Tag: organize
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21-day challenge: a whole-house purge
Last week, I had spring break. While I wanted to get a lot of things accomplished, I also wanted to have some down time. I managed to get our garden plowed and some flowers planted. I also completed a whole house purge, where I went through our home room by room and got rid of […]
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Simplify Saturday: Spring cleaning
Some of us have been elbow deep in our spring cleaning routine. Because I am a teacher, spring cleaning takes me a lot longer than most. I don’t enjoy losing my whole spring break to cleaning, so I have to stretch my spring cleaning out across several Saturdays and evenings. This means my projects are […]
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Under the sink: practical and cheap organization
Our daughters’ bathroom needed some serious organization beneath the sink. The vanity cabinet is a nice size, but there is only a big cavernous space to put things. I wanted to make a better use of the space. I purchased a riser, and put a large bucket on top of the riser to hold our […]
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Who Cares About Being Organized…and why you should.
As the owner of a blog about organizing, I am often asked lots of questions. The most frequent question I get is this one: “Why do you care so much about being organized?” Some people just seem to be organized by nature, but for others, it’s a learned behavior. There are lots of benefits to […]