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My 3M Command Hook Fix

My 3M Command Hook Fix

So if you follow me on Facebook and Instagram then you already know that last week I shared how Target is now finally in Canada (!!) and how excited I was to go check out the store last Friday.  It’s not in the same town as I am but in the city a couple of [...]

When Your Will to Resist is Weak

When Your Will to Resist is Weak

Okay it’s time for another Org Junkie confessional.  And for those that are new here “Org Junkie” is my alter ego who I blame all my organizing crazy quirks on :) So first let me see if any of you can relate.  Have you ever bought something imagining that it will solve all your problems [...]

The Ultimate Garage Sale Tips Collection

The Ultimate Garage Sale Tips Collection

So I love going to garage sales but not for the reason you might think.  Yes I love a good bargain and yes I get super excited when I find spectacular organizing tools for cheap BUT the real reason I love to hit up the garage sales every Friday night is because it’s date night [...]

How to Avoid Spring Cleaning

How to Avoid Spring Cleaning

As you know from the post I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I don’t really do spring cleaning.  Why?  Because I’m lazy lol.  So instead I spread out all necessary tasks throughout the year.  I don’t just wait until a certain time of the year to clean, organize and purge.  I am doing it [...]

The Beauty of 20 Minute Organizing Projects

The following is a guest post from regular contributor, Angie at Echoes of Laughter. Do you avoid organizing and tidying-type jobs in your home because you think that you don’t have ‘time’? Do you keep meaning to get to those tasks and projects, but think that you need to take a ‘day off’ or spend a whole weekend tackling [...]

I’m an organizing and cleaning rebel and you can be too!

I’m an organizing and cleaning rebel and you can be too!

One of the benefits of having this blog is that I get to break open the stereotypes on how things “should” be done when it comes to organizing and cleaning.  One thing that I’ve noticed over and over again when working with clients is that people get stuck in following the “rules” they think exist [...]

Is Spring Cleaning Really Necessary?

Is Spring Cleaning Really Necessary?

Seriously how can it be the first day of spring?  When a girlfriend told me today was the first day of spring I was shocked.  After all, as many of you know, this is how it looked in my town a couple of days ago.  What’s up with that?! So I’ve only ever lived in [...]

Two Organizing Quotes that Kind of Irk Me & Why

Two Organizing Quotes that Kind of Irk Me & Why

So this week I’ve been pondering a couple of quotes that I kind of have a problem with for a variety of reasons.  As I’ve been thinking about the participants of the 31 day organizational challenge (it’s not to late to join us), it came to me that there are some well intentioned quotes out [...]