In: Clutter Control
24 May 2010The biggest challenge with organizing a living room is to get clear on its purpose. Unlike a bathroom which has fairly limited purposes, a living room can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. It’s important to limit its purposes, because an ALL purpose room can quickly become a NO [...]
In: Floor Planning
1 May 2008Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, May 2008 Negative Space? As an Organizer, I find the term “negative space” misleading. In design, negative space is the white area that falls between the dark “positive spaces.” Perhaps the most familiar example of negative space can be seen in the FedEx logo. As many of you [...]
In: Paper Management
1 Apr 2007Originally from Matt Baier’s Organizing Works Newsletter, April 2007 FOCUS ON FILING, PART 1: THE FILE CYCLE “80% of papers that are filed are never referenced again.” Small Business Association Do you sometimes feel like you don’t know where to begin when your desk is covered in papers? If it was simply a matter of tossing [...]
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.