For many, the holidays are a special time to connect with family, take stock in what really matters to you, and think about our goals for the following year. Which brings me to the topic at large: What happened to last year’s resolution? Whether you actually did manage to go a whole year without drinking a [Read more…]
Field Trip: Tiny House Organizing FTW!
As professional organizers, we love the concept of tiny homes; the minimalist lifestyle that accompanies them is a big draw. When people make the choice to live in a tiny home, they must whittle their belongings down to only the strictly necessary. But you do not necessarily have to convert to minimalism to have or [Read more…]
Help Your Student Organize Their School Binder
Do you have a middle school age student who struggles with a disorganized school binder? This is a common challenge for middle schoolers as they face the new challenge of multiple classes, homework assignments and school projects. Many students need to be taught the skills of planning, time-management and organization, with specific focus on paper [Read more…]
Book Review: The Little Book of Tidying
When a professional organizer gets the chance to write a review for a book with the word “tidying” in the title, they jump at the opportunity. At 94 pages, The Little Book of Tidying by Beth Penn is indeed little – but packed with wisdom, tips, and the cutest illustrations you’ve ever seen. The now famous [Read more…]
FREE National Drug Take-Back Event: October 28, 2017
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Event Date: Saturday, October 28th, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Locations: For participating locations nationwide, click here. For participating Portland area locations, refer to the list below. Do you have unused and unwanted drugs in your medicine cabinet? Multiple Police Departments across the country are partnering up with the [Read more…]
Get the Organized Garage You Always Wanted
For many homeowners, the garage is often the most disorganized “room” in the house. This has been true for every one of our organizing clients, and is likely true for many others who don’t need organizing services. No matter how organized you are in other areas, the garage just tends to be an easy dumping [Read more…]
Free Workshop: Kitchen and Pantry Organizing at Storables
Organizers Northwest is proud to be teaming up with Storables in Portland to bring you an extra special kitchen organizing workshop. The kitchen is probably the most popular room in your house, and also the hardest to keep clean and clutter free! Whether you are frustrated by disorganized Tupperware, lack of drawer space or aren’t sure [Read more…]
How to Create an Organized Homework Station
As promised in our last blog, 6 Habits to Help Your Child Transition from School to Home, this week we are featuring a special how-to blog, on creating an organized homework station for your student. The location of this homework station is important, as you want it to be a central and neutral space that [Read more…]
6 Habits to Help Your Child Transition from School to Home
If you are the parent of school-aged children, then the following conversations (often shouted from another room) will sound familiar to you: “Please put your backpack away honey!” “In a minute mom…” or… “Time to start your homework!” “Aww….five more minutes dad!” Many kids struggle with the transition from school to home. The temptation to [Read more…]
4 Quick Organizing Projects When You’re Stuck Indoors
As most of our followers know, we are located in Portland Oregon. Last week, Portland experienced soaring temperatures above 100 degrees for consecutive days. As a result, many of us have been stuck indoors. One great activity to do during extreme weather events is to get some organizing done. As pro organizers, we are sort of [Read more…]
How to Move Like a Pro Organizer
Recently, we’ve been flooded with requests for organizing services to help with the transition of moving to a new home. And we understand why: there is so much to think about – from keeping new home documents organized to decluttering and downsizing your current home in preparation for the big day. After some deliberation, we [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: August 12 2017
Bring old credit card statements, financial statements, pre-approved credit card offers, old IRS tax forms, bank checks, household bills, and other documents that may contain sensitive information to this FREE Shred Event in Beaverton on August 12, 2017
How to Create a Pro Organizer Moving Binder
There are a few certainties in life: death, taxes, and…moving. According to the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 12 times during his or her lifetime! That’s a lot of bubble wrap. Whether you are moving across the hall (I’ve actually done this, and it was surprisingly hard) or across the country, there are [Read more…]
How to Stay Organized When you Work from Home
According to Global Workplace Analytics, 3.7 million people work remotely at least half of the time today in the US. While this is good news for the planet, traffic congestion and introverts across America, working from home can be challenging when it comes to productivity and organization. As we all know, the ability to be [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: June 10 2017
Beaverton FREE Shred Event Date: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Sunset Presbyterian Church – 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland Oregon 97229 It’s that time of year again! Clean out your old papers and bring them to the Document Shredding Clinic sponsored by the Beaverton Police Department. There is a [Read more…]
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