One thing we messies are good at is having too many things. Too many papers, too many books, too many shoes, and too many clothes! Organization experts recommend purging your closet every six months or so, but if you're anything like me, you probably haven't purged your closet in years. If that's your situation, you'll need to do a major purge. You can choose to do this in one long day, or you … [Read more...]

If you're like me, one of your biggest cleaning hurdles is what you do when you are actually trying to clean. Once you have overcome your procrastination and hoarding tendencies, you still might be sabotaging your efforts to have a clean house. Does this sound familiar? You have a visitor coming over at short notice, or you're holding a birthday party for a child. You're going to have company … [Read more...]

As we start to dig ourselves out of the piles we are buried under, we start to realize it's time for a change. A lot of us are hoarders. My parents can tell you all about my hoarding problems since my childhood hoard still lives in one of their closets, ten years after I moved out! Since moving out, I have acquired a family and 11,000 more pounds of stuff. (When you move as much as I do, you … [Read more...]

Sometimes, decluttering your home can be overwhelming... sometimes you just don't know where to start! Or, sometimes you have done a lot of decluttering and you feel stale and stalled, but you know you have some decluttering left to do. "Framing" your home can help. I've noticed that homes have certain areas that are "framed" by the architecture of the home or apartment. Doorways are frames, … [Read more...]