No one wants you to resurface on the first of January, nearly buried in a mountain of holiday-season clutter--least of all, me. Avoid that unbecoming occurrence with the 5 good looks below. 1. Get your edit on--now. LS 101 says 1 in, 1 out, but the holiday season is a slight exception. If you want to meet yourself, clutter-free, come January, you'll fare well if your rule of thumb is 1 out, 1 in. The important ...

We live in a world where so much emphasis is placed on belongings to define identity. This isn't a new phenomenon, but is does beg the question: what belongs to you? My work is about freeing people from the allure of infinite options, about bringing a sense of priority to the stuff of their lives, so that in the end their belongings truly reflect who they are and what they need and desire. But even ...

5 Tips that everyone needs reminding of now and again. Especially on holidays and special occasions. 1. Don't bite off more than you can chew. At the table and in life. Don't offer to cook the entire dinner if that's more than you can reasonably handle on your own. Don't promise three sets of friends and two sets of families you'll be sure to stop by their house on turkey-day to say hi. Think about ...

A real hodgepodge of a favorites list, just for you. 1. Essential Stacking Bins I've included these stacking bins in a past favorites round-up, I'm sure of it. They're good quality and very reasonably priced. This month brought about a newfound appreciation and adoration for the stacking bins when the realization hit that they are perfectly sized to fit a travel cosmetics train case. Now, travel cosmetics stay contained while in transit, but they also--ding ding ...

I'm in Hawaii currently, and I can tell you this much with certainty: beaches are the great equalizer. It doesn't matter where you come from or how many beaches you've ever walked on before; when you reach the shore, you take off your shoes. You do this because you've been taught or learned, perhaps, how clumsy it is to wade through sand in anything other than your own feet. But also, I suspect, because somehow ...