Organizing to Move: Moving Day
Moving is stressful, but doing it in an organized way, can relieve that stress. This starts by breaking the moving process down into the major stages. We’re now up to moving day.
Organizing To Move: Staging
In this series, I already talked about first assembling the right team and then how to declutter the excess. Once that’s done, it’s time for the next stage: staging.
Organizing to Move: Decluttering
In this second of five blogs on the subject of moving, I focus on our specialty: decluttering.
Organizing to Move: the Right Team
Moving is one of the most stressful life events there are. Being organized about it, can significantly reduce that stress, but there’s a lot to it.
Product Review: Monkey Bars
There is no better garage organizing system than Monkey Bars. Period. I’m not getting paid to say that. I just really, really love this product. Why? Let me count the ways.
July 2016, House Beautiful
10 Things Pro Organizers Always Do Before They Go to Bed: They clear off frequently-used surfaces. A clear work surface is the most important organizing tool.
June 2016, Good Housekeeping
"Hiding action items away in pretty baskets may look beautiful in a photograph, but If it causes items to pile up on your surfaces weeks later, then it's not so pretty."
August Organizing Tip: Using a Table
I know what you’re thinking. You don’t need me to tell you how to use a table. That’s true, but if you are having difficulty staying organized, I want to offer a professional organizer’s perspective on tables, that will help. This starts with looking at a table as a tool, rather than a piece of furniture. In fact, I believe a clear work surface is your number one organizing tool.
July 2016, Better Connecticut, The Garage Makeover Reveal
After weeks of promoting the NAPO-CT Garage Makeover Contest, the winner was chosen, the makeover happened and now the makeover reveal is broadcast on Better Connecticut. Matt joins contest winner Suzanne Adams and her son Derek to talk with Scot Haney and Kara Sundlun about the experience.
Organizing Your Car
As we get away on more road trips this summer, you may find yourself wanting to ensure an organized ride. Here are some tips for organizing your car in the trunk, the driver’s seat, and the back seat.
Father Away From Excess
Yes, I know I left out an “r” in the title. It’s a bad pun, but that’s OK, because my father loved bad puns. On this Father’s Day, I remember my father fondly. There’s no other way to remember him. As this is an organizing blog, I want to talk about my minimalist roots that came from Dad.
June 2016, Better Connecticut, Travel Organizing
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