This weekend we're getting ready to visit my future mother-in-law. These trips are always a nice break from the every day for us, but they also highlight one rather crucial shortcoming in my life: I am not a cleaner. I don't do the dishes after every meal. I do not sweep daily. I do not wash, dry, hang or fold laundry in one magical day. The truth is, my house is never clean. But, I'm okay with that. My House Is Never Clean, And I'm Okay With That I'm not a slob, but I'm not a neat person by nature. Some studies like to say it's because creative people need a bit of mess in their lives. Keep Reading >>>
How Growing up in a Hoarder House Gave Me Super Powers…And a Whole Lotta Kryptonite
I didn’t know I grew up in a hoarder house. But thanks to reality TV, we now have a name for it. I know what you’re picturing: Piles of rotting garbage stacked to the ceiling next stacks of desiccated rat carcasses. In my case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. We had a clean kitchen, home cooked meals, new clothes, and all the books we could read. We just had too much stuff. My dad was what I liked to call, a “Usefulness” hoarder. We threw out garbage, no problem. But if he thought he could use something, he'd keep it. He also couldn’t figure out what to do with it since WE HAD TOO Keep Reading >>>
Organize Your Home with Shelving Units
So you know that thought experiment/icebreaker question about what three things you'd save if your house was on fire, assuming your family and pets were already safe? You've probably thought about the answer to that question before, but answer me this, dear reader: Do you even know where those three things are in your house right now? Is your family photo album stacked carefully on a shelf in the living room, or is it buried under a stack of books and papers in your office? How about your college diploma? Your Funko Pop collection, your grandma's recipe book, that sash you got when you won Keep Reading >>>
Organizing Your Children’s Toys
Where do all these toys come from? How do they just keep accumulating? I swear I'm living in a less-fun version of Toy Story half the time, and if you have children too then I know you understand this constant struggle of keeping their toys put away and their rooms uncluttered. It just never seems to stick. Organizing Your Children's Toys and cleaning up around the house can drive you crazy, but we've got some tips for you to get a handle on things. Organizing Your Children's Toys The first thing you need to do - and this might just be the most challenging part of all - is to go through Keep Reading >>>
Organizing Your Basement
It's the stuff of nightmares. The place that fills you with dread and causes beads of sweat to drip down your spine. It's like a scene from a horror movie that makes you cower in your seat and cover your eyes. That's right: It's the basement. That unorganized mess of a room that you keep avoiding and that you're afraid to enter in the dark because you'll probably trip over something. It’s time to tackle that room, and get it back in order. But where do you start? Do you remove everything and then clean? Clean as you go? Clean the open areas first and then tackle organizing and cleaning around Keep Reading >>>
