Winter is over and Spring is here but we are looking at all heavy, warm winter things. If you have space in your house to remove winter items from your closet and change bins out from your storage, that is the best way to feel like a new season has sprung since your...
When we speak to clients, there’s often a blurred line about what a cleaning service provides and what a home organizer can do. To clear up some of the confusion and dispel some of the myths, here are a few things to keep in mind: Equipment Organizing consists...
We Always Need to Purge In an earlier post I talked about how to purge items that are not needed in the kitchen to free up space. Today I have lots of information as to how long we should keep fruits and vegetables before we have to purge them. Most of us have 5...
We Always Need to Purge In a previous post, I talked about how long Fruits and Vegetables last and how most of us have 5 categories related to food in our kitchen: The last 3 are what I’ll cover today. Grains Crackers: best quality 6-9 months unopened. Retain their...
We Always Need to Purge! Purging Defined: deleting or getting rid of non-required items. Purge Process: freeing up space! If you don’t get rid of anything then you are just going to be rearranging instead of organizing. Your space will revert back to a mess in no...
We Always Need to Purge! Purging Defined: deleting or getting rid of non-required items. Purge Process: freeing up space! I find that we have 2 rooms (the bathroom and kitchen) that are the easiest and fastest to purge because you don’t have to really think about it...
Have you been a snowbird forever and now want to care for only one house but you live in that other state most of the time and wonder how that can happen? Today I’m going to talk about the 8 steps that I took to help organize my mom’s entire house, had it sold and had...
There is no such thing as a ‘simple move’. Planning and organizing beforehand is key to a smooth move no matter how big or small it is. Today I’m going to talk about how I am switching families and a few rooms next month and the 6 important steps to take to make it...
Do you have a college kid that needs an apartment but you have no time to pack and set up a new place for them? Today I’m going to talk about 2 different types of moves that were needed for my niece as she moved out of her parent’s home and into a 1-bedroom apt. to...
Today I’m going to talk about a senior couple whose life changed suddenly and they had their affairs taken care of by a Trust Officer at a local bank. So this woman who was 72 years old had a husband with dementia, she was taking a trip to Florida before she went on a...
