Tag Archives: clutter

Simple Living

Simple living is something I long to accomplish. I sit here and look around my cluttered house, filled with mostly things I don’t need. I waste money on these items and am just creating unnecessary trash when I throw them away. I do try to recycle and donate whenever possible, but really, I’d rather just have less stuff. I know I eat way too much junk food and spend far too little quality time with my family. And that is the basis for the simple living movement. Minimize your lifestyle to what you need and love and get rid of … Continue reading →

Not So Extreme Home Makeover

If you have been following my blogs, you might be aware that I’m a big fan of decluttering and organizing while still maintaining a house that never seems to be far from clutter. Now to my defense (watch out, rationalizing here), I have three young children, a work at home career, a hardworking husband in the middle of a huge work project and a healthy sense of procrastination. But I still hate clutter and the feeling that there is no space. So why is it that in the past few weeks we have added three very large items to our … Continue reading →

Clutter and Conflict

While there are those few couples that have the same clutter style, most of the time, spouses have their own tolerances and annoyances when it comes to clutter and cleaning. Here is how to prevent the clutter from driving you both apart. Are you someone who could live in the middle of a chaos of clutter while your spouse has to have everything neat as a pin? Or do you both hate clutter but don’t have any motivation to change it? Perhaps you are both obsessive over making sure that there isn’t a single piece of paper out of place. … Continue reading →

Cleaning Up the Computer Clutter

Is your computer filled with clutter? Clutter in your computer can make you lose time, lose patience and even lose money. I have something to say about cutting the computer clutter. Our desktop machine has gotten so slow lately, you can literally take a quick shower and get dressed while a certain program is still launching. Some programs won’t even load all of the way, and the ones that do often have problems running. Because of this, the best thing to do is to re-image the machine, which basically means wiping everything off of it and starting from scratch. Other … Continue reading →

Avoiding the Paper Pile

When you have one piece of paper on a surface, you have at least ten or more pieces of paper on a surface. The darn things tend to multiply like rabbits. Here is how to get it all under control and preventing it from happening ever again. Identify the hot spots You can’t conquer your enemy if you don’t know him. Go around your home and identify the spots where paper tends to collect. In my household it is on a small antique desk in the front entry where mail tends to collect and on the main desk in the … Continue reading →

The Five Minute Bedroom Pick up

The bedroom can be one of the most neglected areas of the home. Since it isn’t usually a room that is in the general flow of the household or a place that company gets to see, it can get pretty cluttered. This is a shame, because a cluttered bedroom isn’t peaceful or serene for sleep. Here are some tips on having a five minute bedroom pick up. Make the bed Making a bed actually takes less than five minutes. Making the bed is important, because it establishes a routine for the bedroom pick up, and it is amazing how neat … Continue reading →

Preparing for Spring Cleaning

I have to start my spring cleaning early around here. Between caring for young children at home and working at home around their schedules, it can take a while to get everything done. In addition, my plans for spending an entire weekend getting it out of the way usually butts up against all of the spring home improvement projects that my husband has on his list. And the coming of the nicer weather makes us all want to be outside to enjoy it. So, I’ve been sneaking up on spring cleaning this week by getting as much of my preparation … Continue reading →

Get Rid of Clutter for Free

No one likes to live a life full of clutter, yet not too many people want to clean it all up. Taking the time to de-clutter your home can take you away from more important things. This is why I like to focus on removing clutter in those little in-between spaces of time when you can’t really do anything else. These spaces of time are free in my opinion. If you do a bit of de-cluttering during them, you are accomplishing something without taking time away from anything else. Here are some examples of getting rid of clutter for free. … Continue reading →

Putting Your Kitchen on a Diet

Now that we are well into January, many people are focusing on getting fit and healthy, and maybe even going on a diet. While this is also a goal of mine, to get fit, I have another goal. This goal is to put my kitchen on a diet. Kitchens tend to slowly collect a lot of things, from gadgets to food that never sees the light outside of the pantry. Other clutter can bloat a kitchen as well, such as mail, school papers and telephone notes. With the relative quiet of the after the holidays routine, now might be a … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Kitchen Counter

Face it, kitchens tend to collect a lot of stuff. This is natural since in most homes, the kitchen is the hub of family life and where most people (or at least one person) spends most of their time. Kitchen counters are notorious for collecting stuff, most of which could probably find better homes elsewhere. Counter space should be valuable space. The way your organize your counters should make it easier for you to prepare meals. Having a cluttered counter or a counter where things are far from where you need them will add to a lot of frustration and … Continue reading →