It doesn’t take as long as we messies think it does to clean a house. Each room can be neatened in 15 minutes to an hour, depending on the clutter (except my bedroom, which is still a disaster from the move!) This is a short summary of tips for each room.
This is just [...]

What Doesn’t Belong
Some of my messie friends have come up with a new way of cleaning and decluttering their homes. They envision how they want their room to look and then remove everything that doesn’t fit that vision. That is the short version.
In a way, it is that simple, and in a way [...]

“Why put off until tomorrow what you can do. . .”

How would you finish that adage? If you would say “today,” well, then scroll on down, because you probably don’t have a problem with procrastination. However, if you answered “the next day,” “next week,” or even “never,” this topic is for you.

Many messies [...]

If you’re lucky enough to have a pantry, but unlucky enough to be a messie, you know it can be a pain. We had a pantry in our house in Germany… it was actually a closet off of our kitchen. So many times, I was tempted to just close the door and ignore [...]

So many of us messies talk about getting our homes clean “for once and for all.” We tend to put things on hold, waiting for our home to get clean permanently.
It’s not going to happen. As long as people live in the home, messes will happen. Messes even happen in the homes [...]