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“New Order” by Fay Wolf

Nearly every time our team arrives to organize someone’s home, we find a how-to organizing book. Surprise! Humans are a little obsessed with putting things in order–even if that order is a so…

Cleaning the dishwasher–Is that a thing?

My mom is the best! Last year when Jeff and I went away for a few days she came and watched my 2 kids and 2 new kittens who may or may not have been totally litter-trained at that point. This is no…

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Dishwasher tips from a professional organizer

How many times to you come into the kitchen to cook and it is overrun with dirty dishes because the dishwasher is full and no one has unloaded it? Maybe it’s not that your housemates are stub…

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KonMari my kitchen

KonMari Proposition I am writing an article for Paste Magazine’s food section on KonMari-ing kitchens. (I have done my own) …and I wanted to get a quote from a KonMari expert /an organi…

3 ways you are hi-jacking your home organization efforts

3 ways you are hi-jacking your home organization efforts

There are generally three reasons your home organization attempts fail. Number 1: You have low-priority items in prime real-estate spots. Number 2: Your system is over-complicated. Number 3: You ar…

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Your Husband Has Too Many T-shirts

No, your husband isn’t weird, at least not when it comes to t-shirts.

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You have too many yoga pants: Closet organizing

It’s true, you have too many yoga pants. But, so does every other woman in America. I’ve been in a lot of closets and I know. What do you find too many of in every house?

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Ellen gets organized with the KonMari method

Even the beloved Ellen Degeneres is talking about Marie Kondo’s book “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up“. As Ellen points out in the video above, Kondo, or KonMari as she call…

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The KonMari method of organizing in the USA

So the other day I got a request from a NKH, a Japanese TV station, to let them tag along with me to a client’s house for an organizing session. When you put your work on the internet weird t…

How to organize a meal swap

I’ve finished my workday, picked up the chickens from school and now I’ve got to take my daughter to gymnastics. I have tennis practice while she’s at the gym. My husband is just …

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