Monthly Archives: August 2024

The book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo has over 3 million copies sold and I am proud to be one of those 3 million.  Here are just a few quotes from this helpful book:

“when you put your house in order you put your affairs and your past in order too”

“surround yourself with only the things you love”

“tidy a little each day and you’ll be tidying forever”

“when de-cluttering ask yourself, “does this item spark joy?  If not dispose of it.”

This website will continue to post more ideas from this neat little book… stay tuned. 

When a drawer no longer closes easily, it’s time to clean it out.  Sign up for paperless and online billing to eliminate paper pile ups.  Make your bed and the room will look less messy.  Open storage shelves dictate neatness.  These hints are especially helpful in small spaces. 

The bedroom should be an oasis for sleeping, relaxing and lounging.  If you are staring at piles of laundry, books, magazines, electronic devices, you are not in Zen or rem.  The headboard doesn’t have to be just a pillow prop.  Find one that stores books and magazines, can hold a lamp and you have triple duty functional furniture.  A single shallow shelf above the bed keeps books close at hand and will limit the number of books you store in the room.  Save space by mounting a reading lamp on the wall.  And that laundry?  Throw it in a decorative hamper, or better yet get your extra steps in and take it to the laundry room.  When it is clean?  Put it away right away!

You go to your local big box store and buy volumes of toothpaste, dental floss, pantry foods, tissue paper, greeting cards… only to come home and find you already had volumes of these items scattered about.  SAVE MONEY!  GET ORGANIZED!  Categorize your things based on how you use them, and which room should have them.  Doing it now prevents you from wasting time searching all over the place for something later and keeps track of household items running low.