With Spring in full force many people think to clearing what they no longer want and need, and having their homes and offices free of clutter. All the things that have accumulated in the past year(s) that need addressing as to what to keep and what to eliminate, now is the ideal time to do […]

With the turning of the season, as we awaken from our winter doldrums, we may have noticed an accumulation of things cluttering our spaces: piles of old papers, documents needed for taxes buried under old mail, clothes that need mending, bags of holiday wrap and a host of miscellaneous items strewn on the dining room […]

Drawers act as compartments to store our smaller-sized items, including undergarments, tools, utensils, bath and beauty products, loose change, pens, pencils and more. Yet too often, the out-of-sight rule applies and we end up tossing things haphazardly into  these space until things are ajumble and we can’t find what we need as they pile with […]

Furniture layout in a room is crucial to how the room functions in regards to its usability and aesthetic presence. Many people struggle with furniture placement and aren’t sure how best to utilize their furnishings. Create zones/specific areas. Larger rooms are often misused because people don’t realize that the space can be divided and used […]

When organizing, the process of sorting and eliminating items are crucial first steps. We need to see what’s in the clutter and what can be kept and what needs tossing. Filtering through the “rubble” we discern the necessities then decide how to store them and where. Often clients need to save more the first time […]

For some of us, organizing presents a challenging prospect. Too many things, not sure how to begin, where to put things, how to sort, the list goes on. So what happens for many, is that the piles sit and grow while we try to contain them in bags, boxes, suitcases, drawers, cupboards and the garage. […]

Clutter, clutter everywhere and no where to sit. I recently had a client who had lived in his apartment for 12 years and had to move since his landlord was reclaiming his home. My client had saved 25 years of paper in bankers boxes piled from floor to ceiling. He also suffered from chronic fatigue […]

In our highly technological age, an era claimed to be paper free, many of us are inundated with more paper than we need or know how to handle. It is a continual source of frustration for many of my clients since the barrage of paper continues to pour into their homes and offices. What to […]

Organization is the systematizing of a specific space. It’s a coherent way of ordering items so they are easily found and utilized for their intended purposes. More often than not, I find clients who don’t have a sense of how and where to systematize their things and so they end up in a host of […]

I am growing less surprised when I see what clients find important and in need of keeping: back issues of magazines, cloth bags from designer shoes (not used for their original intention), credit card and bank statements, plastic and paper bags, greeting cards from year’s past, toys of their children, and many items inherited from […]