declutter
On a Saturday morning, I met with my Alameda client. She was really worried about the piles of paper that were cluttering her desktop. “This is going to be horrible” were her exact words as we stepped into her home office. I told her not to panic and then we set about our work, paper [...]
Recently one of my ATHO facebook followers posed this question: ”Can everyone be organized? My husband seems like a lost cause to me…” I’ve been pondering that question, because I use to think that everyone could be organized. After 20 years as a professional organizer, I now understand that while every space can be organized [...]
Here’s a great post from Aby Garvey, at Simplify 101 on organizing an area in the house just for homework. She took a lovely old cabinet, put it in the kitchen and converted it into “homework central”. Some of her great tips are below: Equip your homework station with essential supplies. Use your storage [...]
Sorry to say, but it doesn’t appear that this recession will be over as quickly as we had all hoped. As I check in with past clients, I find that a number of them have lost their jobs, most of them are women and they are no where near retirement age. Those of us who [...]
Many of us have at least one drawer in the house, usually in the kitchen, that we call the “junk drawer”. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it usually contains! Keeping a drawer like this defeats even the original purpose of a junk drawer – to house miscellaneous items, that are needed from time to time, not [...]
A minimalist approach to books – from ZenHabits: Yes, books. I know for many of us, getting rid of possessions is an attractive prospect … but not books! Books are sacred. Right? Well, maybe. I love books as much as anyone. I love them in a physical way, with certain pleasure-inducing parts of my brain [...]
My clients had always envisioned turning their now grown son’s room into a guest and crafts area. But, as so often happens, the room never quite got there. Instead, it became the cluttered ”catch all” room where everything landed in a heap. Month after month went by, and the room just got more and more [...]
I know how much you all love your refrigerator magnets! I wish I had stock in the companies that dream up these things. I can’t remember the last time I walked into a house and didn’t find the refrig covered in plastic sushi, animals of all kinds, postcards, photos, outdated menus, plumber ads for plumbers [...]
Whether you work from home or off-site, if you are trying to grow your business and do your best work, I urge you to take a good look around your office and ask yourself if it is supporting your goals. Do you look forward to going into your office everyday? Do you know where to [...]
This is the story of a home transformation. It starts in 2007, when an East Bay couple emailed me for help. Could I, a professional organizer, work with them to change their small “cottage” type home into the place of their dreams? Could it be done on a budget and could they do most of [...]
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