According to a study by the UCLA Center on Everyday Lives of Families, “contemporary US households have more possessions per household than any society in global history.” Let that sink in for a second. There’s a reason Marie Kondo’s Netflix special, Tidying Up, is so popular. We need her help desperately because apparently we’re drowning…
The Simple Way to Organize Kids’ Board Games
Some families have a tradition called family game night. It goes something like this: you get together with your family, play a board game, and (hopefully) a good time is had by all. Sounds awesome, right? Sign me up! I’m all for giving this a try and getting my kids away from their computers and…
Desk Organization In Under an Hour
I was preparing for a small party for my son’s birthday so I ran through the usual tidying steps to get the house ready: dust surfaces, check; vacuum floors, check; clean bathroom, check…then I walked by the desk in my kitchen. Eeek!! It was scary! I knew it was bad because it had been messy…
Dyson vs Shark: Cordless Vacuum Review
I try my best not to buy things I don’t need. I do well most of the year but I’m human and sometimes get tempted by Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales (and July 4th sales, Presidents Day sales…). This usually happens when something I want and have been denying myself goes on sale. This…
How to Organize Kids’ Art Supplies
My kids’ art supplies cabinet was a horrific mess. I was avoiding it for a variety of reasons that I go over in my post What to Do with Sentimental Clutter. At some point it finally became unusable; the boys just weren’t able to find what they needed a lot of the time. After finally…
What to Do with Sentimental Clutter
The mess pictured in the cabinet below didn’t just happen. It was a gradual process that took a few years to perfect. At this point it’s just the right amount of messy to make the average person cringe. This is my reaction to this mess on most days. I’ve reached the point where it can’t…
4 Reasons We Procrastinate When It’s Time to Declutter
We moved into our house about three years ago. Right away we unpacked everything in our master bedroom. Within the first week we put away the clothes and the furniture was in place. But in a corner of our neatly arranged bedroom we still had one lonely box of stuff. Every now and then I…