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The Room-Rearranging Story Without a Happy Ending
Last week, I shared my plan for our office/gameroom/guest room. I LOVED the comments on that post. They really helped me think through what I wanted to do with that room. The main thing I got from...
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Big Things Going On in the Gameroom
Did you notice how I called it “The Gameroom” without any slashes, parentheses, or other explanation? I’m doing my best to start thinking of this as a single purpose room that can adjust to other...
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DIY Furniture Moving Sliders {Cheap Organizing Tricks}
Sometimes . . . decluttering/organizing requires furniture-moving. Sometimes . . . the motivation to move furniture hits when big, strong (handsome and hairy) men aren’t available to help. Everytime ....
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I Did SOMEthing in the Gameroom, OK?
Have I mentioned that I’m extra-busy this week? Well, I am. And yet . . . there’s this 29 Day Organizing Challenge I said I was doing. And the whole...
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The Desk is GONE(ish)!
A few minutes ago, I headed over to read the rules for the final link-up in the 29 Day Organizing Challenge at Org Junkie. I was in a rather bad mood that I had to hurry and write a post about an...
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The Big Stuff is Done! (Gameroom Update)
I started out behind on the February Organizing Challenge over at Org Junkie. My first post was written on Feb 2nd, and the challenge started on the first. I feel like everything I did throughout the...
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Utilizing Wall Storage in the Garage: Pegboards
My Room-by-Room blogging friends and I are writing about garages and storage spaces today. When the time came that I could no longer put off writing this post (about one of my home’s most irritating...
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Organization Products (And Why They Scare Me)
I have a phobia of organizing products. It was a late-onset phobia that developed in my mid-thirties. Right around the same time that my delusions that I would become organized once I became a true...
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How to Keep Up with Emailed Coupons
I love my iPhone. I knew I would, I just didn’t know how much. It hasn’t solved all my problems, but it sure does help with a lot of things! One of the things I love is that I don’t have to print out...
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Stopped by Fear (Of Avocados, Legos, Cutesy Baskets, Etc.)
I used to suffer from a fear of avocados. I loved them, and would be happy with a family-sized serving of guacamole all to myself, but I wouldn’t buy avocados in the store. See, I did once. It was...
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The Big Mama-Guilt of a Slob
I think I’m pretty safe in making the following statement: The worst part about being a parent/slob is the guilt about not teaching your children the skills they need to not turn into a slob. I’ve been...
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28 Day Organizing Challenge – Office Clutter Corner
February is over. Oh my. At the beginning of February, I joined in on Orgjunkie’s 28 Day Organizing Challenge. So today I’m going to reveal the results of my labor from the entire . . . morning. Yes,...
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So . . . Underwear Drawers are for . . . . Underwear?
Pre-filebox, I had huge paper-pile problems. I’m still amazed at how quickly a pile can/does appear if I don’t stay on top of every SINGLE paper that enters this house. One of my main problems was that...
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Establishing Boundaries . . . Confining the Clutter . . . Whatever You Want...
At a mom’s group meeting several years ago I heard a speaker on home organization say that you should make a rule to remove one old thing every time you bring something new into your home. Everyone...
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The Downside of a Place for Everything
I’m determined to find a place for everything. It was my New Year’s resolution for 2010. But with my tendency to be a little . . . well . . . excessive, this can have a downside. I’m a shover. When I...
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Changing the Scenery
I’ve been looking at this pile of shoes . . . pretty much all summer. Every time I see it, it irritates me. Every time I see it and my brain acknowleges that I see it, it REALLY irritates me. I’ve...
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Dreams of Organization
I woke up this morning with renewed resolve. I’ve been at this deslobification/blogging thing for one full year as of today. While life is never truly “normal” (and I’m thankful for that), the school...
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Sometimes You Need to Sleep On It
Yesterday, I was in a bit of a mood. A never-have-enough-time-so-what’s-the-point-of-trying-how-am-I-ever-going-to-kick-this-slob-thing mood. Sorry. It’s my reality that sometimes the mess and/or...
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Vacuuming the Christmas Tree . . . And Other Dos and Don’ts for Storing...
It would make more sense to talk about storing Christmas decor . . . . after Christmas. Except that by then, I’ll have forgotten all the things I grumbled to myself while getting our decorations out...
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The Eight-Letter "O" Word . . .
Any guesses on the “O” word? No, not “operates.” Not “optimism.” Definitely not “octopus.” (Partly because it’s only 7 letters.) “Organize.” Ugh. Now let me make it clear that I am NOT saying it is...
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Waiting for a Reason
This spot has been bugging me, big time, for several months. Looking at the picture, I’m sure you have no idea why. But even though it irritated me, I didn’t do anything about it . . . other than to...
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Organizing the Laundry Room
The initial title that popped into my head was “Re-organizing the Laundry Room.” Then I thought, “Ummm, who am I kidding?” I’ve cleaned my laundry room before. I’ve even given another go at using my...
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Storage Solutions that Don’t Work
It’s possible . . . . . . that someone is thinking, “Wow, she’s right. That shelf is a mess. What a bad storage solution.” The mess on the shelf isn’t actually what I’m talking about. This ain’t no...
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The Big Pantry Clean-Out
I cleaned out my pantry today. Honestly, I didn’t think it was that bad. It’s not very full. Since I’m not couponing like I once did, it’s hard to be motivated to do a big overhaul of the pantry....
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Day Two of My Big Garage Organization Project
Saturday morning I was ready to get to work. I was excited about Friday’s progress, and I felt that this was going to be the day when I would see real change. I know, it almost sounds like I’m an...
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My Little Girl’s Room Is Organized . . . Am I on a Roll Here?
I shared on Friday that after being so proud of myself for organizing the garage, I ended up in a funk when the very next day, a desperate search for tap shoes made me unable to deny that my...
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I’m Totally Shelf-Obsessed
Deciding on the perfect shelf for my daughter’s room led to a re-arranging/moving/exhausting-switching-out of shelving units all over the house. I LOVE shelves. Seriously. They are my weakness....
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A Back to the Future Moment
I have a question. What do YOU do with all of your wigs? You know, the ones you wouldn’t wear on a normal day? Oh. You don’t have any wigs? Hmmm. Okaaaay. Well, it’s a real issue for me. I can...
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Playing Catch-Up
Saturday was my youngest child’s fifth birthday party. Don’t worry, I’m not sobbing. I’ll save that for Wednesday, her actual birthday. I’ve come a very long way in this deslobification process and...
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Clue #3 in the Master Bedroom Mystery – Last Minute Shoving
Really, all of the clues so far have been pretty in-my-face. No sleuthing required. But how our master bedroom repeatedly falls into chaos . . . still feels like a mystery to me. Clue #3: Last minute...
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Organizing My Bathroom Drawer
I organized my bathroom drawer today. I didn’t plan to, but it happened. It began when I finished my daily checklist (which was overly time-consuming because I hadn’t done it all week) and realized I...
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The Smallest Disorganized Space I Could Find
If you’ve hopped over from Org Junkie, welcome! You can read about my two decluttering questions here, where I explain why they work so well for my slob-brain! Also check out the other methods that I...
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My "Big" Project This Week
Here it is. My big decluttering/organizing/cleaning project of the week: I cleaned off the dining room table. Perhaps you are thinking, “Ummmm, haven’t you done that before? Like . . . a hundred...
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It’s Hard to Get Stuff Done Around the House if You Aren’t Home
When I was in High School/College/Thailand, the worst possible thing that could happen was to not have anywhere to go on a Friday or Saturday night. Free time was for having fun and I loved to be on...
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Motivated by Falling Objects
Sometimes you weigh various factors when deciding which area to declutter next. Sometimes it just hits you over the head. (Almost) literally. I’ve been doing a decluttering/organization project most...
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Taking a Moment to Contain Myself, or at Least My Stuff
This week has been wild with end of school stuff. Not only the stuff I knew was coming, but extra things that came up at the last minute and kept me from having a single day at home. I try to do at...
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10 Ways to Combat Messiness When You Have Little-Bitties – A Guest Post
I’m off having fun with my family this week, so I’m welcoming Jessie from Vanderbilt Wife today. Hi, I’m Jessie. And I am a slob. It’s good to have somewhere to confess that, isn’t it? Unfortunately,...
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Organizing Systems Don’t (Do the) Work
I’ve purged. I’ve figured things out. I’ve established routines. And yet, there are still days when I could totally qualify for “one of those” shows. The ones where they take before pictures and...
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Decluttering the Kitchen Drawer
This drawer has been making me crazy. For a very . . . . long . . . . time. It’s the drawer that makes me appear to be a neurotically over-zealous host. While in fact, I’m just neurotic. When a...
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Get Towels off the Floor – Cheap {Organizing} Tricks
I’ve been thinking about starting a new series this year called: Cheap {Organizing} Tricks So here goes. This first one isn’t so much a trick, as a duh. My definition of “duh” is: Something that is...
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Could vs. Should
Org Junkie is having a February Organizing Challenge. I really don’t like challenges. I’d rather use the time I would spend planning a strategy . . . to just get something done. 100% less chance of...
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The Messy Fridge Makeover (Using Fun New Products from the Home Collection by...
The following decluttering/organizing project is a sponsored post: How is it that the single largest object in my kitchen somehow becomes invisible to me? School is about to start. (Blech.) Soon, we’ll...
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Fighting Forgetfulness – A Back Door Command Station (and a Giveaway!)
This is a sponsored post, but the experiences, forgetfulness, and expired-last-year coupons are all mine! Surely I’ll start the school year with more presence of mind than I had when the last one...
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Baskets? Oh. I Get it Now.
I used to think baskets would solve all my problems. So I bought them. And then bought some more. And a few more just in case. Then, I’d get home and the Organizing Energy I had before I left for the...
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A Solution That Works! (Finally!!)
I wrote a post a while back about how I was giving up on how I wanted things to be and just going with how they are. I wanted that basket on the other side of the TV. So it wouldn’t run the risk of...
View ArticleStrange Organizing Strategies that Work – Storing Food Containers
Does organizing your Tupperware cabinet make you crazy? Do you automatically cover your head every time you open the door to protect yourself from falling food storage containers? I get it. I’ve...
View ArticleA Crazy Easy Necklace Organizing Solution (that actually works!)
Sometimes, the simplest solutions are the best! Love this idea from one of you! Dana, I tried to use this cute jewelry tree for years for all my jewelry. My necklaces would catch on the other branches...
View ArticleOrganizing Solutions Aren’t the (Actual) Solution – Decluttering My Scarves...
A big part of my problem, pre-deslobification process, was not understanding how organizing solutions worked. Because they didn’t work. At least they didn’t work for me. And they definitely didn’t work...
View ArticleNeed Focus? My Review of the Ultimate Weekly Planner (Sponsored)
This is a sponsored post, but I can say with confidence that I’m loving using the planner sent to me by Ultimate Weekly Planner. (Use the code SLOB for $5 off your order!) If y’all have been around a...
View ArticleWhere to Put Clothes that Are Worn but Not Dirty?
I get this question a lot: Where should I put clothes I’ve worn (so they’re not technically clean), but that aren’t actually dirty, so I want to wear them again? Usually, the question is followed by an...
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