Simple Green: Use What You've Got
Eliminate the need to recycle something, to throw it away, to find a new home for it by not buying that new thing to begin with. So often it's easy to think we need the newest latest whatever, but it...
Eliminate the need to recycle something, to throw it away, to find a new home for it by not buying that new thing to begin with. So often it's easy to think we need the newest latest whatever, but it...
I used to go to the Jet Rag One Dollar Sale just to find great fabric that I would use someday when the time was right. Well for some of the pieces it's been almost 10 years. I wonder if I dare let ...
Another double duty item to help get us organized: this melamine 3 part tray from Pier 1 is the perfect way to keep small things from spreading out all over the house. See 6 ideas for how to corral ...
There's a spot near our telephone, on top of a built-in shelf that divides our kitchen from our dining room, that's a convenient place to put down our mail, the contents of our handbag, receipts. Unf...
When our lives and minds are already overwhelmed with their own kind of clutter, decluttering and organizing our homes can seem like the ultimate impossible task. Mom of 2 Missuswayne asks how to ove...
When our lives and minds are already overwhelmed with their own kind of clutter, decluttering and organizing our homes can seem like the ultimate impossible task. Mom of 2 Missuswayne asks how to ove...
When our lives and minds are already overwhelmed with their own kind of clutter, decluttering and organizing our homes can seem like the ultimate impossible task. Mom of 2 Missuswayne asks how to ove...
Yesterday, Laure blogged about clutterers who can't let go of stuff. Did you know that there are actually five types? Which kind are you? Survey after the jump......
Yesterday, Laure blogged about clutterers who can't let go of stuff. Did you know that there are actually five types? Which kind are you? Survey after the jump......
But I might need these catalogs!So we're trying to get organized this month (or at least take a stab at it, right?). Well as Flylady says, you can't organize clutter, you can only get rid of it. One...
But I might need these catalogs!So we're trying to get organized this month (or at least take a stab at it, right?). Well as Flylady says, you can't organize clutter, you can only get rid of it. One...
But I might need these catalogs!So we're trying to get organized this month (or at least take a stab at it, right?). Well as Flylady says, you can't organize clutter, you can only get rid of it. One...
We're at the beginning of Organizing and Spring Cleaning Month and want to know: Where are you most challenged when it comes to organizing? Are you in desperate need of a solution to an organizing di...
Last week when we were talking about How To Media Fast, it seemed that more than watching TV, people are spending hours and hours everyday (even after they get home from work) on the internet. A huge...
Before we left on our big trip, we talked about packing light for a trip and at home. We're glad to report that packing light totally paid off and has committed us even more to the idea that small is...
Before we left on our big trip, we talked about packing light for a trip and at home. We're glad to report that packing light totally paid off and has committed us even more to the idea that small is...
We're getting ready for a pretty exciting trip to China and have vowed to pack lighter than ever. This has made us think about what it is we really need, in a suitcase and at home......
Throughout the Cure you're encouraged to use your Outbox, a corner or box or room that you've designated to put anything that isn't fitting in, adding or working in a room. Trust us, it helps with se...
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. --William Morris...
Our mailman hates us. Really. We get way too many magazines. It’s a wonder we find the time to read them all, let alone blog or eat. We’re trying to cut back and read them online, but we think...
Yes, half of this is at our house nowAs we begin the Cure, we're faced with all this stuff in our homes. Even if we've put the apartment on a diet it can still be emotionally taxing to sort through w...
Yes, half of this is at our house nowAs we begin the Cure, we're faced with all this stuff in our homes. Even if we've put the apartment on a diet it can still be emotionally taxing to sort through w...
To go along with yesterday's things cluttering up the bathroom post and Gregory's post about when things start possessing you, we were reminded that if we feel overwhelmed with how much stuff we have ...
To go along with yesterday's things cluttering up the bathroom post and Gregory's post about when things start possessing you, we were reminded that if we feel overwhelmed with how much stuff we have ...
Having just moved, I had a chance to take another look at everything I was hanging onto in the bathroom and all that I could let go of. Ironically I still moved it all and decluttered once I was in t...