Do you ever get the feeling you have too many holiday decorations? You tell yourself you’ll declutter and organize everything after the holidays as you’re putting your decorations out. But then the season is over and you’re tired and just not “feeling it” so you put it off until next year. This is me literally…
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How To Organize Your Receipts
Receipts are a constant for most of us. If you buy stuff, you’ll have the privilege of dealing with receipts. Unless you have a system for organizing them, they’ll start to pile up on surfaces and make you feel yucky (or at least that’s how they make me feel). Receipts are annoying but there are…
How to Declutter Old Papers
Paper clutter is probably the most common type of clutter we have in our homes, as well as the most frustrating. Keeping up with the daily influx of paper is bad enough but when it comes time to tackle old files it can be downright overwhelming. Being at home during the Coronavirus pandemic has me…
How to Declutter Your Magazines
Do you have a pile of magazines sitting somewhere in your house? If you’re into magazines, the answer is probably yes. Magazine lovers can have a really hard time keeping their collection under control. There’s just something about the glossy paper, the beautiful photos, and the unread articles that can make it hard to let…
5 Pros and Cons of the KonMari Method
I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up years ago. I remember all the buzz and praise the book got and couldn’t wait to read it myself. When I finally did I had mixed feelings. Although I felt the book had tons of valuable advice, I’ll be honest, I didn’t agree with everything. I love…
Organize Your Spice Drawer in 5 Simple Steps
No matter where you keep your spices, it’s safe to say you probably have more of them than you need. Maybe you bought a spice you were going to use in that one recipe that you didn’t like and then completely forgot about it. Or maybe you hoard your spices and hold on to them…
5 Simple Steps to Declutter Your Medicine Cabinet
These are the first two shelves of my medicine cabinet. I’m not going to lie, I don’t actually know what’s in here except for the stuff I can see in the front. As you can probably tell, I have no organizational system happening here. It’s time to declutter because I’m tired of buying things I…
How to Store Kids’ School Papers
The end of summer vacation for my kids is fast approaching so it’s time to make room for the deluge of school papers coming my way in September. In my previous post, I tackled how to sort two years’ worth of my kids’ school papers that sat in a drawer for four years. My next…
How to Declutter Your Laundry Room
Laundry rooms are one of the busiest rooms in most homes and mine is no exception. I needed to seriously declutter my laundry room because it was a disorganized catastrophe. It was so bad sometimes I just closed the door between the laundry room and the kitchen and pretended the mess wasn’t there. I mainly…
How to Decide What School Papers to Keep
If you have school-aged kids you know how much paper comes home on a daily basis. It’s pretty crazy. I don’t know exactly how many pieces of paper my kids bring home over the course of a year, but it feels like thousands. And since I’m sentimental about their school work and artwork and pretty…