Your Organized Home

Home Organization How To's - The Entrance

(Guest Post: Amanda Jacobs)

Most households have too much clutter and not enough time. Following are some simple and effective strategies to help guide you through the de-cluttering and organizing process. We could all use more time and less worry when it comes to the home. Read on to discover how to make a good first impression on visitors and how to save yourself the stress of a messy entrance.

Let's start at the beginning, the front door.

Use Simple White Chalk in Your Closet or Basement to Remove Moisture

Today's post is short and sweet, but one that could make a big difference in the smell of your spaces!  Do you have damp closets or basement spaces?  If so, go purchase simple white school chalk.  Tie a few pieces of chalk together to form a small bundle and hang in a closet or other space to absorb moisture. 

Cool Do-It-Yourself Projects with IKEA Hacks

Are you a closet DIYer?  Do you like to make things for your home or office?  If you are like me, you may like to "hack" things more than make them from scratch. 

What is a hack? A "hack" is when you take something and make it into something else. 

What is IKEA? The store IKEA is a world-wide company that offers a "wide range of well-designed, functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them."  Their designs are very utilitarian most of the time, but high quality in workmanship.

So, an IKEA Hack takes IKEA products and modifies them for form, function or design to work for what the user needs in their space.  If this is of interest to you, check out the blog IKEA Hacker.  IKEA Hacker shows you how to transform IKEA stuff and takes hacks from all across the globe to feature.  Check out the link below for great ideas.

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/search/label/storage

Thanks!! to @lisamurphyTO, @chrissychrzan and @tinkugallery for sharing this site!

Clean Out Your Closets Month!

January is Clean Out Your Closet Month so I thought it would be helpful for you to get some ideas on how you can get started.  Closets can be really overwhelming for many people.  If you have an overwhelmed closet, start by sorting through what you have and placing your items into three categories:  yes, maybe and no.

Hangers Can Make A Huge Difference!

Closets can be intimidating.  There are many people that will sit and look at their closet and have no idea where to start.  Is that you? 

Or maybe you say that you have no room for everything you own.  Did you know that about 80% of the clutter in your home is a result of disorganization, not lack of space?  Read on for some simple ideas to start making a dent in that valuable space -- your closet. 

Get Rid of those Unused T-Shirts!

Do you have a pile (or piles) of old T-Shirts that you don't want anymore, but that are are taking up space in your home?  Today I have the solution for you!

ReTees is a company that takes your old unwanted t-shirts and recycles them into great green products.  Why T Shirts? In today's age of disposable clothing, the T Shirt reigns supreme. They are cheap, cheerful and "fast food fashion". In fact, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, an estimated 11.8 million tons of textiles were generated in 2006, or 5 percent of total municipal solid waste.  The company has other great facts out on their site about why they are focused on t-shirts.  https://www.reteez.com/facts.php

Do you have a bridal gown or bridesmaids gowns that you no longer wear or want to keep?

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and what better time to tell you about this donation location!

“Brides Against Breast Cancer” continues to be the Making Memories Foundation’s number one fund-raising event across the nation. Over 32 shows every year enable brides-to-be to find the gown of their dreams (at an incredible savings) while making wishes and dreams come true for women and men diagnosed with terminal breast cancer.

Closet System Suggestion

"The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year."  — John Foster Dulles

Question:  My wife would like me to do something about our master closet.  Can you refer a self-help product for closet design?

   -- Jon from Indiana

Simple Tools that Help You Save Space

The "mud room" slash "laundry room" in our home has a layout that I don't really care for.  It is long and has a lot of not-so-usable space.  The coat closet is quite small too.  We use these great door hanging hooks over the door to the garage and the door to our kitchen.