Tag Archives: home organization

Get Your Family Organized for Fall

Fall is a great time to get organized! The weather is energizing, the routines are back to normal, and the holidays are not too far away. Establish easy routines and tackle problem areas to make your family life a little easier this season. Eliminate School Lunch Chaos This is an especially good tip if you have three or more school-age children at home. Pick up a clear plastic bin meant for your refrigerator and place it on a low shelf where the kids can reach. The night before, fill the bin with portioned out snacks, such as carrots, grapes, cheese … Continue reading →

Can a Messy Home Make you Spend More?

I believe that the answer to the above question is a definite yes. A messy home can cause all kinds of spending traps. At least, I try to tell myself this when I am just not in the mood to pick things up or purge things that aren’t useful or really wanted. Having a non-messy home can be a great way to save money on the sneak while boosting your mood (assuming that having a non-messy house makes you feel good). Here are my reasons for believing that a messy house can make you spend more. The biggest reason, I … Continue reading →

Mission Organization – TV Review

Some people enjoy watching TV shows that have million dollar homes. Not me. I drool over Mission Organization on HGTV. Sad, huh? But I love watching junky rooms transformed into gleaming organized spaces in the space of a half an hour. It gives me hope for my own house. At the beginning of each show, host Gail O’Neill tours a disorganized room in a family home. She then sends in a professional organizer to work with the family. The show has a team of organizers and a few guest organizers. I’ve seen shows on garages, kitchens, bedrooms, playrooms, family rooms, … Continue reading →

Closet and Wardrobe Care

It is said that clothes make the man and we can only assume that means the woman as well. But what do we really do for them? Their care is very important for it insures their longevity and possibly even our own. (There’s a price one pays for nudity, I hear.) In any case, here are some tips to keep those duds of yours sparkling, fresh and as cool as the day you bought them. Read on, if you dare. Fresh Fragrance Hang some lavender in your closet. Wrap some sprigs in a piece of muslin and tie it with … Continue reading →

A Neat Kitchen: Do You Have A Dream?

Do you find your spices often escape from their proper places and go off and form lives of their own either somewhere in the back of your cabinet or in places unknown? Is your kitchen counter so cluttered that you can barely find it? Well, help is on the way. Here are some tips…ready or not! Some Storage Help Arrange things so that everything is kept as close as possible to where you are going to need it the most. Under one’s nose is the perfect place for some things and not such a good idea for others. Only you … Continue reading →

Have a Merry, Organized Holiday: Part One

It is likely that whatever gods there may or may not be would surely strike me dead for daring to write about the topic of organization. In all fairness, I have many good qualities, but organization is alas, not among them. I have improved over the years as life has forced me to keep bills in places I am likely to find them (like other people’s homes) but the impulse for “the disorganization boogie” is always waiting in the wings, ready to dance to the night away. But here are some tips anyway from a non-authority (the best kind) on … Continue reading →

The Rolodex: Can You Find Anything In It?

The last place I would even think to look for a phone number would be the Rolodex sitting on the desk in my home. I say this not because I am proud and want it to be the truth, but simply because it is. Can you identify? Read my sad tale below. Oh, I can find some numbers, particularly those not filed under “M” for miscellaneous, but that’s only if I am not in a hurry. That way, I can pretend that I am a patient person who can take it or leave it as far as finding the number … Continue reading →

Some More Organization Tips (Ha Ha!)

Here are some other problem areas both at home and in the office (or in both of you happen to work at home). Please do not consider tackling this unless you are in the company of a thinking and functioning adult, as the results can be unexpected. The desk and its drawers: Clutter Monsters. First of all, take a look. Aren’t you ashamed of yourself? Do you recognize everything as yours or are you ready to blame it on someone, anyone else? If the desk-top doesn’t look bad, start with one of the drawers. (We will deal with the desk-top … Continue reading →

Can YOU Get Organized? (Ha!)

Well, you can try and, as a famous cartoon cricket used to say, a dream is a wish your heart makes. And here are two helpful tips that personify the old saying: “don’t do as I do, but do as I say.” Check out these easy organization projects, which will hopefully encourage you to do more. 1. Purge your email. Pretend you are a Russian tsar at war with your enemies known to the polite world as SPAM and UNANSWERED E-MAILS (not to mention inconsiderate members of the royal family). I have three words for this problem: Purge, purge and … Continue reading →

A Different Spin on Home Organization

Today would have been my dad’s sixty-sixth birthday. Unfortunately, he passed away before he had a chance to enjoy his retirement. The reason I’m writing about my dad is because my brother and I were responsible for handling his estate. This story may not seem like it fits the Home category, but it does. Every parent needs to get his or her things in order so they don’t leave a mess for their children. My dad was really good about keeping bank statements, bills, titles, deeds, and other important papers organized. It made this difficult process that much easier for … Continue reading →