I’ve been thinking about decorating quite a bit lately because my NEW BOOK comes out in just a few weeks! I wrote Organize First, Decorate Second to help you love your home. It’s filled with personal stories, practical tips, and so much more. As you can see from the cover, blue & white is one…
Once you’ve put in all the effort to declutter, you don’t want to make the biggest decluttering mistake. If you’ve ever gone through a big burst of decluttering, with carefully organized bins of stuff, and then never done anything with that stuff, you might have an idea of what I’m about to say. The biggest…
Before you decide to sell something, make sure it’s worth your time to sell. Give yourself a minimum—I’ll only sell things I can make at least X amount of money off. Having a rule for yourself keeps you from spending precious time trying to sell things that you’ll only end up making pennies on. Before…
Hopefully as we go through the 32 Days of Declutter challenge, you are coming up with all kinds of things to donate. If you already have a great donation routine, you probably don’t need this post. But if you have a steadily growing pile of stuff in the corner that you are ready to get…
When you are decluttering, you need a plan for how to sort through items. There are four main categories most people use. Before you start, you’ll want to make sure you have a clear area to put each category in (and make sure they are far enough apart that something you want to keep doesn’t…
This week, we’ve been talking about how to decide what to keep when we are decluttering. So far, we’ve covered The Container Rule and Decide Before You Start. Today, we’re going to chat about a twentieth century Italian economist, Vilfredo Pareto. (Stick with me, I promise this has something to do with decluttering. I’m not trying to…
It might not be logical, but sometimes we have incredibly strong emotional attachments to stuff we own. Our emotions can really get in the way of our progress when we are decluttering. We start out with the best of intentions, but once you are surrounded by a box of old mementos and memories, it’s harder to think…
We’re heading into week two of my 32 Days of Declutter challenge, and this week I want to help you out by teaching you the container rule. This rule is going to help you with deciding what to keep. If you are anything like me, you start off strong with the best of intentions when…
Have you ever stood at the stove in the middle of making dinner, searching through a kitchen drawer for the one tool you need only to come up empty-handed even though the drawer is packed with stuff? Or maybe you’ve started a DIY project around the house, certain that you have all the supplies you…
