Closed September 2017
Sometimes you just have to bite the bullet and jump into your home organizing project. But what do you do when that decision comes back to bite you? You’ve planned your tasks and started optimistically, but now you are overwhelmed and stuck-what do you do? Watch this video for strategies to help you get past… Read more »
I knew I had a clutter problem. I knew it because everytime I tried to walk through my dining room, I felt like a goat in a junkyard…stepping over things and around things constantly. I was tired of it, but it wasn’t until I looked in a bag on the dining room table in early… Read more »
We moved to Santa Barbara 12 years ago and bought a home. We paid three times as much for a house the was half the size of our Texas house. Location, location, location. We are living in paradise. It’s usually 72 and sunny with ocean views and mountain views. Unfortunately, we moved EVERYTHING to California. … Read more »
After going through a rough academic semester, I was really looking forward to getting “my house in order.” My recent challenges at school prompted me to reexamine my organization skills and work ethic. It was important for me to get organized while juggling roles as a graduate student, wife and mommy to a toddler. I… Read more »
I recently got out of the Army after serving for almost 11 years. I have been married for 6 years and have two little boys ages 4 and 5. When my husband and I got married 6 years ago we didn’t declutter from being single, so we continued to collect more and more clutter during… Read more »
I was neat child until my parents divorced, then I lived with my very cluttered mother for thirteen years. I have always, always struggled with creating good habits and routines. When I was seventeen, my mother tried a declutter system and it worked for her. I tried, and I tried, but I could never stick… Read more »
I have just begun and am looking at my home differently. I see nests of “elsewhere’s” everywhere I look – and now they propel me to action. I have always said “I can organize anything – but I cannot keep anything organized.” Now I know why – no underlying systems. I have attended a few… Read more »
I am so excited to finally be able to post a before-after set of pictures for this space. I started working on the room back in 2010 but life got in the way and not much got accomplished. My photos were even featured on one of Lorie’s webinars and she gave me lots of great… Read more »
I made a plan. First I went to the store and bought 5 large tubs in three different colors. Next I wiped down the washer and dryer and organized the cabinets above them. The next day I sorted everything on the right side of the room. I set up a tub for all of the… Read more »
Who would expect to find a soccer trophy, an Easter basket, and a long-lost set of marbles in with the canned soups and paper towels? Before the Clutter Diet, our family’s large, walk-in pantry was a tangle of bags, boxes, cans, and who knows what. We put the O.R.D.E.R. system to work. We also listened… Read more »
