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Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes – Pt 2
Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes – Part 2 I hope the first half of Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes was helpful to your wardrobe and your peace of mind! Make it easy (well, easier anyway) to purge your closets with our handy decluttering criteria for clothes. Wondering why the black and white rules? Read on to find out! A YES answer here means make it go away! A No answer means stay: Is anybody embarrassed when you wear it? Does it have holes, rips, tears, stains, spots, frays, underarm scarring or seams coming undone? Is it missing buttons, beads or jewels? Is the tag still on? Socks: Are there holes?…
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Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes – Pt 1
Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes – Part 1 Make it easy (well, easier anyway) to purge your closets with our handy decluttering criteria for clothes. Wondering why the harsh black and white rules? Read on to find out! A YES answer here means keep it! No means go… Does it fit now? Is it in style? Does it make you look great? Does it make you feel good when you wear it? Does it look good from the back as well as the front? Socks: Does it have a match? White clothing: is it still white? Have you worn it in the last year? Now we get down to the…
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Organizing Under the Bathroom Sink
While making my Summer Projects List, I added “clean under the bathroom sink” to the list. It hasn’t been done in a long time and was definitely overdue. When you have to push things back to fit in a new item, it’s time to purge! I made half of the products under the sink disappear. There were many duplicates: 2 mousses, 2 curling sprays, 4 hairsprays (2 pump, 2 aerosol)… They were piled behind other things and I didn’t even know they were there! I had to exercise some serious Product Control (only 1 of each thing open and in use; put the rest in the pantry). Many things had…
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Conquer the Paper – Pt 2
If you missed last week, I am participating in The Lazy Organizer’s SMART Habit Saturday! I chose one new habit to work on and report back with my progress each Saturday. My habit for April is scanning. If you missed it, read about my project from last week. I am digitizing all paper in our house (receipts, manuals, magazine articles, report cards). Scan it and toss it is my motto! My new habit includes scanning old papers for 10 minutes each morning, and scanning all new papers that come into the house immediately (such as mail). I am tired of paper RULING MY LIFE! The files, piles, and boxes of…
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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 –…
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Conquer the Paper!
This is my first week participating in The Lazy Organizer’s Smart Habit Saturday! It’s hard to choose just one new habit to work on, when we are all constantly finding little ways to improve our time, finances and lives. The habit I’ll be tracking in April is scanning. I have been working on the files, piles, storage boxes et. al. of PAPERS which have ruled my life for so long! My family was given a scanner by a relative and I have been digitizing all the paper in our home so I can throw it away! With such a backlog, and considering that I have only scanned roughly 3000 pages…
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Declutter by Returning Borrowed Items
Even if you don’t have time for an in-depth decluttering project, here is a quick way to cut some of the clutter in your house right now in under 10 minutes! Today’s quick decluttering tip is this: Declutter your house by returning borrowed items.
