Well, that closet is looking a lot better now, so I'm back with more tips to keep you going with those resolutions.
Sorting
Get several boxes as you go through each area.
· “keep”
· “trash”
· “not sure”
· “sell” (consigment, yard sale)
· “give away”
· “needs parts” (in order for them to work right AND you intend to fix in short order)
· “return to rightful owner”
Storage Solutions
~ Create a home for everything.
~ Have a good reason for putting something in a particular location (like it’s near where you use it)
~ Make things you use often easy to access / reach
~ Keep climate in mind – consider humidity, cold, and insects
~ Leave 15% of your space free for future additions
~ Use see-through containers whenever possible
~ Label every container so you know the contents – additional idea: put a list of contents in the top of the box
Think you’re out of space? Have you thought of these places:
~ Under all the beds in the house
~ Clean out your bookshelves and donate books you’re never going to read again. Get baskets with lids to put in the empty space.
~ Get rid of appliances you don’t use (that one’s a jewel, Peaches!)
Rules of De-cluttering Engagement:
~ When in doubt, throw it out.
~ Use it or lose it
~ Store for efficiency
~ You MUST PURGE once a year
~ Recycle whenever possible
~ Pick a number and stick with it (you don’t need 82 pens in your house unless you have 41 residents living there! And if that’s the case, I sure hope you have a full-time chef who’s not you!)
~ A place for everything and everything in its place
~ Don’t save things to do “later”. Deal with it now. If you can’t decide, refer to the top of this list
~ Label containers
~ Get help. Call a friend or relative. DO NOT CALL ME; I will simply refer you to someone fabulous but expensive.
This week Target, K-Mart and others are slashing prices on their storage containers and baskets to help us all keep those resolutions. Load up on the things now. XOXO
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4 comments:
Thanks for the tips. I've printed them out and placed them in my "to-do" stack. Should I start de-cluttering today or should I take down the Christmas tree? I think I'll go outside and ponder this.
A timely post! Thanks for the suggestions.
so who is someone fabulous and expensive? Because I need the help and am willing to forego lunch for the next month to de-clutter!! lol
(from a friend of Kate C's)
Welcome, Diva Amanda (tell Kate hi for me - I loved bumping in to her for a pre-tornado lunch. She looks great!).
I love and adore Closet Factory. Lordy, another Jennie (at least she spellis it differently than Diva Wine-Know and our favorite published writer Jenny Adams of the Mixing New Orleans book fame and most recently the new Cocktail Correspondent for the Miami Herald). But I digress.
Call Closet Factory and ask them about their professional organizer service. And frankly, they're not expensive when compared with other similar services/manufacturers.They have custom built 4 items in my house that have changed my life. Drop my name with Jennie.
If you need help on cleaning, decluttering, decorating, or staging your house for sale, I HIGHLY recommend Jill Boothby at Boothby Realty. She is a Diva Extraordinaire. Her office number is 879-9500. Tell her I sent you.
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