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Organize Your Garage

May 8, 2010

Most of us enter our homes from the garage. In fact, we probably pass through our garage more than we do our living rooms. Now that you have had a garage sale, take the extra step and organize your garage to be clutter-free. Here are some tips (assuming that you already had some of the [...]

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Clutter Busting: Getting Ready for a Garage Sale

May 1, 2010

Locally spring time comes and so do the garage sales in my area…my subdivision included. Since you are already committed to spring clean this year and get rid of the clutter in your life, why not consider participating in your neighborhood garage sale or set one up yourself. Here are some ideas for the logistics: [...]

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Can You Really Speed Spring Clean?

April 24, 2010

In the March 2010 issue of Woman’s Day magazine author, Arianne Cohen, poses the question “who does a big annual cleaning anyway? and why?” in the Solutions Tip Talk section. In the article she shared her speed spring cleaning experience from last year. She decided to devote just three mornings to quickly moving from room [...]

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Spring Cleaning and Clearing Clutter

April 17, 2010

Spring is a great time of year. It is a time of year that we think about renewal, birth and freshness. Or at least I think of these thing. Many of us may think about spring as a time to do a deep cleaning like when were children. My mom cleaned the house from top to bottom [...]

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Clear a Surface

April 10, 2010

In a recent blog on the Psychology Today website the author, Gretchen Rubin, discusses how the simple act of clearing a surface can contribute to control and less clutter. I agree that clutter begets clutter and that decluttering can create a sense of calm. Think about an area of your home that stays clutter-free. What is different [...]

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Declutter Your Kitchen Pantry

March 27, 2010

Do you know what you have in your pantry? Are all expiration dates current? Is it full of processed foods? To get yourself organized for healthy eating and to focus of whole versus processed foods which I will speak about it my next post take inventory of your pantry. If this wasn’t part of your [...]

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Secrets of an Organized Kitchen

March 20, 2010

Because the kitchen is one of the most used rooms in the house it is easy to understand why it attracts clutter. I agree with a recent article in Woman’s Day magazine (April 1, 2010) by Melinda Dodd entitled Kitchen Confidential- secrets of a super-organized space that if you have a place for everything you [...]

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The Decluttering Cure: Conquering Chaos

March 13, 2010

The Oxford English Dictionary defines Chaos as: Utter confusion. Behavior so unpredictable as to appear random; formless matter supposed to have existed before the creation of the universe. The unplanned life can create chaos. Chaos comes in many forms but UNPREDICTABILITY and CONFUSION are the key factors in all its variables. Answer these questions to [...]

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Habits of Highly Organized People

March 6, 2010

The March 2010 issue of O- The Oprah Magazine included a large section devoted to organization. That must mean that spring is in the air. Actually most magazines have a standard organization or declutter article these days. Part of the article in this magazine  included “The 10 Habits of Highly Organized People” which I thought was spot [...]

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Free Yourself from Clutter

July 7, 2009

Clutter weighs you down, distracts you and causes chaos. Free yourself from clutter with some of these techniques: Stop paper from coming into your home. To learn how read my earlier post: http://clutterbustingcoach.com/2009/03/28/clutter-control-conquering-the-paper-pile-up/. Use a landing and launching pad for things that enter and leave the house. A book case, shelf or basket set in [...]

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