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De-cluttering Garage The Fun Way

On a recent garage organizing project, we we able to catch one of our professional organizers Molly Hewell at work with a client.

Watch the garage organization video and see that it is not as difficult a task as you might think, if done with others and if you know how to tackle it!

As you’ll see, there is a “Keep” area, a “Sell” area, and a sorting area. What the client doesn’t sell, she will donate. The sorting area are bins of papers to sort later after garage items are placed back inside in a designated “home” spot or zone for them.

How do you tackle organizing a garage?

Organizing Ideas For Wall Spaces To Get Organized

The Stylish Home Organization board on Pinterest shows a selection of organizing products from a vast arena of creative, stylish, and do-it-yourself storage solutions which would organize practically anything you can imagine.

I’d like to share some of the ideas for wall spaces with you.

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A Bedroom Makeover In Organizational Style

This project was a labor of love, and this already organized vintage-styled bedroom went through an evolution of being a MORE organized bedroom, with many re-decorating touches all over.

It all started in one of the clothes closets. A new solution for the accumulated collection of scarves was needed. So, using two long towel racks side-by-side, the scarves were draped over the rods along the inside wall of the small walk-in closet Read the rest of this entry »

Managing and Organizing Your Jam-Packed Life

Online and mobile technology is making our lives easier in so many ways, particularly in managing the chaotic events and actions we have going on in our lives. Here are 5 free online tools that should help you in managing your affairs and family to keep you better organized ... Read the rest of this entry »

Interior Decorators vs. Professional Organizers

I want to clarify the difference between an interior designer and an interior decorator. They both do mostly the same thing - design new spaces - however it's the Designer who has a college degree and studied about architecture. Whereas, the Decorator doesn't require a college degree to practice decorating,, and typically gains there skills from an already inherent knack and personal study (just like a professional organizer!). Read the rest of this entry »

Up to 40% Off During Get Organized Month

We're offering our own "Deal" ... but instead of a "Daily Deal" we've got a "30-Day Deal"!

Take advantage of these special discounted rates now and get a start on an organized year for 2012! These deals are for home or office organizing services: Read the rest of this entry »

Home Organizing Video Tips

HandyGirl founder Cyndi Seidler is currently producing a video series called "Organized Home" that features her providing tips and organizing solutions around the home. The Organized Home video series has a video website at www.organizedhomevideos.com. To date, Cyndi has produced one video a day, talking about how to save space in your clothes closet, a method of handling mail as it comes in your home, her container system for the refrigerator, using turntables in cabinets, how to double the space in your cupboards, and a way to organize hair accessories. Here's a look at one of Cyndi's quick one-minute organizing tips, "Making Space In Your Clothes Closet":

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Seasons In Your Clothes Closet

'Tis the season to be ... jolly about having an organized closet! Huh? Don't have one of those? Or maybe you have one, but aren't so jolly because the season changed on you, and now you need to access a whole different set of clothing?

For me, I solved the seasonal clothes "musical chairs" dilemma by having two closets - one consisting mostly of clothes for cooler weather; the other for warmer weather. One closet is a walk-in and the other is a reach-in. However, I know that everyone doesn't have two clothes closets in their bedroom. So, we manage with other solutions.

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Getting Organized for the Holidays

Get organized this year (and every year) by organizing some holiday tasks in advance and establishing "zones" for your holiday tasks. You may also need to prepare your home for guests, therefore get ready to set the stage for your home to be guest-ready (just like home staging!). Overall, getting organized for the holidays means being prepared. And being prepared involves several aspects unique to the holiday season. Read the rest of this entry »

An Office Organizational Makeover

We've been underway on a large office re-design and organization makeover project at an office in the Pacific Design Center. And, rather than tell you all about it, we'd like to SHOW you! Here's some clips that show us in action doing an office makeover ...

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Hiding Stuff Using Creative Organizing Solutions

I recently wrote an article for The Organized Home Club called "Creative & Decorative Organizing Solutions" that shows how to store stuff in decorative ways.

In the article, there are pictures taken from around my own house showing the various ways I use decorative storage solutions to store certain items in that I want handy. I wanted to share some of these here so you can see how creative we can get!

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55% Off on Home Organization Deal

$79 for 2 hours of home organizing with consultation - That's $93.50 Off!

Are you tired of having a room in your house growl or even yell at you when you enter it or try to engage in its messy area?

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Organize Your Home Decorating Project

Beginning to embark on your decorating or remodeling adventure can hold all the excitement as creating your dream vacation trip. At least, during the visionary stage, that is. After that, the excitement can often get curtailed when you become overwhelmed with dozens of choices, mounting expense receipts, and the various contractors hired to a task on the project.

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Organize and Customize a Home Office

An office in the home should be more than a place you work in - it should be a place you LOVE to be in, as well.

My own home office was a bit stuffy when I first set it up after moving in to my house. The walls were all white, my file cabinets were an "office" gray, I had very little "color" or decor items in it, and there was a homely shelf unit sitting in plain view. Dull, dull, dull. Since I knew I was going to spend a better part of my day in this space, it became important for me to spiff it up a bit.

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Car Organization Made Easy

Getting in a tidy car feels as good as entering a tidy room, and visa versa - getting into a messy car feels as bad as entering a messy room.

I find it interesting that some of my friends who have tidy homes are not necessarily the same about their cars. One would think that the habit of tidiness is something that would spill over into other areas of that person's livingness or living spaces. And, a car is one of those living spaces. However, I don't find that the tidy habits at home are always applied to the car.

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