During the 29 Day Organizational Challenge I asked participants to give us their BEST piece of organizing advice to encourage others. I was so thrilled with what they had to say that I just had to compile it all here in one place for you. This is gold, pure GOLD! There is just something about [...]
Yesterday I watched the show Anderson. It was only the second time I’ve ever seen the show and this one was about a mom and her hoarding issues. She was a regular mom with piles and piles and piles of stuff. I found it so interesting that she viewed her stuff with a similar love [...]
If you are new to 52 Weeks of Organizing, catch up here! I’ve been watching a fairly new show in Canada on HGTV called Consumed, an organizing show that a lot more people can identify with than the extreme show Hoarders. The premise of the show is this. A crew comes in and packs up [...]
This is a subject near and dear to my heart. I get many emails from overwhelmed readers asking for help getting started. It is overwhelming if you look around your house and are burdened by piles and piles of clutter. It can literally stop you dead in your tracks wanting to bury your head in [...]
I get asked a lot of questions around here but one question I’m proud to rarely get asked is “how do you do it all?”. I never want to come across on this blog like I’m superwoman because I can assure you I’m most definitely not. What I am though is very careful with my [...]
The other day I was reading a beautiful blog post and the writer was giving us a tour of her living room and her pretty Christmas decorations. It really was lovely. But then in a blink of an eye it happened. She apologized. For her table. Her table that she thought was ugly. I hadn’t [...]
Do you love it? Do you use it? Do you have the room to store it? Those are some of the questions you need to ask about your stuff on a regular basis. If the answer is no to any one of those questions then it’s time to share that stuff with someone else or [...]
These past couple of weeks I’ve been slowly dismantling the house. Bit by bit the house is being stripped of its personality and vibe of who we are as a family. The walls are bare and there is a hollowness now that wasn’t there before. And yet with each box I seal up I realize [...]
