Closets : I'm an Organizing Junkie

How an Organized Closet Leads to an Organized Home

Posted by Laura on April 27, 2011 · 9 Comments

This week please welcome my guest, Alexis Anne from Clean, Smart, Simple Style where she blogs about simple stylish inspiration for home organizing and design. The great thing about a closet is that you can shut the door- so theoretically it’s the last place most people think to clean. But, I’ve learned that an organized [...]

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How to Maximize Storage Space in Closet Corners

Posted by Laura on December 16, 2010 · 14 Comments

Today’s guest post offers some great strategies on how to make the most of closet corners complete with diagrams. I love diagrams. I wish I had a diagram for everything in life. It would make things so much easier wouldn’t it? :) There is no affiliation here, I just thought it was interesting info that [...]

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Maximize your storage…add a shelf!

Posted by Laura on November 16, 2010 · 19 Comments

When we moved into our new home many of the closets in the house just had your typical closet rod inside without even a shelf on top. What’s with that! Not very effective by any means. One of those closets is a storage closet in my laundry room. This is where I store winter coats [...]

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Nursery Makeover

Posted by Laura on November 9, 2010 · 22 Comments

As some of you know whenever I visit my family in Ontario I try to help them with an organizing project wherever I can. I’ve done my sister’s kitchen, my sister’s entryway closet and my brother’s bookshelf. It’s fun for me and they are happy for the assistance. It almost always takes less time than [...]

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Storage Star ~ Purse Storage

Posted by Laura on September 22, 2010 · 9 Comments

You know organizing gets me excited but what gets me most excited is taking something intended for one purpose and turning it into a fabulous storage solution instead. It’s even more exciting when that product would have just been given away or thrown out. Re-purposing makes me GIDDY! I get just as excited when I [...]

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Organize Your Closet Giveaway!

Posted by Laura on September 17, 2010 · 152 Comments

Updated to add: This giveaway is now closed. The winner is #80 Cheryl! With all this talk about my organized closet I thought you might be interested in a little help with organizing your own closet. My friend and Professional Organizer, Aby Garvey from Simplify 101, has kindly offered to giveaway a spot in her [...]

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My Organized Closet

Posted by Laura on September 16, 2010 · 21 Comments

I’m so happy to have finished organizing my closet! It took me awhile after we moved in because I’ve never had a walk in closet before so I wasn’t exactly sure how to set it up. I’ve also not had to share a closet with my husband in awhile. We had smaller his and her [...]

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Clothes Purging ~ How To Let Go

Posted by Laura on May 13, 2010 · 79 Comments

This weekend found me with a few hours to myself which meant I was finally able to switch out my seasonal clothes. I’m not sure what kind of mood I was in but boy I wish I could have bottled it. Let’s just say ruthless doesn’t even begin to describe the fierce parting I was [...]