I don’t know what it is, but I seem to move slower in the mornings than I do in the evenings. I’m always comforted by the fact that I’m not alone. The best way to prep for the morning is to do it the night before. What can you do to prepare for the next day? Here are a few…
Category: Organizing Tips
Apartment Worthy vs. House Worthy
I’m house hunting right now and discovering the highs and lows of house buying in today’s environment. As I continue my search, I’ve begun dismantling and packing my apartment. When I started, I thought I would not have a large pile to send to charity as I try to operate a lean and mean operation here. But a funny thing…
Home Staging
I’m buying a house, and I’ve already had two days of house hunting under my belt. Watching the home staging shows on HGTV, I could see how home staging could be important, but I always thought people should be able to look beyond whatever is in the house to see the true beauty and potential of it. I was wrong.…
A Closet Disaster
I was eating breakfast and drinking coffee this morning when I heard the loud crash. I thought for a moment that something hit my apartment building, but I quickly realized the crash came from my apartment. I opened my closet and was stunned to see a pile of clothes and boxes on the floor. The screws of the shelf/closet rod…
Fearless Tossing
As I deleted thousands of e-mails from a client’s inbox, she stood behind me, directing which ones were good to go. She said, “Why can’t I do this without you? You make me less afraid of deleting e-mails.” I’ve come across this with many of my organizing clients. When organizing by themselves, they’re more afraid of throwing things away, more…