A Unique Solution to Gift Bag Clutter

Don’t want to throw away the pretty gift wrappings from your baby shower? Yet you know that if you save them, you’re entering the dreaded clutter danger-zone.
Here’s a unique solution with multiple benefits: you’ll gain instant baby room décor. And you’ll also preserve something from a magical and memorable time in your life. Continue Reading

Readers' Clutter Hacks: Five-Minute Clutter Relief

hurryYou suggested 10-minute clutter relief. I do it in five- minute spurts. Five-minute projects are clutter clearing that you can do while you’re waiting on hold, waiting at appointments, waiting for the repairman, waiting for the meeting, waiting for the bus…well, you get the idea.
My list ranges from cleaning out my wallet and purse to sorting though magazines on the bedside table. I also file papers, do a quick check of e-mail, wipe off my computer screen and keyboard, and throw a load of laundry in the washer. Continue Reading

The Ultimate Multi-Purpose Storage Item: Shoe Pockets

pocketsIn her post on Associatedcontent.com, Mary Moss mentions several uses for the over-the-door shoe pockets. One of them is for dog supplies. What a great idea!
I’m forever losing Spanky’s (my dog) brush and nail clippers. I have one of those handy shoe pocket organizers on the back of my laundry room door that currently houses four or five compact umbrellas. I think it’s found a new use. Continue Reading