Unsticking the Magnetic Jumble Pile

The magnetic jumble pile: Where’s your jumble pile? Most people have one in their house or their office. You may be able to clean up everything in your space — place for everything, everything in it’s place — that sort of thing. But then, soon after that, you put…

5 ways professional organizers can help you

You may live in a mess. Your belongings may be in such a disorganized state that you cannot find anything. If the disarray bothers you or if the state of your physical space is a constant weight on your mind and you don’t know where to begin to “fix”…

Creating Kitchen Storage

We seldom get the “perfect” kitchen. There’s always something missing — even if you have the luxury of designing and building or rehabbing your dream space, it’s hard to get it perfect. I’ve helped clients move into newly built custom kitchens and the space is 99% amazing, but they…

Minimize to Organize

The desire to “spring clean” is not a myth. Once winter is over and upon coming out of hibernation, we often realize our living spaces need a bit of a refresh. The calls for organizing services skyrocket this time of year. It is a great time to get more organized. It’s not too cold, nor too…

5 Steps to a Neater Closet

The jobs I get the most requests for are to help someone with their closet. No matter how big and/or awesome a closet might be, we always stuff the space to overflowing with too many clothes, too many shoes, too many hats, scarves, whatever. And the reality of it is, most people do…

5 safety tips for holiday decorating — avoid visits FROM the fire department and visits TO the ER

October to-do’s

It is fall! The weather is (finally) cooling down in most places to a seasonable norm — or does the concept of “norm” even exist anymore with all the climate change, etc.?

At any rate, if you live in an area where you experience cooler weather in the months to come, and you…

Checking out new Kohler kitchen accessories

Kohler, known for their yummy large bath products and kitchen sinks and faucets recently launched a line of much smaller items — kitchen accessories. I acquired a number of these items to give them a try in my own kitchen. The products are well made and…

To unpack or not unpack???

My own recent move was a corporate relocation — one where the company sends packers, movers, etc. to help us with everything. I have been through several moves and was familiar with most of their services.