Paper & Mail Avoidance at Home Paper and mail are necessary evils in our world and one with which many of my clients struggle. Common strategies of avoiding mail include not opening it, allowing it to pile up, hiding it in boxes and bags and in corners, drawers and closets. Out of that mail is a mixture of bills, […]

7 Steps to Order Order is becoming an increasingly valuable and valued commodity in today’s living and work environments. Those who struggle with it find a loss of productivity and creativity as well as loss of time and increase in frustration and overwhelm. We need order to keep on top of projects and day to […]

Making Sense of Our Stuff When Did We Get So Much Stuff?      When did we find ourselves with so much stuff? Some of us may have discovered this early on in our lives, while most of us found the accumulation process gathering speed once we owned a home, created a family or settled […]

5 Actions to Manage Kid’s Toys Children come with many components from their diapers, changing tables, clothing to plush animals, toys, bigger toys and more toys. Often when I am working in smaller homes, the living room looks like a day care center because the parents have lost control of the toy situation and they, […]

Avoid the stress of moving 5 Tips to Moving Moving is often fraught with challenges and frustration when your entire home is turned upside down and you are under deadlines to pack and move by a certain date and then unpack and set up a new home often in the same breath. Moving challenges us […]

Working in the field of organizing, I deal with many clients who have left things sit, pile up, gather, collect. There are undone projects, decisions left unmade and areas of the house where items have gathered and amassed to the detriment of their health and mental, emotional and physical well being. My job is to […]

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 […]

Waiting, waiting, waiting for something to change. Waiting and hoping that the pile of stuff will somehow disappear and instead it continues to grow and expand. Each day unmade decisions continue to mount and the clutter does too. What started as frustration builds to embarrassment, shame and overwhelm. The longer we wait, the more the […]

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 […]