We first posted this list back in 2013, but it’s time to revisit these annual tips again! With busy summer schedules and lots of outdoor activities, it’s easy to neglect areas of your home that might become collecting places for dust, cobwebs, and household clutter. Now is a great time to regroup and start checking off tasks from your fall maintenance to-do list. Not only…
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Fall 2016 Home Maintenance Checklist
Getting Ready for the Season of Holidays!
The temperature has started to drop on a regular basis and you might have actually turned on the heat in your home!! Fall has officially arrived on the calendar, but have you begun the process of getting ready for the season of holidays that are just around the corner? Below is a collection of ideas and tips to help you get through this magical albeit hectic time...
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Create Without Clutter! BH&G Storage Magazine Summer 2016
Create Without Clutter "Ready, set, make it your own! A crafts or hobby space that melds inspiration & organization will energize you to do your best work." Brian Kramer, Better Homes & Gardens “Don’t let your supplies drive your decisions. Your space must come first.” Kathy Jenkins, CPO Storage Summer 2016 On Newsstands: Summer 2016
Kathy Jenkins contributes to BH&G The Secrets of Getting Organized Magazine
Secrets of Getting Organized magazine digs into the step-by-step process behind getting organized. Each issue features advice from published organization experts that includes tips and techniques to help you cut clutter, create manageable filing systems, and improve your home’s efficiency room by room. Real-life examples with problem-solving solutions along with innovative storage organizational products will help get you organized—and keep you organized. Organizing professionals, including our...
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Ask Kathy: How do I organize my bathroom?
I’m sure you’d agree, the bathroom is one of the easiest rooms in your house to mess up! Between shampoo, conditioner, toothbrush, soap, toothpaste, make-up, brushes, hair spray, razors, perfumes, not to mention washcloths and towels… that is a lot to organize in usually a small) space!
How do I break the habit of piled up papers?
Last week, we answered a reader question about decluttering paper pile-ups and creating a filing system. Before getting started organizing your personal system, here are a couple of our favorite products that will be important to breaking the bad habit of not filing:
Managing Paper
It comes from everywhere – junk mail, magazines, coupons, kid’s school papers, bills, etc. Then there is the issue of keeping papers that really could/should be tossed or shred. Here are some questions some of our readers had about how to handle stacks of paper and implement a system to keep paper from piling up again.
Organize Your Hard Drive
How do you declutter and organize the information living on your computer’s hard drive? We suggest SingleHop. The team at SingleHop, a technology company focused on cloud computing, has created a calendar to help you with that seemingly daunting feat! The Clean Computer Calendar is a quick and easy way to simplify and create a sense of order to your computer! To read more about this…
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A Year in Review… 26 Ways to Get Organized
. Thanks for organizing 2015 with us!! . Let’s take a look back and see the SIMPLE 26 ways to get organized from 2015… It’s SIMPLE – Let’s Get Started! It’s the year to get organized. Come To Order can help! Throughout 2015, we’ll give you 26 ways to get organized to motivate you to successfully organize! Spending Time Organizing Today = Save…
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