should be enough.  Ohhh, if only that were the case, then we could use a one size fits all approach and everyone would be much more organized…