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The In-Box: Methods for Corralling the Mail

Even in our highly advanced technological world, the mail continues to arrive at our doorsteps. After all, neither rain, nor snow, nor dark of night will stop those carriers from delivering. Without a system to control and corral it, mail can easily become lost in the shuffle. Having a place designated just for the post will ensure that each note reaches its intended recipient. Anything with slots will make an excellent mail holder. This includes a pot lid ...
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Down Under: Organizing Under The Kitchen Sink

Hi noodles! Today we're dealing with the land down under-- under the kitchen sink that is. The area under the kitchen sink can often become the place where cleaning products go to die their sad, crusty deaths. Understandably, this spot may not be at the top of the priority list in terms of organization; it's inconvenient, usually obstructed with various pipes and what have you, and it's dark, maybe dank, and a little scary down ...
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Monday’s Meditation: On Holding On, Letting Go

Growing up, my parents managed to create such a safe and seamless environment between home and school that I may have been the only person to expect that things in life were permanent. My first moments of transition were no less than severely traumatizing, and later times of change caused a good helping of anxiety, to say the least. As I have grown older, I've begun to catch on to this whole "ebb and flow" ...
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Pulling Out All The Stops

Happy Friday campers! Today's post is a giant game of "now you see it, now you don't." Translation: pull out features for your home. Pull outs are really just genius, to put it most simply. Keep them tucked away when you don't need them and they're flush with the other lines of your home. Impediment, none. Open them to reveal a hidden world of additional surface and storage. Your own version of a magic trick. ...
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Writing the Wrongs: De-Cluttering Pens & Pencils

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post entitled "Too Much of a Good Thing: Supply Smackdown Edition." It's about the incredibly common tendency people have to hoard supplies like boxes, baskets, and bags (and if you haven't checked it out yet, you really should). Afterwards, I received the sweetest message from one of my dear readers in Florida telling me how she had promptly purged her home of countless grocery bags and cardboard ...
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