Author: jborganize
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Decluttering Mantras to Kick Start Your Spring Cleanout
I saw my first bunch of daffodils yesterday as I took a walk outside. They gave me a jolt of happiness and a spring in my step (pun intended!) The emergence of spring gives me renewed energy and motivation to think about projects I haven’t tackled during my winter hibernation (or procrastination depending on how…
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Match Made in Heaven: When Designers and Professional Organizers Collaborate
It should come as no surprise that The Container Store is my happy place. I can wax eloquent on the pros and cons of almost any item sold there. I know what works and what doesn’t. Put me in a home décor store, however, and I walk around in a confused daze. I am no…
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Check Out Our Recent Tips Featured in Homes and Gardens
Organizing makeup so it’s neat, tidy and well-ordered is the best way to streamline your beauty routine. However, with varying sized tubes, tubs, palettes, bottles and brushes, implementing a system that’s both practical and aesthetically pleasing can feel like a challenge. Organizing a bedroom (or makeup room, depending on where you store your makeup) to its best…
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How Do You Know If You’re Too Sentimental? (Or… The Art of Letting Go)
We all have them; people in our lives who, when you confess your inner struggle about holding onto something that really needs to go, coldly state, “Just throw it out. Nobody is going to want that!” Those people are not reading this blog due to obvious reasons (the title). The rest of you dear ones,…
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The One Organizing Mistake You Need to Avoid
Do you have a gargantuan organizing project you’ve been putting off because you don’t have time to do it? Don’t we all? We tend to approach large projects as a task that needs to be accomplished when we have a large chunk of time. I am guilty of this mistake also, but not anymore! Being…
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Check Out Janet’s Tips in MGI’s Guide to Moving
When planning a move, figuring out where to begin can be overwhelming. Janet Bernstein, owner of The Organizing Professionals recommends, “Start decluttering yesterday! Moving is the perfect time for a fresh start and your rule of thumb should be not to take anything that you don’t love, need or use. Pace yourself and try to declutter a room or at…
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Check Out Our Tips for Organizing a Bathroom Vanity
Organizing a bathroom vanity is a must to optimize its utility. It’s the key to preventing clutter and making essentials easy to locate. Not only that, but ordering a vanity well is a pillar of organizing a bathroom well, making bathroom use more efficient when you’re in a hurry, as well as playing its part in keeping…
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Check Out Our Tips for Cleaning Out a House Full of Junk
No matter how diligent you are, clutter easily piles up. Whether it’s an attic that has become a box warehouse or years of living in a house catching up to you, sometimes you need to hit the reset button. Just how do you clean out something as big as a home without being overwhelmed? We’ve…
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Check Out Our Bathroom Tips in Homes & Gardens!
An organized bathroom closet is a huge asset whether it’s built into the room, or a freestanding piece of furniture. But you might be wondering about the best ways of organizing a bathroom closet in order to optimize the space it provides. A careful consideration of what should be kept there and how it should…
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How to Organize Your Children’s School Papers
By Gyll Samson, Lead Professional Organizer, The Organizing Professionals® As parents, we all find the amount of paper that enters our home from our children’s school a bit overwhelming. Some pieces are works of art, some celebrated first written words, some graded assignments or report cards, and some, well, we’re not sure what it is! …
