Blog Entries tagged 'de-cluttering'

Home Organizing Tip-of-the-Month for May

owner@thecluttercoach.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0100

It’s spring-cleaning time.

Choose an area to de-clutter, and gather a large garbage and/or recycle container, a box or boxes for donations/garage sale/consignment, and a box for items that go elsewhere -- i.e., don’t belong in the area you are de-cluttering. Sort items into these containers, and then deliver the “goes elsewhere” items to their proper places.

The above organizing tip is taken from my booklet, "36 Home Organizing Ideas for Your Family Around the Year". This 16- [...]

Tips For Helping Kids Get Rid Of Stuff . . .

liz@afreshspace.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Kids have a lot of stuff and keeping track of it can be tough. And it's hard to get them to let go of anything. What looks like junk to us may be absolutely beloved to a child and what we think is great, gets totally ignored - go figure!

I teach seminars on 'organizing' kids, and while a lot of what we discuss is getting the parents to rethink their philosophy on kids stuff and clutter, there are definitely some specific ideas that can help when it comes to getting the kids [...]

The Big Green Monster

Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Most of us are now participating in some sort of in-home recycling effort. But what happens when your recyclables start to become clutter? Not everyone has the room or the incentive to keep up with recycling efforts. But because of green guilt, we let our milk jugs, soda cans and glass jars pile up until it's convenient to get rid of them the responsible way.

How much does your recycling plan affect your lifestyle? Does it get in your way? Have you changed how and what you [...]

Less Clutter = More Energy

alexandra@decoratingbythesea.com — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:00:00 +0100

How many of us feel that we could accomplish so much more, if we only had enough energy. Did you ever notice, that when you are not surrounded by clutter, and your belongings are organized, you have more energy?

Here are 6 ideas to get more energy by having less clutter…

1. Things have a way of piling up around us. To enable you to organize your clutter, first you need to purge what is not necessary. Easier said than done.
a. Decide what must go – wha [...]