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How to Set Up a Receipt Organizer with an Accordion File {with Video}
If you had good intentions of getting organized in the new year but didn’t know where to start for setting up a system for filing receipts, don’t feel bad. Here is a video that will help make a receipt organizer for all of your paper receipts. Watch the video below to find out how to set up a receipt organizer with an accordion file. Are you having a hard time keeping up with all the paper clutter? Let’s tackle your home organization project one piece at a time. Today we’ll start with an easy and fast system for organizing all of your receipts. A receipt organizer is one home system…
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Do This Now: Analyze Your Home Systems
Systems make more time for the things you want to do, so get your home systems in check today!
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How to Organize a First Aid Box
Organizing a First Aid Box can be a quick project that will save you time when you need it – in an emergency. Check out these common problems we encounter in First Aid Boxes and the 5 minute fix to get yours into tip top shape! Problem #1: A cluttered, messy First Aid Box makes it difficult to find the sterile supplies needed quickly. Problem #2: An unlabeled First Aid Box means that some first aid supplies will end up there, but they will also be put into other containers, drawers and cabinets. If a label doesn’t tell your family that box is for first aid supplies, how will they…
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How To Set Up a Housekeeping Plan
Setting up a Housekeeping Plan for your home is a project that will keep your house cleaning, care and maintenance manageable for you. Designing and creating the plan may take a little time up front, but this is time well spent. By creating a Housekeeping Plan, you are investing a little time now to save you a lot of time in the future.
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The Return Station
Home Systems: How to Create a Return Station Also pictured is the Donation Station. Read about it here! Problem #1: Transient items can overrun the house. Items like rental movies, library books, items to return or exchange at stores, and things borrowed from people, are scattered. They end up everywhere – in bags, on the floor, lost in kids’ rooms, car trunks, garage, and on the couch. Problem #2: You can’t give these items permanent homes in your house if they are not meant to stay in your house! How do you keep transitional items from getting lost and making junky clutter all over the place before you return them?…
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The Donation Station
I felt like I was always swimming in clutter up to my armpits. My house was a mess and it never stayed clean for long. That’s why I created the Donation Station. But now I need to tell you how important the Donation Station has been to keeping my house clean and decluttered. Back in 2007, I realized that I had a huge problem with clutter, no matter how much I cleaned or organized. After a little analysis, I found one of the main sources of my situation. There were constantly things in my house that didn’t even belong there! These items often fell into 2 categories: 1. Donations –…
