Embrace Your Inner Slob
We spend a lot of time on AT talking about the virtues of keeping a clean house. For some, this comes naturally, for others it's a struggle. Jump below to embrace your inner slob:...
We spend a lot of time on AT talking about the virtues of keeping a clean house. For some, this comes naturally, for others it's a struggle. Jump below to embrace your inner slob:...
It seems life around the house is a constant balancing act between deciding to limit how much comes into the house (in addition to thinning out what's here) and deciding on a piece of furniture that c...
My grandmother's thriftiness is the stuff of family legend. While some of the stories seem incredible (like the time she mentioned that she switched her sneakers from one foot to the other to preve...
We've been trying to clear out the books in our house; coincidentally we came across an article that asked, if you're not enjoying them, why finish the books you start. But of course! And then we st...
I met Gina Lazenby very recently, thanks to HomeExchange: After seeing her beautiful home online, I rushed to contact her. Of course, her place was already booked for another exchange; but I discove...
Beyond throwing open the windows and getting the dirt out of the corners, Spring is a great time to lighten the load of furniture and stuff from inside your house. In the Cure, one of the first assig...
A Smead Manufacturing email that landed in our inbox yesterday reminded us of National Pack Rat Day (always on May 17th). Smead conducted a national survey which we found quite interesting......
To put stuff in that space above your kitchen wall cabinets or to leave them empty. That is a question that plagues many a homeowner and apartment dweller, isn’t it? On the one hand, it’s a prime...
In places like the kitchen and the bathroom that get a lot of use it's just inevitable that stuff needs to be out on the counter. Whether it's olive oil, vinegar and salt and pepper shakers or your f...
When the year starts winding down, we start thinking about organizing for the new year. Then mix that in with the fact that the the bf needs more space for his clothes and that means time to clear ou...
Living in a place that has no closets (the only closed storage are the kitchen cabinets) I've been much more aware of how much stuff I use everyday and how much stuff gets used here and there but take...
We had the amazing opportunity to hold an organizing workshop at Cal Tech this past Friday. While we love educating the public with organizing how-to's and basics we always are amazed at what we lear...
Benita's Organized Media! This week in the Cure we're dealing with media: books, cd's, dvd's and magazines. While we're clearing it out, paring it down and organizing it in a way that works and makes...
This week, we're away from home, living out of our suitcase. While we're not necessarily minimalist at home, we find that we're definitely minimal when we pack and when we travel......
About five years ago I took a one day seminar on clearing out clutter. It was something that interested me at the time even though I didn't have a lot of clutter and I was really surprised by one of ...
Oftentimes when we think about decluttering and getting rid of things we might get scared that a) we might need that thing one day or b) our home will be an empty joyless place without all this stuff ...
Gregory's mythical Black AMEX: It's real, and it's fabulous! (Just kidding).MSN Money posted an interesting article over the weekend reflecting on our current economic crisis and how its affecting Am...
Although Escapes Month just ended, we find Fall to be the best time to travel. Often fares are more reasonable, it's not boiling hot, and exotic destinations aren't as overrun with (other) tourists. ...
In your home, it's easy to fill up a bookcase, tabletop or sideboard with stuff. Just stuff. Lamps, books, bills, picture frames, more books, magazines, trays - just stuff. While these may be things ...
A professional organizer will ask a client a handful of questions to help them part with their belongings. We realize that some items are harder to part with than others and we'd like to suggest a di...
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...