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How to Know What to Sell When Decluttering

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As professional organizers, we know that the process of decluttering a home or work space can feel extremely daunting. That’s generally because people think of organizing as one single activity. But once you understand that the work must be broken down into bite-sized tasks, it becomes much more manageable! One of those tasks is selling [Read more…]

10 Ways to Shop Small This Year

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The holidays are here and that means the fun hustle and bustle of shopping for loved ones has begun. With Covid-19 causing hardships to many small businesses, it’s a great year to start thinking about how you can shop with local stores and service providers that could use your support. Here are some ideas to help [Read more…]

8 Gift Ideas that Don’t Cause Clutter

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This post was originally released in 2013 and has been updated for 2020. As we approach holiday gift-buying at the end of this challenging year, many people are making an effort to support small, local businesses. Staying home all year has also made folks more aware of how much they own, and encouraged them to [Read more…]

Self-Care is an Essential Service

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The holiday season has officially arrived! 2020 has already brought many challenges (#understatementoftheyear), and the holidays usually bring even more stress along with them. In preparation, I’m here on my little organizer soapbox to talk about self-care for a hot minute. Stay with me please. It’s a common belief that self-care is expensive. And sure, [Read more…]

3 Essential Steps to Prepare for an Emergency

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It’s National Preparedness Month and FEMA (the Federal Emergency Management Agency) has a new catchphrase: “Disasters don’t wait. Make your plan today.”  If recent events here on the west coast have taught us anything, it’s the truth of these words. In the Pacific Northwest, wildfires are far from foreign. This year was the most destructive [Read more…]

Whose Mess is this, Anyway?

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that spending more time at home equals more mess. Welcome to domestic life in 2020! It can be a huge challenge to manage all of the moving parts in a household while working from home, plus homeschooling, being a supportive partner, parent and friend while generally staying sane. First [Read more…]

How to Plan An Organized Move (During a Pandemic)

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Moving to a new home can be a challenge at the best of times. From packing to searching for the coffee pot on the first morning, there are many moving parts involved (pun intended). Add a global pandemic to the mix, and the whole process can become very overwhelming. Since we’ve been helping clients with [Read more…]

Design Ideas While Social Distancing: Interview with Kimberlee Jaynes

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This week, we had the pleasure of (virtually) sitting down with Kimberlee Jaynes, award-winning interior designer and owner of Kimberlee Jaynes Interior Designs in Portland OR. Kimberlee merges both modern and traditional styles to create bold yet simple interiors. Her designs have been featured in The Portrait of Portland and Oregon Home magazines as well [Read more…]

Love, Contagion and Organization in the time of COVID-19

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It’s been fifteen days, ten hours and four minutes since the Coronavirus became real in our household. Not that I’m counting. I went to pick my son up from school on a Wednesday, and the teacher reported that he was definitely under the weather. Coughing, sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes. A regular, run of the [Read more…]

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