Home Management Binder Tips
One of my all time favorite organizing tools is my home management binder. I fondly refer to our household binder as my “command central binder” as it really is an integral part of keeping our home [...]
Email Attachments At Your Fingertips
Do you have a ton of photos in your inbox? Do you find yourself constantly looking for them? Is there a nagging voice in your head telling you to do something to archive those photos? Or [...]
5 Fabulous Summer Organizing Projects for Kids
Ahh…summer. What’s not to love? The kids are out of school, the days are longer, and the living is, quite simply, good. But before too long, if your home is anything like mine, boredom begins to [...]
How to Make Peace With a Less Organized Partner
The first time I went to my husband’s house, long before we were married, I marveled at his CD collection—or more precisely, at how much it overlapped with my CD collection. I took that as a [...]
Getting Organized to Start Digital Scrapbooking
I love the digital age, don’t you? I get a kick out of being able to access the photos I've taken mere seconds after doing so. But I stopped printing photos long ago. I’m really not [...]
Lazy Susan Organizer Ideas
Many years ago, when simplify 101 was in its infancy, I wrote a quick tip touting the benefits of Lazy Susan organizers. I proclaimed that “Lazy” Susan was a misnomer. This incredible storage solution should have [...]
Get Started Organizing by Focusing on This…
For many people the hardest part about getting organized (and many other projects, for that matter) is getting started. Maybe this has happened to you before, too. You're ready to start an organizing project but... You [...]
Organize Greeting Cards with a Tickler File
This is hard for me to say, but I’m sharing it anyway because it’s the real reason I’m creating a tickler file system for greeting cards. I recently had someone close to our family tell me [...]
Getting Started Organizing: My Journey (Back) to Organized
For many years, I lived in a one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Visitors often commented on how neat it was, and how organized I was. I loved the look and feel of my organized space, and how well [...]
Garage Sale Advice, Tips + How-Tos
It's easy to tell when spring has sprung around here… garage sale signs are popping up faster than the flowers! Garage or yard sales can be a great way to let go of items that no [...]