5 Master Bedroom Organizing Hacks for More Serenity
We build large master bedroom suites with the intention of using them as an oasis for rest and relaxation. Then we use our master bedroom as a playroom, an office and a home theater. If you want your oasis back, along with more relaxation, serenity and calm in your life, consider the following organizing hacks […]
Moving? 6 Reasons Why You Should Get Help from a Professional Organizer
Whatever the reason for your move, the process of moving is at once exciting and overwhelming. You may be managing a long to do list to get your home ready for sale. During the moving process, it can feel like a thousand different pieces are moving at the same time, all in addition to the demands […]
Part 2 – Does the Thought of Tax Preparation Make You Panic? How We Can Help
Unless you are an accountant, for many of us, filing our tax returns ranks on the list of fun activities right next to root canals. Some of us get through this yearly chore one way or another and file our taxes by the deadline. For others, it is not so easy. Many Americans who struggle […]
Five Reasons to Get Started on Your Taxes Today
The deadline to file your taxes will arrive sooner than you think. It may feel like a long time from now, but the time to file is as soon as you have your W2’s and all the other paperwork needed. According to the IRS, 20-25% of Americans wait until right before the deadline to prepare […]
Organize Your Home by Marginal Gains
If you improve how you manage different areas of your home by just 1%, would that lead to staying more organized in the long run? You bet. This brilliant concept, called “aggregation of marginal gains” was utilized by Dave Brailsford, who took a historically good but un-winning U.K. cycling team and made many small improvements, […]
What to Know Before Your Bathroom Remodel
If you’ve ever seen a remodeling show on HGTV, you may have been inspired to remodel your home. It looks so easy, so fast and so manageable. The reality is, no surprise, a little more complex. We decided to remodel our master and guest bathrooms some time ago. We hoped to begin the project as […]
Why Decluttering Your Kitchen Will Help You Eat Healthier
It’s the month of January and many of us are trying to eat healthier and make better food choices. We know that clutter causes stress, anxiety and a sense of feeling overwhelmed. Not many realize that a cluttered environment can also keep us from being successful in making good food choices. What if our home environment, […]
The Case for Handwritten Thank You Notes
Thank You Notes are an Important Tradition The holidays are about traditions. Some holiday traditions are generic and some are unique to the family, some are old and some new. At some point, the job of passing on these traditions shifts from the grandparents, to parents of young children. It’s not discussed, it just happens […]
A Calmer Home Environment May Help Reduce Your Anxiety
Anxiety: You Are Not Alone in How You Feel Anxiety disorders affect 40 million adults in the US. That is a lot of folks who very often feel panicked, overwhelmed, tense, may have low self-worth, intrusive thoughts, and paralyzing self-doubt that affect their daily life. Sometimes you may successfully hide how you feel while in […]
Get Your Paperwork Under Control This Month
It’s January and that means it’s time to catch up on things like paperwork and bills. Time to pay that holiday credit card bill (ouch!) and finish up returns and exchanges. As you pay your bills and do your filing, you might notice how full your file cabinets have become over the past year. January […]