Posts Tagged ‘baskets’
My Least Favorite Organizing Products
In: Systems
30 Mar 2011There is no rulebook for organizing products. These are just my opinions based on my personal experiences and based on my observations of frustrated clients. I apologize in advance if I am badmouthing your favorite organizing products(s), but maybe I can introduce you to some even better solutions. Most of the following products fall short [...]
Make Organizing Toys As Simple As Child’s Play
In: Clutter Control
22 Feb 2010Toys can be one of the hardest things to organize and I think this comes down to three things: 1. We are hung up by convention 2. We expect the same from kids as we do from ourselves and 3. We keep toys too long. What follows are three toy organizing systems I don’t like, [...]
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- Tags: baskets, dedicated zones, purging, toys
Top 10 Closet Storage Do’s and Don’ts: #3
In: Closet
11 Jun 2009This is the third in a series of Top 10 Closet Storage Do’s and Don’ts. 3. DON’T store items in opaque containers. Attractive boxes and baskets are intended for display-worthy spaces, not closets and other storage spaces. Colored plastic bins are good for hiding items, but not for organizing them. Under no circumstances should you store [...]
My Least Favorite Organizing Products
In: Systems
1 Jul 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, July 2007 My Least Favorite Organizing Products This special edition of Organizing Works may get me in a lot of trouble, but it’s all meant in good fun. There is no rulebook for organizing products. These are just my opinions based on my personal experiences and based on [...]
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Professional Organizer Matt Baier and his team declutter and organize homes and offices in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York City.
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