Posts tagged: clutter
5 easy steps to de-clutter your desk
By Meredith
You’ll likely spend more timescavenging your desk for paperwork than on vacation this year. In fact, the average executive pilfers six weeks a year searching for important documents buried in clutter, according to the Wall Street Journal...[Continue reading]
The Most Organized Handbag in the World
By DIY Maven
If you love to organize your closets, you are going to LOVE this handbag. It's so organized, they don't even call it a handbag; it's a BUTLER Bag. Just check out the interior.
How to Declutter an Entire Room in a Single Sweep.
By ChrisjobAccording to Zen Habits, the trick to successfully decluttering a room is finding a large area to serve as a working and organizing space. Then, you can:
"2. Start on one side of the room and work to the other.
3. Do one drawer or shelf or spot on the floor at a time.
4. Pull everything out of the drawer or shelf (or section of floor or what have you), and pile it in the working space. Clean out the drawer or shelf."
For the full approach, » READ MORE
5 Simple Steps to Clearing the Clutter (Painlessly).
By ChrisjobThese collections of quick-cleaning and decluttering never get old...because the clutter never seems to go away. These five from DumbLittleMan are a mighty fine five, particularly with the habit-creating, and not just the collecting and tossing approach.
1. Schedule Some Time
2. Concentrate On One Place
3. Tackle Something Each Day
4. Keep Up Your Enthusiasm
5. Don't Undo Your Good Work
10 Tips For Mastering a Messy Home.
By ChrisjobI grew up in that house that never had the get-togethers or sleepovers, and I was never able to invite my backyard playmates inside. Why? Our home was enternally cluttered, and it was embarassing. Now that I get to make the rules, I keep a mostly spotless lifestyle, and these ten ideas from TipNut are useful, indeed.
1. Regularly Junk Hunt.
2. Create Necessary Storage Solutions.
3. Choose Effective Storage Solutions.
4. Runn » READ MORE
How to Organize Your First Kitchen
By DIY Maven
Erin Doland of Unclutterer has put together a invaluable tip list to help you organize your first kitchen. And although her advice is directed to college graduates moving into their first apartment, it can also be applied to those moving into their first home too! Her suggestions include:
- When putting your kitchen together, arrange items in cabinets based on where you use them.
- Don’t be afraid to ask for very specific, practical things for » READ MORE
15 Great Decluttering Tips
By Chrisjob- Declutter for 15 minutes every day.
- Don’t allow things into the house in the first place.
- Donate stuff you’re decluttering.
- Create a Joe’s Goals chart with decluttering on it.
- Start at the corner by the door and move your way around the room.
- Whenever you’re boiling the kettle for tea, tidy up the kitchen.
- Use the “one in, two out” rule.
- Make your storage space smaller.
- Clothing rule.
- The One-Year Box.
- Declutter one room.
- Keep a list in y » READ MORE
8 Ways to Conquer Clutter.
By ChrisjobYou have things that you haven't used in years. Stuff that doesn't fit. Stuff that's ugly. BeingParent offers 8 tips to help you Let Go of Clutter.
1. Throw it away.
2. Get storage containers.
3. Free Stuff is not always good.
4. Give it away.
5. Sell it.
6. Shred it.
7. Get professional help.
8. Create and Stick to a schedule.
How To Safely Store Things In the Attic
By lgsal
www.attictrac.com
Do you dread climbing into your attic for Christmas decorations or to find boxes tossed into the attic area just to get them out of sight? Have you ever slipped while standing on the supports in the attic? NEVER AGAIN!
NOW! You can go from messy to ORGANIZED in minutes with
Attic Trac plusTM , the easy to use system that conquers storage clutter forever.
Attic Trac plusTM is a platform and wheel-track system that allows users to sta » READ MORE
Eww.... how do I hide a fax machine?
By NewEnglandSchoolmarm
(Ignore the Justin Timberlake CD, please). I guess I can drape some kind of fabric over it, build some kind of hutch around it, or just put it in its box and never look at it again. But honestly, I don't want to just throw some sheet over it, I'm no good with a hammer, and it's just not practical to put it back in its box (I use it fairly often).
I'm looking for an ingenious idea.. and where else can I get ingenious ideas if I can't get them here?
You said cleaning was a drag, why do you keep writing about it?
By badbadivy
My focus on this site is "design on a depleted budget", yet I write about cleaning all the time. One might wonder, what does cleaning have to do with designing when you're po'? Well, grasshopper, it has everything to do with good design.
Cleaning is free and requires very little equipment and no special knowledge. It's not overly physical, and can be done both by the very young and the very old. Clutter and mess makes even the most beautiful a » READ MORE
Compulsive Hoarding is No Laughing Matter
By brunoEver feel like your house is filling up with crap? Do you have trouble getting rid of things? Well, things could be worse:
From BadJason.com
And while the images of compulsive hoarders' homes can strike us as humorous by their sheer absurdity, this is a serious pyschological condition with dramatic consequences:
ABC News ran a piece this weekend on the psychology of compulsive hoarding (often correlated with obsessive-compulsive disorder). W » READ MORE
Update: I've reclaimed my tiny office!
By cillastarAfter a trip to IKEA and a couple of hours...okay...days of sorting and editing, 
I've reclaimed my space. I was on the hunt for a small drawer unit and decided on this gray metal unit ($40!) that fits perfectly under my desk. I chose metal over wood for it's longevity and durability. I was going to buy it in white or red but at the last minute I decided the silver would be best should I decide to change the color scheme in my livingroom. I've lab » READ MORE
