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Live Simply All-Star: Method Cleaning Products
A little while ago, I wrote some blathering about a certain Method bathroom cleaner that worked wonders in my shower. I stand by that post, but I'd like to take the opportunity to amend (extend) it slightly. Here's the deal: sometimes you just feel compelled to shout out a winner. When you're a professional organizer/life simplifier whose hobbies including folding laundry, color coding, and scrubbing dirtied grout, and you have a blog, you sometimes feel ...
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How Relying On Visual Reminders Leads to Clutter & How To Remedy It
Often I'll meet with a client whose desk or other surface is strewn with papers, bags, packages, objects of all sorts. When I ask them about the individual items, they explain that each has been left out because it requires various action, whether it's returning, mailing, repairing, dropping off, etc. They want to ensure to remember-- or more accurately, to not forget--to attend to whatever task is associated with the physical item. Fearing that if it's ...
READ THE POST Monday’s Meditation: On Unabashedly Owning It
Last week I happened to arrive at my client's house at the same moment as two representatives from a painting company. We stood on the porch together, the three of us, exchanging pleasantries and the details of our various professions. The woman told me how long their company had been in business, the areas they typically work in, and such and so on. She finished her explanation and then was silent a moment before proclaiming, ...
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Spotlight Redux on TerraCotta Properties
Today marks a special day-- the first time a design team has been featured for the second time (initial spotlight back here). And you want to know why? It's because TerraCotta Properties takes my world, and, like a newborn peanut, just rocks it back and forth until I swear I must be dreaming. So here's how today is going to go: three kitchens, a closet, and a swing. Ready? Kitchen, the first. Stately black cabinetry, ...
READ THE POST Simple Systems: Sarah Faubus of Boxwood Clippings
Sarah is one half of the sister tag-team over at Boxwood Clippings, a blog that I admire for its dedication to both aesthetics and thriftiness. The B.C. sisters regularly deliver up big time servings of quick and easy DIY projects, sources for affordable homewares and fashion, and beautiful photography. Happily, her Simple System seems to combine all three... ____________________________________________________________________ Little areas of organization can make a huge difference in a home, and functionality is key to making ...
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