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How to Organize Partyware

Posted by Laura on February 20, 2013 · 16 Comments

The following is a guest post from regular contributor, Angie at Echoes of Laughter. Hello Orgjunkie readers! Since I last visited with you, I have been busy with a lot of small organizing projects around the house. The Spring organizing and cleaning bug has hit! One project that I recently tackled was my stash of partyware. I [...]

Filed under Angie, Guest Bloggers, Kitchen, Organizing Solutions

How To Make Weekly Household Purges Happen

Posted by Laura on October 16, 2012 · 41 Comments

I had someone ask me recently about the purge pile pictures that I often post (like here and here) as well as regularly on Instagram. They wanted to know more about how I do it. Every week I head to my local thrift store to drop items off. On Wednesday mornings I open my linen [...]

Filed under Clutter Control, Organizing Solutions, Purging

Twelve Items Every Guest Room Needs

Posted by Laura on October 3, 2012 · 74 Comments

This weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving and we have my in-laws coming for a visit. As I prepare for their arrival this weekend it reminded me of some guest room photos I took when they came to visit last Christmas. I never did share how we prepare my daughter’s room for their stay. We don’t have [...]

Filed under Bedroom, Organizing Solutions

The Invasion of the Pokemon

Posted by Laura on September 27, 2012 · 16 Comments

Do you ever find that you wake up one morning, look around and say to yourself. “Where did all this stuff come from?” More than likely it took some time to accumulate but often we don’t see what’s right under our noses until we’re bumping into it and can hear it screaming out at us [...]

Filed under Clutter Control, Kid Stuff, Organizing Solutions

Organizing Homeschool Books Where You Use Them

Posted by Laura on September 21, 2012 · 12 Comments

So this year I have one child in primary school, one in middle school and I’m homeschooling my oldest who is in grade 10. The homeschooling is new to us this year. As in we’ve never done it before. She’s actually doing it through an online Christian school and she has teachers other than me [...]

Filed under Clutter Control, Kid Stuff, Organizing Basics, Organizing Solutions

A Simple & Inexpensive Travel Jewelry Organizer

Posted by Laura on August 20, 2012 · 19 Comments

As you know I literally spend many many hours a week researching different products for my shop however there is one product I simply can’t find to meet my needs….a travel jewelry organizer for my necklaces! There are a number of great ones on the market however I’ve found them to be just too small [...]

Filed under Containerizing, Organizing, Organizing Solutions

4 Inexpensive Ways to Organize Scarves

Posted by Laura on April 19, 2012 · 16 Comments

I love scarves. I love the way they dress up an outfit at a fairly inexpensive price. However with many scarves comes the need for some great organization so that I don’t find them scattered all over the house. They need a designated home so the one I want can easily be found on any [...]

Filed under Closets, Entrance, Organizing Solutions

Solving my label problem with 3M Picture Clips!

Posted by Laura on June 8, 2011 · 25 Comments

So I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I was frustrated with my labels from my label maker not staying stuck on my plastic bins. Here is what I mean (and this is after adding a piece of tape to it to try and make it stick): Grrr. So annoying! If there is anything [...]

Filed under Before and After, Containerizing, Organizing Solutions