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# Live Simply Method

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- [Embrace Daily Rituals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/embrace-daily-rituals/) - Beginning today, consider the components of your daily life not merely as routines, but rituals. Routines are obligatory. They can be laborious. And they don’t necessarily require our active attention or inspire positive emotions. Rituals are ceremonies we perform for ourselves. They invite us to focus on the present moment, to enjoy the Simple acts
- [I Am Deliberate With My Time & Attention](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/i-am-deliberate-with-my-time-attention/) - Towards the end of last year, I was scanning podcast episodes when one caught my eye: Your 2026 WILL be a waste if you don’t listen to this. I didn’t want to waste my life and have my new year be an utter failure, so I briefly considered playing it. The effect of the title
- [Act Now In Service Of Your Future Self](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/act-now-in-service-of-your-future-self/) - I have long held the belief that success is largely dependent upon our ability to suck it up in the present in service of our future selves. Our actions today dictate our circumstances later. When we bear that truth in mind (and have clarity about what we ultimately desire and value), we’re better able
- [How Complete Do You Feel?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-complete-do-you-feel/) - We tend to hold ourselves to the rules that others have laid out for us. We think the end of the race can only be where the organizers drew the finish line. That the product is finished only when its contents are completely consumed. That the book is finished when we’ve read the whole
- [On Actualization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/on-actualization/) - In our comparison-rife culture, it can be tempting to focus on what we aren’t doing. The goals we aren’t working towards, the flashcards we didn’t review with the kids, the steps we didn’t take to fulfill our purposes. And it can be easy, too, to get bogged down by the urgent responsibilities of Today.
- [Your Home, The Nurturer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/home-where-your-best-self-is-nurtured/) - Amidst the chaos and over-stimulation of life, there is a need for escape. For quiet delights. For having less to wade through to access the good stuff. For a place to feel safe and settled. In recent years, as the noise-level of the world has seemed to increase exponentially, I have felt people’s need
- [Stop Pretending You Have Time To Do It All](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/stop-pretending-you-have-time-to-do-it-all/) - Most people are in the habit of massively over-estimating how much they can realistically accomplish. In the span of a single editing session, our average client will attempt to task themselves with a list that includes things like taking a pair of shoes in to be re-soled, sending a gift to a friend, taking
- [Start By Asking THIS](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/start-by-asking-this/) - If your life is stable, you generally see the same things in the same context day after day. The sight of your coffee maker on the counter. Of that pile in the corner of your bedroom. Your walls. When you first moved in, you noticed every detail–the scratches in the baseboards or the beauty
- [Stop Saving The Good Stuff](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/stop-saving-the-good-stuff/) - If I had an item for every time a client professed their adoration for a belonging they never use because they’re “saving it,” or “too scared about damaging it to actually use it,” I could stock a whole store. Its shelves would be filled with the nicest versions of every sort of thing: bougie skincare,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Saving Vs. Enjoying](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/saving-good-stuff/) - Recently I fell in love with a new perfume that has a retail price much higher than that of the fragrance I have been wearing for years (which isn't cheap either). It all started when I mentioned to my friend that I had heard rave reviews about this mystical perfume which I couldn't seem to
- [The Practice That's Guaranteed To Lighten Your Load](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/35215-2/) - “All of that came from my basement!?” She pointed to the mountainous pile we accumulated in her entry during the course of our editing session. We’re used to the scale of donations that so often leaves people’s homes, but she was flabbergasted. “Why didn’t I do this sooner??” She exclaimed. “I feel SO much LIGHTER!”
- [A Short Cut To Center](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-short-cut-to-center/) - One’s spiritual center and a Birmingham, Michigan, Coney Island Restaurant would appear to have nothing in common. The first is an intangible–one’s source of higher knowing, tuned into through calm and focused stillness. The other, a restaurant at which you might grab a hot dog, greek salad, and chicken finger pita. For me, the
- [Shine Or Shiny?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/shine-or-shiny/) - There’s a poignant scene in the Barbie movie when Margot Robbie’s character, Barbie, sits on a bench next to an older woman. Barbie is dejected, crying, her shiny blonde bubble having been burst by existential wonderings, which neither her Dream House, her Ken, or her coif can nullify. The older woman beside Barbie exudes the
- [Your Power To Attract](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/your-power-to-attract/) - There's a print hanging in my house of rows and rows of colored dots, each one captioned with a tongue-in-cheek moniker. Were I to count, I'm betting each color is represented in equal numbers. But sometimes, I'll look at that print and a red dot will catch my eye. I'll read the name, something like
- [Monday's Meditation: On Shifting Focus From Negative To Positive](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-20/) - I want to tell you a story. A few weeks ago, I was home in Detroit for my mom's birthday. It was the morning of, which is the biggest moment there is birthday-wise in my family. My sister and I picked up my mom's most favorite breakfast dish (arguably favorite dish, period)-- a pecan waffle
- [Your Rising Sign](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/your-rising-sign/) - It feels cliche to talk about rising. The image of the phoenix is played out. We get it. We fall and (hopefully) we get back up. Hurrah. Except anyone who has truly felt themselves rise understands the hype. I’m a perfectionist, which means I’m perpetually aiming at doing things beyond even the best of
- [RESET What Matters](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/reset-what-matters/) - An intentional RESET restores optimal functioning and gives us the chance to begin again.
- [If You Have THIS You're Luckier Than You May Think](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/if-you-have-this-youre-luckier-than-you-may-think/) - From the earliest age I can recall, I have been aware that health and the energy it affords aren’t guaranteed. That’s the blessing/curse of growing up with a chronically ill mom. From my perspective, health is the ultimate gift and responsibility. It is both my biggest blessing to be in good health, and it
- [Enough To Elicit Contentment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/contentment/) - “I just had to send you a message,” a client we’ll call Marla wrote to me. “Normally this time of year I’d be feening to shop for myself and other people. Like I had to stay plugged so that I wouldn’t miss major sale announcements, but instead I feel totally unbothered!” We’d worked with
- [Recognizing Progress Is Making It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/recognizing-progress-is-making-it/) - We live in a highly produced culture. We’re bombarded with shabby befores snapping to swoonworthy afters. The upgrades are instantaneous, only adding to their impressiveness. We expect our personal transformations to happen as rapidly. We want the results now. We want our current discomfort, our hang-ups, and our emotional turmoil to be dispelled in
- [Trying Grace On For Size](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/trying-grace-on-for-size/) - October was my mom’s birthday month, and if there was one quality (aside from joy) that she possessed in spades, it was grace. She didn’t try, she just was. She didn’t force or manipulate, she allowed things to ebb and flow towards and away from her without ever seeming too troubled about their direction.
- [What Will You Renew?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-will-you-renew/) - August, with its straw hat and freckles, has taken its final bow for the year. In its stead enters September, which, with its return to routine for so many families, gives one that sense that life is once again standing at attention with its glasses on. The mornings are crisper, the daylight shortens, but
- [The Case For Laughter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-case-for-laughter/) - Growing up, my family took my mom’s cue (who was able to find humor in her wretched MS) and laughed about everything. Mundane acts that were once effortless for her (like showering, getting dressed, eating, and seeing), became exhaustive endeavors requiring no less than three people to complete. It was too absurd not to
- [For Better Results, Finesse](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/for-better-results-finesse/) - When we talk with clients about making small changes that have significant impact, we often use the word “finesse” to describe the process that’s needed. Maybe that’s because we eventually bore of saying “optimize,” “improve,” and the colloquial “zhush.” It’s as much because the concept of finessing is apt. In my mind, finessing is the
- [The Opportunity Of The Moment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-opportunity-of-the-moment/) - Each of us has the choice to view life as a series of opportunities, or as a random string of good or bad events. When we choose to view life as an exercise in opportunity, we live with the awareness that every moment is a teacher. Every circumstance is unfolding for the potential betterment
- [Whose Power Is It, Anyway?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/whose-power-is-it-anyway/) - True power is not, as is so often thought, dictatorial, oppressive, or corrupting. Power is the force of our authenticity, the knowledge that we are worthy of being here, and the confidence that relying on our intuition provides. Being in our power, counterintuitively, is what allows us to relax. From this stance, we know when
- [Note To Self: Take More Initiative!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/note-to-self-take-more-initiative/) - Even more invaluable than a truly helpful person is one who doesn’t wait to be asked for the help they provide, but who takes initiative. Initiative is where genuine care, proactivity, and confidence meet. The person who takes initiative possesses a desire to contribute their skillset and ease the load of others to a
- [Your Permission To Have Ambition](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/your-permission-to-have-ambition/) - One of my favorite exchanges I’ve had in recent months was with my client’s teenage daughter. She’s a talented cheer athlete, and competes nationally along with her twin sister. After we had finished editing their bedroom, I asked her, “What do you love most about cheer?” I’m embarrassed to admit that I expected her
- [Gratitude Is The Starting Point](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/gratitude-is-the-starting-point/) - Most people end the year with notes of thanks. I’m ringing in the new year by suggesting we all orient our focus on gratitude. What I’ve learned is that gratitude is not the place you arrive at, but the starting point. Every morning since my mom died, I’d been thinking “I’m so grateful to
- [How Will You Carry On?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/resilience-carry-on/) - Daily frustrations, careless mistakes, unforeseen, unnavoidable crises, and even intentional, premeditated evils–these are all part of the human experience. There is no way to separate being alive from the challenges of life. Now that we’re more connected to the world at large than ever before, these hardships are inescapable. Everywhere you look is a
- [Live Simply In 2019: December Mantra, Be Light](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-december-mantra-be-light/) - After I moved out of my parents' house, there was a time when returning for visits was terribly depressing. Everything that’s hard about being there (chronic illness and the chaos that goes along with it) would smack me in the face upon entry, and I would wilt away like lettuce. Eventually, I realized my
- [Harness The Power Of Rituals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/harness-the-power-of-rituals/) - Whether or not you realize it or would like to admit it, if you’re an independent adult, your daily life is your design. The privilege of getting to divvy up a chunk of 24 hours into segments as you see fit is not one to be overlooked. If you’re like most of us,
- [Monday's Meditation: On What We Want For Others; Whether Or Not They Want It For Themselves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-we-want-for-others-whether-or-not-they-want-it-for-themselves/) - I've heard it said that the goal of life is to figure out one's purpose, and that the purpose of life is to give it away--something like that, anyway. I believe (and have found true) that once we're razor clear about our purpose, the people who need the particular gift each of us has naturally
- [Unburdened, We Heal](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/unburdened-we-heal/) - When we experience emotionally traumatic events, it’s tempting to dwell on our pain. Allowing ourselves the opportunity to process what we’ve lived through can be essential. “Did that really all happen?” We may want to ask ourselves. “Did it really happen the way I remember it did? Was it really as bad as I
- [Here's How Excellence & Editing Go Hand-In-Hand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/being-excellent-is-easier-than-you-might-think/) - If you consistently follow through on your promises (show up when you say you will, deliver a work product by a deadline you’ve committed to, support someone through a challenging time, exercise and eat well consistently, manage your household thoughtfully) you’re already doing more than most. To be excellent, you need to give
- [Live Simply in 2019: September Mantra, Strive For Excellence](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-september-mantra-strive-for-excellence/) - If perfection were possible, we would have attained it by now. If telling ourselves perfection is an impossible goal were enough to convince us to cease striving to attain it, we would have given up long ago. Yet so many of us (myself included) continue to want perfection, and live with the constant disappointment of
- [You Won't Find It If You're Not Looking...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/34841-2/) - I recently learned of the existence of “darkness retreats” wherein participants willingly deprive themselves of all light in order to experience a new appreciation for the beauty of sight. Not to undermine the sacrifice and profundity of such an experience, but summoning awe and reverence for something once you’re without it seems fairly easy. Counter-intuitive
- [How To Actually Gain Momentum (Hint: It's Not The Way You Think)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-actually-gain-momentum-hint-its-not-the-way-you-think/) - I see clients every day who have been stymied as to how to tackle their clutter and disorder. These are people who have been incapacitated for years (sometimes even decades), waiting for motivation to arrive that never seems to. In a single session, these same clients transform from being anxious, overwhelmed and avoidant to
- [For Clarity & Contentment, Uncover The "Why"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/for-clarity-contentment-uncover-the-why/) - My work is designed to help clients hone their ability to access purpose. At the core, what I ask them about their possessions is, "Why is this present in your life?" Plenty of them own a plethora of pretty things. Most of them can easily invent utility for objects. My goal is for them
- [Aim For Alignment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/aim-for-alignment/) - Alignment is one of those words that gets tossed around in the self-help world. But what is it, really? The feeling of being at the right place at the right time. The feeling of having the necessary skill set to solve the puzzle presented to you. The feeling of talking to someone who gets it.
- [Why Your Real, Weird Self Is The One We Most Want](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/your-real-weird-self-is-the-one-we-most-want-to-know/) - "Be yourself" is as bog-standard a life directive as they come. I believe the appropriate response is, "Duh." Still, it's a necessary reminder. The desire to fit in (which must have evolved from a survival tactic to avoid getting ousted from ones' tribe and lunched on by whatever beasts were nearby) is strong.
- [A Return To Patience](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-return-to-patience/) - Once upon a time, patience wasn't a virtue, but a requirement. Nature's slow and steady progression was the ruling faction. Nowadays, it has become increasingly easy to be impatient. We no longer have to wait for the arrival of summer, we can simply board a plane for somewhere warm. We no longer have to patiently
- [5 Step Recipe For Habit Consistency](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-step-recipe-for-habit-consistency/) - Aristotle (or maybe Will Durant) famously wrote, "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” Since then, our species has been fascinated by habits. Good, bad; making them and breaking them. Our higher knowings against our lower desires, squaring off for eternity. I'm wretched at scientific reasoning,
- [What Will You Pay Attention To In 2023?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-will-you-pay-attention-to-in-2023/) - Attention is the intersection of time and energy, which makes it a highly precious resource. Yet so many of us (myself included!), don't treat it as such. We act frivolously with our attention. We give and withhold it without intentionality. And then we wonder why what we desire isn't showing up for us. Where
- [Live Simply in 2019: October Mantra, Embrace Change](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-october-mantra-embrace-change/) - I can't be totally sure, but I've heard rumblings that there are people out there who naturally embrace change. The same thing over and over again starts to feel boring, stifling. They take it upon themselves to move to new cities, get new jobs, make drastic decisions at the hair salon. I envy those folks.
- [Live Simply In November: Intention](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-november-intention/) - In the karmic equation that rules our lives, intention is the cause that ultimately creates an effect. When we consciously set an intention, we align ourselves with our authentic purpose and desire. On an unconscious and conscious level, we put forth the energy that’s required to bring about our intended outcome. Without intention, we're
- [7 Super Compact Recycling & Trash Receptacles For Small Spaces](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-super-compact-recycling-trash-receptacles-for-small-spaces/) - Small spaces make situating most things a bit trickier, and trash and recycling receptacles are no exception. Actually, finding space for said receptacles is often difficult even in not-that-small-spaces. I'm not sure why, other than maybe they're the bottom of the storage food chain. Much to the chagrin of zero waste proponents, disposal of used
- [14 Organizing, Space-Maximizing Essentials For College Dorm Rooms](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/14-organizing-space-maximizing-essentials-for-college-dorm-rooms/) - Going to college, especially as a freshman, is stressful. In one collegiate swoop, a person in their late-teen year finds themselves plunked into an entirely new world. And while many will rejoice in their newfound lack of parental restrictions, most will also struggle to acclimate to an entirely different community than they were previously well-versed,
- [11 Products Designed To Up Your Packed Lunch Game](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/11-products-designed-to-up-your-packed-lunch-game/) - The time has come, the walrus said. The beginning of the new school year is rapidly approaching, and whether you parent school-age children, are an adult-student, or just a regular, real-life, grown up, all of us will feel the seasonal transition that brings. It's a fresh start of sorts, a returning to routine from out
- [Live Simply in December: Ease](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-december-ease/) - Creating more ease in people's lives is at the core of my life's work. I know firsthand the ways challenges great and small are responsible for important mental, physical and spiritual growth. Still, I'm invested in creating greater ease because I also know that the more freed up each of us is (freed from the
- [Live Simply In July: Magnetism](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-july-magnetism/) - You know those people who seem to be winning at life? They're successful in business, they have flourishing family lives, and they radiate positive energy. You just know that wherever they go and whatever they try their hand at, fortune and ease will follow. These people don't possess special ingredients you lack. They may even
- [Live Simply In August: Play](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-august-play/) - For years, I sported what could only ever have been referred to as an ugly, dumb, digital, sport-style watch. To others, it must appeared in stark contrast with the rest of my intentionally put-together look. But there was one crucial reason why I willingly downgraded the style score of my wrist: the watch produced a
- [Live Simply In September: Impeccability](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-september-impeccability/) - We learn as we mature that life is a balance of getting what we want and giving others what they want. Being willing to compromise is the difference between having healthy relationships and being a giant jerk no one likes. Still, each of us has certain values we refuse to compromise on. These are
- [Live Simply In October: Satisfaction](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-october-satisfaction/) - In life, there are the tasks we want to do and the ones we know we need to do. Most unfortunately, these two things often don't overlap. Like, you know you need to move your body, but what you want to do is become your bed. Or, you know you need to create an orderly,
- [Live Simply in June: Generosity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-june-generosity/) - When raising money for various causes, people are wont to imploringly remind us, "If you can't give with your money, give with your (fill in the blank)." Said in that context, the request for gifts in other forms can come off as cringey (like, we all know what you really want). But money is just
- [The Most Important Post I've Ever Written: The Story Behind Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/important-post-ive-ever-written-story-live-simply/) - It’s just about the dumbest thing ever that this story is appearing on Live Simply for the first time. That it hasn’t been shared up until now, here, with you all, my incredibly loyal readers, is idiocy. This I know. But to tell my story in such an official capacity has always felt daunting. To
- [Live Simply In May: Decisiveness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-may-decisiveness/) - There are no wrong decisions. I'll say that again: there are no wrong decisions. You cannot choose wrongly, because either way, you benefit. If you make a decision and the outcome is exceedingly positive, you will have moved your life forward and will feel victorious. If you make a decision and the outcome is seemingly
- [Live Simply In April: Expansion](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-april-expansion/) - It's easy to stay small. It's comfortable to keep being the person you've known yourself to be, with the characteristics those around you have always said define you. The older you get, the more you can begin to believe that who you are now is all you'll be. Acceptance can morph into resignation, which is
- [Live Simply in March: Synchronicity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-march-synchronicity/) - The past two years have been some of the most trying in recent history. We're overwhelmed by the constant barrage, and our mental and emotional processing is overtaxed. Just when we were starting to feel the restrictive collar of fear loosening, beginning to feel a sense of renewal, rejoining, and rebuilding, we’re met with
- [Live Simply In February: Presence](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-february-presence/) - When you start paying attention, you realize that most great spiritual teachers are fundamentally saying the same things: Stop trying to control what's out of your control. What you think, you create. And perhaps most importantly: be present. We mere mortals seemingly can't help but to wish we could return--at least temporarily--to the past.
- [Live Simply In January: Clarity (& Happy New Year!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-this-january-2022-with-clarity-happy-new-year/) - My mom has always insisted on one's right to enjoy the benefits of the hardship they endure (misfortune and fortune tend to go hand in hand). Like taking full advantage of the handicap license plate her MS affords us and perpetually parking in the most convenient spot of every parking lot. The last two
- [Monthly Mantra: December 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-december-2021/) - I AM GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT I HAVE, AND FOR ALL THAT IS ALREADY ON ITS WAY TO ME. I HAVE SO MUCH. I TRUST THAT THIS WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE. Whether or not you've known it, you are abundant. You are a wealth of life, and you contain the same stuff as the
- [Monthly Mantra: November 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-november-2021/) - I LIVE WITH APPRECIATION. I LOOK FOR REASONS TO FEEL GOOD. I TAKE PLEASURE IN SIMPLE INDULGENCES. What we look for, we find. What we direct our attention at expands. If we want to live in a contented state, we must look for reasons to feel good. What we choose to notice increases
- [Monthly Mantra: October 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-october-2021/) - "I UNDERSTAND BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE THAT LASTING FULFILLMENT COMES THROUGH MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTION AND GENUINE CONNECTION." There is no shortcut or substitute for fulfillment, though that doesn't prevent us from trying. It doesn't help that marketers are in our ears, constantly toying with us by showing us images of people who seemingly have
- [Monthly Mantra: September, 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-september-2021/) - I KNOW THAT MY INTUITION IS THE SOURCE OF MY DEEPEST WISDOM. I PROMISE TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHAT IT TELLS ME. Beyond thoughts of career and relationship obligations, self consciousness, and anxiety, there is an instinctual knowing of what is and is not right for you. This natural feeling response is
- [Monthly Mantra: August, 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-august-2021/) - I LOOK FOR REASONS TO LAUGH. I FIND HUMOR EVEN IN ABSURD AND STRESSFUL MOMENTS. They say non-attachment is a sign of the enlightened. And non-judgment. If those are, a sense of humor must be, too. Life is absurd. There's really no better way to refer to a reality where the concern about
- [Monthly Mantra: July 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-july-2021/) - I DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE DOING RIGHT FEELS GOOD. My sister and two of her colleagues have recently been vying for a promotion at work. The process has entailed Zoom interviews (shudder) and lots of inter-staff chatter. This manager talks to this manager who talks with their other manager, who eventually presents
- [Monthly Mantra: February, 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-february-2021/) - "I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY THOUGHTS AND MY ACTIONS. BY DOING SO, I EMPOWER MYSELF TO CHOOSE AND BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY." I am responsible for me. I am responsible to me. Everything I do and say, that's on me. And everything I think; that's me, too. I might like to pretend that my
- [Monthly Mantra: March 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-march-2021/) - "I AM BETTER, STRONGER, AND MORE INSIGHTFUL THAN I WAS YESTERDAY. I AM MORE ALIGNED WITH MY PURPOSE THAN I'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE." For some, the pursuit of mastery may begin as an intuitive lure, an unconscious knowing about innate knack. For others, mastery begins with amateur curiosity: "I wonder if I could
- [Monthly Mantra: June 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-june-2021/) - "I HAVE FAITH IN MY ABILITY TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS BEING ASKED OF ME." Some days, I feel stymied by the questions I'm asking myself. I feel like shouting, "I DON'T KNOW, DUMMY. I'M THE ONE ASKING THE QUESTION, SO I OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER!" That shuts me up for
- [Monthly Mantra: May 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-may-2021/) - "I SEEK TO ACHIEVE BALANCE IN ALL THINGS. I UNDERSTAND BALANCE IS FLUID AND REQUIRES THAT I CONSTANTLY RECALIBRATE." Balance is elusive. Being in perfect alignment between two poles that command us to advance towards them with the falsely alluring songs of Too Much and Not Enough requires discipline and perspective. We have to
- [Monthly Mantra: April 2021](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-april-2021/) - I AM HERE TO CULTIVATE, SHARE, AND PROTECT MY POSITIVE ENERGY. I ATTRACT OTHERS WHO ARE ON AN EQUAL FREQUENCY, AND OUR INTERACTIONS CREATE MORE ENERGY FOR BOTH OF US. Beyond words, beyond body language, energy is what we're communicating to each other all the time. This energy is our true essence and
- [Happy 2021 & Introducing The Live Simply Monthly Mantra Calendar!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/happy-2021-introducing-the-live-simply-monthly-mantra-calendar/) - Welcome to 2021, and the Live Simply 2021 calendar! Each month of this year, in addition to a delightfully on-brand illustration (created for us by the illustrious Ariel Markowitz), we're giving you an intention word and a mantra to accompany it. Read it every morning. Read it multiple times per day if it resonates
- [Monthly Mantra: December 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-december-2020/) - This year there were times when you felt like every person and every situation was an attempt to enrage you and make you take to your bed in perpetuity. But love the life you’re lucky enough to live anyway. This year, people let you down so hard. They acted carelessly. They were senselessly
- [Monthly Mantra: November 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-november-2020/) - Not because you helped that lady pick up the coins she spilled on the ground that time. Not because you're in better shape than you used to be. Not because you earn a competitive salary. And not because you're hurting for a job. Not because of how well you can banter via text (that skill
- [Monthly Mantra: October 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-october-2020/) - Living in balance with stuff is my forte. I am what some might term "obnoxiously selective verging on compulsive" about the items that come into my world (no time for an ugly calculator around here). And so, I love what I own. Each individual thing is my favorite version of that thing. But if they
- [Monthly Mantra: August 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-august-2020/) - Leisure is not innate to American society. We don’t build rest into our daily schedules. We are not in the habit of lingering around the dinner table long after the meal is finished. We rarely take mission-less strolls. Leisure is for young children, we think. Or, leisure is reserved for women of a certain socioeconomic
- [Monthly Mantra: September 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-september-2020/) - What I remember most about going over to my cousins' house when I was young was how noisy it was. How the honking shrieks of Disney movies would ricochet through the rooms at seemingly all hours of the day. Occasionally, my cousins would abandon the movies midway through; Aladdin or Ursula bellowing on in the
- [Live Simply 2020: April Mantra](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-2020-april-mantra/) - There is never a perfect moment. The world is never without strife. The universe is never devoid of suffering. Lately, it's felt as if there is more hardship and anguish than normal. Communities are united in collective grief, with fear gripping the globe. Yet we are no less in charge of what we choose to
- [Monthly Mantra: July 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-july-2020/) - Forget success. Forget status. Do not aim to ascend the corporate ladder with greater speed than those before you. Do not try to attain "enoughness." Stop your endless quest to build yourself up into a person other people take note of, so great is your success and your status and your corporate ladder ascension. There
- [Monthly Mantra: June 2020](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/monthly-mantra-june-2020/) - The worst car accident I've ever been involved in happened two years ago, one hundred feet from my front door. It was a slick, frosty morning, and the woman cruising downhill never saw me. We skated across the intersection together, tires slipping, metal gnashing, airbags popping. I spent the whole day afterwards in a
- [Difficult Decluttering: "But It Was a Gift"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/decluttering-gifts/) - The situation is this: People (you) feel terribly about letting go of things that were gifts. Like to even consider getting rid of gifted items makes you in some way bad, evil, naughty, not to mention rabidly ungrateful. So it goes: Me (holding up thing): What's this all about? Them: Well, that was a
- [Difficult Decluttering: Sets & Matching Collections](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/decluttering-sets-keep-together-break-apart/) - Maybe a fashion stylist would tell you differently, or a saleswoman in Bloomingdale's china department, but if you're asking me, I'll tell you: I don't give a hoot about splitting up sets and I don't think you should, either. So often when I'm sorting through things with clients we'll come across items that belong to
- [Difficult Decluttering: When What You Love Most Is The Idea Of It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/difficult-decluttering-love-idea/) - Quite often around these parts we discuss the kind of clutter that's blatantly negative. But what about the items that are actually in terrific shape? Things that are, to all discernible eyes, completely desirable? Things that you really want to like, want to use. Those too can be clutter; if your holding onto stuff is based
- [Difficult Decluttering: "But It Might Be Worth Something Someday"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/difficult-decluttering-worth-something/) - If potential future worth is the reason you're holding on to any item or collection of goods, you better be prepared to answer to the firing squad. Here goes. Is it going to be, really? If you're going to keep things based on the belief that they'll be worth something in the future,
- [Difficult Decluttering: Trophies & Awards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/difficult-decluttering-trophies-awards/) - There's a strange power that trophies, awards, achievement plaques, ribbons, certificates, and other such things hold over people. Having been assigned great honor and significance by the presenting party, be that a sports league, a committee, or an organization, these tokens of recognition can feel like mandatory possessions. It would be an abomination to even consider
- [Difficult Decluttering: When All Your Peers Are Raving About It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/difficult-decluttering-when-all-your-peers-are-raving-about-it/) - Let me ask you a question: have you ever bought or subscribed to various resources because those books, podcasts, magazines, and more, became the it-guide in your industry or area of interest? Now, a follow up question: have you ever done as all the other parents/ self-employed lady bosses/ corporate bosses/ etc. were doing by
- [14 Factors That (Surprise!) Actually Have No Bearing On Whether You Should Keep Something](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/14-factors-that-surprise-actually-have-no-bearing-on-whether-you-should-keep-something/) - 1. Whether or not it was a gift 2. How much it cost 3. Where it came from 4. How long you've had it 5. What it entailed to get it 6. How many times you've used it 7. How much it may be worth to others 8. How much you could get or not
- [Live Simply 2020: March Mantra](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-2020-march-mantra/) - It is so easy to stop. It’s easy to give up and give into the desire to be lazy. It’s infuriating, really, how easily exemplary slips back into mediocre. It takes just a handful of choices; fewer, probably. A closet’s beautifully organized status begins to be undone with a single garment not put back
- [Spotlight On 2Straws Fine Art Print Shop](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-2straws-fine-art-print-shop/) - "Capture color, inspire wanderlust, get a taste of the good life." That's the guiding motto behind the recently re-launched 2straws print shop, a.k.a. where we'll go from now on for art that will make our walls livelier and our homes lovelier. I've been the lucky recipient of plenty of 2straws prints pre-launch, which is possibly
- [Spotlight On Olivia O'Bryan](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-olivia-obryan/) - Today, we're turning the spotlight on Olivia O’Bryan, which is not one person, but two: the design firm is a partnership between sisters Ashley “Olivia” Waddell and Courtney “O’Bryan” Whatley. That fact nearly seals the deal for me right there, because sisters, as recently mentioned, are where my heart's at (pretend that works grammatically). Only Olivia
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Toe Kick Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-toe-kick-drawers/) - Leave it to Martha. Call her what you will: contemptuous tv personality, Snoop Dogg (or is it Lion?) counterpart, the comeback kid of cell block E--the queen of all-things-domestic sits solidly atop her throne, still, if you ask me. And it isn't due to her efforts to stay relevant by partnering with a rapper who
- [The Ideal Kitchen: A Better Way To Keep Paper Towels Handy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-a-better-way-to-keep-paper-towels-handy/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… There are two kinds of kitchen-people: those who are content to cram their countertops with every single appliance, fruit basket, and cookbook they may hazard to use in the span
- [Spotlight On Eric Olsen Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-eric-olsen-design/) - After almost seven years (seven! years! In December 'twil be!) of writing this blog, past posts have begun to get a tad hazy in memory. For instance, as I drafted today's designer spotlight, a large part of me was certain I've already posted about Sir Olsen in the past. But as a backend search turned
- [Spotlight On Erin Gates Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-erin-gates-design/) - In the who's who of interior bloggers, Erin Gates reigns among the supremest. She's been at it for Years with a capital Y, with her blog Elements Of Style, for one, and for two, which is to say "for me," her candidness garners her respect. While other big time bloggers are content to remain unobjectionable
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Cleverly Customized Knife Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-cleverly-customized-knife-storage/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… As everyone's thoughts turn to holiday hosting mode, and hours spent prepping family feasts, my own can't help but to obsess about how to Simplify the process (es). My most
- [Spotlight On A Modern Mountain Home That Doesn't Skimp On Warmth](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-modern-mountain-home-that-doesnt-skimp-on-warmth/) - For anyone who is counting, this is Nicole Davis Interiors's second time being featured on the blog. The first time was in 2015, and trust me when I tell you that I have been tempted on several occasions to enact a redux since then. That one has not occurred until now is a wonder. At press time
- [Spotlight On Melanie Turner Interiors (Redux)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-melanie-turner-interiors-redux/) - Way back in the summer of 2014, I didn't write a post about Melanie Turner Interiors, by which I mean I wrote a post that was essentially an apology for not being able to write a proper post due to the fact that I was sleep-blogging. Nearly four years later, and it seems everything has
- [The Ideal House Design: Hidden Doors & Secret Rooms](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-house-design-hidden-doors-secret-rooms/) - If we could build the perfect house from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream... It seems as though this has been an exceedingly long week and it's only Wednesday (anyone else?). Early-week-fatigue calls for one thing, and that's an injection of delight. Ergo, today's
- [Spotlight On Raquel Garcia Design's Dreamy Cape Cod Cottage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-raquel-garcia-designs-dreamy-cape-cod-cottage/) - Somewhere in Connecticut, a woman and her three daughters are living in an impossibly dreamy cottage. The woman is designer Raquel Garcia, the house, a pet project of sorts. Raquel bought the house, built in the early 1950s, from its original owner (a woman with three daughters; dig the poetry of that). In an impressively
- [Super(est) Stars For Organizing Small Closets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/superest-stars-for-organizing-small-closets/) - One of my dearest clients is about to pack up her large, family home and try on Apartment living for a year as her new home is being built. It's a daunting prospect, both the leaving behind the familiar, and the having much, much less space in which to contain the contents of one's life.
- [Spotlight On The Coastal-Classic Vibe Of Digs Design Company](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-the-coastal-classic-vibe-of-digs-design-company/) - Seattle has been hinting at summer the last couple of days. I stopped needing any sort of jacket, even in the mornings. My car, parked for several hours, has been near-steamy, and thus, the ceremonial QUICK BLAST THE AC BEFORE I SUFFOCATE IN HERE has returned. I've been sweating more than usual while working. The
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Pull Down Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-pull-down-shelves/) - If we could build the perfect house from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… The other day, I had a big mound of clean laundry to fold. Before I began, I pressed play on a youtube video, as one does. Olivia Munn was surprising
- [Spotlight On Couture Environments by Rebel House Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-couture-environments-by-rebel-house-design/) - Great design chops will get you far. Great design chops and great copy will get you farther. In this case, it will land you a spotlight on the Live Simply blog (which, I don't have to tell you, is a really big deall). Rebel House Design, helmed by Marli Jones and based in Chicago, delivers
- [Spotlight On A Pink, White & Blue Home By Caitlin Wilson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-pink-white-blue-home-by-caitlin-wilson/) - If you follow the work of well known designers, especially those whose work commonly populates the pages of the internet, then chances are you're long acquainted with Caitlin Wilson. You might have even seen her on this very blog way back when. Caitlin is a textile designer, and pretty much every thing the woman touches
- [The Ideal Kitchen: The Cabinet Plus](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-the-cabinet-plus/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… When you spend every day of your life putting objects into cabinetry, your mind can't help but to wander over into the realm of cabinetry customization. As a result, there
- [Spotlight On Murphy & Co's "Time-Honored Modern" Kitchen Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-murphy-cos-time-honored-modern-kitchen-deisgn/) - Colorful, kitchen cabinetry has solidly established itself as being at the epicenter of design trends and it's no surprise why. In a modern, fresh kitchen a hit of sage green, cool mint, navy blue and even black seems to up the sophistication factor of the space. Gone is any potential predictability that an all-white room
- [8 Winning Ways To Organize Hair Accessories](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-winning-ways-to-organize-hair-accessories/) - Now, on the one hand, I feel as though I should provide fair warning that the subject matter of today's post addresses a niche need. Then again, isn't this entire operation overwhelmingly niche? Making such a disclaimer redundant? Great, then, now that we've got that settled, we can get on with it. Little girls and
- [Spotlight On A White-Filled, Warmly Accented Coastal Home (Design by Mindy Gayer)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-white-filled-warmly-accented-coastal-home-design-by-mindy-gayer/) - Picture it: a young family buys a home that's desperately in need of a facelift. Who do they call? Mindy Gayer is who. Based out of Orange County, California, Mindy Gayer is seemingly an expert at transforming tired out homes into charming, freshly inspired, classic spaces. Under her guidance, the home below received a thorough
- [Holiday Decoration Storage Essentials](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-decoration-storage-essentials/) - Everyone (who celebrates Christmas) just unpacked all their decorations, and realized, once again, the sad state of their holiday storage situation. Haggard boxes. Stray cookie tins turned ornament vessel. Cracked bins. And oh, good lord almighty, the lights. The state of the lights was almost enough to cause them to have an aneurism, or at
- [The Ideal House Feature: A Better Take On The Baby & Dog Gate](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-house-feature-a-better-baby-dog-gate/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… You ever notice how, far more so than an ability to perform high-level tasks, it is the most mundane ones that test and/or reveal a person's intelligence? Forget about astro
- [Spotlight On Stefani Stein Inc](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-stefani-stein-inc/) - Here's the thing: Stefani Stein is what we need right now. I tried writing why that's so a hundred (four) different ways, but each of them was bleaker than the last, and I can't stand to lead with that. Sometimes, (all the time) the best course of action is to cut to the chase by
- [Prevent Packages Being Stolen With These Parcel Boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/prevent-packages-being-stolen-with-these-parcel-boxes/) - On the trauma scale, having your Sephora package stolen from your front porch, the contents ransacked, and the box hurriedly discarded in your neighbor's bushes, isn't really all that major. Technically, you can't be much worse off than you were before having the package stolen, since you didn't have the contents to begin with. But
- [Gift Wrap Organizers So Useful They'll Feel Like A Present To Yourself](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/gift-wrap-organizers-so-useful-theyll-feel-like-a-present-to-yourself/) - Despite my best efforts to allay seasonal anxiety, it's inevitable that people's focus turns towards the holidays, and all things related to them. Speaking of which, I have had not one, not two, but several clients and followers lament to me about the jenky, pitiful state of their gift wrap lately. I believe it, because
- [It's In The Bag: Keeping The Contents Of Your Purse Organized](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/its-in-the-bag/) - Today we're talking purse organization. Without some purposeful intention, it's all too easy for your pocketbook to become a catch-all for, well, anything you can fit inside. The bigger the bag, the larger the array of clutter that accumulates. The more cluttered, the longer it takes you to locate your credit card at the register, and
- [The Breakfast Bar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/breakfastbar/) - Mornings are hard on most of us. True, there does walk among us a mutant strain of human that actually thrives during the early hours, but for the majority of us, mornings are when our minds and limbs move the slowest. So what can be done to help inject some speed and efficiency into our
- [Oscar-worthy Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/oscar-worthy-organization/) - As we all know, tonight The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will recognize the excellence of professionals in the film industry. If you care at all about movies, actors, or being able to participate in any conversations on Monday, then I suspect you'll be tuning in. As luck would have it, I have
- [Looking Around](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/looking-around/) - It's Saturday, meaning that you're probably enjoying an ultra glamorous breakfast in bed using your prettiest china, your hair in a darling side pony, or in...a man style, needing some material to peruse. These links may provide roughly six-eleven minutes of entertainment/ stimulation. Take it or leave it. 1. Check out this post by Lifestylefiles to read about two
- [Me Likey, You?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/me-likey-you/) - Happy Sunday my little lambs. For your entertainment/consideration, here are a few things that made an impression on me this week: - Jess Constable's simple tip for being organized with your makeup, durr. - Also her reflection on the distinction between the morals and substance in her real life vs. her virtual one, all wrapped up
- [Yo People](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/yo-people/) - It's my birthday! So I'm taking the day off from blogging, I hope you'll understand. But don't fret my little daffodils, I shall return. And when I do, I'll be older and wiser. It's a win-win. XO
- [This Is Just To Say...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/this-is-just-to-say/) - Happy Mother's Day to all the mama's out there! Image credit unknown
- [Drawerdecor Giveaway Winner!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/drawerdecor-giveaway-winner/) - Happy weekend jelly beans! Today's post is just a quickie to announce the winner of the drawerdecor giveaway. And without further ado, that lucky person is... #6 - Aaronandmisha! Congrats girl! I'll be emailing you for your mailing information. Thanks to all those who entered. Now go soak up your Saturday's!
- [The Request Lines Are Open!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-request-lines-are-open/) - Happy weekend mojitos! I hope you're enjoying your precious days of freedom. This little post is simply meant to serve as an invitation-- Sometimes I like to play bossypants and pick the topic du jour. But most of the time I care about addressing what's ailing you. If ever there are specific topics you'd like
- [Independence Day, 2012.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/independence-day-2012/) - Happy fourth of July fireworks! Today I'm off celebrating this glorious day- and a wedding to boot- with my family. Hoping you're off doing some of the same... See you soon! Image credits: Bright Bold Beautiful, Martha Stewart, Daily Chronicle, Samantha Pynn, Williams Sonoma, Real Simple, Helen's Corner
- [Seattle Lives Simply!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/seattle-lives-simply/) - I'm thrilled to announce that Live Simply is now serving the Seattle area, as well as extensive projects in Vancouver and Portland. If you're a West Coast-er looking to live simply-er I would absolutely love to work with you. AND to celebrate this new venture, I'm offering fReE consultation appointments to the first five respondents.
- [Magnetized UNII Makeup Palette Giveaway! -CLOSED](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/unii-palette-giveaway/) - Today, biscuits, I have an exciting giveaway for you all (and by all I mean ladies and drag queens). Civilized ladies are often in the habit of toting around their makeup bits so as to touch up throughout the day. The problem, however, is fitting, finagling and fuddling with said bits while on the go. Copious compacts
- [Shop, Consign, And Meet Me: Pop Up Party This Thursday!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/pop-up-party-luxury-on-demand/) - Hey, guess what? It's an invite for all my Seattle homies this Thursday: Luxury On Demand's pop up party with special guest appearance by like, me. Come get your consign on (read: bring those items you've been meaning to sell forever, p.s. some consignment guidelines here), follow the 1 in 1 out rule by picking
- [Happy New Year!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/happy-new-year/) - Wishing you a year of lightness, happiness and ease. Show 2015 everything you're made of, ya hear? I'll see you back here on Monday, when we'll shoot the breeze, make the magic happen, and, you know, do all the stuff- without all the stuff. X-2-the-O. Image credit: Urban Outfitters
- [Simply Real Health Cookbook Giveaway!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simply-real-health-cookbook-giveaway/) - As someone whose life is devoted to helping others simplify theirs, my appreciation for my friendiest friend Sarah of Simply Real Health, and now (!), the Simply Real Health Cookbook is difficult to articulate short of “duh.” It’s exhausting to try to keep up with what’s “good” and what’s “bad” in our food culture. If you’re
- [Birthday Wishes, 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/birthday-wishes-2015/) - April 4th is the best day. Wanna know why? 'Cause it's my birthday. As I've taken to doing, I'm sharing 10 birthday wishes with you, my readerest readers. Here goes. 1. That people come to understand my definition of home: a sacred space, meant to take you in its arms after a long day
- [Birthday Wishes, 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/birthday-wishes-2016/) - Oh, hey: it's April 4th. Do you know what that means? It's my birthday! As I do, I'm taking this opportunity to share my birthday wishes with you. Here goes: 1. I wish for clarity. For all. About all things. Always. Because it is from inner clarity that action, resolutions, and the fulfillment of desires
- [The End Of Blogging?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-end-of-blogging/) - I've been having so many thoughts about this whole blogging thing I do as of late. Some say blogs are dying out, as the conversation shifts to social media, and people's attention spans wane further and further and further, making copy longer than a dozen lines overwhelming to the eye. The numbers look the same,
- [The Greek Custom I Wish We'd All Adopt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-greek-custom-i-wish-wed-all-adopt/) - When thinking about what sentiment or subject I most wanted to send you all off into the weekend with, only one thing came to mind: the volta. I haven't been everywhere, but I'm fairly confident that I'll never adore another place more than Greece. I smiled stupidly the entire visit and at inappropriate times. I
- [It's A Pre-Weekend Release Party!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/its-a-pre-weekend-release-party/) - So much of our culture is about addition and accumulation. We're constantly barraged not only with things to buy--thereby adding to our material load--but also with goals to take on, projects to tackle, expectations to live up, standards to uphold. Be better; do more; have it all; do it all; know it all; shame on
- [14 Uber Stylish Filing Cabinets To Get You Excited To File (Or, You Know, Make You Dread The Task Less)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/14-uber-stylish-filing-cabinets-to-get-you-excited-to-file-or-you-know-make-you-dread-the-task-less/) - I recently received a request to help track down attractive filing cabinets, which I was all too happy to oblige. After all, no one enjoys filing, and most people go to great lengths to avoid having to do it all together. That's why it's imperative that you make the experience of filing as pleasurable as
- [Monday's Meditation: On Having Imagined It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-having-imagined-it/) - There's a question that gets asked of just about every successful person, which is: did you ever imagine you'd be here; singing to hundreds of thousands of screaming fans/ being elected to a position of prominence/ selling your company for billions of dollars/ competing in a global competition? Could you ever have imagined that uploading
- [Favorite This: 2016!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-2016/) - For the first time this year, I find myself stumped with how to begin this post. The risk of sounding trite or contrived or whiny is all too apparent to me. Nonetheless: I want to express, from the deepest cavities of my heart and the noodle-iest parts of my brain, my sincere gratitude to you
- [A Love Note From Me To You](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-love-note-from-me-to-you/) - When the world outside your door seems wicked or confusing, make home your sanctuary. When you feel frightened and the future seems bleak, find strength in those people and things you love, and in Simple pleasures. When all that you stand for is challenged, stand for those values ever stronger. Spread loving kindness. Activate your
- [Birthday Wishes, 2017](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/birthday-wishes-2017/) - Today is my birthday, so I'm taking this opportunity to share my wishes with you. 1. I wish we would all stop worrying so much about what other people think about us, because so long as we are being true to ourselves--which also means being good to the world--it doesn't matter. 2. I wish to
- [Spotlight On Lauren Conrad's Pacific Palisades Home, Designed By Katherine Carter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-lauren-conrads-pacific-palisades-home-designed-by-katherine-carter/) - I'm always slightly unsettled when I discover that a house tour, whether it's the home of a blogger or an A-list celebrity, is no longer where that individual resides. This almost always happens, given editorial delays, and the fact that maybe a person doesn't want the world to see where they're making their toast on
- [Monday's Meditation: On Attracting The Solution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-why-the-way-you-think-about-your-challenges-makes-all-the-difference/) - There are two ways of thinking about challenges in your life. The first way is merely to think of them, which is to say that you spend lots of time ruminating on the roadblock in front of you. You examine it mentally from all angles, turning the problem over and over, noticing all the mini,
- [Spotlight On A Timeless & Serene Hamptons Estate](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-timeless-serene-hamptons-estate/) - I'm not a designer, but I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that being approached by a real estate developer in possession of a 12,600-square-foot, 11-bedroom, and 12-bathroom estate in Sagaponack would be massively intriguing. Were that designer to be propositioned with designing the entire operation, nary a client to compromise with, well,
- [Live Simply On TV!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-on-tv/) - Exposure is not exposure is not exposure, if you ask me. While it's thrilling (and career-advancing) to be featured by major media outlets, it's usually the case that your message gets distilled at the very best, and twisted at the worst, in order to fit the parameters of the story being produced. Mostly, you end
- [Live Simply Is Hiring!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-is-hiring/) - Live Simply is in need of assistance! There are currently two open positions: Part time heavy lifter I'm looking for a part time/ as needed heavy lifter who can help to haul goods from the house to the car, and up and down stairs and move and lift furniture. This person must be a savage
- [Monday's Meditation: On Giving Up "The Chase"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-giving-up-the-chase/) - As soon as I was reasonably able, and probably far before it was smart, I abandoned the notion of pursuing client leads. In the beginning, when I had no other choice, I chased. Not hard, or for very long, but still: an inquiry on the part of a potential client would yield follow-up phone calls
- [Out Of Office](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/out-of-office/) - It finally happened. On Friday evening, after I-genuinely-lost-count of how many back to back residential moving projects, I had the finish line in sight. Just one more drop off of boxes at a new apartment, and I would have officially made it to vacation. And then, in the midst of hurriedly juggling key cars, a
- [Live Simply in 2019, January Mantra: Begin Now](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-year-begin-now/) - Begin now. Begin today because today is all we know for certain. Because tomorrow you will wish you had begun today. Begin now if the urge strikes, if the curiosity has bloomed, because the moment it does is the best moment to move into action. Begin now if you are ready enough to answer the
- [Live Simply in 2019, February Mantra: Stick To Your Systems](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/february-stick-to-your-systems/) - Conceived during moments of epiphany, revelation, and ambition, the systems we build into and for our lives become integral to our overall functioning. We design them (or have them designed) because we need them in place in order to go about the business of being our best selves. Without systems, our lives are chaotic. The
- [Live Simply in 2019, March Mantra: Re-Examine The Familiar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-march-mantra-re-examine-the-familiar/) - Most of us yearn for familiarity. All we want is the safety and security that comes after routines have been established, relationships have been solidified, and the terrifying phase of the unknown has transformed into the familiar. Our brains, in attempts to conserve energy, begin to ignore what has been deemed non-threatening to survival. It's
- [Live Simply in 2019, August Mantra: Heed Your Intuition](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-august-mantra-heed-your-intuition/) - My first introductions to intuition came from spiritual leaders and self-help writers. "Your intuition is that little voice inside you," they all told me. "It has all the answers." I took their explanations to mean that there ought to be an oracle dwelling within me, a psychic on constant speed dial who, from their descriptions,
- [Live Simply in 2019, July Mantra: Release Expectations](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-july-mantra-release-expectations/) - We're a demanding group of people; have you noticed? We want precisely what we want at the moment we desire it, hold strongly preconceived notions about how long getting what we want should take, how much it will cost, and how much effort it will require. These expectations are so often fulfilled according to
- [Live Simply in 2019, April Mantra: Find Reasons To Feel Good](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-april-mantra-find-reasons-to-feel-good/) - It was a sunny, Spring afternoon, and I was headed home from a meeting with a fantastic client. I had my windows rolled all the way down for the first time in months, and I was really basking in it. Stuck my arm way out and spread my fingers in the air and everything. A
- [Live Simply In 2019, May Mantra: Revel In The Routine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-may-mantra-revel-in-the-routine/) - Routines are magic. Tasked with making an endless slew of new, additional decisions daily, our overloaded minds thrive when they're able to rely on pre-established rhythms and choices. But when we aren't present to our daily lives, when we're just going through the motions, routines can turn into the stale traps a person dreams of
- [Live Simply in 2019, June Mantra: Simplify Schedules](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-june-mantra-simplify-schedules/) - Embracing a freer schedule is natural, but it isn’t normal in this part of the world. Here, we hurry. We shlep. We carpool, and schedule, and reschedule, and sign up, and register and pre-register. We keep busy. Busyness is the way in which we distract ourselves from having to examine who we might really
- [What's Old is New Again: Repurposed Projects](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/whats-old-is-new-again-repurposed-projects/) - Happy Friday tootsie pops! Today I shall send you off into the weekend by igniting your vast imaginations. How, you ask, will I attempt such a feat? By presenting you with a few of the cleverest repurposing projects to grace the interwebs, that's how. Yes, perhaps on a Tuesday these IKEA bookcases would appear to
- [DIY Or DI-WHY?: Under Shelf Jar Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/under-shelf-jar-storage-neat-o-or-veto/) - Last week, whilst assembling the post Live Simply All-Star: Under Shelf Storage, a rather curious thing happened. Rather than the typically and mass-produced under-shelf slide-on-baskets I was seeking and expecting to find, I was instead bombarded by the images of glass jars screwed to the underside of shelves. Now, I'm no stranger to this concept.
- [DIY Or DI-WHY?: Over The Door Shelving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/over-the-door-shelving-diy-or-di-why/) - Given the fact that my last investigative post entitled "Under Shelf Jar Storage: Neat-O Or Veto?" garnered such fervent replies (by the way, majority rules that idea is a big fat stupid), I thought I'd go ahead and poll the audience once again. This time, however, the topic is less under-shelf than it is over.
- [DIY Or DI-WHY?: Repurposed Containers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/repurposed-containers-worthwhile-or-trash-pile/) - Seeing as how I've been massively enjoying your comments to my query posts lately (Under Shelf Jar Storage: Neat-o Or Veto? and Over The Door Shelving: DIY Or DI-WHY?), I've decided to keep the game going with another round. Today's take it or leave it: repurposed containers. Let's get down to the nitty gritty. What
- [Project Repurpose: Empty Candle Jar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project-repurpose-empty-candle-jar/) - We all have our particular talents. Mine, I'll willingly admit, does not fall within the realm of repurposing potentially disposal packaging. A depleted cereal box in my mind belongs in the recycling bin, not in the craft room, getting gussied by way of decoupage and called a storage solution (though I give it over to the people
- [The Repurposed Cake Stand Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-repurposed-cake-stand-organizer/) - Cake stands are akin to trays; they both create a distinguished spot on an otherwise vast surface, thus enabling organization. Cake stands just do it at a higher elevation is all. The cake stand is a winner in the kitchen (for things beyond the cake). Use your dessert-plate-on- stilt for organizing such items as spices,
- [Repurposed Wood Soda Crates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/repurposed-wood-soda-crates/) - Vintage wooden crates and trays are like sooo having a moment right now. I've seen them scattered all across the interwebs and in real life, too. They're an apt home for small inanimate objects, what with all those divided sections, and they offer a certain rustic appeal for those who prefer a sense of history
- [Vintage Printer Tray Turned Jewelry Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/letterpress-drawer/) - A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post about Repurposed Wood Soda Crates. Today's post is in a similar vein. Or grain. Sometimes it feels like various storage and organizational trends are stalking me, popping up around every corner and on every screen until I finally succumb all, "Fine! Fine. I'll write a post about you, relentless sonofa--.
- [Interior Trend: Vintage Trunks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/trunks/) - It's hardly a new trend (not in any sense of the word actually), but as of late I find my eyes drawn towards interiors containing vintage trunks. As a fairly dedicated germaphobe, it isn't often I throw caution to the antibacterial hand soap and hunker down with interest in an inherited object. So great is
- [The Incredible, Moveable, Space-Friendly Cart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cart/) - Wheels are hypothetically advantageous in many scenarios. For the purposes of this article, we shall focus on the ways they're potentially beneficial in homes. Whether in small spaces or large, wheeled carts offer the unparalleled asset of being moved about easily. In the kitchen, they can be used to provide mobility in both the cooking or serving
- [DIY Stylish Storage Boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/diy-stylish-storage/) - A while ago, the folks at Storables kindly gifted me these white storage boxes. Since then, I've been happily employing them in my home-- storing gift wrap, DVDs, and the like. They were doing their job splendidly and would have continued to, only, well, please don't excommunicate me for saying so given how many times
- [10 Totally Ingenious, Ridiculously Stylish IKEA Hacks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ikea-hacks/) - There comes a point in every blogger's career where they must take their turn featuring an array of IKEA hacks that have impressed them to the point of feeling compelled to share. For me, that time is now. The imagination it requires to see beyond the Swedish-cookie cutter product that emerges from a box of
- [DIY Candle Wax Potpourri](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/candle-wax-potpourri/) - In today's edition of smart ideas that are dumb (possibly also: dumb ideas that are smart), I give you the leftover candle wax potpourri satchel. Consider this the second installment of the repurposed candle jar concept; you've kept the jar, but what have you done with the remaining wax? If you're as mad about your
- [15 Brilliant New Uses For Binder Clips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/binder-clips/) - After writing yesterday's post about the superiority of binder clips to paper clips, I sort of fell down the well. That is, my own post worked so effectively on me that afterwards I was left marveling at the genius of the binder clip. Really, when you think about it, it is truly fantastic in design:
- [6 Winning New Uses For Old Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-uses-for-old-drawers/) - Last week or something I wrote a post about the versatility of binder clips, which my dad would advise that you definitely not check out. Afterwards, I got to talking with my bestie about the post (because some people liked it, DAD), and making things and repurposing and so on. She was quite excited because
- [10 Totally Ingenious, Ridiculously Stylish IKEA Hacks (2)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ikea-hacks-two/) - Seeing as how the first 10 Totally Ingenious, Ridiculously Stylish IKEA Hacks post I wrote was such a massive hit on the interwebs--seriously, records were broken, the people came a'swarming, it was virtual mayhem- I decided to give you what you seem to be wanting and follow it up with another roundup. Consider this the second
- [Super Simple, Majorly Affordable DIY Necklace Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/diy-necklace-organizer-how-to/) - As of late, I've been getting inquires about that necklace organizer situation I told your eyeballs about a couple of months ago. In the interest of getting more done, I've decided to field those questions in post-form. All told, this project probably cost about $20 if that, making it a great option for those on a tight
- [DIY Business Card Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/business-card-organizer/) - My ultimate goal here is to encourage you all to Live the Simply. Often times, though, I advise on the broader scale--guiding principles and such. I can only believe (or I've been told) that when I do share projects that are especially tangible and small in scale, they serve as practical inspiration. The kind where you
- [Framed Scarves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/framed-scarves/) - It is with a fair amount of regularity that I encounter a client's painstakingly preserved collection of silk scarves, and along with them, an attitude of utter resignation. "Oh yeah, they're gorgeous. Have to keep them. Will never wear them," you tell me. Shrug. "What do you do? Mumble." Rifling. Bit of head shaking.
- [3 Reasons Why Sliding Barn Doors Are Your New Best Friend](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-reasons-sliding-barn-doors-answers-problems-never-knew/) - One of my clients has had a door dilemma as of late--a new washer/dryer got installed, the old door couldn't clear them, we (I) took the old door off its hinges because it just started to get too annoyingly in the way (I often make bold moves in the heat of the moment), but then
- [6 Surprisingly Chic New Uses For Old Ladders](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/old-ladders/) - Mostly I try not to encourage you in the direction of collecting or finding reasons to keep around old, worn down stuff because you seem fairly capable in that realm as it is. But occasionally there'll come along a concept so all together functional, not to mention easy, that I make an exception. Such is
- [Personalized & Disguised Magazine Files](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/personalized-disguised-magazine-files/) - In today's edition of ideas that aren't mine which came not at all from my own brain, a real thunker of a great plan stolen from the pages of the latest Style At Home Magazine. See the thing about this idea is that you're staring at it in the picture above but I bet you
- [The New Way To Decorate: Elevate Everyday Objects](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-new-way-to-decorate-elevate-everyday-objects/) - I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you love it enough to keep it--for the idea of it, for the sheer beauty of it-- you should love it enough to put it up on your wall and stare at it every day. It's actually a wonder more people don't take advantage of this
- [New Uses For Old Silver You Won't Believe You Haven't Thought Of Yet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-uses-for-old-silver-you-wont-believe-you-havent-thought-of-yet/) - If I had a piece of silver for every time a client has asked me exasperatedly, "What am I supposed to do with all this silver?!" And then, before I managed a syllable, "I mean I have to keep it. It was my _______(insert dearly beloved, long-deceased relative)," I'd have enough silver to melt it
- [10 Totally Clever Ideas For Repurposed Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-totally-clever-ideas-for-repurposed-storage/) - There are those who prefer squeaky clean, and those who like a distinct, weathered, collected, vintage aesthetic. There is a space for both styles in the Land of Live Simply, so long as one chooses with the utmost intentionality. I I tend to skew naturally to that fresh and clean, first-time-user side of things, and
- [8 Clever Ways To Use Picture Ledges For Storage Around The House](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-clever-ways-to-use-picture-ledges-for-storage-around-the-house/) - We are a creative lot, this little internet family (that's you and me). We prize originality, ingenuity, and cleverness. Which is why I think it is that posts highlighting alternative uses for common household objects are inevitably so well received (case in point: that bit about binder clips that practically caused a fever). And so, in
- [10 Space-Saving, Order-Inducing New Uses For Tension Rods](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-space-saving-order-inducing-new-uses-for-tension-rods/) - Once upon a time I wrote about the many uses of binder clips. My dad thought it was just about the dumbest thing ever, but it turned out that his opinion was the minority; it was one of the sleeper hits of that year. When you consider how thrilling it is to learn that an
- [Beautifully Striking & Unique Ways To Display Old Family Photos](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/beautifully-striking-unique-ways-to-display-old-family-photos/) - There's a reason why people commonly collect, sell, and display old photos--whether or not they know the people captured in the photographs. It's because old photographs are really cool. They're a window into the past, their sepia genuinely earned. And when you actually know the people in the pictures, when they're your grandparents, your great-grandparents,
- [6 Ways To Reimagine The Role Of A Bar Cart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-ways-to-reimagine-the-role-of-a-bar-cart/) - Over the weekend, one of my clients asked me for help sourcing a bar cart, and in the process of doing so I arrived back at the conclusion that every blogger before me has: bar carts are dang cute. The piece of furniture, itself, without a single thing yet on it, is an endearing one.
- [5 Bedside Tables That Aren't Your Typical Nightstands](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-bedside-tables-that-arent-your-typical-nightstands/) - Whether you're dealing with cramped quarters or Simply seeking a way to be original in your interior design efforts, these alternatives to the traditional nightstand might be just the thing. Your home has to work for you. That's the only real rule we follow here. So, if the typical nightstand offering isn't cutting it for
- [This Stupidly Easy, Totally Transformative Hack Will Make You Fall In Love With Your Leather Furniture Again](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/this-stupidly-easy-totally-transformative-hack-will-make-you-fall-in-love-with-your-leather-furniture-again/) - It's rare to find a company or product that truly innovates the way you approach some aspect of your life. What they provide is something that you might previously have never considered existed, and, once you do become aware, your whole world is blown wide open. Such is the case with Rub 'n Restore's transformative
- [Top 5 Storage & Display Posts of 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-storage-display-posts-of-2016/) - It's the annual top posts of the year week on Live Simply! As has become the tradition, we're wrapping up 2016 by looking back at the posts you deemed your favorites by way of clicks, re-pins, re-shares and so on. Whether that's because they're the most helpful or the most wacky, well, I'll leave that
- [File These Inspiration Photos Under "If You Love It, Hang It On Your Wall"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/file-these-inspiration-photos-under-if-you-love-it-hang-it-on-your-wall/) - I was recently reminded, once again, of the necessity for freedom when it comes to the decoration of one's space. I was working with a dear client to edit and organize his office when I unearthed a business marquee. Not insignificant in size, the sign had hung outside my client's and his father's company for
- [How To Decorate For Halloween (& Other Holidays) Without Losing Your Sanity, Spending All Your Cash & Over-Loading Your Storage Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-decorate-for-halloween-other-holidays-without-losing-your-sanity-spending-all-your-cash-over-loading-your-storage-space/) - I have clients at both ends of the holiday-decorations spectrum. Some, as you can imagine, have tubs and tubs of themed decor for each and every occasion. For others, the holiday decorations are scant. Yet, I've noticed a tendency among those in possession of modest decoration collections: there is an underlying belief that to not
- [6 Easy, Impactful Ways To Decorate For Autumn & Halloween](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-easy-impactful-ways-to-decorate-for-autumn-halloween/) - Now that it's officially October, it feels appropriate to address the orange and black elephant in room: autumn & halloween decorations. I have a select few clients who truly delight in decking their house to the nines with seasonal decorations. Everything in their home gets autumn-and-halloween-ified, right down to the hand towels in the guest
- [9 Retail Recycling Programs That Reward You](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/retailer-recycling-programs/) - Programs for recycling electronics are old news around here. What might be new news to you is that more and more companies (some slightly more exciting than Best Buy; no offense meant BB) are beginning to offer similar recycling programs to their customers. Perhaps the only thing better than doing right by the earth is doing right
- [Live Simply 2020: May Mantra](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-2020-may-mantra/) - My sister and I, both diametrically opposed to being stopped, tried once to come up with an acronym for the phrase at which we worship: find a way to make it work. F-A-W-T-M-I-W. So you can see why that never became a thing. But our devotion to the concept remains. We know what you know,
- [Spring Favorites: 8 Essential Organizing Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spring-favorites-8-essential-organizing-products/) - At the end of 2019, I compiled a list of the year's most impressive, effective, and impactful organizing products--the ones that rocked our worlds (and, by extension, our clients'). But then we did a big move project, we worked with several dream clients, we sourced supplies for endless storage areas, and the page that the
- [Live Simply 2020: February Mantra](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-2020-february-mantra/) - In almost every couple Live Simply has worked with, there is one person who tends to be more inclined to organization, and one who is less. There is one person excited to plow ahead with growth and progress, and one person dragging their feet and protesting to varying levels of severity. Yin and yang.
- [Live Simply 2020: January Mantra](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-2020-january-mantra/) - It doesn't matter what goals or resolutions you set, dreams you launch, ideas you create, or relationships you make; it is inevitable that at some point or other, you're going to screw it up. I know, I know; it's the first month of the year new--of the new decade!--and the blankness of the slate
- [Live Simply In 2019: November Mantra, Forgive Past Mistakes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-in-2019-november-mantra-forgive-past-mistakes/) - Forgiveness is a spiritual reset button. “Begin again,” Forgiveness instructs. Release the offenses incurred, the standards unmet, the judgments rendered. View the situation, or that person, or yourself with compassion. Remember that everyone, including yourself, is sorting through hardships, and (probably!) doing their best to play the hand given. Begin (forgive) again, and again,
- [Two Stellar Services To Help You Get Rid of Junk Mail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/two-stellar-services-get-rid-of-junk-mail/) - I come to you today, humble servant, bearer of the good word: There are services one might employ to instigate the removal of junk mail, both virtual and the real life kind. Here are two. -Unroll.me According to the little scrap of magazine pinned this week up on my bulletin board, I came across Unroll.me
- ["The Biggest Mistakes You Make When Cleaning Out Your Closet"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-biggest-mistakes-you-make-when-cleaning-out-your-closet-hello-giggles/) - Happy hump day, tulips. I'm so excited to share that yours truly is featured over on Hello Giggles! For those of you who aren't familiar, Hello Giggles is a lifestyle website and virtual community created by actress and musician Zooey Deschanel, writer Molly McAleer, and producer Sophia Rossi in 2011. In other words, it's like
- [Monday's Meditation: On Making the Right Choice at the Right Time](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-making-the-right-choice-at-the-right-time/) - Much of the security of childhood is due to the time-bound phases which are at the cornerstone of it; I'm sure of it. In functional homes the developed world over, children trot along the same prescribed educational path: First comes pre-school. And then kindergarten, from which there may be a symbolic graduation ceremony which is
- [Most Beautiful Ways To Display Your Family Photos](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/most-beautiful-ways-to-display-your-family-photos/) - When one of my clients moved into her new home, it was important to her to have photos of her kids around. She's pretty found of them to begin with, and happens to be newly splitting custody of said offspring. Having pictures of their faces around would, we hoped, make being apart from them about
- [Spotlight On A Home That's A Study In Pink](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-home-thats-a-study-in-pink/) - So, pink is a color, one that tends to be quite divisive. People generally adore or abhor the hue, and my money says that's down to its relation to gender roles. Touchy subject, let's move along. Point being, pink is usually done in carefully thought out and restrained doses in interiors. Soft pinks may be
- [4 Objects & Areas In Your Space That Are Probably Begging To Be Cleaned](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/4-objects-areas-in-your-space-that-are-probably-begging-to-be-cleaned/) - Take it from someone who spends most of her waking hours getting intimate with every conceivable inch of people's homes: there's a lot of dirty happening under your nose. Even in homes that are cleaned regularly, there are areas and objects that manage to fall under the cleaning radar, whether because they require that extra
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Chaos Of Life & The Key To Enjoying It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-chaos-of-life-the-key-to-enjoying-it/) - Over the last two weeks, I bought a house, moved myself and my belongings from my old house into said purchased house--while simultaneously moving clients into their new homes-- flew to Detroit to stand up in my best friend’s wedding, and dealt with my mom's life-threatening medical emergency. I have spent one 12-hour block of time
- [Monday's Meditation: On What We See & My Dead Tree](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-we-see-my-dead-tree/) - The tree in front of my house is dying. Actually, I think it's already dead. It's a small tree--a young tree--with birch-like bark and almond-shaped leaves and it's directly in front of my house. My desk is positioned against the window, and its street view often lures my eyes away from the screen in favor
- [Ask Annie: What Are The Best Shelf Liners?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ask-annie-what-are-the-best-shelf-liners/) - Our internet family sends me lots of great questions and messages all the time. Sometimes, the messages seem to me to pertain to a wider audience, whether because they're broad and abstract in theme, or because they're specific in scope, and in either case, I have no choice but to take to the blog. Today is an
- [8 No-Brainer Kid's Art Display Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-kids-art-display-solutions-mean-thatll-keep-you-from-dreading-the-phrase-look-what-i-made-at-school/) - It's right about this time of year that I start to think of the parents' of wee babes quandry; as learning institutions resume their regularly scheduled programming, so, too, do all those wonderful works of art which all those small humans will soon be creating. Kids are essentially cute craft pushers, you heard it here first.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Having It All Together...Whether You Do Or Not](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-having-it-all-together-whether-you-do-or-not/) - I'm part of a very informal group of lady bosses here in Seattle. Though most every one of us works in different industries, we connect on the shared ground of having borne an idea, and of nurturing this idea into a full-fledged company, and all the daily effort that entails. Last week we gathered around
- [Spotlight On A Bright, Happy Home by Jenn Feldman Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-bright-happy-home-by-jenn-feldman-designs/) - Sometimes in life, people get what they deserve. Such was the case with today's Spotlighted designer, Jenn Feldman. It wasn't until after I had found her work, scrolled through every project in her portfolio, and subsequently--and telepathically--saluted her design genius that I made my cursor's way over to her About page. To her credit, it
- [The Ideal Pet-Owner's House: Built In Beds & Pet Crates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-pet-owners-house-built-in-beds-pet-crates/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… The vast majority of my clients are pet-owners (of the dog and cat variety). And, lately, the dogs are outweighing the cats by a landslide, which isn't bad news for
- [20+ Best Lunch Boxes For All Ages & Styles](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/20-best-lunch-boxes-for-all-ages-styles/) - When I was growing up, the silver lining of going back to school was the fact that new supplies would be required and procured. My passion in life--until the age of eleven or so--was office supplies. The annual trip to Office Depot was a scintillating expedition. The choosing of binders and folders and corresponding pens
- [Monday's Meditation: On Creating With Love & The Amazon Bookstore](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-creativity-discovery-the-amazon-bookstore/) - Amazon opened a bookstore in Seattle a couple of months ago, and I've been casually boycotting it ever since. After all, this is the company whose online impact and expediency contributed to so many local bookstores going out of business. This fact makes Amazon's brick and mortar bookstore feel a bit cruel, or at the
- [Spotlight On A Tiny Dockside Cottage Designed By Frank Roop](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-tiny-dockside-cottage-designed-by-frank-roop/) - I haven't had a magazine subscription since, well, I can't remember, but I'm sure the publication contained mazes and those games where you compare two similar side-by-side pictures to spot all the differences. But for my last birthday (thank you T/A), I was given a subscription to House Beautiful. Turns out it's pretty rad to
- [Here's How To Share An Office Space Without Wanting To Kill Your Office Mate](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/heres-how-to-share-an-office-space-without-wanting-to-kill-your-office-mate/) - Undoubtedly, one of the most precarious iterations of space-sharing is that of a shared workspace. This makes sense, given that each person has a unique working style, and requires a specific sort of atmosphere in which they can feel most productive. And the attraction of opposites that's common in relationships is as common in working
- [Your Days Of Frantically Searching For Your Keys Are Numbered...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/your-days-of-frantically-searching-for-your-keys-are-numbered/) - Sometimes one kid in the class misbehaves and everyone has to stay late on account of it and that's just the way it is. That's sort of like today's post. See, I was home in Detroit a couple of weeks ago and was preparing to head out to my dentist appointment, which I had, it
- [Monday's Meditation: On Breaking Patterns](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-breaking-patterns/) - I stayed late at my client's last Friday; late enough that her friends had begun trickling in one by one for a summer get together. Around the table, which I was practically bribed to actually sit down at, a fantastic conversation was hatched. We talked about relationships, about the nature of people and life trajectories
- [Spotlight On Amanda Barnes Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-amanda-barnes-interiors/) - When I found Amanda Barnes Interiors on instagram, (and subsequently screenshotted her profile) I mistook her work for pretty. It is that, of course. It has all the bright whites, soft hues, and gold accents to qualify as such. This illusion is further supported thanks to its being photographed by one of my absolute favorites and total
- [The Ideal House Feature: A Home Gym With A View](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-house-feature-a-home-gym-with-a-view/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… If you want to know a surefire way to uncover a person's main priority or passion here's what: ask them what they'd do with their spare room. "Make believe that
- [Favorite This: July 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-july-2016/) - Here it is: your personal peek into what I loved and relied on at work and at home all throughout July. You're going to want to get involved. 1. Interdesign vanity catch-all with built in handles This is an exceptionally handy and versatile little organizer. I used a good bunch of them last month, all
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Many Masks We Wear](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-many-masks-we-wear/) - There are different versions of ourselves we adopt according to the setting and the people around us; you've noticed yourself doing this, haven't you? When at work, for instance, we know we need to be our most professional selves. We're more aware of our language, more polite, and perhaps, more guarded. With family, we relax
- [Spotlight On A Family-Friendly Home That's Trendy (Without Trying Too Hard!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-trendy-without-trying-too-hard-family-friendly-home/) - There's something particularly fascinating about how various professionals provide for themselves. Like what a dentist does for his own teeth. Or, how an organizer keeps her own space neat (ahem). Or, what results when the designer of hip restaurants weds a builder, has a baby or three, and the duo sets out to create their
- [Where To Start: Old Clutter Or Current Mess?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/where-to-start-old-clutter-or-current-mess/) - There's a question that commonly gets asked by both clients, readers, and the general public alike, which is: if everything in my possession is a hot mess, meaning I've got a backlog of clutter and chaos taking up whole cupboards, closets, or rooms, except all that stuff isn't even in my daily periphery because it's
- [The Fundamental Rules For Maintaining A Clean & Orderly Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-fundamental-rules-for-maintaining-a-clean-orderly-space/) - I have rawther a lot I wish to address with you at all times. If this weren't the case, we surely wouldn't be approaching our thousandth year blogiversary together. This often means, however, that I neglect to bring your attention to my words residing elsewhere on the interwebs--it's already onto an additional topic for me.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Mindset & Taking Flight](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-taking-flight/) - I kind of love airports. Do you? I feel a person might adopt any persona they wish in an airport. And, they might buy magazines they'd never ordinary deem worthwhile purchases, to boot. There's a lot about air travel, and, indeed, travel in general, that is out of one's control, and that feels like it
- [Decluttering Making You Feel Wasteful? You're Not The Only One...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/decluttering-making-you-feel-wasteful-youre-not-the-only-one/) - Feeling wasteful in the face of clutter is one of the most common reasons why people hold on to it. Here, how that mindset keeps you stuck, how to make peace with the fact that you may have been a tad reckless with your resources in the past, and how to ensure you don't repeat
- [Monday's Meditation: On Why It's Okay If No One Else "Gets It"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-why-no-one-else-needs-to-get-it/) - Do you ever feel like the people in your life who you know care about you just don't get it? I find myself discussing this notion with great frequency as of late, as friends, clients and acquaintances explain that although they're sure their loved ones do, in fact, love them, they also have the sneaking
- [Spotlight On Urban Grace Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-urban-grace-interiors/) - It's most convenient when one blog post begets another. So, you can imagine my good fortune when, tracking down images for yesterday's post, I happened upon the work of Urban Grace Interiors, which I decided on the spot had to be hustled through the pipeline and featured today. Urban Grace's work isn't going to wake
- [No Pantry? No Problem! Here Are 6 Ways To Fake It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/no-pantry-no-problem-here-are-6-ways-to-fake-it/) - The matter of a closet-less bedroom has been thoroughly unpacked around here. The culinary equivalent, however, that of a kitchen lacking a proper pantry, has received scant attention in comparison. I was in the midst of a whirlwind move-in last week, and about halfway through unpacking the contents of my client's kitchen it dawned on
- [Monday's Meditation: On Atlantis Books & How You Can Be A Bridge](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-atlantis-books-how-you-can-be-a-bridge/) - On the island of Santorini, there is a famous bookstore called Atlantis Books. The fact that it's the only one there lends it an air of importance, but I'm convinced it would still easily outshine any number of nearby others. Atlantis Books is tiny, its shape recalling that of a Hogwarts dorm. The bookshelves are
- [The Ideal Bathroom: Double The Shower, Double The Fun](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-bathroom-double-the-shower-double-the-fun/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… If there's one thing you nor I need it's a shower with two shower heads. I mean, really. For starters, it isn't that difficult to coordinate a shower-share with one
- [9 More Common Clutter Culprits You Can Let Go Of (And Be Totally Fine!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-more-common-clutter-culprits-you-can-let-go-of-and-be-totally-fine/) - Picking up where we left off with our collective ditch it list, today I give you 9 more all too common clutter culprits, along with the permission (not that you needed it) to let each and every one of them go. Here goes: 1. Fitbit Apologies in advance to anyone reading who is a die-hard
- [This Way To A Stress-Free Summer Beach Or Pool Day...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/this-way-to-a-stress-free-summer-beach-or-pool-day/) - Summer, if it is spent well, is awfully messy and terribly wet. No other season provides so many options for immersing oneself in water, soaking one's garments, wetting toys and playthings of all sorts. If you don't have a pool, you make it your business to know someone who does. And if they're out of
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Pace Of Life & The Peace Of Life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-pace-of-life-the-peace-of-life/) - It is both what makes America great and miserable: the hustle. The drive. The unrelenting devotion to ambition. And then you hop a few flights and land yourself in a place where no one seems intent on learning to become a morning person. There is no observable worship here of improvement—earlier, faster, fitter, better.
- [Spotlight On House Of Honey](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-house-of-honey/) - [Massive apologies to my email subscribers for the lack of notifications this week. Some back end glitches, blah blah blah. But we've been getting down with the blog all week in spite of that! Make sure to catch up on the latest; titles found in the sidebar. Otherwise, come next week, you run the risk
- [18 Things You're Probably Forgetting To Declutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/18-things-youre-probably-forgetting-to-declutter/) - I am an expert editor. No, no, but I mean I'm a compulsive editor. When I look at the world, things register to me as either pertinent or purpose-fulfilled. I can't help it. As a result, I am literally (true sense) always (also necessary) editing everything (no hyperbole). It's occurred to me that there are
- [Favorite This: June 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-june-2016/) - This month's favorites are a little all over the place. I mean more than usual, silly. I had a couple weeks of intense client work, followed by a personal escape of the most wondrous, Greek, marital variety. The resulting favorites list is a jumble of organizing products and lifestyle favorites, in no order whatsoever. The
- [Monday's Meditation: On My Best "Bad Blogger" Excuse & Why Preparation Can Be Pointless](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-my-best-bad-blogger-excuse-why-preparation-can-be-pointless/) - Please forgive the lack of posts around here the past two weeks. I don't have much of a good excuse, except that I was busy stealing away to my fantasy land of the Greek islands with my man/ boofriend of the last century/ exploration expert, travel author and photographer/ all around brilliant human being and
- [Monday's Meditation: On Why Things Go Right At The Very End](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-why-things-go-right-at-the-very-end/) - Things always get good right at the very end, have you ever noticed that? The moment you declare your plans to leave your current job, your workplace becomes an efficient and jovial atmosphere. Right when you decide you need to end a relationship, the person whom you're involved with starts doing and saying all the
- [Monday's Meditation: On Whether Everything Really Is Relative](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-whether-everything-really-is-relative/) - I used to be of the opinion that as far as personal issues and challenges are concerned, everything is relative, meaning that an individual's definition of pain or suffering depends upon the circumstances they've experienced, and, perhaps, overcome. If you've (miraculously) managed to get through life thus far without so much as a stray hiccup, something as
- [New Plan: Wile Away The Summer In An Unbelievably Dreamy Porch Swing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-plan-wile-away-the-summer-in-an-unbelievably-dreamy-porch-swing/) - If I had Oprah's powers I would use them for good, I swear. If I could spare to give thousands of dollars and also motivational get-your-life-right advice, I would dole it out like lollipops. Which is to say, most easily. Though I suppose it might be difficult deciding what, exactly, to bestow upon the masses.
- [5 Tech Tools For Way Less Stressful Travel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-tech-tools-for-way-less-stressful-travel/) - It's happened: summer is upon us. Schools are opening wide their doors and letting the youth surge forth to do as they may. Parents are panicking slightly at their offsprings' newfound freedom, and desperately plotting ways to keep them entertained. Bags the globe round are being packed as children are thusly shipped off to summer
- [Making The Case For Empty Shelf Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/making-the-case-for-empty-shelf-space/) - I'm sure I recall an English professor of mine explaining a theory about how buying ripped clothing is the height of extravagance; if you can afford to buy intentionally ruined clothing, you are somehow broadcasting your riches. I'm also newly convinced that today's topic is the storage equivalent to the new-ripped clothes. Everyone is after
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Sweet Release Of Being Hated](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-sweet-release-of-being-hated/) - My sister recently reminded me (though I could hardly ever forget) about the savage girl wars I experienced throughout elementary school. From the end of third grade until the end of eighth, I was The Girls' most hated girl. Never a bully or a meanie, myself, at first the collective hatred on the part of
- [Spotlight On Some Seriously Swoon-worthy Hamptons Homes By Sawyer Berson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-some-seriously-swoon-worthy-hamptons-homes-by-sawyer-berson/) - I'm sorry. I think I should begin by saying that? Today's eyeball treat is the work of Sawyer Berson, an architecture, design, and landscape firm that, apparently, can make Hamptons home dreams come true. So, yes, I should definitely say sorry. Anyhow, I should at least warn you to ready your jaw-catching hand and cover your
- [This Habit Determines Whether Your Home Is Crazy Cluttered Or Beautifully Organized](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/this-habit-determines-whether-your-home-is-crazy-cluttered-or-beautifully-organized/) - In my work with clients, I teach them to rewire their thinking about stuff, since their old way of thinking and dealing with material objects clearly wasn’t working. One of the most important of these is the thought process that accompanies capacity. That is, your mental process when you go to put something away and
- [Favorite This: May 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-may-2016/) - Here are May's must-haves, comin' in hot... 1. Art Bins Storage satchel (See also: Super satchel removable divider box & Super satchel double deep) I know I have mentioned these in a past favorites, except then it was to acknowledge this product for its ability to properly contain art supplies. But as we all know by now, a good
- [Monday's Meditation: On Integrity, Or: Why Tweets Do, Indeed, Reflect Your Employer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/20641-2/) - When it comes to the smallest segments of society to which we belong, we are aware, or are made aware, of how individuals reflect on the whole. Nary a field trip begins without a teacher's reminding his or her students that their group is about to represent their school out in the world. Athletes are
- [8 Inspiring Examples That Prove Small Spaces Do Have Room For A Dining Area](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-inspiring-examples-that-prove-small-spaces-do-have-room-for-a-dining-area/) - We've previously lamented how the first home feature that seems to bite the dust when space is scant is a dining area. When you factor in the necessity of a bed (at least one) and a couch, well, if you're seriously short on square footage that doesn't leave you with a whole lot to play
- [My Top Two Moving Tips For Easier Packing & Unpacking](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/my-top-two-moving-tips-for-easier-packing-unpacking/) - I have done a lot of moving. Packing up, moving out. Unpacking, moving in. Moves are one aspect of my client work that I never really gave much thought to at the beginning, but they've since become quite central to my services. This is pleasing to me since I find them to be kind of
- [8 Stand-Out Products To Make Your Wardrobe Staples Look & Feel Like New](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-stand-out-products-to-make-your-wardrobe-staples-look-and-feel-like-new/) - There's a fine line between hoarding rags and scraps that once resembled actual wardrobe items and refreshing beloved items which show signs of having been worn on several occasions (sometimes: worn to very ill-suited events or locations, often involving mud or beer or both, or: worn in the presence of paint-yielding, yogurt-spurting children, often: worn
- [Monday's Meditation: On Giving & Taking In Blog-land](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-giving-taking-in-blog-land/) - I wasn’t expecting anything when I wrote Thursday’s post. I didn’t really imagine what the response would be, or if there would be one. Only, I had reached a point that not addressing this thing we share no longer felt like an option. So, I did as Kathleen Kelly did and sent it into the
- [What To Do With The First Really Expensive Item You Ever Bought](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-to-do-with-the-first-really-expensive-item-you-ever-bought/) - There may come a pivotal career or life turning point for you--there does for many--when you finally have the means to treat yourself to a luxury item you've coveted for years, but could never before afford. It may be a watch, or a handbag, or a designer coat. You will buy it with your new
- [9 Beautiful Bedside Tables With A Side Order Of Built-In Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-beautiful-bedside-tables-with-a-side-order-of-built-in-storage/) - Nightstands are notoriously difficult to source. You can have the whole set up happening: mattress, lovely sheets, headboard, rug, dresser, and yet, somehow, the right nightstand evades you! You see them here and there, but are left are to Goldilocks--this one being far too short, that other one way too tall, and this one being
- [Monday's Meditation: On Why You Need To Stop Fessing Up To Your Flaws](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on/) - Despite endless evidence to the contrary, we still seem slow to grasp the fact that no one is paying as much attention to us as we're paying to ourselves. So, with the exception of the most enlightened individuals in our society, most of us still devote considerable amount of time to feeling deeply embarrassed and
- [The Roadmap To A Perfectly Organized Playroom](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-roadmap-to-a-perfectly-organized-playroom/) - Most patterns in life emerge by happenstance, or, at least, without conscious thought. After all, you don't plan to date the same loser four times in a row, or take the wrong job six times in a calendar year. So it was with me and playroom storage. I didn't mean to recreate the (almost) identical
- [The Ideal Kitchen: The Brilliant, Space-Saving Way To Dry Dishes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchen-this-brilliant-space-saving-way-to-dry-dishes-is-going-to-have-you-tossing-yours-in-a-hurry/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… Dish drying racks continue to a kitchen staple. Undeniably useful, they're also commonly bulky, unattractive, and generally countertop hogs. So, much of the conversation surrounding them up until now has
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Simple Act That Makes You A Success (Hint: You Already Do It Everyday)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-simple-act-that-makes-you-a-success-hint-you-already-do-it-everyday/) - It takes my mom, assisted by a caretaker, approximately two hours to get out of bed, showered, and dressed. That's every day of the week, and every day of her life; every movement involved in the task of rising to greet the day is a laborious effort. If you're the one helping her to get
- [Spotlight On A Small Beach Retreat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-small-beach-retreat/) - The little cottage we're spotlighting today had location going for it all along; situated on the Italian Riviera between Bordighera and San Remo, its views of the Mediterranean are ones most of us will only ever hope to replicate by way of paintings and photographs hung on our walls. In this case, the art lies beyond
- [13 More Things You Are Fully Allowed To Let Go Of (Without Guilt, Shame, Or Anxiety)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/13-more-things-you-are-fully-allowed-to-let-go-of-without-guilt-shame-or-anxiety/) - Want to Live Simply but don't know where to start? Or, maybe you're well along in the process, and are zealously seeking new and exciting ways to further free yourself from the burden of unnecessary belongings. In either case, this latest installment in our (always popular) ongoing ditch-it list is ripe with editing motivation (I
- [Favorite This: April 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-april-2016/) - Here are the things that won April at Live Simply HQ: 1. Large expandable jewelry tray // medium expandable jewelry tray Another winning option in the jewelry storage department, these won me over because of their expandability. The chances that your average jewelry tray fits perfectly in your drawer? Well, not bad if you've done your due
- [Monday's Meditation: On Waiting Vs. Creating (Or: Why A Watched Pot Never Boils)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-waiting-vs-creating-or-why-a-watched-pot-never-boils/) - When you're at your hungriest point, desperate for sustenance, and a pot of water and its ability to reach boiling point is the answer to your salvation, there seems to be nothing so ineffective as your stovetop. Impatiently, you might toggle the burner, ensuring it's cranked to its highest output; you might put a lid
- [10 Beautiful Jewelry Boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/jewelry-boxes/) - Some things just don't really change, like the functionality of a stapler, or the fact that your phone will at some point inevitably die right when you need it most. Also: jewelry boxes. A jewelry box is as useful in practice and lovely in concept as it has ever been--especially when it's large enough to
- [The Gmail Trick I Wish I'd Found Out About Sooner](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-gmail-trick-i-wish-id-found-out-about-sooner/) - For as long as I can remember (and as long as I've been using Gmail), I've been keeping track of emails that need a response by re-marking them as unread after I've read them. On the whole, doing this is about as much of a nuisance as email is, and, while fairly unsophisticated, this method
- [Corner Shelves--The Latest In Clever Storage Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/corner-shelves-the-latest-in-clever-storage-solutions/) - In the aims of helping you to live large (larg-er, at least) in your small space, I have elucidated about the potential existing behind your door, brainstormed the possible applications for the end-of-the-bed, and, like, a whole of other topics and posts that I'm currently too tired to retrieve and link. Today, I shall attempt
- [Monday's Meditation: On What We Notice & Why (Or: How Life Works A Lot Like Google)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-we-notice-why-or-how-life-works-a-lot-like-google/) - If you've ever bought a new car, you'll know that when you do, you start spotting it everywhere. You never noticed it before, but now it seems to be the most popular vehicle on the road. There's one, in the lane next to you. There it is again, in blue, parked across the street from
- [Spotlight On Pimlico Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-pimlico-interiors/) - A couple of weekends ago, I got to meet Melissa Lindsay of Pimlico Interiors, and I immediately understood her to be an exceptionally genuine and dynamic person. Then she told me she was a designer and I was really smitten, pulling up real close all, "Tell me more." Except I think my version was much more an
- [A Cool, New Way To Label Your Stuff](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-cool-new-way-to-label-your-stuff/) - Label makers create perfectly wonderful labels. I use a label maker constantly, and each time that machine cranks out a bit of tape and type, my clients react as if I've just bestowed a grand gift upon them. The labels are neat, tidy, and perfectly uniform, which is saying quite a lot (more like everything),
- [10 Best Under The Sink Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-best-under-the-sink-organizers/) - The area under your sink runs a high risk of effortlessly achieving nightmarish status (it's there right now, isn't it? It's okay, you can tell me.) It's dark, it's out of reach, there's piping interrupting positively everything, and if there's a garbage disposal--forget it. Trying to utilize that space for storage ends up feeling like
- [Monday's Meditation: On How To Ace Any Test](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-school-tests/) - Remember school? Remember pop quizzes and multiple choice tests and essay exams? And remember how, after the teacher had distributed the stapled papers, and everyone had concluded conducting their preliminary flip-through, the classroom would become intensely quiet; the sounds of 20-odd students reading the same instructions and questions silently, in different ways, the scritch-scratching of
- [Spotlight On The (Uber Cool) Camby Hotel In Phoenix, AZ](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-the-uber-cool-camby-hotel-in-phoenix-az/) - Two weekends ago (I think?) I touched down in Phoenix, took an uber to my hotel, and exited from the car into the lobby of the Camby Hotel. Probably because the reservation had been (most kindly) made by one of us that wasn't me, I was entirely unprepared for the design game this hotel is
- [Has Your House Pooped Lately?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/has-your-house-pooped-lately/) - Despite the fact that I often talk in airy-fairy, follow your intuition, listen to what your gut tells you, cultivate a relationship with your belongings terms, there is an element to all this that's undeniably grounded in tangibility and quantity. It goes like this: if you continue to add things into your space and life,
- [Adjustable Height Tables To End Your Small Space Woes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/adjustable-height-tables-to-end-your-small-space-woes/) - When space is limited, it's often the case that the first thing to get nixed is a table, and, in particular, a dining table. After all, there's bound to already be a couch present; that combined with the right seating position and a coffee table is all the table and chair a small space dweller
- [Monday's Meditation: On Getting Over Ourselves Enough To Cheer For Other's Choices](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-getting-over-ourselves-enough-to-cheer-for-others-choices/) - Over the weekend, my best bud's mom (herself, a dear friend) and I were reminiscing about the recent past, and in particular how and why I made my way to Seattle. She told me that when she had raised concerns about the move, my pal responded by saying only, "I trust Annie." I was retroactively touched
- [This & That: Small Space No Closet Solutions from CB2](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/this-that-small-space-no-closet-solutions-from-cb2/) - In my daily life, I stumble across so many things that I think are pretty darn rad that I believe would be of benefit and interest to my readers and clients. So I zealously tear pages out of catalogues and magazines and so forth, but then find myself at a loss as to what to
- [1 Big Reason These Kitchen Islands Are Better For Small Spaces Than The Rest](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/1-big-reason-these-kitchen-islands-are-better-for-small-spaces-than-the-rest/) - The merits of wheeled furniture items have long ago, now, been covered. On wheels, furniture items of any shape and size become mobile, allowing you to shift their functionality. Plus, things that are easier to move are easier to clean under and around. I know; tell you something you don't know, right? I was perfectly
- [Favorite This: March 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-march-2016/) - We're in the first week of April (thank you to all those who sent sweet birthday tidings my way yesterday!), which makes it a great time to look back at the month of March and all the organizy stuff I loved and used ridiculous amounts throughout. For posterity's sake. And/or for interested parties. 1. Russel &
- [One Space Spotlight: A Beach Dining Room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-space-spotlight-a-beach-dining-room/) - Today I have just one image of one room for us to ogle, though believe me: if I could find more images of the same space, taken from every inch variant, I most certainly would. Except that I think one is all it takes. Or, one was all it took for me to fall deeply,
- [5 Most Commonly Asked Questions We All Hate Answering (& Way Better Alternatives)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-most-commonly-asked-questions-we-all-hate-answering-way-better-alternatives/) - It isn't that we have anything other than good intentions when we ask questions of others. We want genuine connection, after all. It's that the questions we rely upon to accomplish this are tired at best and wholly ineffective, verging on alienating, at their worst. So...go on asking the same old, boring, expected questions that
- [8 Of The Greatest Underbed Storage Options](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-of-the-greatest-underbed-storage-options/) - Last week we talked about the small space solution that is a storage bed. Storage beds are ideal for those people who anticipate themselves residing in close quarters for the foreseeable future, and for those with the budget to buy a bed. Lest you think I was going to leave the rest of you small
- [Monday's Meditation: On Integrity In The Modern Age](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-integrity-in-the-modern-age/) - The truth has a way of coming out in the end. We've seen it demonstrated time and time again. Affairs exposed. Corrupt dealings caught. Compromising images and statements brought to light. Catty emails meant for one colleague sent to entire companies. Petty messages accidentally sent to the wrong recipients. These are the ways people are
- [Spotlight On H2 Design & Build's Newly Renovated Studio](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-h2-design-builds-newly-renovated-studio/) - The only thing better than a regular Spotlight is, if you ask me, a Spotlight in which I know the person who's work we're oggling. That way I can give you a fuller picture (i.e. not only is this person's work impossibly stellar, they, themselves, are also the bee's knees). And then we can lament
- [Worried About Where You Should Be Donating Your Cast-Offs? Read this.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/when-you-dont-know-where-to-donate-donate-anywhere/) - There are a slew of reasons why clutter continues to occupy people's homes. One which should not be overlooked is the fact that people hold on to clutter because they're concerned about where those items end up. It's a really lovely, well-intentioned thought, see; people are aware that the item or collection of things they
- [9 Of The Best Looking Storage Beds](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/storage-beds/) - Let's just acknowledge the obvious, which is that combining sleepland with storage is not sexy. In fact, it's more like a last resort, an option that should be utilized only when spatial constraints are a very real thing. If you have a reasonable amount of living space at your disposal, and you're still finding yourself
- [Monday's Meditation: On Leading or Being Lead](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-leading-or-being-lead/) - Life goes like this: Either you lead or you are lead. Either you direct or you are directed. Either you choose or the choices are made for you. It is always this way. Life slows for no man and it pauses for no woman. Rather, it is intent on ensuring that all of us--the whole
- [Spotlight On A Client's Relaxed Modern, Indigo-Filled Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-clients-relaxed-modern-indigo-filled-home/) - Today I've got an extra special Spotlight space for you--one of my very own client's, designed by Seattle's current design posterboy, Brian Paquette. When my client and I started working together, she was living in another house altogether (this is not uncommon), and when a house came up for rent in the area of town where
- [So You've Offered To Help Someone Live Simply...](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/so-youve-offered-to-help-someone-live-simply/) - I've spent the better part of my life in writing workshops, from which I am thoroughly certain of the following fact: everything is in how you phrase it. It might very well have been that someone's poem was the biggest pile of actual trash and horseradish sauce you'd ever read, but if you lead with,
- [Storage That Lets You 'Put A Lid On It'](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/storage-baskets-that-you-let-you-put-a-lid-on-it/) - The credit for today's post goes entirely to my client, who independently elected to replace the large floor basket filled with stuffed animals in her soon-to-be-son's nursery with a large lidded floor basket. So the other day I peeked my head in there, noticed that lid and was all, "Heyyyyy, spiffy!" Thumbs up, thumbs up.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Owning Your Desires](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-owning-your-desires/) - There's a common misbelief that's held by so many of us, which is that we can't have it all, the underlying notion being that we shouldn't desire to have it all. It must be some byproduct of being the fortunate denizens of a first world country, an awareness of how blessed we already are (compared to-) that
- [Weekend Assignment: Where Do Your Donations Go?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-where-do-your-donations-go/) - I'm aware of the fact that although I try my best to give you bite-size (read: actually do-able) weekend assignments, plenty of you are still having trouble finding the time to carry them out. Rather than completing a task before it even has a chance to consciously end up on your list--as is my intent--many
- [So, You Want To Ditch Ugly & Distracting Product Packaging?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/so-you-want-to-ditch-ugly-distracting-product-packaging/) - Yesterday we talked about the concept of decanting as a means of obliterating the visual noise of product packaging and elevating the everyday. If you weren't on board with the topic, or, you know, if it bored you, the bad news bears are here to say: there's more decanter talk coming your way. (Blogger Pledge
- [The Magic Of Decanting](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-magic-of-decanting/) - Most of you will be familiar with the concept of decanting and decanters, as in their traditional use: that of containing open bottles of wine and liquor. Decanted wine tastes better (apparently) since the process allows the liquid to aerate, and, for older bottles, serves to separate the wine from any sediment in the original
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Fantasy Of The Perfect Track Record & Failure](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-fantasy-of-the-perfect-track-record-failure/) - Despite the fact that we know there is no perfect diet, house, business, relationship, day, and so on, when we fully commit ourselves in any of those directions, on some level, we expect perfection from ourselves. We want not only to have tangible proof of our changed habits and behaviors, we want the glory
- [Spotlight On Park & Oak Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-park-oak-design/) - Today on tap we've got the work of Park & Oak Design, an Illinois firm owned by pals Christina Samatas and Renee DiSanto. I found them on Instagram and was instantly smitten. So taken was I, in fact, that I took a screen shot, which is pretty much the picture equivalent of a post-it note.
- [The Truth About What It Takes To Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-truth-about-what-it-takes-to-live-simply/) - There's a certain book that dominated the home category for pretty much all of 2015, one which hooked its readers on the premise of tidying by promising that if done by the method prescribed, you'd never have to do it again. One (thorough, thoughtful effort) and done. Though I have a few qualms with the
- [Favorite This: February 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-february-2016/) - Happy Leap Day! Belatedly. Anyhow, February's over and done with, and just for you, here's a list of the things I loved throughout. 1. Madesmart 2 by 16.2 by 13-Inch Large Silverware Tray So, this is a cutlery tray. There are loads of them on the market and my rule of thumb is the one that
- [Monday's Meditation: On Critic Vs. Creator](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-24/) - [Massive apologies for the blog turbulence the past couple of weeks, and equally huge thanks to all those that messaged me alerting me to the issue. I'm thoroughly convinced this blog has the best readers in all of Blogland. All has officially been remedied (no jinxes, please), and it is now safe for you to
- [Dish Storage You've Probably Never Considered Until Now](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dish-storage-youve-probably-never-considered-until-now/) - There is no shortage of strange design choices people have to reconcile when planning out the storage of their belongings. This issue is most pronounced in kitchens, where funky layouts are practically a given. Drawers can be as large as dressers and cabinets can be as deep as the Narnia wardrobe, or the reverse. The
- [Dish Drying Racks That Are (Actually) Compact & Attractive!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dish-drying-racks-that-are-actually-compact-attractive/) - Despite the advancing technology of dishwashers, dish drying racks continue to be a staple in kitchens 'round the globe. Why? Because there are still times when you only have a few dishes to wash—a teacup and saucer, maybe. And the dishwasher seems extravagant when you might easily rinse and swish yourself. Or, you actually care
- [Monday's Meditation: On My Blog Meltdown & Dealing With The Downsides](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-having-a-moment-dealing-with-the-downsides/) - Last week, a few of you were kind enough to email me (thank you, sweet things!) about issues accessing the blog—virus alerts and whatnot. Slightly alarmed, I hopped on the site to double check that everything was fine on my end, which it was—tra la la. Six hours later, when I went to upload
- [11 Handy & Attractive Holders For Magazines & More](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/11-magazine-racks/) - The trend of digitalizing content may steadily be increasing in popularity, but there are still loads of people who loyally subscribe to their preferred magazines and newspapers--in printed form. For these people, the retro excitement of receiving real mail lives on. The allure of opening one's mailbox to find, apart from the junk mailers and
- [Monday's Meditation: On Whether You Matter And How To Tell If You Do](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-23/) - We’re always going on about the magnificent uniqueness of each one of us. Sometimes, though, universal and oft-repeated truths can begin to sound a bit trite, or a lot like hoo-ha. Yeah, yeah, we’re all unique, we’re all different, there’s no one else quite like me, blah blah. Forget, for a moment, how one human
- [Weekend Assignment: Home/ Life Quick Reference Guide (Free Download!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-home-life-quick-reference-guide-free-download/) - There are so many details we need to recall on a daily basis. With advancing technologies and booming populations comes the need for further delineation, for tighter security measures, for greater variety of offerings in the marketplace. I mean, when I was growing up I'm pretty sure we didn't need to use an area code
- [13 Cord Winders & Charging Docks To Help You Conquer Your Cords](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cord-organizers/) - If there's one small factor that can subtly bring a household or an office down it's charging cords. We might not be robots quite yet, but we might as well be, since our reliance on our devices makes them more like extensions of ourselves than tools. Like we humans need sleep, our robot pieces need
- [Monday's Meditation: On Other People's Dumb Decisions & Living Your Purpose](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-other-peoples-dumb-decisions-living-your-purpose/) - "Dumb." I said. "I'm sorry; isn't that just kind of dumb?" We were discussing a documentary about a group of three climbers who had attempted, and come within two hundred feet of, the summit of Meru Peak. During the expedition, one climber fractured his neck and one climber nearly died in an avalanche. Despite that,
- [Spotlight On Tamara Magel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-tamara-magel/) - Let's talk about Tamara Magel, shall we? Tamara is a Hamptons based designer who once upon a time had a successful career in consulting. Lucky for the world, she left all that behind to launch a business in consulting--about flexible, seasonally-varying, worldly style in fashion and in the home. I love her work for its unabashed
- [18 Ways To Be Less Scattered In Your Daily Life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/18-ways-to-be-less-scattered-in-your-daily-life/) - 1. Use a master notebook or scheduling and list-making system. Stop using a dozen different notebooks, scraps of napkins, a zillion post-its. 2. Eliminate the obvious distractions. Turn off email alerts on your phone. Utilize the Do Not Disturb feature during certain hours. 3. Make phone dates ahead of time with friends, family, and business
- [Favorite This: January, 2016](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/favorite-this-january-2015/) - Let's usher in a new month by talking about a bunch of stuff I loved last month! Okay, great! 1. OXO Good Grips Deep Clean Brush Set Cleaning, I've realized, is a matter of having the right tools. If you can't get into a crevice or corner, you can't clean it. But, with a set of
- [Monday's Meditation: On Doing It All](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-doing-it-all/) - There is no one among us who lives above the saying, "you get out what you put in." This is Simply the law of the universe. The natural pattern of things. The amount and quality of effort that you funnel in any direction dictates the result. If it were a matter of our mental and
- [Weekend Assignment: Feeling Stagnant? Stuck? Uninspired? Try This.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-feeling-stagnant-stuck-uninspired-try-this/) - Recently I did a little Q & A session for my paliest, the Sarah Adler, and a group of her clients. I think I must have brought up the fact that often times when people first move into a space, they're in a rush to unpack, and so things get placed wherever they hurriedly do,
- [5 Questions To Ask Yourself Before You Buy Anything](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-questions-to-ask-yourself-before-you-buy-anything/) - There is no doubt about it: intentional shopping is a key component of whether or not a person is able to Live Simply. What you buy is the stuff that will fill your space and compose the load you carry in life. None of us is or will ever be the perfect shopper. Most of
- [Monday's Meditation: On Accepting Things As They Are](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-accepting-things-as-they-are/) - It seems counterintuitive to say that all change and growth is a conduit of acceptance; that the desire for all forward progress begins with being rooted in the place you are now. Yet, that's exactly how it works in life. Acceptance is awareness, validated. It is living with eyes open and acknowledging as real whatever you
- [Weekend Assignment: Solve Mysteries & Streamline Your Virtual Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-solve-mysteries-streamline-your-virtual-storage/) - In the process of editing their entire households or even just their home offices, my clients inevitably end up with a sizable "check on it" pile. That is: flash drives, external hard drives, memory cards and CD's, the contents of which are a complete mystery. They could be letting go of a tiny piece of
- [Behind Door Number One--A World Of Storage For Your Small Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/behind-door-number-one-a-world-of-storage-for-your-small-space/) - A little while ago, I wrote a post about how one might utilize the space behind a door for storage. The post featured examples that were all bookshelves, though I added that the concept could certainly be applied to other things. "I brought you to the Whole Foods; you bag the kale!" I said. That
- [How To Be More Handy Around The House (Or At Least Know Where Your Tools Are)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-be-more-handy-around-the-house-or-at-least-know-where-your-tools-are/) - All households that contain at least one semi-handy person would do well to have the essential tools around. And most households do, too. Only from what I've seen, there's very little corralling that goes on with said tools. You might find a stray screwdriver anywhere--the laundry room, mixed in with the kids arts supplies, in
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Power You May Not Know You Have](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-power-you-may-not-know-you-have/) - I've been thinking lately about the power of language to shape our world. Two people in my instagram feed within a few posts of each other are talking about their unconscious tendency to say "sorry." In a crowd of people, a girl bumps into a stranger and says, "Sorry." When she mishears her waiter she
- [Creative Ways To Use The Space At The End Of The Bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/creative-ways-to-use-the-space-at-the-end-of-the-bed/) - In looking back over last year's posts, I realized that I didn't dwell on small space solutions very much, or at least not as much as in prior years. For this, I am most humbly sorry, since I know so many of you are the denizens of blasted small spaces who are just trying to
- [15 More Things You Really Can Get Rid Of (Today!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/15-more-things-you-really-can-get-rid-of-today/) - Oh, hi, and welcome to The Ongoing, Not In Any Particular Order List Of Things For You To Ditch. Sometimes I'll come home from working with a client and realize I saw at his/her home the things I've seen so many times before. The things that everyone seems to be in excess of. And when
- [19 Stylish Essentials For The Organized Workspace](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/19-stylish-essentials-for-the-organized-workspace/) - I loved the fervent need to edit and Simplify that seemed to grip everyone during the holiday lull this past year. Friends and internet friends were all proudly announcing to me how many paper piles they'd waded through, how many long-postponed tasks they'd finally tackled, how many files edited and receipts calculated, and how good
- [Monday's Meditation: On Resolutions, Society, And The Real Recipe For A Joyful Life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-resolutions-society-and-the-real-recipe-for-a-joyful-life/) - We're one week into the new year and the resolution-chatter is going strong. Despite how much more mindful we've become, for the most part, I still feel as though there's a lot of noise out there about the many ways you might aim to fix yourself this year. The magazines on newstands claim to hold
- [Weekend Assignment: The Strategy Session](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-the-strategy-session/) - This life is full of complications. This world we live in is noisy. And for all the hustling and bustling around we do, for all the sense of security we possess or adopt, for all the groundedness, there is nonetheless an undeniable fragility to it all: ourselves, our homes, our jobs, our safety. So much
- [9 No Closet Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/no-closet-solutions/) - As it was just the close of the last year, I took a moment to glance through the search terms people use to find my site. Among the hilariously varied attempts at nailing the name of my company was the glaringly obvious fact that closet-less people are still searching for solutions as much as ever.
- [5 Tips To Make Goals That Stick](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-tips-to-make-goals-that-stick/) - Most people find themselves in the goal-setting state of mind this time of year. With twelve months stretching out before you, untarnished and ripe with possibility, there's no limit to the magic you might create. And if you really want to do that, I suggest you take a gander at the five tips below, for
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Best New Year's Resolution You Can Possibly Make](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-best-new-years-resolution-you-can-possibly-make/) - If I had the power to mandate one societal-wide new year's resolution (besides to Live Simply, hello) it would be this: stop comparing yourself to other people. There is no less worthwhile a habit than to compare your life to someone else's. Nor one that we tend to fall into, again and again. It doesn't
- [Top 5 Weekend Assignments Of 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-weekend-assignments-of-2015/) - Want to make this year go out with a bang? Looking for ways to immediately implement Simplicity in the new year? Something tells me these top 5, reader-qualified organizing and decluttering assignments might be a good starting point... 5. Weekend Assignment: Reclaim The Coat Closet! 4. Weekend Assignment: Declutter Your Jewelry 3. Weekend Assignment: Unburden
- [Top 5 Decluttering Posts of 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-decluttering-posts-of-2015/) - Coming at you today are the most popular decluttering posts, as decided by you, the reader. Let's hope they were read and shared the most because they were exceptionally helpful. Only one way to find out... 5. What To Do When You Aren’t Sure Whether To Keep It Or Give It Away 4. The
- [Top 10 Monday's Meditations of 2015 (Part 2)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-mondays-meditations-of-2015-part-2/) - Last Monday we had part 1 (10-6) of this year's most popular meditations, and this week, we've got the real top of the tops. 5. Monday’s Meditation: On Trying (Too Hard), No-Makeup Makeup & Social Media 4. Monday’s Meditation: On Showing Up 3. Monday’s Meditation: On Getting Unstuck 2. Monday’s Meditation: On
- [Top 5 Designer Spotlight Posts Of 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-designer-spotlight-posts-of-2015/) - Our week of reader-chosen top posts of the year continues today with designer spotlights. Find out which five were the cream of your crop below... 5. Spotlight On Von Fitz Design 4. Spotlight On McGrath II 3. Spotlight On Meghan Carter Design Inc. 2. Spotlight On Carriage Lane Design-Build Inc. 1.
- [Top 5 Organizing Strategy Posts of 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-organizing-strategy-posts-of-2015/) - Coming at you today: your top five (seriously, it's all based on stats, I had nothing to do with it!) organizing/ Live Simply strategy posts of the year... 5. The 5 Ways You’re Making Your Space Feel Smaller & Dirtier Than It Has To 4. The 5 Non-Negotiables For Buying Organizing Products 3.
- [Top 5 Organizing Product Posts of 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-organizing-product-posts-of-2015/) - Today our look back at a year of reader-chosen top posts continues with all things organizing products. Let's hit it. 5. 7 Canisters That Will Instantly Elevate Your Kitchen 4. 12 Binders For Beautifully Organized Papers 3. 7 (Electrician, Wiring-Free & Affordable) Ways To Light Up Your Dark Space 2. The Appliance Every
- [Top 10 Monday's Meditations of 2015 (Part 1)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-10-mondays-meditations-of-2015-part-1/) - In keeping with LS blog tradition, this time of year means a look back at the top read, most widely received posts, as chosen by you and your clicking fingers. Some of the posts that have landed on these lists aren't the least bit surprising to me. Others, well, they're the posts I typed out
- [Spotlight On Caitlin McCarthy Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-caitlin-mccarthy-design/) - Today's post is sure to be the last designer spotlight of 2015 (hey, you never know!); luckily we have Caitlin McCarthy Design to take us out on a high note. Anyone who's been paying very close attention and/or trolling the LS blog archives might recognize one of the spaces featured--that's because Caitlin already has been. Back
- [5 Ways To Be The Kind Of Houseguest Every Host Secretly Hopes For](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-ways-to-be-the-kind-of-houseguest-every-host-secretly-hopes-for/) - Sure, you can bring a lovely "thanks for having me gift," but to secure an invite back, you'll need these five tips. 1. Contribute The surest way to be gracious is to offer something in return. Reciprocate the hospitality your hosts are extending you by contributing to their home meaningfully. Whether you
- [All The Holiday Storage You Need](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-storage-necessities/) - Here at Live Simply, we like to inaugurate (ahem) the Christmas season by talking about packing all the related trimmings away. It isn't that we're x-mas grinches, but die-hard organizers, and thusly want to ensure you have sufficient time to procure the storage items you'll need in the near future. (Shout-out to all my Jews
- [Monday's Meditation: On Dreams We Dream Alone Becoming Reality](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-dreams-we-dream-alone-becoming-reality/) - Carrie Bradshaw once described a popular children's song as "the co-dependent national anthem." At first blush, I would have said as much about John Lennon's line "a dream you dream alone is just a dream, but a dream you dream together is a reality." What a crock, Lennon! I'd have wanted to say. What happens
- [Weekend Assignment: Escape Your Old Electronics Clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-escape-your-old-electronics-clutter/) - There are certain items that I know, beyond a shadow of a donation bin, I'm bound to find in every home I enter. Topping that list are dead or outdated electronics. Uncovering the drawer of dead cell phones, the basket of old and dusty cameras, the mysterious hoard of cords, the dinosaurous computers--this is merely
- [5 Ways To Make Small Talk Simpler (At Holiday Parties & Anytime)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-ways-to-make-small-talk-simpler-at-holiday-parties-anytime/) - It isn't that small talk is hard, necessarily, or complicated; it's called small for a reason, after all. But basic doesn't connote bearability. Make small talk Simpler with these 5 tips. 1. Ask questions. Listen. Be interested. Small talk, when done well, feels like a little peek into someone else's world. It feels like
- [2016 Planners For An Organized New Year](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/2016-planners-for-an-organized-new-year/) - Sometimes I feel this need to not indulge the retail world's over-zealous, in-too-much-advance-of approach to selling goods. Like, can't we ever just buy things when we need them, instead of four months before? It isn't as if we're going to sea and won't spot a shore (or a store) for who knows how long so
- [Spotlight On Taylor Jacobson Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-taylor-jacobson-interior-design/) - Just as one can now be assured that crossing a golden retriever with a poodle will render an irrefutably cute "doodle," and crossing a lime with a kumquat will give rise, naturally, to a "limequat," I feel assured I'm now in the possession of the formula which results in a winning interior designer. Well you cross an
- [Monday's Meditation: On Toothpaste & Awareness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-toothpaste-awareness/) - A little while ago I was at the dentist, having my teeth cleaned as one does. I was half-listening to the inappropriately perky morning talkshow host's voice and half thinking how strange it looks and feels to cross ones legs when they're higher up than your head. My hygienist was working away, scraping and wiping
- [9 Accessory Holders For Dapper Dudes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-accessory-holders-for-dappers-dudes/) - The seeming randomness of today's post topic is also its proof of eligibility--the love doled out around here specifically for the men-people is sparse, at best, and thus always called for. Anyhow, I've been in enough master closets to know that most men are working with rawther dilapidated situations as far as their accessory storage
- [5 Ways To Escape Clutter This Holiday Season](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-ways-to-escape-clutter-this-holiday-season/) - 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
- [Monday's Meditation: On What Belongs To You](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-belongs-to-you/) - 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,
- [5 Ways To Live More Simply This Thanksgiving (Or Any Other Day Of The Year)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-ways-to-live-more-simply-this-thanksgiving-or-any-other-day-of-the-year/) - 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
- [Organizing Product Favorites: November 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-november-2015/) - 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
- [Monday's Meditation: On Beaches, Going Barefoot, And Giving Thanks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-beaches-going-barefoot-and-giving-thanks/) - 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
- [10 Mud Rooms To Moon Over](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-2/) - Around this time of year, it seems all my clients (and me!) start dreaming about having a bonafide mud room. Not the row of hooks with which they're making do, nor the coat closet, nor even the average entryway. No, they (especially those with small humans) yearn for a whole space dedicated to supporting dirty, wet
- [3 Ways To Make Having Houseguests More Enjoyable For Everyone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-ways-to-make-having-houseguests-more-enjoyable-for-everyone/) - When the Jojotastic-est of them all asks you to put together houseguest tips, you click to open Word and get to key-striking. When she asks you to help her assemble a little houseguest kit you brush your hair and get to stepping. Thus it was that these reminders (down yonder) and that delightfully charming houseguest
- [If You're Starting A New Era, You're Going To Need New Knives](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/if-youre-starting-a-new-era-youre-going-to-need-new-knives/) - I'm chalking it up to all the root veggies we've been sawing through: the subject of knives keeps coming up. After a storage unit clean-out had to stop for the day, my client makes a last-dash grab for the knife sharpener, the one she knows her hubby will be happy to have back. Sure enough,
- [Monday's Meditation: On What You Have To Do Vs. What You Want To Do](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-you-have-to-do-vs-what-you-want-to-do/) - People are always saying to me, "I have to keep that." "Oh that? My mom brought this back for me from Argentina, so I have to keep it." "This was my grandmother's, so I have to keep it." "My husband gave this to me on our anniversary and I kind of hate it but I
- [The Ideal Bathroom: Built-In Holsters For Your Hot Hair Styling Tools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-bathroom-built-in-holsters-for-your-hot-hair-styling-tools/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… I had seen the picture below floating around the interwebs before, of course, but it wasn't until I melted my toilet this past weekend that I discovered a newfound appreciation
- [One Big Organizing Mistake You Probably Don't Even Realize You're Making](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-big-organizing-mistake-you-probably-dont-even-realize-youre-making/) - There are many ways in which people unknowingly sabotage their ability to Live Simply, but perhaps none so rampant as the commitment-phobic tendency to have numerous little storage vessels rather than one, cohesive unit. A person might have several different holders for papers: three accordion files and two folders and a handful of binders and
- [12 Essentials To Keep Your Entryway Tidier & Dryer This Winter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/12-essentials-to-keep-your-entryway-tidier-dryer-this-winter/) - It is positively getting to be that weathery time of year. Withstanding the various strains of precipitation, the plummeting temperatures, and the dry hands is feat enough. Having to deal with all the weather preparedness accoutrement is quite another--wet boots, coats upon coats upon slickers upon jackets upon sweaters-posing-as-coats, umbrellas (but never these in Seattle),
- [Monday's Meditation: On Living In Fear Of Judgment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-living-in-fear-of-judgment/) - Judgement; we all do it, we all hate the feeling of it being done to us. We hate the realization we're doing it to others. For such free-willed, fortunate people, we spend so much of our life worrying about what others will think of our choices. This can be true to crippling extents--there are so
- [Weekend Assignment: Fall Yard Clean Up](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-fall-yard-clean-up/) - Regardless of how unconcerned the guy working at Home Depot tool rental was about a single other soul coming in to rent out their power washer during the very last week of October in Michigan, I say the time is now to get your toots outside and handle whatever needs to be handled out there.
- [12 More Things You're No Longer Allowed To Feel Badly About Getting Rid Of](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/12-more-things-youre-no-longer-allowed-to-feel-badly-about-getting-rid-of/) - Adding to our ever-growing, always ongoing list, and in no particular order: 12 more things you really don't have to feel badly about letting go of. And, go! 1. Book jackets. Children's book or regular hardback, you just don't have to go on hoarding those discarded book jackets anymore. Your kids aren't going to
- [The Functional, Stylish Surface Your Space Is Missing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-functional-stylish-surface-your-space-is-missing/) - People, I find, are far more apt to find value in, and procure, little cabinets and drawer units and so on. A measly accent table, on the other hand, receives short regard in comparison. Having been raised in a society that teaches us to fault the lack of space rather than to emphasize the importance
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Intuition](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-intuition/) - From the lips of gurus, intuition can sound like a load of hooey. "Listen to the small, quiet voice inside you." There's someone inside me? "Your inner core knows how you truly feel." Core, yeah, gotta blast the abs later. "Beneath the illusion of your ego lies the eternal truth of your spirit." I can
- [Spotlight On A Fresh, Family Home In Nashville](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-fresh-family-home-in-nashville/) - I happened upon this home tour while trolling One King's Lane for floor baskets, a happy accident if ever there was one. The home, owned and renovated by Gen and Ben Sohr of Pencil And Paper, is merely yet more proof of the fact that the pair can design practically anything, whether for Gap, Old
- [How To Clean Your Pillows, Blankets, And Comforters & How Often You Should](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-clean-your-pillows-blankets-and-comforters-how-often-you-should/) - We've talked about washing your bedsheets, we've talked about the great and wondrous powers of your washing machine, but we haven't explicitly addressed the issue of washing your other bedthings: your pillows and comforters. Those things need cleaning too! I could go into why, but I just don't want to right now. So think hard;
- [Organizing Product Favorites: October 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-october-2015/) - This loves list was the speediest to ever assemble itself, such was the clarity of my winners this month. Let's get to it. 1. Topside Storage Bed My client's two young boys who share one very small room needed a bed upgrade, which is to say, they needed beds, since they've been camping out on the
- [Monday's Meditation: On Whether Your Work Is Love Or Labor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-whether-your-work-is-love-or-labor/) - I think it was Confucius who famously said, "Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life." Well, no offense to Confucius or whatever, but I would humbly disagree. Or, at least, I would recommend a slight altering of the phrase. Having followed the old Chinese sage's advice, I find myself
- [Weekend Assignment: Be Emergency-Ready](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-how-ready-are-you-for/) - I have no desire to scare you into action or prey on your vulnerabilities. That's why this weekend's assignment isn't Go Prepare Yourself For An Apocalypse. (Don't laugh, a lot of my clients have done just that, and have case after case of emergency preparedness supplies to show for it.) I will however, remind us
- [5 Tips To Fall In Love With Folding](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-tips-to-fall-in-love-with-folding/) - There's something happening with people and folding lately. Everyone in my life keeps managing to bring the conversation back around to their complete and utter loathing of folding their clothes, and, more specifically, their clean laundry. As a zealous lover of folding (and promoter of its obvious benefits), I feel it's my duty to do what
- [The Solution Your Vertical Space Is Desperate For: Storage Towers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-solution-your-vertical-space-is-desperate-for-storage-towers/) - Last week I was having a little pow wow with the Jojotastic-est of them all, who's currently in the midst of a bathroom overhaul. What the bathroom has in height it lacks in storage space, and thus she was (is?) on the hunt for a tall, narrow unit to solve her storage woes. She showed me
- [Monday's Meditation: On How To Deal With Not Being Able To Do Enough For Others](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-mediation-on-how-to-deal-with-not-being-able-to-do-enough-for-others/) - We know by now that we can only give our help to others if they're open to receiving it, and we know that despite our unlimited capabilities, we must often contend with the very real limitations of time and available resources. But good people want to bring about goodness, regardless. Loving beings want the
- [Spotlight On Kate Marker Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-kate-marker-interiors/) - Happiest of Thursdays to you. (It's totally about to get happier.) It took one stumbled-upon pin of Kate Marker Interiors to get me to spend the subsequent too-long-to-really-admit-amount-of-time probing the lady's portfolio. (Also the pictures were taking a long time to load for me? But I was so devoted to seeing them as large as possible
- [10 Of The Most Stylish Sleeper Sofas](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-of-the-most-stylish-sleeper-sofas/) - I've had quite a few clients recently in need of a convertible guest-hosting situation. This is either a very good sign, as it suggests that people are moving away from the notion that they should be reserving an entire room in their houses for the benefit of someone who may or may not visit, say,
- [Spotlight On CM Natural Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-cm-natural-designs/) - Happy Thursday, Your Brilliances. What's happening in your neck of the woods, hmm? Everyone and you got a pumpkin on their front porch? Grand; here too. Speaking of: let's treat ourselves to the work of CM Natural Designs, founded by head designer Corine Maggio (what?). Although the main star of the show is a beach cottage--not necessarily
- [The Daily Practice That Alleviates Stress AND Helps You Be More Organized](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-daily-practice-that-alleviates-stress-and-helps-you-be-more-organized/) - There are so many articles floating around out there about how to alleviate stress. I don't usually find such posts helpful, because the tips included are ones that take you away from the source of your stress. (Stressed about that college essay you have to write? Go take a long, relaxing bath.) Of course, one
- [14 Really Beautiful Floor Baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/14-really-beautiful-floor-baskets/) - You asked for it, you got it. Well, maybe not you, so much as the collective you, as in one or some among you. Details. In any case, I always seem to be fielding messages from people asking for freshly sourced baskets. I suspect that's because a. people love them some baskets, and/or, b: the
- [Monday's Meditation: On Making A Case For Mondays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-making-a-case-for-mondays/) - I remember when I first started writing this blog way back when, it felt to me as though my readers indulged me my Monday posts. They (you?) were like, "I love the blog posts with all the pretty pictures!! ...Those Monday posts are long..." I didn't care, truthfully, because the decision of whether or not
- [Weekend Assignment: Decanting Spices](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-decanting-spices/) - I know, I know; I've already done plenty of weekend assignments relating to the kitchen. I don't know what to tell you; when a project is this painless and this satisfying, you got to do a post on it. It went like this: a couple of weeks ago my bud JoJotastic and I were chatting
- [10 Totally Brilliant Ways To Organize Legos](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-totally-brilliant-ways-to-organize-legos/) - For all the playrooms and children's bedrooms I've edited and organized, it hasn't been until recently that the Lego issue finally reared its interlocking part. The moms are texting and emailing and calling and sending the message by way of plastic, miniature carrier pigeons: "The Legos are taking over, help, Annie, help!" Wikipedia says that
- [Organizing Product Favorites: September 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-september-2015/) - Straight from the Live Simply factory, it's the list of things I've been loving (for my clients and sometimes myself) all month long... 1. DecoBros Supreme Stackable Can Rack Organizer I ordered this for my client's kitchen--which happens to house a fairly extensive canned goods collection. Though the Amazon reviews were a bit worrying, what with
- [Monday's Meditation: On Beginner's Luck](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-beginners-luck/) - Beginner's luck is really just the best, isn't it? I mean, what's better than the realization that you're brilliantly skilled at a niche hobby or sport you've never before attempted? What's the score? I'm winning by that much?! I've never even played this before!! I guess, technically, beginner's luck is the best for the beginner,
- [Weekend Assignment: 10 Ideas For Simplifying Your Virtual World](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-10-ideas-for-simplifying-your-virtual-world/) - I am hyper aware of the fact that there is an equal need for help Simplifying one's virtual life as one's material world. I haven't been all that helpful in the former arena around here up until now because, well, truthfully I just enjoy the nitty gritty of the actual stuff more. And I also
- [Living Room Secret Weapon: Storage Coffee Tables](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/storage-coffee-tables/) - A while ago now I had these two storage cube come coffee tables in my living room. Even though they didn't look all that large from the outside, they were pretty cavernous in terms of their storage capacity. Sitting smack dab in the middle of the living room as they were, those cubes kept the
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Key To Unlocking Compassion](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-key-to-unlocking-compassion/) - There are two ways of seeing the world: the first is to see what is lacking, while the second is to see all the good that exists. It is extraordinarily easy to focus on what others are doing wrong, on how they aren't living up to their potential, on how they mishandle situations, and as
- [Spotlight On Studio McGee](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-studio-mcgee/) - Studio McGee, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee's work so much I already featured it in a designer spotlight post, for one. Ever since then, everything you roll out of your design factory simply slimes me in green envy. And then you went and updated all your social
- [Think You Don't Have It In You To Be Organized? Think Again.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/think-you-dont-have-it-in-you-to-be-organized-think-again/) - For as many extremely cluttered spaces as I've been in (and believe me, I've seen some shi-yat), I have to say I have yet to find a single silverware drawer that wasn't fully functioning; fully organized. Knives are always with the knives, forks are always with the forks, spoons are always with the spoons. Not
- [12 Little Lights For Fall And Winter Nights](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/12-little-lights-for-fall-and-winter-nights/) - It's happening. Officially. The days are getting shorter and the darkness is descending upon us earlier and earlier with each passing day and to be entirely frank: this fact really bums me out. But since this blog and life are supposed to be joy-filled and not sinkholes of depression and despair, let's turn our attention
- [Monday's Meditation: On All The Ways There Are To Be; Loving Yours](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-all-the-ways-there-are-to-be-loving-yours/) - People are constantly confirming with me the fact that assessing and editing another person's belongings is so much easier than tackling your own. "I mean, I can go over to my friend's house and help her--no problem. Then I come home and it's just like, uch...where do I even begin?" They'll say. It makes sense,
- [Weekend Assignment: Rescue Your Recipes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-rescue-your-recipes/) - I spent yesterday afternoon helping my client wrangle her collection of loose recipe pages, and it's made me decide to assign the task to all of you because. Among the collection were handwritten notecards a couple of decades old, crumpled newspaper and magazine tears, print outs of recipes exchanged between friends over email, from websites
- [Subscription Boxes: Sweet Surprise Or Clutter Culprit?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/subscription-boxes/) - Subscription boxes are arguably one of the most pervasive trends this side of the millennium. There is literally a subscription box for every interest and audience that exists. In case you've been living in a vortex, subscription boxes are curated gift boxes sent to you regularly for a given amount of time. Some subscription box
- [Message Board: Busy Household Must-Have](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/message-board-busy-household-must-have/) - It's happened: the boys are back in town and the kids are back in school. More the second thing than the first, in all fairness. With school comes extra curricular activities and sports games and parent meetings and on and on. And then there's homework and deadlines and forms to be signed, plus the year
- [Monday's Meditation: On Effortless Authenticity In Speech, Or: Be Like Children.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-effortless-authenticity-in-speech-or-be-like-children/) - Children of clients are always fascinated by me, which I'm certain has far less to do with me and much more to do with my being a grown up who is purposefully making a huge mess in their house. "What are you doing??" They want to know. Last week, my client's daughters, 3 and 5,
- [Weekend Assignment: Fall Refresh](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment/) - The change of seasons around here has been noticeable, to say the least. More concerning than the fact that the sun disappeared in favor of overcast grey skies with that special Seattle drizzle is this: After a summer of fans blowing the air around and breezes blowing through open windows, the accelerated Fall weather conditions
- [Fair Warning: You're About To Develop A Passion For Donating](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/fair-warning-youre-about-to-develop-a-passion-for-donating/) - Working hard to Live Simply but still feel like letting things go is a process akin to giving up your own limbs? Here's a tip: stop thinking about your loss and start focusing on another's gain. It's understandable that dropping off bags of things you once loved at a donation site belonging to a
- [Organizing Product Favorites: August 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-august-2015/) - Man, the practicality of this month's favorites roundup is almost enough to bum a person out. Let's get the party started! 1. Clip and Drip Hanger Clothes Drying Hanger Rack I must have been living under some domestic rock, because up until this past month it never occurred to me that such things as lingerie drying
- [Monday's Meditation: On Not Apologizing For Abundance](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-living-a-life-of-abundance/) - "I love that top. Where's it from?" "Thanks! I got it downtown, but...it was pretty expensive." "I haven't really told my friends I hired you. I just feel weird about them knowing I can afford you." "Don't tell her how much I spent though..." There are myriad ways we bungle the relationship
- [How To Break Up With Your Stuff](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-break-up-with-your-stuff/) - It was quite a while ago now that we discussed the Live Simply approach to the break ups of emotional relationships, which holds that, although there is usually appropriate sadness involved, these things are not truly travesties. There are relationships that are meant to sustain over time, and there are those meant to meet their
- [12 Binders For Beautifully Organized Papers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/12-binders-for-beautifully-organized-papers/) - Here's something I love: beautifully organized papers, contained conveniently in a binder. Here's what inextricably depresses the pants off of me: standard, office supply store, plastic-covered binders. No matter if they're billed as "premium." No matter if front and back cover have inner pockets (slits). You can take a binder out of Office Max, but
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being Where You Belong](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-being-where-you-belong/) - Something magical happens when we make clear to ourselves, our loved ones, and the universe, itself, those things we hold to be of the utmost importance because they make us feel most alive. When we throw ourselves into a cause, when we devote ourselves to the accomplishment of a goal, when we consistently prioritize that
- [Weekend Assignment: Care For Your Car](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-care-for-your-car/) - Just because you don't sleep in your car (cross fingers) doesn't mean it's any less of an extension of your space. Just as the physical surroundings of your home significantly impacts your peace of mind and general wellbeing, so, too, does the state of your car. A clean, clutter-free car enables your daily routine. It
- [The Live Simply Rules Of Buying Travel Souvenirs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-live-simply-rules-of-buying-travel-souvenirs/) - Shopping when you're traveling is inherently more risky than shopping at home by Live Simply standards. Since you're less connected to your home and your belongings, you're less connected to what you already own, to the realities of your daily habits and preferences, and to the spacial constraints of your house. Plus, where travel and
- [Lunch Bags For Everyone!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/lunch-bags-for-everyone/) - I should probably take this opportunity to come off as unbelievably timely in my posting subject matter. Here I am, posting about lunch boxes because it's almost back-to-school season and aren't I so on top of things? In actuality, lunch boxes are front of mind merely because, for the first time since I was in
- [Monday's Meditation: On Feeling Your Feelings (Or Should You?)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-feeling-your-feelings-or-should-you/) - There are two prevailing groups of people as pertains to the experiencing of emotions: those who feel on such a deep, raw level that they are constantly consumed by their feelings, and those who, unable to decipher or cope with various feelings, numb themselves to them. The latter is--no matter how tactically applied--not beneficial to
- [Spotlight On Ashley Winn Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-ashley-winn-design/) - Happiest of Thursdays to you. Today I present unto you the spotlight of a designer whose work I loved on first gaze. Ashley Winn Design's portfolio is blissful, pared back serenity, punctuated with statement-making styling and the occasional color and pattern, bold enough to make the whole thing come off feeling awake and inspired. From
- [How To Avoid Your Home Becoming A Large Toy Parking Lot](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-avoid-your-home-becoming-a-large-toy-parking-lot/) - Today's post is one for the procreators of the world, those souls who bring another into the world and then find themselves unwittingly having also birthed these large, noisy, colorful, attention grabbing affairs known as toys. What's a parent who loves their small human but doesn't love the whole large toy aesthetic to do? The
- [A Bad Case of Bookend-vy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-bad-case-of-bookend-vy/) - Last week I was working with a client to organize his home office, and the shelves we had selected together, while they did look like knock outs, lacked a certain element crucial in the storage of books: ends. "We need something here..." He said. "Yeah," I said, trying to rearrange spines and avoid knocking the
- [Monday's Meditation: On Reconciling Rumors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-reconciling-rumors/) - Recently, I heard concerning and altogether unfavorable sentiments said about a person with whom I've fallen out of touch but still care deeply for. I didn't solicit for this information, nor did hearing it give me the slightest sense of schadenfreude. In fact, I wished I'd never heard it at all. Since it would no longer
- [Weekend Assignment: Automate Your Most Annoying Task](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-automate-your-most-annoying-task/) - My garden, which started as absolutely nothing more than a rectangle of dirt, and then dirt covered in gross-clovers, is now a total thrivation situation. It isn't very large at all, (or they, I should say, there are technically two, what with the miniature one in the back), but darn it if those shrubs and
- [Spotlight On Rethink Design Studio](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-rethink-design-studio/) - Welcome to the first Thursday of July. I know all you U.S.of A-ers can think of is ducking out of work and donning the red, white, and blue party pants, but before you scattle off--a spotlight. Rethink Design Studio is a Georgia-based firm that kind of does it all: interior architectural design, interior decorating, construction management, and
- [Monday's Meditation: On Safe Bets & Settling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-safe-bets-settling/) - Life would be really neat and tidy if the next best option always presented itself to us--before, that is, we'd gone and given up our current circumstances. If you could float on your lily pad until and if a better one floated your way; if you could survey the whole scene from a distance before
- [Antica Farmacista Giveaway!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/antica-farmacista-giveaway/) - I really get a kick out of the fact that because the brand partnerships I do around here are (intentionally, not for lack of offers, trust) ruthlessly selective, I feel entirely at ease about the collaborations I do choose to accept. It's not like you as my readers have to wonder whether it's diplomatic fine
- [What To Do When You Aren't Sure Whether To Keep It Or Give It Away](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-to-do-when-you-arent-sure-whether-to-keep-it-or-give-it-away/) - No matter how genuine your intentions to Simplify your life, or how focused your approach, it's still possible that at some point during your editing process you'll hit the roadblock of doubt; should you keep it or let it go? Here, just for you, are some of my Simply-est strategies for helping you find the
- [Weekend Assignment: Un-Clutter Your Undergarments](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-un-clutter-your-undergarments/) - It's really sort of sad to me that most of the work people do to have things be presentable and lovely are more for the benefit of others, or, for themselves only in how it affects others' perception of them, than for themselves. Like how formal living rooms are consistently museum-immaculate, while upstairs in the
- [Monday's Meditation: On What To Say When Everything Sucks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-what-to-say-when-everything-sucks/) - When you find yourself having made a giant mistake-- When you find yourself at the receiving end of someone else's careless oversight-- When you feel like you're so deep in the thick of it, and the thick of it is a pile of shit-- Then, you may find the temptation to give in to self-pity, self-punishment, blame or
- [I Can't Stop Using This Company's Organizing Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/i-cant-stop-using-this-companys-organizing-products/) - Today I'm doing something I don't think I've ever done in all my years of blogging, and that's to spotlight not a small grouping of organizing products, but a manufacturer of many organizing products. I know, big deal. Big time seal of approval. I've had several requests as of late for more general product recommendations; less
- [6 Tips To Conquer Gift Card Clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-tips-to-conquer-gift-card-clutter/) - There are many categories of things that most people are completely baffled about how to Simplify. Here's another one: gift cards and gift certificates. These would-be-cash cards float around people's drawers, home offices, wallets; they get crammed into card holders, and that abandoned in a handbag, now retired in favor of a newer, fancier bag.
- [Spotlight On House Of Jade Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-house-of-jade-interiors/) - Today I'm treating your eyeballs to the work of House Of Jade Interiors--a design firm based in Utah which I stumbled upon through instagram (where else no question mark). Owners Kirsten and Erin are real life BFFs turned design business partners. Interior design, itself, requires a unique kind of tact. That these ladies can rock
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Cruelty Of Being Undisciplined](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-cruelty-of-being-undisciplined/) - Self-care is vital to wellbeing. You cannot expect anyone else to be able to care for you in precisely the way you need at any given moment because no one else knows what it feels like to be in your body. Only you can know what you need to be your best self, be it
- [Fridge & Freezer Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/fridge-freezer-organizers-2/) - Last week I gave some major props to InterDesign, and among their products lauded were a set of fridge and freezer organizers. That inspired a few, "Hey, what's the deal with those anyways?" And, "What else you got on that front?" Rawther a lot, as it turns out. Refrigerators, while relatively small in
- [A Simple Trick To Squeeze More Storage Into Your Small Closet Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-simple-trick-to-squeeze-more-storage-into-your-small-closet-space/) - I'm keeping it brief today, with sincerest apologies (or not). Only, I was in Chicago last week-weekend, and am currently in the midst of orchestrating a major move-in, and, listen, I am just a little Annie at the end of the day. Here's a quick tip that if you already knew you'll have the pleasure
- [Weekend Assignment: What's Expired In Your Space?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-whats-expired-in-your-space/) - If you had any idea how many expired products are taking up significant space in people's homes, your reaction would probably be to never buy anything again. Maybe. Or, you'd just be like, "Oh wow, that's a lot." Even though there is certainly a balance that must be reached when it comes to carrying a
- [Monday's Meditation: On Why We Should All Stop Wallowing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-why-we-should-all-stop-wallowing/) - Why is it that we are so indescribably good at zeroing in on the one thing in our lives that happens to be going wrong, no matter how many others are going well? Like how it never matters how many pores on your face are cooperating at any given moment; the second one starts acting
- [Organizing Product Favorites: July 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-july-2015/) - Straight from the LS factory to your screen--it's the highly prestigious Favorites list for July. 1. Cosco Signature 2-Step Stool I recently acquiesced to the fact that my old standby step stool that easily fits in my bag often times doesn't give this 5' 2"-er the lift needed to reach those storage heights. Nothing would be considered
- [6 Tips For Making Your Rental Feel More Like Your Home Sweet Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-tips-for-making-your-rental-feel-more-like-your-home-sweet-home/) - Really wanting to love your rental but stuck on how to make it feel like home, without alienating your landlord and being cast out on the streets? Don't worry my little peach, I got you. Follow these six tips to Happy Town. 1. Hang stuff The fastest, most impactful way to inject your personality into your
- [Spotlight On Nicole Davis Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-nicole-davis-interiors/) - Today's designer spotlight is another Insta-find, because I, like everyone else with a screen, am hooked. Here's what I can tell you about Nicole Davis: she's a designer. Her work is exceptionally lovely. And, other than that, her feed is responsible for my thumb getting plenty o' exercise as of late. She used to share
- [Monday's Meditation: On Thinking Small & Big Picture, Simultaneously](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-thinking-small-big-picture-simultaneously/) - As healthy people, we want to feel good now. And in order to do that, we want to communicate sentiments, resolve mistakes, repair what has broken, and vent our frustrations as quickly as we can. This inclination is a sign of maturity; holding grudges, not owning up to our shortcomings, or not communicating our feelings
- [12 Calculators That Won't Make You Sad At Just The Sight Of Them](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/12-calculators-that-wont-make-you-sad/) - I recently got some major flack for the bitty-sized ugliness posing as a calculator I had been squinting at for the past way-too-many months. You know how it is: you resign yourself to the fact that you need a calculator that resides outside of your smartphone or your laptop and then all of a sudden
- [The 5 Non-Negotiables For Buying Organizing Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-5-non-negotiables-for-buying-organizing-products/) - There are so many people who want to be organized but feel totally overwhelmed at the prospect of selecting organizing products. They're the ones who treat themselves with a visit to The Container Store, but once inside, they're lost. Hours later they'll emerge; dazed, confused, slightly encouraged thanks to an employee's coaching, but overall, having
- [Weekend Assignment: Get A Handle On Your Bags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-bags/) - This post might have been entirely of a different nature, only I had to perform a bag-ervention at my friend's house last night and now bags are the only thing on the brain. It wasn't just my friend that has (had) an inordinate amount of bags on hand (what she has (had) in bags she
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being Alone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-being-alone/) - I had some time to myself this weekend for what felt like the first time in a long time, and, if I'm honest, despite how much I love all my people, I sort of basked in it. There is a certain contentment in being alone without being lonely, a fact I was reminded of as
- [Simplify Outdoor Toy Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simplify-outdoor-toy-storage/) - It has most certainly reached that time of year when parents can, in good conscious, ban their children from being indoors for whole hours at a time. Anyhow, that's how it went down when I was growing up and cell phones were still called "car phones" because if you went into the grocery store you
- [Spotlight On Peridot Decorative Homewear](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-peridot-decorative-homewear/) - Oh hey guys, it turns out it's Thursday on Live Simply, and you know what that means: time to ask ourselves the hard hitting question, "Are we all in danger of brutally stabbing ourselves every time we remove an avocado pit? (Or is that just me?)" Also, it's Peridot Decorative Homewear's turn in the Spotlight. Peridot
- [Monday's Meditation: On Mistakes & Punishment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-mistakes-punishment/) - We all, it turns out, make mistakes. We mess up big time. We disappoint those we care about most and ourselves. We act without thinking, we speak without thinking, we abandon patience and compassion. We don't honor our commitments, don't give sufficient thought to how our actions will affect others. Afterwards, when we've come to our senses,
- [9 Products To Simplify Your Summer Outings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-products-to-simplify-your-summer-outings/) - The other day I was over at my client's while she was attempting to corral three children under the age of 6 from the backyard and into the car, pack snacks for all three, plus swimsuits and goggles and towels, plus a diaper bag, change of clothes, and her sanity. Luckily things are looking pretty
- [What To Say (Or Not!) When Someone Tells You They Hired A Professional Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-to-say-or-not-when-someone-tells-you-they-hired-a-professional-organizer/) - It happens occasionally that new clients tell me about their friends' reactions to the news they're working with me. "But your house is so organized!" My clients report people saying. When they share this reaction with me, I smile and maybe I laugh a little. But I don't really. Why? I know what my
- [Weekend Assignment: Get Summer Ready](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-get-summer-ready/) - I don't know about your neck of the woods (is there a dorkier expression? If so, be sure to let me know in the comments below) but this week in Seattle has felt like Sum-mer with a capital S. We're talking car-seat-heat burning off bum cheeks, flowers pulling that whole, "I'm melting!" act, and sweat. Just
- [Monday's Meditation: On Listening To The Signs (Or Not).](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-not-listening-to-the-signs-or-not/) - In an intuitive and interconnected world as ours there are signs all around us at any moment. The universe speaks constantly, mirroring our thoughts in our bodies, our bank accounts, our relationships, and so on. It sends us messages about ourselves, our imbalances, about others, and about what kind of life feels best for us
- [How You're Wasting Way More Money Than You May Realize](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-youre-wasting-way-more-money-than-you-may-realize/) - Buckle up; I'm about to play bad cop. I want to address something today that I haven't in the past. I haven't because it's the reason cited to get organized so ubiquitously by every magazine that even I want to be all, "Blah, blah." Nevertheless, sometimes the stars align and the clients present and I
- [10 Cosmetics Cases For Organized Travel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-cosmetics-cases-for-organized-travel/) - Tis the season for traveling. Cheers, and happy trails. You know, there's a lot that's rawther inherently complicated, or at least involved, about travel. I mean, you have to pick the place and the time, and then there's the booking of the flight--and don't even get me started on the emotional duress that process entails--and
- [Spotlight On Landing Design (The Redux)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-landing-design-the-redux/) - It's Thursday again, funnily enough, and to accompany that re-run, I give you one from Landing Design. I featured them way back in the 13th year of 2000, and a recent check-in with their portfolio proves they've been designing their pants off all this time. Run by the precocious Tyler Karu, whose about page claims she
- [Monday's Meditation: On Mistakes In Judgment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-mistakes-in-judgment/) - I have the experience occasionally, as we all do, of being misjudged in my professional capacity. I must look younger than some people think I ought to, must appear too small to be able to lift and move heavy things, I must dress in a way that suggests I wouldn't readily crawl on my hands
- [The 6 Most Common Things People Don't Know How To Get Rid Of... 'Til Now.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-6-most-common-things-people-dont-know-how-to-get-rid-of-til-now/) - I feel comfortable estimating that approximately 50% (at least) of all clutter are things that people don't know what to do with. They're vaguely aware of the fact that the item or collection of things in question requires specific disposal measures, they just don't know what those measures are. Then, instead of figuring it out,
- [13 Products For Staying Unbelievably Fresh & Clean When Traveling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/13-products-for-staying-unbelievably-fresh-clean-when-traveling/) - There are lots of things that are easier to do at home than on the road. Watering the garden, for instance. Gabbing with next door neighbors as you do so. Practicing yoga naked in your living room. Those sorts of things. Another, regrettably, is being clean. "Travel is just another term for the fight to
- [Weekend Assignment: The Linen Closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-the-linen-closet/) - You might want to go ahead and cancel Sunday brunch or Saturday flea-ing right now, cause I've got the hottest weekend invite just for you. Where it is: your linen closet. Linen drawer. Linen cupboard. Wherever you keep whatever you've got--no judgment. Who'll be there? Well, there'll be you. And the trash bags you'll come
- [Monday's Meditation: On Comments & Criticism](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-comments-criticism/) - Much has been written about the nature of the online/tech world as it concerns the comments that are submitted on a never-ending basis. Perhaps it's the anonymity to blame--the fact that each person commenting feels enabled by the security of typing from behind a computer screen and being some million miles away.
- [Organizing Product Favorites: June 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-june-2015/) - Just in time for July, the 7 organizing products I've been obsessed with all June-long. They've transformed pantries, upgraded closets, unearthed and corralled supplies--in short, they've changed lives. Get the scoop below. Continuing on from last month's chalk labeling kick... 1. Black Bin Clip Labels These guys were a new release at the
- [The Best Time To Buy Supplies For Your Hobbies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-best-time-to-buy-supplies-for-your-hobbies/) - Let's talk common and quirky shopping habits. Last week I ordered myself new workout leggings, because for a person who's exercised six days a week for the past every year I can remember, my collection is (even still) pathetic. They arrived right before the weekend, and it was all squeals of delight and standing on
- [Monday's Meditation: On A Little More All The Time](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-a-little-more-all-the-time/) - It's Memorial day here in the States, meaning that everyone is off having barbecues or remembering loved ones lost in service, or both, I guess. Meanwhile, my best friend got engaged last night and I got a new couch on Saturday, and for many of you reading today is just a normal Monday. Life proceeds
- [Organizing Product Favorites: May 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-may-2015/) - Here they are: the six products I couldn't stop using, couldn't stop loving all throughout the month of May. 1. White Chalk Pen Wet Wipe Marker Me and chalk, and thus chalk and my clients, have been having a real moment this past month. It's because chalk labels are so damn charming is what! I
- [2 Steps To Refresh Your Cedar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/2-steps-to-refresh-your-cedar/) - Lots of people, and maybe you too, want to keep their closets smelling and feeling fresh and moth-free. So they trot out and buy themselves planks of cedar in various iterations--cedar block hangers, cedar hangers, cedar balls, cedar drawer dividers, cedar shoe inserts--it's really quite impressive how many ways they're figured out for you to
- [Weekend Assignment: Edit & Organize Kids' Artwork](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-edit-organize-kids-artwork/) - You might be wondering why I'd prescribe the assignment of editing and organizing kid's artwork now, as opposed to any other time of year, say, around summer break. And I'll tell you, there's no good reason other than now is always a better time than later, and since I've been tackling the project with quite
- [Monday's Meditation: On Making A Different Move](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-making-a-different-move/) - We are creatures of habit. We fall into routines, we bind ourselves to behaviors, we take things to be as they are based upon the fact that it's how they've always been. We are as adept at forming bad habits as effective ones, and some of us spend whole lifetimes repeating patterns despite knowing full
- [Organizing Product Favorites: April 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-april-2015/) - 1. Poppin Super Stacked Desk Set (Letter Trays, Accessory Tray, This + That Tray, Pen Cup, Signature Ballpoint Pens) These won't be new and noteworthy to many of you--Poppin has been on the scene for a while with their stylishly sleek and colorful office organizers. Only, the stores I regularly shop at for clients
- [The Great And Wondrous Powers Of Your Washing Machine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-great-and-wondrous-powers-of-your-washing-machine/) - Here's a helpful tip: your washing machine can do far more than you may think. Forget clothing; washing machines can equally clean a whole bevy of household items--from stuffed animals to car mats. Cleaning your world is about to get so much easier. It's time to think outside the blouse. [Disclaimer: You should certainly consult any
- [Spotlight On The Hotel Condesa Df In Mexico City](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-the-hotel-condesa-df-in-mexico-city/) - Today's post was an entirely foregone conclusion. Any hotel that manages to make its guests actually feel themselves become the more trendy, stylish version of themselves they always suspected existed but rarely had opportunity to meet merely by staying there deserves a spotlight, don't we agree? Such was the case with the Hotel Condesa Df
- [Monday's Meditation: On What You Treat As Precious](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-you-treat-as-precious/) - Despite the fact that caring well for your belongings is one of the basic tenants of the Live Simply Method, it is positively refreshing to encounter a person who has nice things, cares for them well, and is not overly precious about them. These people, for whom flexibility and rolling with the proverbial punches is
- [6 Ingenious Invisible Bookshelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-ingenious-invisible-bookshelves/) - Every time I come across invisible bookshelves at a client's I experience more intense adoration for their design. It isn't merely that they look cool (which they do), nor is it how conducive they are for small spaces (which they are). It's, well, yeah, I guess it's those two things I just mentioned. For denizens
- [The Secret To Spotting Clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-secret-to-spotting-clutter/) - Clutter doesn't always announce itself as such. In fact, clutter never does. If you go looking for clutter you won't easily find it. There is no sign a belonging grows with time bearing the word "clutter" when it becomes that, and there is no one kind of clutter. Clutter isn't one or a few kinds
- [Weekend Assignment: You Vs. Your T-Shirts; Who's Winning?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-you-vs-your-t-shirts-whos-winning/) - I spent the latter part of yesterday (although as I'm writing this I mean today, which is quite strange) working with a client to edit the contents of his closet. It was challenging, as all closets are, since clothes have a distinct knack for melding into the emotional realm for people. Working with him was
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Importance Of Being Nervous](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-importance-of-being-nervous/) - If you're not nervous at first, you're not doing it right. The other day my friend was updating me on her dating life. She had seen this guy a couple of times who, in true SATC fashion, sounded good enough on paper: solid career, supporting himself financially, just bought himself an apartment that he has
- [7 Canisters That Will Instantly Elevate Your Kitchen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-kitchen-canisters/) - I should be keeping count (only I'm too busy for collecting data) because I've done my fair share of kitchens this year. Big kitchens and small ones, pantries and cupboards. Lots and lots of adjustable shelving brackets, damn them in all their immovable glory. There are several products notably absent from the majority of kitchens
- [A Brilliant Way To Squeeze More Storage Into Your Small Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-brilliant-way-to-squeeze-more-storage-into-your-small-space/) - We've skirted all around today's post topic--there was the post about door racks, the one about small space friendly bookshelves, but today, finally, we come to Exhibit C: the behind the door library. Well yes, I realize these photos do all depict children's books, but I assure you, this concept could be adultified. In
- [Spotlight On Residents Understood](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-residents-understood/) - Happy Thursday! Every day this week I've had to stop and ask myself, "Seriously? Is it really only ______?" And that's coming from someone who (thank you universe) doesn't live for the weekends. But sitting down is nice sometimes. I remember that feeling, I think, of the bum resting on the soft surface. In other
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Small Things](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-small-things/) - In my work, the small things are almost always equal in importance to the larger ones--if not more significant. In fact, I'm willing to argue that it's the small things upon which the fate or fulfillment of the larger ones rest, far more so than the other way around. It isn't the two-hour workout that
- [Welcome To The Age Of Digital Hoarding](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/why-just-take-a-picture-of-it-is-the-worst-thing-you-can-do/) - There's a solution to the stress of decluttering that's become more and more common. Faced with the anxiety and fear of letting go of a physical item, well-intentioned people suggest, "just take a picture of it!" I don't tend to fight this battle because on the whole it seems minor in comparison to the other
- [9 Fans To Keep You Looking & Feeling Cool This Summer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-fans-to-keep-you-looking-feeling-cool-this-summer/) - It's been rawther hot and heavy around here the past two days, and so when someone tweeted me a request for help finding non-ugly fans I thought it a winning idea. Even though fans aren't exactly typical Live Simply material, being cool/calm/collected definitely is. At least in Seattle, land of no AC, floor and table fans
- [3 Organizing Rules I Think Are Nonsense, 3 To Adopt ASAP, & 1 Of My Own Not Enough People Talk About](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-organizing-rules-i-think-are-nonsense-3-to-adopt-asap-1-of-my-own-not-enough-people-talk-about/) - I guess I feel like being controversial this week. Maybe it's all the dust I've been breathing in lately that's bringing out my ornery side, I don't know. Like every other topic, organizing has been thoroughly condensed by publication after publication into bite-size concepts. Although most people know these rules by rote, many of them
- [Monday's Meditation: On The New Definition Of Productivity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-productivity/) - The more I think about, the more I believe there is no one straightforward definition of productivity. Productivity in the traditional sense means working; producing. It means cranking out the materials that earn you the dollars with a focus that makes it obvious to anyone what you're engaged in. But productivity also means "giving rise
- [8 Totally Great (Non-Ugly) Shoe Racks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-totally-great-non-ugly-shoe-racks/) - If there's one thing people are perpetually in need of it's shoe racks. This is hardly because shoe racks are hard to come by; in fact, the interwebs and the home goods stores are stocked to high heavens with the things. Only, the majority of them are about as appealing in looks and quality as
- [7 Perfectly Simple Ways To Store Your DVDs and CDs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-perfectly-simple-ways-to-store-your-dvds-and-cds/) - You might well be apt to mistakenly assume that today's post is merely the latest installment in John Oliver's "How Is This Still A Thing?" Series. Before you do, allow me to assuage your doubt: it sincerely still is. In households all across this fine nation of ours and beyond, whole shelves and walls and
- [Cut Down On Clutter Fast!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cut-down-on-clutter-fast/) - If you want to know the easiest, quickest method to cutting the clutter at home it's this: stop bringing clutter home. Say what?! I know. I realize this rule of thumb doesn't address the clutter that may already be in your house. That's okay; I have a zillion other posts aimed at just that. But
- [Weekend Assignment: Declutter Your DVDs & CDs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-declutter-your-dvds-cds/) - I knew you were at a loss for weekend plans. Somehow I just knew. That's why I've hereby decreed the span of days between now and Sunday night to be Prime Opportunity to De-Muddle The Contents of Your Media Library (you're welcome). This project is so easy your pitbull could do it. So here's what
- [Monday's Mediation: On What We Put Our Faith In](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-mediation-on-what-we-put-our-faith-in/) - Somedays I'm certain that the deciding factor in whether a person has a happy, successful life lies in whether he or she fundamentally believes they'll "be okay," and whether they don't. And most days I'm pretty certain, too, that the former have consciously chosen to adopt such a belief. Which is a sort of
- [Organizing Product Favorites: March 2015](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-march-2015/) - Here it is: the top-secret list of the 6 organizing products I've been buying in bulk and using to transform my client's spaces this month. Drawing back the curtain just for you. 1. Cablebox This box is perfectly designed to help hide a mess of cords, as has been proven in numerous home offices this
- [The Storage Space You're Likely Overlooking](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-storage-space-youre-likely-overlooking/) - Here's a newsflash to blow the popcorn right out of your hump day: surface space is surface space. It doesn't matter quite where said space exists, merely that it does. A wall is no less an opportunity for storage than is, say, a door, or a toilet tank. Following in line with the aforeblogged examples
- [Spotlight On Von Fitz Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-von-fitz-design/) - Happy April, one day belatedly. It doesn't ever feel like Spring to me until April arrives, at which point I get irrationally angry when the weather decides to project anything other than springtime bliss. I digress. These spaces, designed by Maria von Hartz and Annie Fitzgerald of Von Fitz Design, with their neutral bases (white walls, sheepskin
- [Monday's Meditation: On Trying (Too Hard), No-Makeup Makeup & Social Media](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-trying-too-hard-no-makeup-makeup-social-media/) - It must have been French women, or rather, the international community's collective worshipping of French effortless style that popularized the applauding of results without effort. A whole culture now works painstakingly in order to appear as though they haven't really done so at all. Youtube makeup tutorials that approach the twenty-minute mark teach one how
- [8 Paper Sorters That Will Restore Your Sanity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-paper-sorters-that-will-restore-your-sanity/) - Right up there with a shredder in terms of necessity is a mail sorting/incoming/ongoing paper system. Setting up a home or an office or a home office without a system in place to handle active papers is like opening a really lovely local clothing boutique, inviting every person within a twenty-five mile radius to attend
- [Grandparents Will Never Give A Bad Gift After This... [FREE Download!]](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/grandparents-will-never-give-a-bad-gift-after-this-free-download/) - If you've been Living Simply for a while this fact won't surprise you: gifts can be problematic. Throughout my client work, I've noticed that gifts from grandparents have a tendency to be especially so. I'm not sure whether it's the age disparity or the relative distance from the grandchild in question (and therefore also from
- [Weekend Assignment: Cords](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-cords/) - There's this really fun game I've been playing with many of my clients lately, it's called what the eff are all these cords. The thing about this game is that it's almost entirely un-fun, (some might even go so far as to call it "excruciating") but afterwards you get to feel like you just summited
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Myth Of Going It Alone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-myth-of-going-it-alone/) - Everyone in my life seems to be talking to me about self-sufficiency or lack thereof lately. One friend feels guilt or shame at not being able to hold herself accountable without the support of a paid coach; another feels overwhelmed at the prospect of being self-sufficient because she's not currently in a relationship; my dad
- [6 Of The Most Stylish Metal & Wire Baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/metal-wire-baskets/) - I don't know if you are aware, but wire and metal storage vessels are having quite the moment. Whether your aesthetic is rustic-farmhouse-feed-the-chickens or downtown-loft-industrial, there's a basket out there for you. I don't typically encourage the buying of a storage container, singular--as in one at a time-- as doing so has the tendency to
- [Spotlight On Home Beautiful Creative Director's Dynamic, Timeless Family Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-home-beautiful-creative-directors-dynamic-timeless-family-home/) - Hey, hi! It's Thursday and you know what that means right? It's almost--oh, wait it already is!--your life! Cheers to that, huh? Here's another stumper: What do you get when you combine the decorating sensibilities of the creative director of Australian Home Beautiful Magazine with her husband's endlessly talented construction firm, Create Construction? Oh, well,
- [Batteries Are About To Get So Much Easier](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/batteries/) - There are some weeks where I feel as though I'm living in the Live Simply version of Groundhog day; the client woes repeat themselves, the chants of never being able to find certain items meld into each other, the lack of any discernible system for a given set of belongings becomes blatantly apparent and so
- [Spotlight On Tanya Capaldo Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-tanya-capaldo-designs/) - Happy Thursday Campers! For the record, I've sustained so many cuts on my digits these past few weeks that typing has become truly difficult. I'm writing this post without the use of my right, middle finger and let me just tell you: there's a lot of backspacing involved. You can go ahead and feel super
- [Monday's Meditation: On Doing Our Jobs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-doing-our-jobs/) - "Can I help you?" The Lowes employee standing by the door asks me. "Yeah," I say, taking a hanging file frame I had gotten for my client out of its box. "Any idea if anyone here can cut these down for me?" "Oh," He takes them in his hand and examines them. "Hardware. Aisle 40."
- [Why Buying In Bulk Is A Big Mistake](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/why-buying-in-bulk-is-a-big-mistake/) - My clients are in the habit of buying many things of the same kind in a short span of time. Have you ever done this? They'll fall in love with a certain style of t-shirt, and then buy twelve more exactly like it. Or they'll decide they want to take up cooking, buy 1 cookbook,
- [Electrical Outlets Worth Getting Excited Over](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/outlets/) - Just for fun because it's Thursday, and because I haven't done one of these kinds of posts in a while--the kind that's mostly pointless other than to collectively say, "Huh! Well, would you look at that!"--and because I probably have some mostly-pointless-posts quota that I have to fill: one devoted to electrical outlets. Hold your
- [Monday's Meditation: On What To Do Vs. What To Learn](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-to-do-vs-what-to-learn/) - This classic Pema again and always. My dad has never let me off the psychological hook. "What should I say to her?" I'd ask him. Or, "How should I handle this?" Or, "Do you think he's bad news?" It's a losing game, for the record; continually going to someone whose specialty is what to
- [Make Your Doors Do More With These Storage Ideas](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/make-your-doors-do-more-with-these-storage-ideas/) - I'm working with a client currently to revamp her home's main storage closet. We're ripping all existing elements out and starting from scratch; it's a wildly enjoyable old time. Since space is at a premium, I've mandated that the closet door--previously doing nothing other than hanging there-- be put to its full use, and I'm
- [The Ideal Laundry Room: Pedestal Washer & Dryer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-laundry-room-pedestal-washer-dryer/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… You know what seems a brilliant idea (after the original invention of the washer and dryer)? Not having to bend in half to use the blessed machines. It doesn't matter
- [Weekend Assignment: Reclaim The Coat Closet!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-reclaim-the-coat-closet/) - Nary a household coat closet I've seen is in even reasonably good shape. They're filled with all the other random things that family members didn't know what to do with, or were too lazy to cary out to the garage...or to the trash: baseball bats, bike helmets, boxes of stationary. And besides that there's the
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Dress, Personality Tests & Cracking The Code Of "You"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-dress/) - I have a theory of my own about the dress that has recently swept the interwebs, only it isn't based on color or eye science or even on the viral nature of the online world. I happen to think that we're obsessed about the dress because we're obsessed about ourselves, about knowing ourselves better and
- [The Appliance Every Household & Home Office Needs To Have](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-appliance-every-household-home-office-needs-to-have/) - A while ago I was working with a client to organize her home office when she posed the question, "Do you think every household should have a shredder?" (Pressing matters, guys.) I hadn't, prior to that moment, considered such a prospect but upon its pronouncement I immediately clarified my answer. "Yes." She smirked and shook
- [The One Thing You Need To Get Rid Of Today](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-one-thing-you-need-to-get-rid-of-today/) - You know that one thing you own? The one you always try your hardest to make work, but then always choose something else over in the end? It might be a blouse that you try on every time you're getting dressed for an important occasion--you're determined that this time-- you put it on, look in the
- [Spotlight On Carriage Lane Design-Build Inc.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-carriage-lane-design-build-inc/) - Happy first Thursday of March. That feels a fairly respectable occasion, doesn't it? I say we celebrate, courtesy of Carriage Lane Design-Build Inc. The Ontario firm's design arm is headed by Carly Nemtean, whose picture makes you want to be her friend just as much as her designs do. Okay, let's get this show on the lane. (Get
- [Monday's Meditation: On Power](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-power/) - It's tempting to blame others for unfortunate circumstances in life. There is no shortage in this world of bad bosses, unkind teachers, or deceitful coworkers, nor chaos, stresses of all kind, or grief. There are people in the world whose bad outshines their good, and there are situations that are so trying they just seem
- [7 (Electrician, Wiring-Free & Affordable) Ways To Light Up Your Dark Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/floating-shelves/) - If I had a flashlight for every time I've squinted into a pathetically dim closet while my client bashfully explains the crazy situation within, well then, we wouldn't need this post. The cards are stacked against most people when it comes to staying organized, hurdle number 1 being their own laziness. But it's rawther difficult
- [10 Better Coping Strategies Than Retail Therapy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/shopping-alternatives/) - When you pause and think about it, there are few concepts more sick in their construction than the ubiquitous "retail therapy" (despite it being everyone's favorite non-joke joke). Surely such an idea could only exist in as materially based a society as ours. Shopping out of necessity is great thing; it's wonderful to be able
- [Weekend Assignment: Unburden Yourself Of Broken Things](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-unburden-yourself-of-broken-things/) - I'm rawther exhausted following a fairly epic closet installation and it's overcast in Seattle, so I'll cut to the quick. This weekend it's officially time for you to part with all the broken things in your space and life. Why? Because you haven't fixed them in all this time, you aren't fixing them, and although
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being Tested](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-being-tested/) - When situations arise that are abnormally arduous, many of us are apt to say that we feel as though we're being tested. It's as if we're aware that our next actions are being observed and catalogued; will ultimately play in front of us on some big screen as the determining factor of our soul's ultimate
- [3 Reasons Why Your Efforts To Get Organized Are Failing (And The Fixes!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-reasons-why-your-efforts-to-get-organized-are-failing-and-the-fixes/) - Swear you want to get organized but just can't seem to manage to pull it off? Here are the top three reasons why I'm willing to bet that is, and, just for you, a lightbulb moment for how to beat each hurdle. 1. You Aren't Being Thorough Enough Despite your wishes and best intentions,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Getting Unstuck](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-getting-unstuck/) - Here's the post in which I turn a literal and finite event into an overarching metaphor for life. Yeehaw. This past week I was driving with my family from Northern Michigan back to our home downstate. Plenty of feet of snow were already on the ground (it being Fargo and all) and at the
- [6 Simple Ways To Upgrade Your Laundry Room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-simple-ways-to-upgrade-your-laundry-room/) - Whose laundry room couldn't do with a little sprucing? Hear that? That's the sound of almost no one raising their hands. Since Live Simply ardently holds laundry to be a sacred, zen-like act, today we're sweeping aside the dirty clothes piles and the dryer lint and talking 6 ways to upgrade your laundry life. Readysetgo.
- [Upper Corner Kitchen Cabinet Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/upper-corner-kitchen-cabinet-solutions/) - A long while ago now I wrote a post about lower corner kitchen cabinets and everyone was all, "yeah, yeah, but what abut the uppers?" Upper corner kitchen cabinets are a possessor of their own brand of evil, and in some cases (like when the entry is fist-wide and the door is one hobbit-sized panel)
- [Spotlight On McGrath II](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-mcgrath-ii/) - Let's peep some pretty spaces, shall we? McGrath II is a design firm run by mother and daughter Suzanne and Lauren McGrath. One McGrath + Another McGrath = II McGraths. And with that impressive show of mathematics, this post is well underway! Together, Suzanne and Lauren authored the book Good Bones Great Pieces, which you probably
- [Monday's Meditation: On Martin Luther King Jr. & Property](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-martin-luther-king-jr-property/) - There have been throughout history people whose perception of the world is remarkably clear--people who see things as they really are and speak the truth about what they see. All it takes is a quick scroll through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s utterances to be reminded of the extent to which he was one of
- [How To Clean Scarves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-clean-scarves/) - Let's think about this for a moment: hats, gloves, and scarves are things you wear, not unlike shirts or bras. The latter types of garments you're likely in the habit of regularly washing. Unfortunately for the cleanliness factor and my anxiety levels, the prior category is often overlooked when it comes to washing. It's true,
- [7 Simple Bathroom Upgrades](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/bathroom-upgrades/) - I've likely said this before here because I always say it whenever the subject of bathrooms comes up, but they're the kind of room that straddles the lines between clean and wretched so precariously it makes you (me) nervous. There are many ways to motivate one to care for a space and one of them
- [Weekend Assignment: Tackle That Medicine Cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-tackle-that-medicine-cabinet/) - I read something by an organizer who said that she was getting rid of all medicines because she didn't intend to get sick. Perhaps I'm not that advanced in my manifestation/intention skills, but I happen to think that having a few wellness potions on hand isn't necessarily a bad idea. I mean, sometimes we get
- [Monday's Meditation: On Thoughts Into Reality, Reality Of Thought](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-thoughts-into-reality-reality-of-thought/) - The biggest mistake you might make in life is to consider that the only actions that matter--that shape your world-- are outer ones: words you say, acts of kindness, and so on. In fact, thinking is just as much an action as thanking the supermarket checkout person or hailing a cab. And as far as
- [Stylish Storage Ottomans & Benches](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/stylish-storage-ottomans-benches/) - It's no secret (I mean, it shouldn't be) that multi-tasking furniture is essential in smaller spaces, but just plain smart in any sized space. Why kill two birds with two stones? Or three stones? Why kill birds at all? The storage ottoman or bench provides you with a place with stow various belongings, while also
- [Are You Making The Right Decisions When Decluttering?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/are-you-making-the-right-decisions-while-decluttering/) - "Is it okay?" They ask me, earnestly, imploringly. "Is what okay?" "Is it okay not to keep it?" "Like, since my sister gave it to me?" "Since I've had it since college?" "Since it was my now-deceased grandmother's?" They ask me this as if there were some household inventory we're all meant to abide by,
- [Spotlight On Meghan Carter Design Inc.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-meghan-carter-design-inc/) - Welcome to Thursday on Live Simply. And if that wasn't the lamest broadcast intro I've ever typed, then...I forgot where I was going with that sentence mid-way through. No matter, for today we have the work of Meghan Carter Design Inc to swiftly (fingers crossed) distract you. A Toronto designer, lady Carter's work caught my eye because
- [Monday's Meditation: On "Acting As If"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-acting-as-if/) - When you're striving for a goal or when you're floundering, well meaning people are apt to advise you to "act as if." This phrase, while true in its essence, can often feel more confusing than helpful. "Act as if what?" You want to say. "I'm supposed to pretend now?" "I'm supposed to be fake?" "Huh?"
- [5 Simple Closet Upgrades](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-simple-closet-upgrades/) - Last week we talked simple bathroom upgrades. Today the closet is taking its turn with these 5 ways to instantly make yours look and feel less like a fabric graveyard and more like a well-tended garment garden. Let's get to upgrading then, shall we? Instead of: Letting your folded sweaters and shirts topple and converge
- [What Your Stuff Says About You](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-your-stuff-says-about-you/) - Material belongings help to contribute to our overall identity. We feel certain things are validated about ourselves by owning various items, and we hope various items will communicate messages about who we are to others. To a degree, this is natural, and, in principle, not problematic. The problem arises when too much reliance is placed
- [Weekend Assignment: Declutter Your Jewelry](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-declutter-your-jewelry/) - Oftentimes, its the smallest items in people's homes that are the most clutter-filled. It makes sense, considering the fact that you can stuff some sixty necklaces away in a drawer and forget they're even there; overlooking six couches stacked on top of each other would be a rawther more difficult feat. Of course the rule
- [Monday's Meditation: On Explaining Yourself...Or Not.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-explaining-yourself-or-not/) - There's a fine line between being kind and being a jerk. Most of us seem to live in a state of constant paranoia about verging over to jerk-dome--or, more accurately, about appearing to others as though we've made the cross over. To counteract this, our tendency is to err on the side of caution; we
- [Is Your Desk A Productivity Promotor Or Clutter Culprit?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/is-your-desk-a-productivity-promotor-or-clutter-culprit/) - I can't tell you how many times I see very cluttered office spaces that have come as a result of ill-suited desks. Common mis-matches include: - Desks without storage + people who are of the out-of-sight-out-of-mind orientation. - Desks with storage + people who are habitual space-fillers. - Desks with storage + people that aren't
- [The 5 Ways You're Making Your Space Feel Smaller & Dirtier Than It Has To](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-5-ways-youre-making-your-space-feel-smaller-dirtier-than-it-has-to/) - Talking about things in their opposites can be oddly very effective (as was proven with this big time hit), and so we're discussing the ways in which you're proactively Un-Live-Simply-ing your life, as a way, of course, to encourage you in the other direction. Here, then, are the ways you are actively making your space
- [Spotlight On A West Village Townhouse by Rob Stuart Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-west-village-townhouse-by-rob-stuart-interiors/) - I can't tell you what this family home looked like before Rob Stuart Interiors entered the picture, only that his involvement had to have monumentally transformed the space. Rob did it all: from retaining the integrity and overall turn of the century feel of the home, to adding fresh colors and patterns, and, let's not forget, the
- [2015 Calendars](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/2015-calendars/) - In past years I've always felt as though coming-year calendars were pushed far too early. You couldn't make it to the end of November before the calendars were launched upon you and I was all eye roll, eye roll, slow your roll. This year I'm seriously questioning my having any semblance of a life in
- [Be A Better Declutter With These 3 Phrases](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-phrases-to-powerfully-reframe-your-decluttering/) - It turns out that, when faced with the prospect of editing the contents of their lives, the emotional reactions people experience are not unique on the whole. One of my main tasks with clients is helping them to understand these reactions and contextualize them. With me, they figure out what emotions are underlying their decisions
- [Spotlight On Lauren Nelson Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-lauren-nelson-design/) - My dad did me the courtesy of informing me that I "haven't done one of those 'spotlight on' things" in a little while, the subtext of which was, "show me some interiors damnit!" I love you dad. Great, so from now until forever Lauren Nelson will come to find herself associated with a stranger's dad. Doing
- [Monday's Meditation: On Not Packing Light; Not Being Sorry About It.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-not-packing-light-not-being-sorry-about-it/) - I do not travel light. That fact might throw you for a loop, but it's true; I travel heavy. It isn't that I bring too much, though, nor do I require a large bag. My suitcase isn't unexpectedly unwieldy because it's vastly over-packed. Rather, it's appropriately-filled contents are, in and of themselves, weighty: free weights,
- [Organizing A Client's Craftroom & Gift Wrap [VIDEO]](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-a-clients-craftroom-gift-wrap-video/) - Recently I spent a day whipping my client's craftroom into shape. Her family hasn't lived in the home long, and my client and her 5-year old daughter's crafting supplies hadn't yet managed to move in. The supplies were there, but not unpacked, not organized, not set up to enable crafting and gift wrapping. Luckily we
- [The Best Time To Start A New Project](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-best-time-to-start-a-new-project/) - Our society's extreme emphasis on the new year as the official commencement point for all personal growth is complicated to say the least. Promising to change yourself and your lifestyle drastically (just not yet) has a rather unhelpful effect: it delays our action now. What's the point of trying to get in shape now? What's
- [Organizing Product Favorites: 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-2014/) - If you've been reading along this year, these picks will likely not surprise you in the slightest. Probably you're getting a little sick of hearing me talk about them, in fact. Regardless, they proved themselves essential to my client work this year and so I feel obliged to give credit where it is due-- My
- [Top 10 Meditations of 2014 (Part 1)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-10-meditations-of-2014-part-1/) - Welcome to the annual top post posts! I happen to be of the opinion that this is one of the more fun blogger traditions. I find it so interesting to see which posts, out of the whole year's worth, have risen above the rest in terms of popularity. The reception of some posts makes perfect sense
- [Top 5 Decluttering Posts of 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-decluttering-posts-of-2014/) - I'm so happy to be sharing the 5 most popular decluttering posts of the past year with you, today. In many ways, the contents of these posts are what I consider to be the most important messages to spread; Live Simply required reading, if there was such a thing. Maybe I'll make that a thing
- [Top 5 Organizing Product Posts of 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-organizing-product-posts-of-2014/) - We're continuing our count down of the most popular posts of the past year here on Live Simply. At bat today are the organizing product posts you deemed the best by way of your tweets, repins, instashares, and so on. Whether these have ended up on top because of their usefulness, their necessity, their me-being-off-the-wall-y,
- [Top 10 Meditations Of 2014 (Part 2)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-10-meditations-of-2014-part-2/) - Last Monday we counted down the first batch in our top 10 Monday's Meditations. This week, we've got the second: the real winners, so says you. Get to meditating: 5. Monday’s Meditation: On The Privilege Of Caring For Your Belongings 4. Monday’s Meditation: On Changing Your Mind 3. Monday’s Meditation: On Saving Vs. Enjoying 2. Monday’s Meditation: On Doing
- [Top 5 Organizational Strategy Posts Of 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-organizational-strategy-posts-of-2014/) - Have you heard? We're currently counting down Live Simply readers' favorite posts of the past year! These top-read posts are chock full of strategies to help you organize, manage, shop, dress, and plan with less stress, less guilt, and generally less BS. They constitute the foundation of the overall Live Simply lifestyle, and they're messages
- [Top 5 Spotlight Posts Of 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-spotlight-posts-of-2014/) - We've reached the last top posts post. I know; it's a little bit of a bummer, isn't it? Except I guess we haven't really quite yet--there's one last hurrah to be had before we start the cycle all over again in 2015. And the good news is that I've saved the eye-candiest posts for last.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Showing Up](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-showing-up/) - It's January 5th, 2015 today. (You're welcome for that nugget of information.) As such, all of us are no doubt giving thought to the coming batch of months, and the hopes and wishes and goals we hope will come to fruition throughout. Whether or not you subscribe to the idea of making new year's resolutions,
- [5 Steps To End Your Procrastination Streak And Accomplish Your Goals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-steps-to-end-your-procrastination-streak-and-accomplish-your-goals/) - If ever there was a time for most people to feel motivated enough to finally attend to those long-delayed projects or goals it's now. I say, let's capitalize on that inclination and get butts in gear. Who's with me? Doesn't matter, you don't have a say this time. It's happening. (With love, as always.)
- [5 Ways To Make Your Space Feel Like New Affordably (If Not For Free!)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-ways-to-make-your-space-feel-like-new-affordably-if-not-for-free/) - Let's say you're feeling that January itch, you know the one that craves a noticeable and rather immediate change? Your clothes seem completely unappealing and you're spending more and more time standing aimlessly in front of your closet. Your taste buds are nearing strike-time after having consumed the same meal for the past three months.
- [Weekend Assignment: Declutter Your Bookshelves & Magazines](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-declutter-bookshelves-magazines/) - I might have added "straighten up your bookshelves" as its own section in yesterday's post, such is the effect that doing so has on the look and feel of a space. Add to that a thorough decluttering of vagrant other reading materials scattered throughout your abode and you've got a conquerable project in the quest
- [Weekend Assignment: 30+ Ways To Make Someone's Day](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-32-ways-to-make-someones-day/) - This weekend's assignment is vaguer than previous ones have been, but you know: kindness is always called for. I'm considering it apt homework for all of us. And so I give you a slew of small ways you and me may get our good-deed on. 1. Buy the meal/coffee/movie ticket/sandwich for the person in line
- [Monday's Meditation: On Quieting The Crazy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-crazy/) - All of us, even the most emotionally and spiritually healthy, have our own version of crazy thoughts that crop up throughout the day. For some, it's thoughts of worry or fear. For others, it's thoughts of self-consciousness, perfectionism, or martyrdom. You call it crazy and we'll fall in a rabbit hole of thought over it.
- [Monday's Meditation: On This Perfect World Of Contrasts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-perfect-world-contrasts/) - Everything in this world has its place. Each element serves as context for something else, and without each and every one we would be left unable to decipher the value or meaning of any. We know by contrast. There is one of the most fundamental human truths. We know depression from contentment because we've experienced,
- [Organizing Product Favorites: October 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-october-2014/) - Admittedly this favorites roundup is a bit on the random/scant side, but there it is: these post things are authentic and I won't go calling something a favorite if it wasn't and that's the banana line. (Just checking to see if you were paying attention.) Also is the fact that a few of these products
- [5 Steps To Simplify Absolutely Any Situation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/instantly-simplify-situation/) - Regardless of the situation, the ways in which they become (or we perceive them to be) complex are much the same. Combined with the hustle of everyday life, problems or scenarios that in their essence aren't all that complicated far too easily get amplified, exaggerated, dramatized, and overwhelming. Consider these five steps your blueprint for
- [Weekend Assignment: Take Back The Handbag!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-take-back-handbag/) - I know, I get it; life is so busy! Hectic! Full of errands and carpool and Walgreens commercials on Spotify! Next to your energy level, the item that takes the brunt of it most is your bag. Man or woman, handbag or business satchel, our bags are our home-away-from-homes. They're the place we put all
- [Monday's Meditation: On Changing Your Mind](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-changing-your-mind/) - If you're interested, I'll tell you: you have been given a gift--a superpower that's so fundamental to your being that you probably take little notice of the fact that it even exists. It lies latent inside you, capable of being activated in any instant. You, fair being of the human-kind, can, whenever you wish, change
- [10 Totally Great Gift Wrap Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-gift-wrap-organizers/) - It's definitely starting to be that time of year... the time when all the clients start thinking about all the gifts and thusly all the gift wrap. And when they do (mouse-to-cookie style), they start to think about how the current state of their gift wrapping supplies storage is fairly miserable, and how pleasant it
- [The Most Common Organizing Mistake (& What To Do Instead)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-most-common-organizing-mistake-and-what-to-do-instead/) - There is one particular habit that every one of my clients confesses to doing prior to hiring me, and it goes something like this: In a moment of overwhelm at the state of their space, they jump in their car, head to their nearest home goods store and buy another big plastic bin. I say
- [Spotlight On A Notting Hill Mews House](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-notting-hill-mews-house/) - Welcome to Thursday on Live Simply. Today, a space that stopped me in my tracks and caused me to proclaim, "Well, that's utterly charming, isn't it?" The 3-story mews house was designed Fossey Arora and is currently being sold by Domus Nova, should anyone care to purchase post-post. Let's begin in the kitchen, shall we? Painted a stupidly
- [Monday's Meditation: On Making Decisions & Dealing With Reactions To Them](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-making-decisions-dealing-with-reactions-to-them/) - It's not about you, it's about them. My clients are constantly relaying anecdotes to me about how their friends or family react to the news of our work. They tell me how they mentioned to a best friend that they got rid of all their elementary school yearbooks, and said friend was utterly aghast. Or
- [9 Hot Firewood Holders](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-hot-firewood-holders/) - If you have a working fireplace you've probably started using it. Mine has been a'blazing mostly non-stop since the temperatures went south, and while I won't complain even for a toasty minute (since fireplace is better than no fireplace), there is an especial appeal to the authentic fireplace. You know, the kind that burns logs
- [When Caring For The Planet Clashes With Caring For Your Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/caring-planet-clashes-caring-home/) - Oh, this post is a touchy one. It's a topic that I feel rawther badly broaching, not for fear of upsetting the politically correct police who are constantly on net-patrol (come at me!), but because the damning behavior coming under scrutiny is, in its essence, a really, really well-intentioned one. Common among the reasons why
- [Weekend Assignment: Get Houseguest Ready!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-get-houseguest-ready/) - Hey party people, it's almost holiday-time. You know what that means? Whatever kind of funny business you have going on in your guest room, you best get on cleaning that up. It's likely said room may actually need to house guests in the coming weeks. LSM - At the very least: You need to clear
- [Monday's Meditation: On Giving Thanks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-giving-thanks/) - Is this the cliche blogger move right now? Signs point to definitely, yes. Ah, well: screw it. It's coming on Thanksgiving for us Americans, and I can't think of a group of people more deserving of my thanks than you. You, reading while you nurse your son in Sweden, and you, too, as you go
- [Organizing Product Favorites: November 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-november-2014/) - 1. Rosy Rings Home Fragrance Spray in Honey Tobacco This fragrance spray has actually been one of my absolute favorites since April, when I bought it for myself as a birthday present. Only it finally ran out and so, slightly devastated as I am, I finally thought to include it here. I’m not sure I had
- [When You Have To Pull Your House Together Fast](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/when-you-have-to-pull-your-house-together-fast/) - Then there are the times when you have to pull your home together in a hurry, you know, because company is coming. Like for Thanksgiving or something. Normally here's what you do: shove all the stuff out on all the counters and all the piles in all the places into one or two concealed locations
- [Monday's Meditation: On Relentlessness And Rest](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-relentlessness-rest/) - This past week I had the pleasure of vacationing in the British Virgin Islands, a place so dramatically beautiful it sort of stuns the senses. While there I felt as though it was my time at the buffet line, that I needed to soak up as much of the place as I possibly could because
- [The 7 Presents Practically Guaranteed To Please Everyone On Your List](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-7-presents-practically-guaranteed-to-please-everyone-on-your-list/) - Last year I decided against gift guides all together. This year, I've decided to participate, but in a slightly unique way (unique is the LS way, hello). In no particular order then: 1. Most people would love to be gifted an experience Taking classes, attending workshops, receiving private instruction--such things have never been more popular
- [6 Tips For Simplifying Holiday Parties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-tips-for-simplifying-holiday-parties/) - I know I can't be the only one feeling the frenzy. The holiday season has certainly arrived, and with it a slew of invitations, social commitments, and, well, a little bit of stress--little ff you're great at compartmentalizing. Since I'm an avid supporter of your sanity, I've compiled a few tips to help you navigate
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Secret To Success](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-secret-success/) - There's this story I've been carrying around for the past couple months, unable to put to rest until I share it, I guess. We were visiting at a relative's house--me, my sister, my dad and my mom. My sister and I were arriving separately from our parents and when we pulled up, (fresh from having
- [The Small Kitchen Storage Solution For Pots & Pans](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-kitchen-storage-solution-pots-pans/) - The two areas in which the effects of limited space can perhaps be felt most are the closet and the kitchen. And between the two of them, only the latter requires you to carry out activities within. After all, you can get dressed anywhere, but you can only boil water on the stove, unless you
- [Organizing Product Favorites: September 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-september-2014/) - Here it is: the official roundup of products I couldn't have lived (worked) without this past month. Get 'em while they're hot and whatnot. Miele Capri Canister Vacuum Cleaner I have already waxed on about my unending love and appreciation for this beautiful piece of machinery (would we call it that?) in this post, aptly
- [Weekend Assignment: Travel Memorabilia](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/travel-memorabilia/) - Oh hey! You know all that summer holiday memorabilia? The tokens you collected excitedly whilst you were sojourning here and there? And then burrowed away in some inconspicuous suitcase pocket or other? You know; the ticket stubs, menus, hotel concierge maps with incoherently scribbled directions (inevitably to a place serving food most nearest the hotel), paper napkins,
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Pressure To Prepare](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-pressure-prepare/) - Right about now is when many of my clients start to feel especially overwhelmed; they feel the approaching holiday season and the conclusion of the calendar year and worry that they won't be able to accomplish all they had planned to before then. Or worse: they admit defeat, throw in the towel on 2014, and
- [8 First-Rate Step Stools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/step-stools/) - It's come to my attention that far too few people have step stools at their ready disposal. There is, after all, little to no point in vertical storage space if said space is out of reach. I'm not talking Annie-height limitations either; as houses are made to house people they're naturally greater in scale than
- [The Crucial Mistake Savvy Shoppers Never Make](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/price-mistake-savvy-shoppers/) - How much it costs has absolutely nothing to do with it. Oh, I know what you're thinking: the price tag has everything to do with everything! The price tag determined by a retailer does not necessarily (at all!) dictate what that item will really cost you. What will adding another toy, another item of clothing,
- [Weekend Assignment: Kitchen Cupboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-kitchen-cupboard/) - In my eternal quest to help you Simplify and get yourselves together (get it together!), today I present unto you a most doable project. The inspiration or see, it can be done! is a recent client-kitchen-cupboard-overhaul that listen, come on, took under thirty minutes. Probably closer to twenty minutes if I was to guesstimate although organizing
- [Monday's Meditation: On Seeing Ourselves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-22/) - The other day I had some free time after a client and so I headed to Whole Foods, bought some murky green juice and plunked myself down on the steps outside. I left my phone in the car, and for a couple of minutes I just swallowed and observed; there were a couple of those
- [The Post-Shopping Trial Period Packaging Conundrum, Solved.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/trial-period-packaging/) - Oh, it's time to bring it back around to product packaging. I had hoped we could graduate from this topic but alas: the number of boxes and bags found stashed away in your nooks and crannies informs me that we have not yet reached that point. So re-hash it we shall. In fact, today's angle
- [Name That Vacuum Cleaner Attachment!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/vacuum-cleaner-attachments/) - There are things you're expected to know in life that you're never taught, like de-seeding a pomegranate, achieving self-actualization, or mental math (kidding, you're not expected to know that). Also: what are those various vacuum attachments meant for, anyhow? Consider yourself informed is what. Extension/ Telescopic Wand: Consider this bad boy your go-go-gadget XL
- [Spotlight On Lindsay MacRae Interiors LLC](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-lindsay-macrae-interiors-llc/) - Hey, baes and happy Thursday. Today I gave you the work of Lindsay MacRae, an NYC designer whose career background includes character performing for Walt Disney World--a detail which is really neither here nor there, but, you know, serves to illustrate that every step is on the path or whatever. Lindsay's work is balanced and accessible.
- [Monday's Meditations: On Habits, Triggers & Long Term Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditations-habits-triggers-long-term-solutions/) - In an ideal world, maybe, there'd be a longterm way for my clients and those like them to avoid mass acquisition of things. Grandparents would be prohibited from sending over well-intentioned but unnecessary presents. Bargain shopping would lose any of its allure. Salespeople would be obligated to question shoppers as to the legitimate need for
- [9 Winning Wastebaskets To Help You Clean Up Your Act](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/wastebaskets/) - It's come to my attention that far too many rooms are sans wastebasket. This realization was due in large part to the fact that my own workspace, as it turns out, is sans wastebasket. So before you go calling hypocrib, I never claimed not to be sourcing on my own behalf. I obediently collect any
- [The Key To Creating Organization That Sticks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/key-organization-sticks/) - There are a plethora of reasons why people's efforts to get organized ultimately fail. At the root of all of them is what has gone into the organizational systems implemented. What have you invested? That's the question, and that's what makes all the difference in whether your efforts stick. One of the questions people most
- [Weekend Assignment: Kitchen Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weekend-assignment-kitchen-drawers/) - The last assignment around here was a kitchen cupboard; this week's assignment offers you the chance to spread the Live Simply love to another nearby spot--the utensil drawer. See, even though the silverware drawer tends to be the most organized area in the whole house (funny, isn't that?) the chaos still manages to creep its
- [Monday's Meditation: On Speaking To A Child](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-speaking-to-a-child/) - Most of us are far bigger bullies to ourselves than we realize. In fact, I'll bet if there was a way to record and play back internal dialogue, most of us would be shocked and appalled to discover our own likeness to Miss Trunchbull. Maybe not all the time, or regarding all matters, but trust
- [12 Fancy/ Fun Jewelry Holders For All Your Finery](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/jewelry-holders/) - On the whole, I advocate a streamlined jewelry storage option (think trays or boxes or tiered stands), especially so for those with extensive bauble collections. Too many interesting, unique storage components can defeat the purpose and lead to the whole situation looking like a big old (necessarily tangled) mess. But! There is certainly a place
- [Corner Bar Closets--A Small Space Solution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/corner-bar-closets-small-space-solution/) - Here comes an idea favorable for those dwelling in small spaces, who nonetheless wish to entertain houseguests. The custom of the country, as it turns out is (more than just a book I read for a college English course) to provide one's guests a place to hang their clothing. A proper closet is the preferable
- [Spotlight On BGDB Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-bgdb-interior-design/) - Taking us into the (almost) weekend this week is the work of BGDB Interior Design, a firm whose name makes you wonder you've gotten it right, but whose portfolio leaves no question of whether they have. Tell me about it, they should totally hire me to do their next marketing campaign, right? Breeze, founder and
- [The Garage Transformation You Have To See To Believe!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/garage-transformation-see-believe/) - In lieu of a designer spotlight post, today I'm keeping it all in the family (just me!) and spotlighting a very recent LSBA project that I'm so giddy proud over, I can't not share. My client's garage was, well, not great. While the rest of her family's home is beautifully decorated and ordered, the garage
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Proper Cause For Celebration](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-proper-cause-celebration/) - Right about this time of year I start thinking about things like Crazy Cereal Week (the sole week out of the entire year when my trendsetter parents lifted their organic-only food guidelines and let me and my sister have free reign in the conventional grocery store's cereal aisle. Two guesses on my go-to choice
- [The Ideal Closet: Pull Out Ironing Board](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-closet-pull-ironing-board/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Once I get anything germ or cleanliness related into my head you can forget about trying to change my mind. That laundry is coming out of the washing machine smelling like
- [Spotlight On A Cape Town Beach House](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cape-town-beach-house/) - Sending you off into this long weekend in style, otherwise known as in "A South Africa Beach House." Because it might possibly not get better than this, guys. It might not. And after that I can't think of a single thing worth uttering (typing), with the exception of my usual urging to be the best
- [Monday's Meditation: On Summertime Sadness & Seasons Of Freedom](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-summertime-sadness/) - There's a certain sense of melancholy that abounds this time of year, as if we're collectively overcome with mourning. But mourning what, exactly? It can't merely be the warmer temperatures and longer days; most of us are too well-versed in seasonal climates to have such an adverse reaction to a regular and anticipated shift as
- [The 4 Things You Actually Need For An Organized School Year](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/products-organized-school-year/) - So you're all stocked up for back to school. You've gotten yourself or your young ones all the 3-ring binders, college-ruled notebooks, neon sharpies and trendy lunch bags your cart could carry (kidding, "carts" are just a different screen on Amazon whose capacity is limitless). You or your people are going to rock it in
- [The Time Management Tactic That's Actually Making You Late & How To Be On Time From Now On](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/time-management-be-on-time/) - Most people are sensible enough to figure out what time they need to leave their house in order to make it to their intended destination on time. Most people are late. The flaw in the plan is that having only one time stamp in mind--and the final one at that--does little to help you manage
- [Spotlight On After Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-after-design/) - Thursday, ahoy! Hopefully this first week of September has been treating you like little newborn lambs. Either way, I've got some interiors therapy coming your way so c/o of After Design, so there's that. Gray skies moved in right on cue in Seattle at the beginning of this week, then cut to blue and back again,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Innovation, Branching Out, And The Backlash To Blake Lively's New Company, Preserve](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-innovation-blake-lively/) - Consistently among my celebrity style list-toppers is Blake Lively (who has been like, especially killing it on the carpet as of late, but that's for another day). I was excited when I heard that Lively was to be launching a new company. Then I sort of forgot all about it and went on living my
- [Are You Drowning In Information Clutter?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/information-clutterer/) - So many of the clients that I've worked with have been, in some sense, prone to information clutter. Having an earnest (and in some regards admirable) desire to be informed, to study, and to expand their minds, they and people like them amass reading materials at an uncommonly rapid rate. They're subscribed to numerous magazines
- [Spotlight On HSH Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-hsh-interiors/) - I am here to tell you: there are some frickin' talented people in this world. Among them, Holly Hollenbeck, Lauren McCoy, and Dani Burka, who collectively make up the design firm HSH Interiors. It's one of their recent projects, a converted church in Mill Valley, California, that has me fawning. Sitting comfortably as it does in that sweet
- [Monday's Meditation: On Advantages, Guilt & Other Ways You're Missing The Point](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-advantages-guilt-the-point/) - My mom has always said that we had better use her MS to some advantage or there would really be no point. As a result, we've come to casually revel in the ideal parking spots we're guaranteed to get anytime we go anywhere, or the fact that we're given the best seats at any performance
- [Your No Fail System For Keeping Kid's Artwork Under Control](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/kids-artwork-system/) - The school year is officially underway, and what's also official is that if you don't solidify a plan for managing all your kid's artwork, you and your home are going to be drowning in paper creations faster than you can say "first bell." For the time being, don't worry about artwork of years past that
- [How To Get Rid of Fruit Flies For Good](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/fruit-flies-trap/) - I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here in Seattle the September has done little in the way of diminishing the fruit flies. Especially given the fact that Seattleites as a societal sect are big fans of composting; the fruit flies are still happily flitting through the air like little brown twinkle
- [Spotlight On Catherine Kwong Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-catherine-kwong-design/) - Hi Thursday, so nice to see you again. Speaking of, (what?) taking us out this week is the lovely work of Catherine Kwong Design, whose portfolio oscillates between effortless elegance and carefully executed glamour. Perhaps both characteristics are evident in the space down yonder--the designer's own digs (minus the first shots of the closet space; details). Do
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Privilege Of Caring For Your Belongings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/privilege-care-belongings/) - There are plenty of ways people excuse not caring well for their belongings. They don't pick up their clothes from the floor at the end of the day, they say, because they're too tired. They don't tend to their home because, they lament, they're too busy. They don't dust their bookshelves, vacuum out their cars,
- [The Household Tool I Wish I'd Bought Sooner](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/miele-vacuum/) - This is a story. Over the past many months I have had the chance to test out every version of Miele vacuum that's on the market. Every one might be a slight exaggeration, but truly, at least 5-7 varieties, which in vacuum terms is a lot. I had long since broken up with shit vacuum
- [The Ideal Entry: A Shoe Storage Solution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-entry-shoe-storage/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Dealing with the near-inevitable accumulation of shoes by the door is consistently an issue for my clients, and probably for you, too. Those lucky enough to have an actual mudroom are
- [Monday's Meditation: On Letting Go](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-letting-go/) - Letting go is not a one-step process, as many would believe. The silent order that orchestrates all things, that is governed by a law of cause and effect, is programmed to return your life to a place of fullness. It is not only what you let go of, but what you thereafter open yourself up
- [Towels 101](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/towels-101/) - Seems to me we don't give towels nearly enough attention. I mean, think about what a great thing a towel is! How crucial one is to the bathing/hygiene process! If we were dogs, sure, then we might be able to perform full body shake-offs as our primary post-shower drying method (one which, although quite annoying
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Pot Filler Faucet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-pot-filler-faucet/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream... One of my newest clients is a woman who has just downsized from a very large home to a moderately-sized townhouse. As we've been working to move her and her belongings
- [Spotlight On Ryan White Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-ryan-white-designs/) - I don't know Ryan White Designs, but if his interiors are any indication, he may just be the most impeccably appointed male out there. As an owner of ladyparts, I naturally lean towards spaces that are feminine in vibe. Occasionally I like a nice manly room, but on the whole I find spaces meant for men
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Question of What's Important](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-question-whats-important/) - Last week I was working with a client on a closet editing project. It was a day of questions, explanations and decision-making about beautiful designer clothes, shoes and bags. Towards the end of our session I opened a drawer, ready to deposit a stack of neatly folded, rainbow-ordered (naturally) tops inside. The drawer was to
- [Organizing Product Favorites: July 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-july-2014/) - I bought them by the caseload, hauled them all over town, installed them in all the homes, and couldn't have organized without them--my top picks from the month of July. (Psst: as there was no June Favorites you might as well consider these dual-month qualifiers.) 1. Totally Bamboo Expandable Utility Drawer Organizer Certainly mentioned before, (probably
- [Spotlight On Melanie Turner Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-melanie-turner-interiors/) - Happy Thursday returns of the day to you. I'm keeping it uncommonly brief today as I'm currently so tired that it's sort of like I'm sleeping sitting up, open-eyed, eating BOOM CHICKA POP. And since I can barely make anything out with my peepers at this point, I'm treating yours to the splendor that is
- [9 Ways To Help Other People Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ways-help-people-live-simply/) - 1. Honor your commitments (or, be a person who does what they say they will). 2. Be on time. Whether it's a business meeting, an appointment, or even a lunch date, if someone has factored you into their schedule they are giving you their time, a precious commodity. Do not make them waste it. And
- [Spotlight On The Cross Interior Design (2)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-the-cross-interior-design-2/) - The Cross has already been featured around these parts, that much is true. But then again so is their knack for knocking it so far out of the design park that well, really far, anyhow. You know what I love about their work? I love how unapologetically feminine it is. It's dainty, and luxe, filled
- [Monday's Meditation: On Persistence](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-persistence/) - After years of living a particular lifestyle, relying upon various habits, or leading with certain behaviors, you may suddenly decide that it's no longer working for you. You'll arrive at the decision that you want to live differently, feel differently--that you want to change. This decision will usually be arrived at in a sudden panic.
- [Shocking Truth About Your Storage Situation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/shocking-storage-situation/) - Sit your pants down because I am about to blow your sun hats off with this one. As a general rule, anything that's been sitting around for a year (sometimes less!) or more, whether it's in a basement, a storage unit, or even a closet, without your having touched it is stuff you don't need.
- [One Big Solution For Small Spaces](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-big-solution-small-spaces/) - See what I did there with that title? The big and the small?--I know, I know, but save your applause for the post. I was flipping through the most recent Cb2 catalogue (which insists on delivering itself to my mailbox despite never having been expressly invited, but that's an aside) when I was met with the following
- [Spotlight On Satinwood, Ltd. // MV Home of Meg Ryan](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-satinwood-meg-ryan/) - Meg Ryan's beach house has widely circulated among the interwebs. If you've seen it before, I do sincerely apologize. Ever since a recent visit to one of my client's beach homes, I've come down a serious (more serious) case of the beach house fever. And so it is that I seem somewhat incapable of not
- [Monday's Meditation: On Complaining](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-complaining/) - Those who are in the habit of complaining will never find themselves with a shortage of things to complain about. This is true as much because what such people are seeking most in life are things to complain about (and as we all know, what we're looking for we're bound to find) as it is
- [Gleener: The Ultimate Fuzz Remover Giveaway!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/gleener-giveaway/) - Oh hey! Guess what time it is? It's giveaway time. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a little (completely unsponsored, relax) ode to the Gleener. Well, the Gleener crew caught wind of the post and was all, "Hey Annie, want a few more?" So I said sure, sure. Because naturally I have you in mind
- [Spotlight On Clayton & Little Architects](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-clayton-little-architects/) - I have been a fan of Clayton & Little ever since a wood paneled kitchen done by them restored the faith I had never consciously cultivated in wood panelling (which had formerly been tainted by a childhood bedroom done entirely in wood paneling that always felt to me more dark and oppressive than cozy and cabin-like). But
- [It's The Small Things: Fuzz, Lint, Pill Remover](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-things-fuzz-lint-pill-remover/) - {A quaint series on the small things making my work and life happier and easier.} We really don't give ourselves enough credit is the name of this tune. I mean, it takes a lot of effort to be shepherds and here we are, getting all of the pills and none of the credit. I'm here
- [Spotlight On Leo Parrella Design Group](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-leo-parrella-design-group/) - Here at Live Simply, we're trying to avoid summer-blogger-burnout, which is why you're getting a designer spotlight on Thursday and a little bit of peaceful silence come Friday. Isn't it so silly when companies write in the plural when you know full well it's just them? So anyways, we're really busy around here and it's
- [Monday's Meditation: On Lessons That Repeat Themselves & Invitations For Growth](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-lessons-repeat-invitations-growth/) - For the longest time, I had an unhealthy pattern in my friendships that kept repeating. From a very early age, I started attaching myself (or letting myself be attached) to girls who were unstable, wounded, and insecure. They were the kinds of girls who hated their moms, who acted as though rebellion was their duty.
- [The Possible Pitfalls Of Giving Things Away To Friends & Family & How To Avoid Them](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dos-donts-decluttering-problems-giving-things-away-friends-family/) - It wasn't that long ago that we discussed the dos and don'ts of decluttering as concerns giving things away to friends and family. That post was important, and this one, equally so. Let's establish the known: when you can give things away to people you know, whom you know would appreciate them, that feels marvelous.
- [Corner Kitchen Cabinet Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/corner-kitchen-cabinet-solutions/) - We have, around here, oft lamented the dreaded corner kitchen cabinet. They're miserable things and we'd very much like to have a word with whoever first (certainly unintentionally) designed them, and thereafter was content with his or her work (I'm speaking on behalf of you and me here). I've provided what help I can: how
- [Spotlight On Coco Republic Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-coco-republic-interior-design/) - Happy Summer Thursday yo. Today I hope to delight your peepers and ignite your brain juices by way of Coco Republic Interior Design. It's hard to say whether I've chosen to showcase their work as a way to support my own assertion that all the best design work as of late seems to be coming out
- [Monday's Meditation: On Authenticity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-authenticity/) - There are so many lessons I've learned specifically through the writing of this blog and through being an active participant in the blogosphere. The one that feels most key to me most days is the value of originality and authenticity. I can so vividly recall my line of thought as I prepared to write my
- [Flatware Caddies For Dining Al Fresco & Small Kitchen Spaces](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/flatware-caddies-dining-al-fresco/) - One client has an absurdly small kitchen space, the other, a rawther vast outdoor one. The thing they both need? A flatware caddy. See, for the small space, the flatware caddy provides an aesthetically acceptable alternative to the typical silverware drawer, which they are sadly without. Nary a drawer to speak of, in fact. And
- [Dos and Donts of Decluttering: The Follow Through](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dos-donts-decluttering-follow-through/) - Almost as common as me finding clutter in client's homes is me finding stashes of things that have already been identified as clutter, and thusly, have been prepared to be gotten rid of by being bagged or boxed up, and on the rare occasion even labeled "donation" or "consignment." How long has that bag been
- [Spotlight On Shop Sweet Things // Nanette Wong](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-shop-sweet-things-nanette-wong/) - Happy Thursday ______ ! You know, something I think it's time we address: I feel I should have something I call you all. Officially. "Readers" is dull and non-particular and guys/homies/peanut butter sweet treats can only be used that many times before it starts to feel repetitive. I mean, Justin Bieber has his beliebers and other
- [Monday's Meditation: On Doing The Right Thing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-doing-the-right-thing/) - Well-meaning people often advise you to "do the right thing." While their words may register as being technically correct, somehow they aren't quite helpful. "What does that even mean?" You want to ask. "How do I know what the right thing is?" And then they nod and go "you'll know." Meanwhile, you feel as confused
- [10 Pegboards, Endless Potential](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-pegboards-potential/) - For a little while there, it seemed as pegboards were going out of style, superseded by higher tech innovations like wall track systems and such. Or maybe it was that I never really considered them as a viable option, without any good reason not to. They did me no fuss. But as of late I've
- [The Dangers Of Undefined Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dangers-undefined-space/) - Today's post is a cautionary tale in which I aim to scare you laceless and then send you on your way. Let's get into it, hey! What Is It? Undefined space is any area that lacks a specific function. For the purposes of this article, we'll also expand that definition to include spaces whose set
- [Spotlight On Lorraine Bonaventura Architect](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-lorraine-bonaventura-architect/) - Oh hey there. It's treat time for your peepers, isn't that fun? Today's finger lickin' fun comes care of Lorraine Bonaventura Architect, a New York firm whose skill level in restoration and renovation is currently dialing in at mastery. That's putting it mildly. Let's start it out with this hallway scene: Light floods in from a
- [Monday's Meditation: On Doing Your Best & Excellence](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-doing-your-best-excellence/) - If you are committed to serving yourselves and the world, you must also be committed to a standard of excellence. Doing excellent work means doing it to the best of your abilities. It means making the wisest use of your available resources. Excellence is putting forth into the world what you consider to be your
- [Tiny Closet Space Transformation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tiny-closet-space-transformation/) - It's been ages since I've shared Live Simply client work around here and this one--this one is deserving. To describe my client's space as "small" would be a grotesque understatement of facts. This mini house she inhabits apparently used to belong to the local church, which provided it to the pastor gratis. Suffice it to
- [Acrylic Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/acrylic-shelves/) - Given how much I prattle on about acrylic as an organizational material (I do do that, don't I?)-- [Quick review session: acrylic is much more substantial, sturdy, and lux as compared to its inferior iteration--plastic, while being less fragile than glass. It helps to constantly achieve a clean look and feel, and, is it's nearly
- [Spotlight On 2e Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-2e-designs/) - Guess what? It's summer Thursday, come again. So weird how that keeps happening. Following that fun fact, I offer you 2e Designs. The biz-child of Jessie Touhey, the (ahem) Vancouver design firm (see?) garnered my attention by way of its ability to implant unmistakably coastal, slightly beachy undertones in spaces that, on the surface, manage to feel rooted
- [Live Simply Real Health](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-real-health/) - Yesterday I told my company/life story. So that happened. To say I was blown away and completely filled up by all the sincere responses I got would be such a vast understatement. Thank you, thank you. It sounds trite, but your words fill my heart. And now, onwards! Recently I had the pleasure of quizzing
- [5 Tricks To Get More Done](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/get-more-done/) - Okay, so you're still a human being and not a machine. Sucks, I know. But as non-automated entities will probably soon be a thing of the past, let's not rush to lament your living/breathing status quite yet. Instead, let's discuss ways to maximum your limited efforts, to beef up productivity, to get more done. Some
- [It's The Small Things: Sticker Lifter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-things-sticker-lifter/) - {A quaint series on the small things making my work and life happier and easier.} When you remove as many product sticker labels as I do, you start to deplore your nails' haggard status. You start to daydream about the widespread popularity that would surely result from your launching a "Save The Nails!" campaign. And
- [Spotlight On Karla Dreyer Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-karla-dreyer-design/) - Happiest of Fridays to you, LSBAR's. I hope the week has felt like a business class flight to France. You know, some of the work of getting there, but also all the indulgences and complimentary eye masks. We'll just keep that vibe going today with some lovely interiors, compliments of Karla Dreyer. She's based in Vancouver
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Lies You Tell Yourself About Time](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-lies-tell-time/) - For a long time now I have wholeheartedly rejected the oft-repeated cultural mantra "I don't have time." There is nothing empowering in such a statement, and to believe it is a fallacy of the worst kind, the kind that positions you in the victim role, rather than the driver. It would suggest that you are
- [Dos And Donts Of Decluttering: Giving Things Away To Friends & Family](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dos-and-donts-decluttering-giving-things-away/) - There's a certain scenario that occurs in tandem with the decluttering process that I wish wasn't as familiar as it is. It goes like this: You say, "You know, I think my brother-in-law/colleague/neighbor's mother's boyfriend's accountant would love to have this. In fact, that person even mentioned to me once that if I were ever
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Bring The Outdoors In](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-ideal-kitchenbring-outdoors-in/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...If you were looking for a way to make doing dishes and general kitchen clean-up more pleasurable, I believe I've humbly stumbled upon it... Swing-out backsplash windows. As if the
- [Spotlight on H2 Design + Build](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-h2-design-build/) - You know what's exciting? No, not just that it's Friday homies, but finding crazy talented people who are cohabiting your city is what. H2 Design + Build. Paul and Katie Hackworth. Husband-wife-duo. That's what this whole shindig is about. Specifically, a modern farmhouse project completed by the pair, captured here by Belathée Photography, another massively talented
- [Monday's Meditation: On Where To Start](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-where-to-start/) - I was working with my client the other day when her friend popped by to say hello. We were busy organizing my client's entire photo collection, and there were piles of them covering every inch of floor around us. "Oh wow, you guys really get into it, don't you?" The friend remarked at the sight
- [Organizing Product Favorites: May 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-product-favorites-may-2014/) - Hey, it's June now, did you guys hear? I know--the time! The calendar! The organizing products! Am I right? Great, so we're going to pretend that was an opener and jump in with the items I bought by the bigger-than-me caseload for my clients throughout the month of May. 1. DrawerDecor I'm sure I mentioned these
- [Shred These, Please](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/documents-to-shred/) - My client work as of late has suggested to me that people are fairly informed about which papers they need to keep. Their stumbling point, however, concerns which documents to shred. In the interest of sharing the good word--that at odds today with exciting content (my sincerest apologies and simultaneously, your welcome)-- a list: What you
- [The Ideal Workspace: A Creative's Dream](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-workspace-creativity/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Many people hold that creativity and chaos must inherently co-exist. Here's a space that turns that notion on its head: A creative workspace that is no less than ideally arranged Just let's
- [Spotlight On The Design Co.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-design-co/) - Hey, it's Friday, and if you were looking for high glamour and/or stunningly witty banter, congratulations you've come to the right place. Delivering on the glamour front: The Design Co. a Toronto firm (what else is new?), captured by the camera-lady extraordinare, Lisa Petrole. You know what this home is? Haute. It adheres almost selectively to a black and
- [Monday's Meditation: On Legacies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-legacies/) - The legacy you will leave is being written right now. It is being determined by the work that you do every day and the way that you do it, by the way that you treat others--strangers and family, alike--and it is being decided by your attitude towards life. When you think about your current life
- [Summer Travel Organizing Essentials](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/summer-travel-organizing-essentials/) - You know what's great? Summer. Know what's greater? Summer travel. And you want to know the greatest? Organizing. That's right; Living Simply. That sweet nectar. And when you combine the three, well, you're officially skating in paradise or something else fantastic. Point being, you need to get the things to help you keep your stuff
- [What Do I Do With My Old School Notebooks?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/old-school-notebooks/) - File this one under "Things I keep because I think I'm supposed to." Most everyone I've ever worked with has had a raggedy collection of old school materials lying around: notebooks, textbooks, homework assignments and graded quizzes. You know what I mean because surely you have something similar. The question inevitably arises; "What do I
- [Spotlight On Kriste Michelini Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-kriste-michelini-interiors/) - A while ago I stumbled on some images of the most gloriously designed floral studio. It was like every dream I'd ever had about floral studios that I'd never actually had but could ostensibly have. I tucked the images away in some interweb inspiration file or other, reconciling myself to the sad fact that a
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being A Jack Of All Trades Vs. Being A Specialist](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-jack-of-all-trades-specialist/) - There's a conversation that's in the air as of late, and it revolves around the distinction between a jack of all trades vs. a specialist society. It used to be that the goal was to produce and hire people who were solidly skilled at attending to all the various tasks relating to any level of work
- [Monday's Meditation: On Your Board Of Directors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-board-directors/) - I had the pleasure of catching up with one of my clients this past weekend. During our talk, she introduced me to the concept of an internal board of directors, which I love so much I want to share with all of you. According to my client, each one of us has a board of
- [8 Cutting Boards That Do More](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-cutting-boards/) - A cutting board is a kitchen staple; on that I'm sure we can all agree. At least for kitchens in which actual cooking happens, anyway. It strikes me (as I'm scavenging through kitchens the world round) that given the ubiquity of the board, there is surprisingly little consideration accorded them. A board is not a
- [Meal Planner & Recipe Binder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/menu-planner-recipe-binder/) - Here's a mini client project completed recently which I hope inspires you. My client, like so many, was in rawther desperate need in the dinner department. She works all day, as does her hubby, and meal planning had taken a back seat to essentially everything. Their 3-pack (toddler makes three) was eating the same things
- [8 More Small Space Desk Solutions To Inspire You](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-small-space-desk-solutions-inspire/) - The fascination with small-space friendly desk options that began here continues! This time around we're focusing on offices in closets, a trend that's as resourceful as it is unexpectedly charming. Image credit: Stacy Blake of Design Addict Mom, photography by Lea Hartman Photography via Design Sponge Image credit: The Old Painted Cottage Image credit: Rich & Leah Moss via Apartment Therapy Image credit:
- [Spotlight On Threshold Goods & Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-threshold-goods-design/) - Happiest Fridays to you, kindly. Today I present unto you the work of Threshold Goods & Design. At the helm are Nicole Maier and Crys Olig, who maintain offices in both San Francisco and Boston. Catering to both coasts might present somewhat of a challenge to many design firms, but Threshold evidently struggles naught, serving up as
- [Monday's Meditation: On Finding Out Things Are Wrong For You, Or: On Finding Yourself](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-wrong-for-you-finding-yourself/) - The other day I was chatting with a recent college grad. He was despondent because his first job out of school was proving to be less than stellar--soul sucking was the term he used to described it, I believe. My response--the one I usually give in such conversations--was that at least the job was informing
- [7 Of My Favorite Drawer Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-favorite-drawer-organizers/) - A recent real-life request for my recommendations on drawer organizers gave me the sudden realization that I haven't shared such information here as of yet. Sure, I've gushed on and on about the absolute necessity of them, and maybe one or two has ended up in a product roundup along the way, but lo, for
- [The Organizing Products You Should Splurge And Save On](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-products-splurge-save/) - Half of being organized is getting rid of the clutter, we know this. The other half, though, is implementing organizational systems to keep your space and mind in tip top shape. Those systems, more often than not, involve organizing products, and take it from me: the wrong ones, or really crap versions can destroy even
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Fold Down Prep Station](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-fold-prep/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Last week we covered cutting boards that do more than just lie there. Today I present unto you the one version which perhaps trumps: The fold down kitchen prep station. Am
- [Spotlight On Barbara Purdy Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-barbara-purdy-design/) - Happy Friday, campers. I hope the week has treated you well. It's treated us here in Seattle to Saharan temperatures, which everyone seems to be all giddy about. I'm more of the "Why does your kind not believe in AC??" type. But then again I'm a misplaced Michigander, and well, that explains almost a few
- [Monday's Meditation: On How We Made Them Feel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-how-we-made-them-feel/) - I took a meeting recently with someone I had never met before. Now, I love people, and I've grown to love meeting new people. It's one of the wonderful side effects of my work. On the surface the meeting proceeded smoothly enough, but if I'm honest, I didn't enjoy myself. The lack of respect--lack of
- [What's It Worth? Selling Vs. Donating](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/whats-it-worth/) - The other day I inadvertently had a mini consult with my Trader Joes checkout man. He asked me how my day was and one tomato led to another before he had launched into an explanation of how various past projects and pursuits continued to haunt him, as the large objects they had involved--like musical instruments and
- [It's The Small Things: Spoon Rest](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/small-things/) - {A quaint series on the small things making my work and life happier and easier.} I've had oatmeal every morning for the last four years, at least. I had it all down pat: my favorite brand and flavor, how much water to add into the bowl to achieve optimal mushiness while avoiding the dreaded microwave
- [9 Wall Hooks To Hang In Style](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-wall-hooks/) - In my infinite quest to motivate the people of the world to keep their belongings off of the floor, I present unto you a small bunch of wall hooks. Hooks being the instruments one might employ from which to hang various articles, these qualify as floor-relievers. Nay, these hooks are more. These hooks, you see,
- [Spotlight On Jute Interior Design: 2](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-jute-interior-design-2/) - Happy Friday! Big news. Today marks the second time I'm spotlighting a designer for the second time. I know. Try to contain yourself I know I am. Jute Interior Design. I featured her work way back when (when?) in this first spotlight. But Ali Davin (principal) Bekah Fletcher, and Jen Petray (designers) have been cranking out the
- [Monday's Meditation: On When You Realize It's Your Choice](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-realize/) - There is nothing missing from your personal happiness equation. You, as much as any person with less or with more, have the power to be perfectly content with your life right now. You, as much as anyone, can choose to perceive every single thing in your life as a blessing. Even if that blessing
- [Tell-Tale Signs You Need To Get Organized](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/signs-need-get-organized/) - There are a whole bevy of ways to decipher whether one is in dire need of organization, and so today I offer you just three. The most telling three tell-tale signs of all the tell-tale signs. Don't scoff at their supposed obvious; not everyone is as highly attuned as you. 1. You can't ever find
- [22 Things I'm Appalled You Haven't Gotten Rid Of Yet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/things-im-appalled-havent-gotten-rid-yet/) - This list is longer than a grown man's ski in reality. Consider this an installment, in no particular order: 1. Every income statement since your inception into the professional realm...twenty-some odd years ago. 2. Books you've never cracked the spine of and have no interest in doing so. 3. Things belonging to
- [The Ideal Closet: Boot Drawer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-closet-boot-drawer/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...It seems as though the ideal closet just distinguished itself as thus: if it features pull out drawers, designed specifically for housing one's boots, you can bet it is that. I
- [Spotlight On Kelly Deck Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-kelly-deck-design/) - It's Friday, and I think we should celebrate. Evidently, so too do Kelly Deck Design and Terris Lightfoot Contracting, who surely must have designed this latest home purely for our enjoyment. You'll understand what I mean when you take a peek at the office, replete with graphic ceiling, gold sputnik chandelier, and, well, all the perfectly appointed gold
- [Monday's Meditation: On Accepting The Reality Vs. Our Power To Change It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-accepting-reality-power-to-change/) - Throughout my life I have oscillated between an attitude that accepts situations as they are, and relinquishes power to control them, and an attitude of refusing to tolerate negative situations by attempting to proactively change them. There were times that seemed to call for one outlook over the other. Or, I invented the choice, and
- [Watch Me Perform A Basement Storage Transformation!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/basement-storage-transformation/) - Today's post is a "hey look guys, I do this in real life!" type, by which I mean I present unto you a video of me in LS action. It's fairly comical to me that due to the 5.5 feet ceilings, I actually look like a giant in this client's basement space--which is certainly the
- [10 Lovely Laundry Hampers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-lovely-laundry-hampers/) - Clients consistently ask me to source various household items, and one of the more popular requests is for non-heinous laundry hampers. I get it! They hang out all over the house, they're often in flux between rooms, loitering in hallways for all eyes to see. It'd be nice if the thing wasn't so dang ugly.
- [Spotlight on Steven Gambrel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-steven-gambrel/) - It had to have been a couple of years ago now that I was flipping through a copy of House Beautiful or Elle Decor or one of those, and I came across this image: I thought, "well that's nice." I ripped it out and put it in my inspiration binder and didn't think about it
- [Monday's Meditation: On Weather & Outlook](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/weather/) - One semester in college I took a writing class that required us to keep a daily journal. After the book had been turned in, graded, and returned back to me, I flipped back through the pages, every one a day in the life. As I did, I realized a sort of funny thing: nearly every entry
- [8 Paperless & Mighty Cool Memo Boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/memo-board/) - Here I am, your faithful blogger, just trying to appease the masses (and by appease I mean organize). This time the request came for non-disposable, non-ugly memo board offerings, and so here I am, delivering. It's not DiGiorno, it's Live Simply! God I'm sorry. But cool message boards! Onwards! 1. Chalk Tablet And Walnut Stand 2. Take
- [Priorities & Projects: That Thing You've Been Meaning To Do? You Shouldn't Do It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/priorities-thing-youve-meaning-shouldnt/) - We humans are a whimsical species and sometimes our eyes are bigger than our calendars. It's cute, really, the visions people have of making these gloriously elaborate and carefully constructed projects, like scrapbooks, baby books, and so on. Last week I came across a beautiful leather bound thing, supple and soft and not a single
- [7 Decorative Solutions For A Non-Working Fireplace](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/non-working-fireplace/) - You might, at one point or another, find yourself in possession of a home which possesses a fireplace which does not work and which you won't have repaired so that it will work anytime in the foreseeable future. And when you do, you will be thankful that once upon a shooting star you read this
- [Birthday Wishes, 2014](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/birthday-wishes-2014/) - As I do, I'm taking advantage of my birthday today, and sharing 10 wishes with you: 1. That each one of us know, with an unfaltering certainty, that at our core we are good, capable, and worthy, and moreover, we have been brought here for a purpose, which the whole universe wants to support us
- [Monday's Meditation: On How We Shape Our World](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-21/) - What you look for you will inevitably find. What you believe will inevitably be confirmed. What you expect you will inevitably meet. What you send out, the world will inevitably--and obediently--echo back to you. With that in mind, why not seek out the good in all people and situations? Why not believe that the
- [10 Seriously Cool Power Strips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/power-strips/) - The most foolish thing you might possibly do (not really) would be to underestimate the importance of a power strip. It all starts with the strip, see. I know this as a result of having wrestled at least three dozen cord tangles. Bad power strips (made so by inefficient design, incorrect number of outlets, or just
- [Motivation For Organization: Helpful Tips To Get You Organizing Now](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/motivation-for-organizing-tips/) - Lest you find yourself lacking the motivation for organizing, I've compiled a few helpful suggestions to propel you to action. 1. Invite houseguests or visitors. The prospect of hosting guests or visitors can act as motivation for people who might otherwise procrastinate on organizing. While you may be resigned to living amidst clutter, yourself, the
- [7 Organizing & Decor Projects You Can Do In A Day](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-organizing-decor-projects-can-day/) - Sometimes you just need to start small. While yesterday we covered strategies for motivating oneself to do stuff, today I shall further attempt to get you to do stuff by giving you an offering of small, easily executed projects. Begin. 1. Make a decorative match jar Use a glass mason or apothecary jar rather than
- [Spotlight On Holly Mathis Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-holly-mathis-interiors/) - It's Friday, and you know what I think we're all deserving of? A big old dose of farmhouse style kitchen courtesy of Holly Mathis Interiors. There's something you should know about this post, which is that I sincerely tried my hardest to cut down the number of included images to one slightly resembling a reasonable amount.
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Kinds Of Personal Statements You Should Be Wary Of Making](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-mediations-kinds-personal-statements-wary/) - As of late, I've been apt to notice the tendency with which people make statements like: "I'm really terrible at keeping track of details." Or: "I'm really bad at transitions." Or: "I have a really hard time getting rid of these kinds of things." These negative self-identifying statements we make all the time without, I'm
- [8 Wonderful Wall Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-wonderful-wall-shelves/) - We all ought to know by now (tell me we do) what a crime it is to let prime vertical space go to waste. Wall shelves are a winning way to both capitalize on said space, while also injecting some decorative flavor. I've rounded up 8 of the most whimsical, most striking, and most fab wall shelves
- [13 Ways To Live Simply Right Now](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ways-live-simply-right-now/) - In no particular order, and off the top of my head, 13 ways you can Live more Simply right now. 1. Measure your bathroom or kitchen drawers; buy correctly proportioned dividers. 2. Declutter your medicine cabinet. 3. Cancel two upcoming commitments that you just don't realistically have time for. 4. Kindly decline that invitation. 5.
- [The Ideal Kitchen: A Permanent Fix To The Dreaded Corner Cupboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-permanent-fix-dreaded-corner-cupboard/) - The other day as I was installing a lazy susan turntable in my client's corner cupboard I was thinking to myself, "You know what Senior Inventor of The Modernday Kitchen? This isn't okay!" After I had installed the turntable, the best I was able to say was, "well, that's certainly an improvement." Which it was.
- [Spotlight on Simply Real Health](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-simply-real-health/) - It's Friday, which I'm sure you've managed to hype yourself up about, but allow me to hype you on this post. Today I'm spotlighting Sarah Adler, a nutrition coach, healthy lifestyle expert, Seattle based food blogger, real food lover and owner of Simply Real Health—a healthy lifestyle company with a mission to help people to live healthier +
- [Monday's Meditation: On Following Your Calling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-following-your-calling/) - Here's a head's up: We need you to be your most excellent self. In fact, we're counting on it. Your life, your livelihood, and your decision of whether or not to follow your true calling does not merely affect you and your immediate social circle. It affects us all. Why? Because the world needs the
- [How To Upgrade Everything In Your Life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/retiring-replacing/) - Lots of people complain about the sad state of various belongings--towels, oven mitts, furniture, and on. They know that they really ought to replace such things. They'd like to. They deserve to! And then they never do. Never, that is, until I come along, and finally encourage them to do the one thing they've been
- [The Ideal Kitchen: A Genius Solution For Pet Bowls](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-genius-solution-pet-bowls/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...I've been working on quite a few kitchens lately, which is most probably why it feels as though I've spent the last couple weeks tripping over dog bowls. It isn't that
- [Clutter Hot Spots: The Windowsill](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/craziest-thing-windowsill-gone-missing/) - It probably starts with that one little plant. It's got to be that. That one potted plant that you figure needs a dose of sunshine. And so, you go ahead and put it on the windowsill. It's just one plant, not like that could cause any harm. Look at that, nature--happy in the warm rays.
- [Spotlight On Blair Harris Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-blair-harris-interior-design/) - It's Friday, and that's always a good thing, not to mention it's girl scout cookie season. So. As if those two entities weren't reason enough to celebrate, today I'm spotlighting the work of Blair Harris. B. H. opened her doors in 2011, and just twelve measly months later, the divine design beacon that is House
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Limits of Logic](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-limits-logic/) - The logical part of the brain is wondrous, isn't it? It sends us messages like, "don't jump off that cliff because if you do you will die (at least surely break both your legs)," and "don't touch that open fire with your bare hands because it will hurt." Such cognition is vital. Without it, we
- [1-2-3 Live Simply! A Little Boy's Closet Gets A Makeover](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/speedy-kids-closet-makeover/) - Happy Tuesday folks. Today I've got a little closet makeover coming your way, of the wee babe variety. Let it be a testament to a. the power of uniform hangers, b. the exceedingly surmountable nature of small human spaces, and c. like, Live Simply. Here's where we started: Hardly very treacherous, you'll agree. In fact,
- [5 Step Plan To Finally Organize Your Photos](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-step-plan-finally-organize-photos/) - Allow me to direct your attention over to Modern Parents Messy Kids, where I'm sharing a crazy Simple 5 step process for organizing your photos. Get all over that.
- [The Ideal Closet: Illuminated LED Hanging Rod](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-room-lighted-closet-rods/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Disorganized closets are almost entirely the result of owner negligence--laziness, indecisiveness, those kind of things. But there are some structural factors which make closet maintenance more of a challenge. Having to
- [Spotlight on Abby Wolf-Weiss](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-abby-wolf-weiss/) - Oh hey, it's Friday and that's cool. What's cooler? Ice cold and also Abby Wolf-Weiss. A.W.W. spent some twenty odd years in the film industry before heeding the siren call of design. When a person embarks on an endeavor all Julia Child style (that is, not in infancy but rather more like three decades past
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Spring](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spring-new/) - It felt like spring the other day in Seattle, one of those perfect early spring days, when the shade is still cool enough to make you shiver, but the sun beams down in this perfectly gorgeous way, and when you stand in it you feel your whole body start to thaw right out. Birds chirp
- [13 Pet Food Bowls You'll Want To Keep Out In Plain Sight](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/13-pet-food-bowls-youll-want-display/) - Last week we discussed the ideal set up for pet food bowls. Thereafter, the subject came up in conversation with a client, commenting as we both were on how often all of us trip over the damn dog bowl. He mentioned that perhaps he would be more apt to keep the bowls in a more
- [The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Clutterers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-habits-of-highly-effective-clutterers/) - Collections of clutter may vary by the person, but the underlying behaviors and motivations towards stuff is what unites every pack rat, hoarder, and saver. Here, then, are the 7 habits of highly effective clutterers. 1. Live in the past In order to be the best clutterer you can, it's essential that you linger in
- [4 Clever Room Dividers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/room-dividers/) - My sister has been on the hunt for a new apartment in NYC, and has been regaling me with the horror stories one naturally encounters along the way. I was privy to a tour of one place via facetime which revealed a "living room" that I very seriously mistook for a closet; my sister extended
- [Spotlight on Jillian Harris & Charlie Ford Vintage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-jillian-harris/) - If the name Jillian Harris sounds familiar, it's because you watched her on The Bachelor or The Bachelorette or both (who can remember such things). You may have rooted for her and the (literal) comeback kid, Ed, and then felt a momentary pang of sadness at hearing the news that two people whom you don't know in
- [Monday's Meditation: On Self Care](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-self-care/) - I recently met with a personal chef who wowed me with the explanation of the service she provides to her clients. Think cooking fairy and you'd be on the right track. After quizzing her about her favorite knife (Hammer Stahl, for the record), I remarked that she must eat amazingly well, able as she is
- [10 Filing Cabinets That Won't Make You Feel Like You're In Jail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-filing-cabinets-wont-make-feel-like-youre-jail/) - My client and I were recently discussing his home office that's soon to be, and specifically, the necessity for a new filing cabinet. We immediately agreed that the one he had had to go; metal, clanky, black, with sharp edges and an propensity to tip over when too many drawers are open at once, you
- [4 Clever Ways To Hide The TV](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/hide-the-tv/) - TV is a semi-wondrous invention that seems less so when it's turned off. Sitting there. A big, black, square. Right in the middle of your Live Simply, drat. What's a meticulously detail-oriented, design conscious person to do? 1. The old TV gallery wall trick If ever there was a clever design tactic, it would be
- [Spring Cleaning Essentials](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spring-cleaning/) - Happy spring (officially!). You know what? It's time to shake off the winter slumber. It's time to embrace the revitalization of springtime, and I'm talking about your houses kids. Decluttering! Cleaning! Skipping! It's on. Let's review the essentials needed to get your spleaning party on: 1. Cleaning arsenal Ensure you have all the cleaning products you'll
- [Spotlight on Buckingham Interiors + Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-buckingham-interiors-design/) - Happy Friday homies. Today I have the work of Buckingham Interiors + Design LLC for the pleasure of your eyeballs. Headed by Julia Buckingham Edelmann, the Chicago firm designs according to Julia's signature approach, Modernique®, which I've taken to understand means a marriage of old and new, of practicality with absolute impracticality. That latter facet is what I believe
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Decisive Element](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-decisive-element/) - I came across this quote this last week while sorting through a stack of papers with my client. We both read it over and then just sort of sat there, stunned for a moment. "Wow," I finally said, and she went to pin it up on her bulletin board. Man done said it all, and
- [Present Predicaments: The Right And Wrong Time To Buy Gifts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/present-predicaments-time-to-buy-gifts/) - Man, the subject of gifts has sure been taking a beating here as of late. Rather than relenting, today I've been compelled to take yet another whack at it. Whereas recently preceding posts have set their sights on addressing a. the selection of specific presents and b. the intersection of gifts and decluttering, this latest
- [What Do I Do With These Mystery Keys?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/keys/) - Those keys? The ones that have been hanging out in the junk drawer for the past five years? The ones lurking at the bottom of that penny jar, with all those mysterious screws? The ones that haven't unlocked anything for you this side of the millennium? Right, those. You can get rid of them now.
- [Spotlight on Poplin And Queen Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-poplin-and-queen-interiors/) - Strap on your suspenders and unwrap your lollipops cause it's Friday people. Ringing in the weekend with us is Poplin & Queen Interiors. Poplin & Queen is the babychild of Lindsey Cheek like a cheek, and Shannon Darrough, like a name. The two bitties have been getting busy all over Wilmington, North Carolina, carefully honing, in
- [Latest Favorites: Stand Out Organizing Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/latest-favorites-organizing-products/) - Well call me a Youtube Beauty Guru, because I've got a roundup of my recent favorite products coming at you. I test out a large amount of products on a daily basis, which naturally acquaints me with the good and the bad. Some picks just look so darn promising on the shelf, but once unboxed
- [Monday's Meditation: On Kaizen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-kaizen/) - A couple of months ago, my sister was regaling me with her work chronicles, and she happened to mention the word Kaizen. It went something like, "He said this, so we did that, and then this happened, and then we were like we have to do this because it's Kaizen." Except she's far more articulate
- [8 Inspiring No Coat Closet Entryways](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/8-inspiring-no-coat-closet-entryways/) - Lest you are living under the false supposition that lacking a legitimate coat closet precludes you from creating a semblance of entryway organization, well, think again my friends. Today I shall present to you 8 closet-less cases that are nonetheless winning at the entry game. Be inspired! Be fearless! Etc. 1. House Tweaking will provide us
- [Is Your Washing Machine Clean?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/washing-machine-clean/) - You know what turns out to be rawther a bummer? The fact that those things whose sole purpose is to clean other stuff in the end require cleaning, themselves. Can't they just take care of that themselves? Would that be asking too much? I mean, definitely. A dentist still needs to have his teeth cleaned
- [Spotlight on Westbrook Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-westbrook-interiors/) - Happy Friday peaches. Today on the docket we've got the work of Atlanta design firm, Westbrook Interiors. Who's Westbrook, you're wondering? I thought you might ask... Oh, there's Barbara Westbrook, herself, seated in her studio and looking like the absolute hybrid of darling and elegant. But, let's get a wee better look at that studio, shall
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Obvious Solution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-obvious-solution/) - Society ingrains within us the belief that identifying solutions for our problems is an arduous task. We are taught that to uncover the answers will take a great deal of time and effort. As a result, we often stay stuck in the mire of our problems far longer than we need to, almost obsessed with
- [The First Rule Of Shopping](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/dont-go-shopping-without-one/) - If there is one shopping crime of which we've all been guilty it must surely be entering a store without clarity about what we intend to purchase. When shopping is an aimless activity, when it is used therapeutically, or as a way to pass the time, it is risky at best and disastrous at worst.
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Appliance Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-appliance-storage/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream... If there is a noble goal in all the land it's surely to keep ones kitchen counters as clear as first-world-humanly possible. Depositing the produce elsewhere is easy enough; ridding the
- [Spotlight On Kara Rosenlund](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-kara-rosenlund/) - Happy Valentine's Day guys! I hearts you big time. And since I do, today I'm sharing the work of Kara Rosenlund. Viewing Kara Rosenlund's work is far less looking at pictures than it is falling into a world--or rather being enveloped by one. Talented on seemingly every front--photography, prop styling, sourcing and more--her creations are
- [Monday's Meditation: On An Urgent Call To Action](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-urgent-call-to-action/) - I find my clients at very different mindsets. When we begin our work, some clients are reluctant, others nervous. Many regard the undertaking of simplifying their lives as something they've been meaning to do for as long as they can remember, and, now being as good a time as any to get started, they're on
- [How To Label Baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/basket-labels-hang-tags/) - I've been working with a client to organize her children's playroom, and last week things finally started coming together; the shelving units arrived, along with the wicker baskets made to fit it. She and I got to filling up the baskets and drawers, and it was a hummin'. At some point I made reference to
- [Tchotchke Vs. Decorative Object](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tchotchke-vs-decorative-object/) - The other day I used the word tchotchke to describe some small figurine to my client and she was all, "tchotch-whaaa?" It occurred to me then that perhaps a lifetime of Jews has made me take for granted the fact that not everyone is fluent in English-Yiddish-ish vernacular. And yet, this word, tchotchke, it's pretty
- [Uncover Your Wardrobe Essentials](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/closet-essentials-list/) - Last week we talked about the importance of shopping lists and today I give you another iteration. It seems the majority of us--male and female, both--are engaged in an eternal quest to cultivate the perfectly well-rounded wardrobe. Constantly, we fret over the essentials our library of fabric is missing, we troll the pages of magazines
- [Spotlight on Kishani Perera](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-kishani-perera/) - Oh, hey Friday! Do you guys even know how much love I pour into this space? I hope so. And also how much excitement I get from you visiting? I hope that too. K, great. Moving on. On that is to Kishani Perera, interior designer whose work has recently captivated me. Kishana has an especial knack
- [Top 5 Organizing Product Posts of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-organizing-product-posts-2013/) - The votes (there was no voting, only clicking) are in, and these are the five organizing product posts you elected Top. 1. Glass Display Boxes 2. The Best Hooks For Organizing 3. Chic Toy Storage 4. Packed Lunch Essential Products 5. Why Bamboo Sheets Are Better
- [Top 5 Time Management & Organization Strategies of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-time-management-organization-strategies-2013/) - For our final look back at 2013, here are your top five time management and organization strategy posts. Get into this stuff: 1. 5 Tips For Painless Lunch Packing 2. 6 Things To Do First When Moving House 3. The Secret To Why You’re Always Late And How To Be On Time 4. Organizing Strategy To Live By: Don’t
- [New Year's Meditation: On The Five Guiding Principles For A Great Year](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-years-meditation-2014/) - 2013 was such a grand old year, I'm almost sad to see it go. And yet, as always, there is the spectacular magic of the clean slate to look forward to. There are all the things we might accomplish, the trips we might take, the relationships we might forge, the love we might give and receive.
- [New (Year) Approach To Scheduling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/new-year-approach-scheduling/) - One year my aunt and uncle gave me a play office set for my birthday, sort of like those faux-kitchen sets many children have, except instead of plastic hamburgers and sunny side up eggs, there were play pencil organizers and a really important pad for taking notes. It was easily my favorite present that year.
- [Spotlight On Caitlin + Caitlin](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-caitlin-caitlin/) - The best one can hope for in life, or school, is to make a lasting friend on the first day of class. Possibly better still, and also more confusing for everyone else, if that partner shares an identical design aesthetic and a first name. Thus did Caitlin McCarthy and Caitlin Murray find each other out of
- [So You Already Broke Your New Year's Resolution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/already-broke-new-years-resolution/) - For the moment, let's suspend the conversation of whether or not New Year's resolutions are stupid. I don't make them, but plenty of you do, and that's reason enough to throw some words of encouragement out into the world. Maybe you bit off a little more than you could chew. Maybe you weren't imaginative enough, and
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Danger of Discounting Strangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-dangers-discounting-strangers/) - The speed at which our society moves can be overwhelming. In response, we've adopted an array of habits meant to--at least give us the impression that--we're keeping up. We have become somewhat robotic in our day to day dealings because we have had to; the distractions are unrelenting, the advertising profuse, the options for every
- [The Common Excuse For Avoiding Household Maintenance, Invalidated](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/excuse-thats-longer-valid-avoiding-household-maintenance/) - "I can't put it away; I'm going to use it again tomorrow." The fact that you're going to use/wear/eat/play with/work on something tomorrow should have no bearing on whether or not you put it away today. You're going to get dirty again tomorrow, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't shower today. You're probably going to
- [The Ideal Closet: Pull Out Rod](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-closet-pull-rod/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Last week I made the egregious (and massively out of character) error of leaving my step stool at one of my client's. I've been not reaching anything since, which is perhaps
- [Spotlight on A Good Chick To Know](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-good-chick-know/) - Last week it was two Caitlins, and this week, two chicks it's good to know, more officially known as A Good Chick To Know. The benefit of acquaintance, it appears, is that Jennifer Scott and Megan Baker can more than adequately deliver on a variety of fronts, among them: fashion, home decor, prop and roomset,
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Quick Fix](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-quick-fix/) - In my experience, the quick fix nearly always ends up costing you more money, hassle, and stress than would have the version you actually needed or wanted to begin with. Those things you buy cheaply when you know all the while their quality is inferior to the version you really desire; the handoffs you take
- [In A Pinch Boot Shapers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/pinch-boot-shapers/) - Sometimes you've just got to improvise on the fly. Or if you're me, and you're constantly going through people's things without always having the benefit of knowing what kinds of things you'll uncover and thereafter need to Live Simply, well basically the above sentence thusly applies. When drooping boots are getting you down and you
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Sliding Backsplash](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-room-sliding-backsplash-kitchen/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...Having things like spices and oils in easy reach is nice. Having to look at them round them clock, less so. That's why when I saw today's kitchen innovation my mind
- [Spotlight On Nickey · Kehoe, Inc.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-nickey-·-kehoe-inc/) - At time of composition, the Seattle weather is doing its full-on Seattle thing: a grey, unmoving sky that occasionally open its mouth to elicit a spit, that old thing. After a long week (that's a lie; this one flew) of moving and sorting and donating and arranging and the greyest, most Harry Potter fog mornings,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Martin Luther King Jr.'s Creative Force](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-martin-luther-king-jr-creative-force/) - From a culture of hatred, Martin Luther King Jr. emerged. Spiritually attuned, eloquent in speech, he, like the great world shifters before him, rose above the level of personal anger to the higher plane of nonviolence. In anger we accomplish no positive, forward progress. We merely perpetuate any wrongs that may have been done to
- [An Easy Trick For Keeping Scarves Neat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/easy-trick-keeping-scarves-neat/) - Scarves, you will know if you've ever tried, are a real pain in the ass to keep organized. I can't blame anyone for having a messy scarf collection, as I wouldn't their having a bunch of tangled, cooked pasta noodles. Recently though, I staged a scarf-ervention for one of my clients. She was limited
- [The Problem With Pedestal Sinks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/problem-pedestal-sinks/) - The great problem with pedestal sinks is, obviously, their lack of storage space. One perhaps need not lament that fact to such a great extent were the aforeblogged sink to have been sunk into a guest bath or powder room. In a master bath, the one where the heavy grooming goes down, having a place
- [Pedestal Sink Problems, Solved: Bathroom Storage Alternatives](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/pedestal-sink-problems-solved-bathroom-storage-alternatives/) - While yesterday I outlined various conceptual remedies for the pedestal sink's egregious lack of bathroom storage, today I shall offer a few tangible solutions. 1. Napa Over The Toilet Etagere - Many over-the-toilet shelving units are real sad in the looks department. This version, not so. 2. Benton etagere- Another looker, in my opinion, which could easily cater
- [Spotlight On M. Elle Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-m-elle-design/) - Please to acquaint your Friday selves with M. Elle Design. A week or so ago, blogger Cassandra Lavalle featured a dining room which drew me in like that old moth to the Elle Decor feature. "Hmm" I thought, as I hovered my mouse over the designer link, and then, as the following page loaded, "ahhh." How's that
- [Spotlight on Amory Brown](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-amory-brown/) - Amory Brown, (not to be confused with Molton Brown, the cosmetics line oft featured in hotels, (not to be confused with Alton Brown the token odd-ball cooking scientist of the Food Network when last I tuned in seven years ago)), is an interior design firm based out of London and today they are here to
- [Monday's Meditation: On Why You Won't Find Holiday Gift Guides On Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-wont-find-holiday-gift-guides-live-simply/) - Tis the season for gift guides, and publications, bloggers, and practically anyone else with the means to put together a product collage in some format are putting them forth. Since I began blogging, I've debated putting together Live Simply holiday gift guides. And then each year I've just let the opportunity slide right by, eventually
- [Client Project: Madrona Master Closet Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/madrona-master-closet-organization/) - Hollaaa. Prepare your eyeballs and your hearts, because this week I'm bringing you a peek into some authentic Live Simply action. The backstory is like this: My client is a bit of a fashionista who adores getting glammed and getting mammed, and that latter adjective is meant as less breasty/medical examination than it is feminine,
- [Madrona Master Closet Organization: Shoes and Hats Solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/madrona-master-closet-organization-shoes-hats-solution/) - This week I'm sharing a recent client project--the overhaul of a 100 year old closet (catch up on the backstory in yesterday's post if you missed it). In order that I not dump on you a post the length of so many elephants, detailing the entirety of the closet's transformation, I'm going to give it to
- [Madrona Master Closet Organization: DIY Belt Hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/madrona-master-closet-diy-belt-hanger/) - In the case of the Madrona Master Closet the verdict was clear: my client needed a system for her belts. Previously they had all been crowded onto two large hooks. The result was a muddle of vertical objects that necessarily inspired a small avalanche of strings whenever one attempted to extract just one band, no es
- [Madrona Master Closet Organization: The Big Reveal](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/madrona-master-closet-organization-reveal/) - This week I've shared the backstory on a recent client project and outlined a few of the systems implemented within (belts, shoes and hats). I've either drawn it out so much that you've entirely lost interest, or that you're practically falling off your chairs with intrigue. And now, I present: the real down and dirty before
- [Monday's Meditation: On The One Gift We're All Craving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-one-gift-craving/) - Even as you scurry to and fro, from this store to that one, picking out presents for the people you love-- Even as you carefully and thoughtfully wrap each present, tie each bow-- Even as you pack those presents and yourselves into cars, trains, and planes, criss-crossing the country in order to gather with your
- [10 Great Holiday Card Displays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-card-displays-2/) - Regardless of the occasion, displaying cards has always been a custom in my family; the mantle spontaneously given over to whoever's birthday it happened to be is a sight easily conjured in memory. Seeing all those cards goes a long way to add to the celebratory vibe, you know? I mean, you could just be
- [Madrona Master Closet: The Necklace Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/madrona-master-closet-necklace-organizers/) - Last week I introduced to you to the Madrona Master Closet, and at workweek's end, tempted you with the hint of the baubles to come. I apologize for the fact that you undoubtedly lost sleep over the weekend as a result, tossing and turning as you were with anticipation. Today I will explain all. Right
- [9 Verses for How To Live Simply At Holiday Parties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-verses-live-simply-holiday-parties/) - 1. I know that in the past I may have had a tendency to get stressed out by holiday gatherings. I may have initiated the agitated, stressed out energy, or I may have been sucked into others'. Either way, this year I am willing to act differently. 2. I am ready to commit to staying
- [Spotlight on Historical Concepts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-historical-concepts/) - Hey, it's Friday. It's cold outside and your lips are really grossly chapped (or is that just mine?). Let's you and me escape to the country for a little weekend getaway, hey? Surely we're deserving. Our hosts are (kindly) Historical Concepts, a design firm based in Atlanta, and boy do they serve up a heaping dose
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Power of Gratitude](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-power-gratitude/) - Gratitude is not merely a nice practice. Gratitude is a spiritual superpower, one lying latent within each of us waiting to be utilized, to transform. Those who occupy the mental state that is gratitude know it is the Simple shift that has the potential to change everything. Unfortunately, gratitude doesn't seem to be a natural
- [Holiday Storage Necessities](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-storage/) - Look, no one wants to be the grinch who stole christmas decorations because she was so damn eager to put them away in her storage containers in an organized fashion, me included. Take your time, drink your nog, I'm all for that. But come the day when it's all done (for this year) you're going
- [9 Apps To Simplify The Holiday Season](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/apps/) - Fast Mall- I find that the older I get the more difficult malls seem to be to navigate. Is this just me? There are so many wings and levels and sections and it's rawther overwhelming, not to mention the crowds. This app is for anyone who wants to get in and get out, and avoid
- [The Unlikely Key To Keeping Surfaces Clutter Free](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/key-to-keeping-surfaces-clutter-free/) - For some people, there are few things more dangerous than a completely clear surface. It doesn't matter if it's a kitchen counter, a desk, a dining room table--if it's empty they will fill it. In my experience, you are either naturally a person who can respect and maintain a clear surface or you just aren't.
- [Spotlight on Suzanne Kasler](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-suzanne-kasler/) - Most weeks I'm actually able to progress past the designer's studio and onto their various professional projects. Hardly so with Suzanne Kasler, whose design studio featured in Atlanta Homes & Lifestyle just about put me in diabetic shock (I don't have diabetes). It's lush with light and punctuated by a modest assortment of perfectly appealing decorative elements. It's
- [Top 5 Monday's Meditations of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-posts/) - One of the trends that circulates Blogland this time of year is to produce a list of the most popular posts of the year. It's a custom I quite like. I spend so much damn time on each one of these things (seriously, hours), which makes it appealing to give them another little opportunity to
- [Top 5 Storage Solutions & Strategies of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-storage-solutions-strategies-2013/) - As decided by your pins, tweets, retweets, pageviews and hummanuh hummanah hullabaloo, I humbly present to you: 1. How To Deal With The Blind Corner Kitchen Cabinet 2. How To Deal With Deep Shelves 3. How To Deal With Pantry Pull Out Shelves 4. To Label Or Not To Label 5. What To Do With The Storage Space Under The
- [Top 5 Small Space Solutions of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-small-space-solutions-2013/) - Meanwhile over at Live Simply, we're celebrating the top 5 small space solutions posts--as decided by you all, naturally. 1. The No Closet Garment Rack Closet (19 Winning Examples + Where To Buy Them) 2. Four Ways To Increase Bathroom Storage 3. One Tip Tuesday: Furniture Casters 4. Wardrobe Armoires, Storage Solution For The Closet-less (9 Winning Examples +
- [Top 5 Decluttering Posts of 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-5-decluttering-posts-2013/) - Today I give you: your favorite decluttering posts from this past year. Also, a hearty "I concur." 1. The Problem With Personalized Presents & Why You Should Stop Giving Them 2. Overcome The Regret Of Decluttering 3. How Relying On Visual Reminders Leads to Clutter & How To Remedy It 4. A De-Cluttering Story of My Own 5. Decluttering In
- [Spotlight on Hudson Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-hudson-interiors/) - Welcome to The Good Life. Don't go too crazy, but today on deck we have the designs of Hudson Interiors, the lovechild of Jill Goldberg. Her work feels appropriate, or rather, follows a trend; after last week's designer spotlight went and got all autumnal, I decided it was only right to follow that up and another take
- [Monday's Meditation: On Doing It How It's Never Been Done](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-never-done/) - Everything has already been said. Every subject already written on. Every creation already made. One might argue such things, and certainly some have. There are no new ideas, some say. There is no new art. There is only observing, processing, and copying--reproducing with individual flair, an additional bent. The exceptions are, well, so exceptional
- [One Tip Tuesday: Label The Visible Side](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-label-visible-side-2/) - Labeling is a fantastic technique that not only allows for easy identification, but also helps to encourage the maintenance of organization. If it's marked with a big, fat label reading "CHOCOLATE," it's a lot less likely that you'll feel okay about shoving say, a pebble or a tin of shoe polish inside. Labels are most
- [Erase Data From Old Computers And Phones (So You Can Finally Get Rid of Them)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/erase-data-old-computers-phones/) - Old electronics that have long since died their slow death are a household staple. I can't think of a home I've visited that hasn't featured at least two decade old computers, not to mention an average of five antique cell phones. When the proposition to expel such electronics arises (from me), the answer is invariably
- [Spotlight on Emerick Architects](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-emerick-architects/) - Oh guys, I'm sort of jumping around in my seat as I put this post together so you can imagine. I came across this residential space by Emerick Architects, a Portland Oregon firm, and my jaw sort of dropped and my interiors juices starting getting all bubbly and I started hopping up and down and
- [Fast Fixes For Sticking Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/sticking-drawers/) - Every day, millions of people are living with sticking drawers. Especially those who have a preference for antique furniture are sure to be suffering the plight of having to wiggle and jiggle and shove their drawers free whenever they want a pair of panties. It's just not right that this should continue. Clients, my poor
- [How To Deal With Deep Kitchen Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/deal-deep-kitchen-drawers/) - Deep kitchen drawers are, in and of themselves, not hardly a bad invention. Nevertheless, they, like all storage areas, must be utilized responsibly, lest chaos and clutter ensue. Let's review some best practices, shall we? Go Big It follows that if you have a large space, you might as well use it to store your
- [The Ideal Entryway: Mudroom Wash Station](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-room-wash-station-mudroom/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream... You know what all good boys and girls deserve? A puppy whose cuteness is enough to send one into cardiac arrest. Also, possibly, a mudroom that features, among all the other
- [Spotlight on Tim Cuppett Architecture](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-tim-cuppett-architecture/) - If this was the summer of beach houses, than this autumn might just be that of the farm/lake house. Can you blame me? It must surely be in response to some primeval inclination to draw oneself nearer to warm and comfort as the temperatures steadily drop. Today we have the brilliance of Tim Cuppett Architecture, a
- [Monday's Meditation: On Sharing The Spotlight](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/on-sharing-the-spotlight/) - I went to see David Sedaris last week. It was my second time seeing him; the first time was at the Fox Theatre in Detroit and this time around it was at Benaroya Hall. Both times have been wildly exciting, if only because the sight of so many people showing up to hear an author
- [Boot Trays For Entryways](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/boots/) - The weather has really started to do that November thing in these here parts; rain, snow, general precipitation, and without any hint of an apology at all. November always rolls in rather obediently, taking its cues from the loveliness of October's autumnal ways, and then in no time at all cops such a grouch of
- [The Problem With Personalized Presents & Why You Should Stop Giving Them](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/problem-with-personalized-presents/) - Monogrammed towels is as far as I would take it.I often remark here that I observe various patterns, behaviors or general facts through my client work. When such things are repeated enough, I become convinced that they're universal and must be shared. The other day while unpacking a box of kitchen things, I came across
- [Spotlight on Ore Studios Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-ore-studios-interior-design/) - Ore Studios is another one that I stumbled upon through Instagram. They're always posting these pictures of ridiculously peaceful waters and shores and I was immediately intrigued, like "who are these people??" Turns out, they're my neighbors. Well, officially, one half of Ore is in Seattle, the other half in Santa Fe, and cohesively they
- [Monday's Meditation: On Selfies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-selfies/) - Oxford Dictionaries recently announced that the word of the year is selfie. Sorry, let me run that by you again: The word of the year is selfie. If you aren't familiar with this example of colloquialism first of all, mazel tov. For the purposes of clarification, "selfie" has become the term used to describe a
- [10 Cool Kitchen Tools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/10-kitchen-tools/) - Everyone's focus has shifted overnight to the holidays, and with it, travel plans, entertaining, and cooking for large crews. This time of year--the time right before the big bonanza-- always feels as though it were meant for stocking up on things like loaf pans and oven mitts, the way the autumn makes Joe Fox think
- [A Snack System](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/snack-system/) - Before you sklathe off to your T-giving tables, I thought I'd share a little client project recently completed. My clients (understandably) prefer not to have to deal with all the boxes and bags of varying materials and sizes in which snacks are packaged. The solution is to decant said snacks into food storage containers that
- [9 Verses For Thanksgiving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/9-verses-for-thanksgiving/) - 1. I have so much. 2. I will happily use the occasion of this day to focus my attention on the many things I have to be thankful for. 3. I will choose to see this day not as artificial or contrived, but as an opportunity to express and consider what I ought to be
- [Spotlight On The Cross Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-the-cross-interior-design/) - Everybody got their party hats on? Splendid. Today's fete is hosted by Vancouver-based The Cross Interior Design. One look at The Cross ladies and their portfolio and you know, you just know, you're in good hands. Their work oscillates someplace between high glamour and DIY/flea market-sweet. Lest you find yourself unable to conjure up a mental representation
- [Monday's Meditation: On Form Vs. Content](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/form-vs-content/) - One of the things that trips us up most in life is our expectations--we are told we need a vision in order to move forward, to bring it to fruition. And so we go ahead and hatch one. But while the universe always manages to provide us with some version of what we want or
- [One Tip Tuesday: Furniture Casters](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-furniture-casters/) - The caster serves up to three distinct functions, which, I believe, makes them O.T.T. worthy. Function #1- Casters protect your floors. Because anyone who has ever had to move anything across a room (with wood floors especially) knows the irreparable damage that can be caused if, in a state of impulsivity, one decides to shortcut
- [The No Closet Garment Rack Closet (19 Winning Examples + Where To Buy Them)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/garment-rack/) - [One of the most consistently read posts here on LS is the one titled No Closet? No Worries; 4 Options for Faking It. That this is one of the most highly sought posts comes as no surprise to all of us, I'm sure. As of late, I've been getting a great many requests to elaborate on
- [Glass Display Boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/glass-display-boxes/) - Back when I was in France, I happened upon this impossibly chic little jewelry store. What made it so wasn't the jewelry, particularly, between you and me, but the method of display. The most streamlined glass boxes populated every surface, and inside lay the goods. It was a classic case of the French exhibiting, once
- [Spotlight On Shea McGee Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-shea-mcgee-design/) - I found today's designer through Instagram, which just goes to show: social media, you know? I was instantly smitten with her miniature pictures feed, and upon visiting her website, I found that Shea McGee Design's portfolio-sized images were just as splendiferous (there's a word that's fallen out of rotation, if it was ever in, eh?). Her
- [Monday's Meditation: On What We Have In Common, And Compassion](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-in-common-compassion/) - People's stuff tells stories. Buried away in boxes, tucked away in drawers, hanging quietly in closets, these things reveal hidden secrets; within them are tales of lives once lived, of lives that never will come to be, of shame and guilt and sadness. They are the presence and proof of the internal strife that has
- [One Tip Tuesday: Stock Your Space Like A Grocery Store](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-stock-space-like-grocery-store/) - The grocery store is an apt metaphor when it comes to the rotation of stuff within your home (do note that it's much less about the amount of stuff that a grocery store possesses than the way in which they're managed). New stock is always placed not at the front of aisles, nor the tops
- [The Real Reason Why You're Always Late](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/youre-always-late-time/) - All manner of timeliness and tardiness boils down to one key, distinguishing factor: being realistic about how long things take you. The difference between those who are always timely and those who are chronically late is that the former possesses clarity about how long things take them, while the latter does not. The knowledge of
- [Wardrobe Armoires, Storage Solution For The Closet-less (9 Winning Examples And Where To Buy)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/wardrobe-armoire/) - [One of the most consistently read posts here on LS is the one titled, No Closet? No Worries; 4 Options for Faking It. That this is one of the most highly sought posts comes as no surprise to all of us, I'm sure. As of late, I've been getting a great many requests to elaborate
- [Spotlight on Leo Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/leo-designs/) - It's Friday, which is something we can all be happy about, and here's another: Leo Designs is located in Chicago, although "Chicago" is up for interpretation. It's one of my favorite cities, yes, and the Magnificent Mile, also yes, but the Chicago that's filled with fairy tale interiors that convey, quite convincingly, some European castle or
- [Monday's Meditation: On Trusting People](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-trusting-people/) - My friend was recently recounting for me the tale of how the colleague whom she had trusted and regarded as a confidant, had, if appearances were to be believed, been deceiving her and others at the company. The woman had left temporarily, she claimed, on maternity leave. It soon became evident that she had no
- [One Tip Tuesday: Paper Clips Vs. Binder Clips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-paper-clips-vs-binder-clips/) - Today's tip is aimed at resolving the eternal debate that's been waging in your head for years, keeping you up at night: paper clips vs. binder clips. I know, I know, I can't believe it's taken me this long to address the matter either. But I'm getting to it now, and that's what counts, right?
- [The Best Ways To Get Rid Of Clothing Moths For Good](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/get-rid-of-clothing-moths-for-good/) - It must be that time of year, because everyone and their Pumpkin Spiced Latte has been asking me about moths, and how to get rid of them; my clients, my business acquaintances, my neighbors, my aura reader, kidding I don't have an aura reader, but if I did I bet she'd be all up on
- [Spotlight on Yvonne McFadden](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-yvonne-mcfadden/) - In an effort to embrace the autumnal spirit, this week I bought two medium-sized pumpkins. That helped minimally, and this post: much more. Yvonne McFadden is a designer based in Georgia, and her work suggests a certain rugged lake house effect that manages to rather perfectly channel the fall festivities. It's all very pack up your
- [Monday's Meditation: On Loving What I Do](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-loving/) - I'm writing this post on a plane. What with the turbulence, and the fact that the woman (stranger) next thing me is subtly cuddling my right arm, well, I'm going to give it the best I've got. Truthfully, the only thing I feel compelled to write about this week is how much I love what
- [One Tip Tuesday: Take A Picture Before You Take It Apart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-take-a-picture/) - I'm quite plucky, so when my kitchen sink started acting up--the disposal was working, and the sink was draining, but it was all happening in slow motion--I decided that dismantling the sink in order to remedy the situation was within my realm of capability. It was a less than glamorous task to say the least,
- [Overcome The Regret Of Decluttering](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/regret-decluttering/) - One of the most common gripes I hear about organizing goes like this: "As soon as I get rid of something, I end up needing it." I tolerate such statements. But in truth, I dismiss them. Mostly because they're self-fulfilling prophesies. See, it all comes down to the mental state in which you let go
- [The Ideal Kitchen: Under Sink Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ideal-kitchen-under-sink-drawers/) - If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let's have ourselves a little daydream...I'm newly convinced that The Ideal Kitchen would feature under the sink drawers rather than a dark, cavernous, cupboard space. Why must it be like that, anyway? Isn't that the dumbest
- [Spotlight on Melanie Stewart Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-melanie-stewart-interior-design/) - Hey there, campers. I hope this week has treated you most sublimely. Speaking of treating, today we're basking in the work of Melanie Stewart Interior Design. There's a simplicity of design evident in her work that feels fitting as an almost end-of summer palette cleanser. Her portfolio for the most part lingers in the realm of
- [Monday's Meditation: On Keeping The Function Simple, But Not The Presentation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-writing-and-simplicity-and-not-simplicity/) - I drafted this post--part explanation, part self-actualization--and then, as if by magic, the quote above fell into my lap. The exact sentiment I had been attempting to articulate, only much more concise and generally more sensical. See, I live by the code of simplicity. It is what I strive for in all areas of my
- [Let's Discuss: In-Home Shoe Policy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/lets-discuss-home-shoe-policy/) - It's a bona fide fact that shoes track all kinds of deadly germs and various street cooties into the home, and that, therefore, not wearing outdoor shoes indoors goes a long way to preserving the cleanliness of a house. It seems to me that in-home shoe policies are one of those things which, in theory,
- [The Best Hooks For Organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/hooks/) - Often I get asked about the nut and bolts of organizing--literally. If you thought a hook is a hook is a hook, well, you're off it, if ever you were on. There are various jobs that call for specific hooks (good to know), and, conversely, hooks that will apply in myriad scenarios (equally good knowledge
- [Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 1)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-france-country/) - A little while ago I received one of the loveliest invitations which went something along the lines of, "Come Live Simply in France for a week, why don't you?" And since no one in their right mind has ever turned down such an offer, I packed my bags, and was on a Lufthansa flight to
- [Monday's Meditation: On 14 Verses for A Day Lived Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/14-verses-day-lived-simply/) - 1. I am beginning to see that only I am the master of my life, and I, alone, set the tone for this day. 2. I am becoming ever more capable of conquering all the trivial nuisances which may arise throughout the day; I have a choice to become undone by them, or to hold
- [Organizing Strategy To Live By: Don't Delay, Put It Away](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-strategy-right-away/) - In my experience, most people's spaces are disorganized due to a failure of maintenance. Upkeep, on its most basic level, may be defined as: putting stuff back where it belongs. Upkeep becomes markedly easier when it's a task in which you're constantly engaging, rather than one you put off until an area escalates beyond the
- [Shop Simply: Rosanna Decorative Trays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/obsession-du-jour-rosanna-decorative-trays/) - Rare is it for retail to exist as the main motive behind a Live Simply post, such was my instantly smitten state when I happened upon the Rosanna line of decorative trays. Helped in no small part by my recent jaunt to France, I experienced minor heart palpitations as I scrolled through the collection, finding
- [Children's Armoire Closet, An Easy Storage Solution](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/childrens-armoire-closet/) - You have a kid, and then you have to get storage, so says the golden rule. Or something. It's not uncommon for the closet in baby's room to (at least initially) be monopolized by mom's or dad's belongings. Especially if the home is smaller in scale, and the baby is brand spankin', there won't have
- [Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 2)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-france-country-part-2/) - Picking up from Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 1)... From Fontainebleau it was on to the South of France--dear, lord, be still my heart, the South of France. A dream. A private villa that almost had you convinced nothing and no one else existed beyond its bounds: Dinner was taken at Le Clos Saint Pierre,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Every Human Interaction](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-19/) - I live around the corner from a grocery store, which is a great convenience. That the grocery store contains a Starbucks is besides the point, but necessarily increases the amount I frequent said store. Anyhow, there's a man who stands outside the place. He's there every day, selling Real Change newspapers. There are a few
- [One Tip Tuesday: Make Your Own Pancake Mix](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-make-pancake-mix/) - Even those who prefer au natural ingredients and the relish of from-scratch deserve the convenience of a ready-made-mix. When I was young, my family spent a lot of time at our lakeside cottage in Northern Michigan. Among the paraphernalia packed was inevitably a pancake mix--that is, the assemblage of dry ingredients required for our pancake
- [Off Season Clothes Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/off-season-clothes-storage/) - With the change in seasons comes with it the necessary sartorial adjustments. Flirty sundresses will be retired in favor of wool socks, and sun hats for knitted beanies. I, for one, think it's high time this shift was reflected in your closet, don't you? I mean, can we just all get this right this time
- [3 Brilliant Gmail Tricks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/3-brilliant-gmail-tricks/) - Undo Send You know when you press send by accident, and your email is far from finished? Or when you realize, in cold terror, that you just addressed someone by the wrong name in the email you just sent off? And then you're powerless, and you just sit there and think, "Well, that sucked." Turns
- [Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 3)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-france-country-part-3/) - Picking up from Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 1), and then Spotlight on France, The Country (Part 2)... Beyond the views of the Mediterranean, Antibes offers the most charming old downtown to explore. The shops are terrifically on trend, restaurants are a plenty, and really, what more is there? On Saturday flea markets spring
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Willingness To Change](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-willingness-change/) - It strikes me how easy it is to become rooted to one emotional state. Often, we become angered or hurt by a certain person or situation and then we can't find our way out of those feelings. The statement "I am angry, but I am willing not to be" seems to me to be truly
- [One Tip Tuesday: Corral Kitchen Sink Supplies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-corral-kitchen-sink-supplies/) - Here's what I can't stand: somehow, despite the fact that my hands never seem to miss the pump, whole teaspoons of soap invariably settle at the base of the dispenser, and it's rawther more of a pain to wipe away than soap has reason to be. Then there's the matter of the kitchen sponges, oh
- [4 Steps To Accountability (Be A Person Who Does What They Say They Will)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/4-steps-to-accountability/) - I have a theory about there being two types of people in the world: those who do what they say they're going to, and those who don't. I'm sorry to report that the former is scant group. For the meantime, we'll leave off the grand plans-- those people whose favorite pastime is scheming schemes which
- [Organizing Children's Books & 10 Important Reads for Kids](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-childrens-books-10-important-reads-kids/) - Oh hey, oh heyyy. My monthly post is up over on MPMK. We're talking Organizing Children's Books so get your buns over there. As an addendum, I interviewed my dad, a brilliant family and children's psychologist, on what he considers to be some of the most important reads for kids. Here's what the man had to
- [Spotlight on Orrick & Company](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-orrick-company/) - Orrick & Company is a design firm located in Greenwich Connecticut. Their palette is steeped in lush neutrals, with an ever so occasional surprise of vibrancy thrown in for good measure. At times it's coastal, and at other times it's cottage-by-the-lake, and still others it's rather barn-y. In either case, the overall effect is one
- [Monday's Meditation: On Helping Yourself](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-helping-yourself/) - I recently read the above quote in a copy of the Oprah Magazine while pummeling away on the dreaded Eliptical machine (really, is there anything more mundane?). Rock's Q & A spanned a page, which I scanned, my eyes settling on the bottom-most quote. All motion halted--I read it again. And then, nodding to myself
- [Wonder-Furniture File: The Étagère](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/wonder-furniture-file-the-etagere/) - Rare is it indeed to find a piece of furniture that is suitable to both small and grand spaces, alike. Such can be said of the étagère, which operates on two main principles: an exceedingly thin profile, and an unmistakable air of elegance. Says The Wikipedia, "An étagère is a piece of light furniture which
- [Expandable Bamboo Drawer Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/expandable-bamboo-drawer-organizer/) - I recently came to the conclusion that my kitchen drawer just wasn't Living Simply enough. As reprieve for that fact, I decided to treat the drawer to a more deluxe organizational offering than some sad plastic tray-- That baby was gettin' bamboo (oh, the bamboo; there's lots more to be said on that front, and
- [Spotlight on Carter Kay Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-carter-kay-interiors/) - Welcome to Friday. Today is going to be a good day for many reasons I'm sure, not the least of which is that you're about to soak up the glory of Carter Kay Interiors. Call this the unofficial beach house spotlight summer on LS; I can't help but be continually swept away by coastal interiors. Perhaps
- [Monday's Mediation: On Perceptions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-mediation-on-perceptions/) - We give a considerable amount of thought to the image of self we project to the world--image not as in phony pose, but as in outwardly received authentic representation. From the diction we use and the references we make in conversation, to our outward appearance-- clothing, jewelry, the color and cut of our hair, the
- [Why Bamboo Sheets Are Better](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/why-bamboo-sheets-are-better/) - Recently we talked about that bamboo drawer organizer, and I alluded to the fact that I had more to say on the matter of bamboo as a material. If I told you a set of sheets had changed my life, chances are you wouldn’t believe me. And if I followed that up with a “No,
- [(IT'S NOT IKEA) Shoe Cabinet Update](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/shoe-cabinet-update/) - *This post is an update to the Shoe Magic, Shoe Cabinet product source mystery, that, if you were never interested in purchasing in the first place, you probably won't care at all about rehashing the matter today. Or just read for the heck of it hey!So. A while ago I posted about the shoe cabinet
- [Simple Systems: Meg Biram](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-systems-meg-biram/) - Meg Biram is the sort of person you'd want on your life team. There is the sense about her that she knows a great deal about a great many things, and that, if she happened upon a foreign subject, she would readily acquaint herself and gain expertise. A creative entrepreneur in the truest sense of the
- [Spotlight on Cynthia Brooks Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-cynthia-brooks-design/) - The happiest of Fridays to you. In keeping with my constant desire to amaze and delight you, I present to you the work of Cynthia Brooks Design. There have been many designer spotlights to date, all of them remarkable in their own right. Henceforth, C. Brooks owns the rights to pretty, dainty, and delicate. Her work
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being Creators and Re-Imagining](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-creators-re-imagining/) - Sometimes I fear that the vast majority of us first world residents are so disconnected from the production process that we've become limited in our capacity to create. After all, most of us aren't surrounded by women sitting at looms, or workers busy on an assembly line. We are a nation of consumers. We move
- [One Tip Tuesday: Closet Maintenance Simplified](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-closet-maintenance-simplified/) - Here's the situation: you pull a garment off of its hanger, and afterwards you probably leave the hanger right where it was on the rack, don't you? Yeah, I know you do. The hindrance to doing so occurs at the moment at which you go to hang things back up, be they an entire load
- [5 Tips For Painless Lunch Packing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tips-for-lunch-packing/) - Whether you're boarding the back-to-school boat or slipping onto the return-to-routine ship, chances are the matter of packed lunches is looming large for you. The good news is that, following this post, the hardest part of the process is going to be dreaming up the actual lunch food combos. I won't be offering a morsel
- [Packed Lunch Essential Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/lunch-products/) - Today, as promised, serves as a follow up to yesterday's post: 5 Tips For Painless Lunch Packing. Now that the groundwork has been laid, we can attend to the fun part--shopping for the packed lunch essential products. There are so many innovative products available (the things they make these days! You kids.) created specifically for
- [Spotlight on Jacob Snavely Photo](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/jacob-snavely-photo/) - Happy Friday, once again. Today we're ushered into the long weekend courtesy of Jacob Snavely Photo. I recently stumbled upon the NYC photog's interiors portfolio and quickly fell into the vortex that is impeccably designed spaces combined with Snavely's masterful eye. When I came to--some many moments later--I was convinced the trance-inducing images were blog worthy. For
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being The Best Adviser](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-one/) - I was with my sister and my cousin, catching up, as we hadn't been together in a year or so. "Your skin looks so good, Annie!" they kept saying. I was elated at the news--who doesn't like to receive complementary feedback on one's skin? "Really?!" My voice raised at least three octaves. "I think it
- [The Essential Household Cleaning Kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cleaning-caddy/) - There's a reason why hotel housekeeping transports a cart's worth of cleaning products from room and room (I mean besides the fact that hotel rooms aren't actual houses with supplies of their own on hand). Can you imagine if they were tasked with lugging all those bottles and brushes and whatnot around in their arms?
- [The Homework Spot](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/homework/) - Doesn't this time of year make you think of You've Got Mail, which in turn makes you think of bouquets of sharpened pencils and such? If I knew your name and address I would send you one, I swear. Also: all the homework that all the students are about to endeavor to complete (and, consequently,
- [Ceramic Knives Are Really Nice](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-best-knives-in-the-business/) - A while ago now the knife fairies came and brought me what have been since then my favorite knives of all the knives which with to slice-- the KitchenAid ceramic knives. Okay, it should be stated that I am by all accounts a sort of failure when it comes to knives. I mean, I can't even
- [Spotlight on Erin Martin Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-erin-martin-design/) - I was all forlorn this week, searching for a designer to spotlight today. There were some that were okay, and some whose work I even liked, but I don't want to write a post just for the sake of putting one up, because if I'm not practically frothing at the mouth with excitement, what, heaven
- [Monday's Mediation: On The Noise Level](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-mediation-on-the-noise-level/) - A while ago now, I happened to catch this blip of the show Shark Tank on ABC. I missed what the guy had been pitching to his would-be investors, tuning in only after to hear their responses. Mark Cuban, who I know almost nothing about except that he's a guy and he has lots of
- [Chic Toy Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/toy-storage/) - All the mamas, it seems, are in major nesting mode, or at least all the mamas who read Live Simply are; I've had many requests for sourcing toy storage as of late. But not merely toy storage, nay--chic toy storage (read: inconspicuous). The secret to chic when it comes to the toys is to strive
- [Chic Toy Storage Sources](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/chic-toy-storage-sources/) - Taking inspiration from yesterday's post, today I shall attempt to provide you with some tangible toy storage suggestions. 1. Rugby Stripe Bin // 2. Triangle Basket // 3. Wool-Blend Two-Tone Basket // 4. Stripes Around the Floor Bin 5. Storage Bin With Handle // 6. Aidan Gray Decor Wire Number Basket // 7. Aidan Gray Decor Wire Toys, Stuff and Etc Basket // 8. Feathergrain Wood Bin // 9. Jute Bin // 10. Round Jute
- [Simple Systems: Erin of House of Earnest](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-systems-erin-of-house-of-earnest/) - You know those emboldened bloggers who try their hand at all things, including cooking, entertaining, crafting, and hot glueing dried up Twizzlers around the rim of plates as place settings and about whom you cannot help but think: I can see you are able to Do that Yourself, the quandary remains as to why you
- [Spotlight on Tim Clarke Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-tim-clarke-design/) - If we knew each other in real life I would say, "Hey, let's go to my beach house together this weekend!" Or more likely I would say, "Hey, let's go tresspassing together this weekend! To this house I saw designed by Tim Clarke Design! Maybe we can convince the homeowners a befuddled realtor offered their
- [Monday's Meditation: On Women And Bitches, The Burden of Being "Nice"](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-women-and-bitches-burden-being-nice/) - My dad, the psychologist, readily reminds me of the fact that there's an epidemic among the female sector of our society, and I have no trouble admitting he's right. Much as we seem to have advanced women out of the proverbial kitchen and into the realm of the power players, the movers and the shakers,
- [Declutter Your Cell Phone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/cell-phone/) - By now we should all be well aware of the fact that there is no scale when it comes to clutter-- clutter is clutter is clutter, meaning that regardless of what form it comes in, it weighs on us equally, and equally distracts and complicates our daily lives. With the burgeoning of apps and increasingly
- [Storage Baskets For Fresh Fruits and Veggies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/produce-on-the-counter/) - Most normal people prefer to eat produce that is ripe (I am not most people, and so I promptly put my peaches in the fridge in the hopes of paralyzing the ripening process, therefore prolonging the peach's apple-like crunch). In order for the produce to reach optimal ripeness, those normal people will store produce at
- [The Myth of Insufficient Storage Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/not-enough-space/) - Oh man, I'm about to give you one of those really loving and brutally honest butt-kickings that I've been known to dole out from time to time. This is going to be a hard truth for many of you to swallow so just maybe sit down and take a breath: 89% of the time, people
- [Spotlight on A Hamptons Beach House, Rikki Snyder Photography](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/beach-house/) - It's summer, so I feel it's not only acceptable but also sort of my duty to bombard your eyeballs with designs that accordingly revolve around the beach. Last week we went coastal sophisticated via Tim Clarke, but this week we shall try our hands at a summer home--so quintessentially Hamptons heaven--that you may spontaneously combust due
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Lesson Of Laughter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-lesson-of-laughter/) - In many ways my life has been a lesson in laughter, which isn't to say that my life has been a laugh. Quite to the contrary, pain and struggle and loss became the norm for me at an early age. I am so well-versed in crises it could make you cry. Or, more likely, could
- [One Tip Tuesday: Create A Curated Cookbook Collection to Encourage Cooking](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday-2/) - I recently worked with a client to organize her kitchen and pantry. Among the various projects tackled were her cookbooks--although she had a very reasonable amount of them, the collection was still too large for any kitchen cupboard to accommodate. It followed that they would be kept in the pantry, which was hardly a bad
- [The Dos & Don'ts Of Over The Door Shoe Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/shoe-organizer/) - This post initially took the form of a pseudo-Dr. Suess Green Eggs and Ham thing, but I decided it was just too dumb to unleash on an unsuspecting world. So instead, I'll just try and type like a normal person. That's a wash. But you get it. So, over the door shoe organizers. Lots of
- [Conscious Consumerism: Return Policies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/return-policies/) - It was in high school that my friend initiated me into the world of return policies. Up until that point I hadn't ever given them much thought--some stores were very lenient and accommodating, others were...less than accommodating. But when my BFF uttered those magic words, "I hate shopping at stores with bad return policies," my
- [Spotlight on Landing Design & Development](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-landing-design-development/) - Another summer Friday, another coastal abode. This time it's c/o Landing Design & Development, a Portland, Maine firm (sidenote: isn't it strange that there are multiples of location names? I was pretty sure Oregon had proprietary rights to P-land up until I discovered its cross-country counterpart. Which may or may not have been when I discovered
- [Monday's Meditation: On Pruning Gardens](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-gardens/) - A garden, or rather the attention and maintenance a garden requires in order to prosper, in order to not die, seems an apt metaphor for so many things (indeed, when Seth Godin recently drew a parallel between gardens and business endeavors it felt fitting). I've recently taken an interest in gardening, which is to say that,
- [Live Simply All-Star: Magazine Files](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/magazine-files/) - There are loads of organizing products that you see around, and which you dismiss the usefulness of until you try them for yourself. Such was my relationship with the magazine file up until a year or so ago. At first glance magazine files appear as nothing more than a poorly constructed box, perhaps a piece
- [Laundry Care Symbols (Free Printable)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/laundry-care-symbols-free-printable/) - Turns out those symbols on your clothes labels aren't ancient hieroglyphics after all. They actually mean things, and today you're going to finally be let in on the secret. Take a moment. It's fine. Now take a gander at this little printable I put together just for you. Am I pal or am I one
- [Spotlight on Elizabeth Metcalfe Interiors & Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-elizabeth-metcalfe-interiors-design/) - Friday. Elizabeth Metcalfe Interiors & Design. Boom. We shall begin our perusal of E.M's portfolio with a couple of vignettes, taken out of context, if nothing other than to illustrate the fact that when a vignette is styled well enough, it needs no larger context of setting. Lovely glass bottles; horse head bookend: Glass panes with
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Special Sense of Satisfaction](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-special-sense-of-satisfaction/) - I spent the majority of my Sunday working on a task that was unappealing, utterly back-breaking, and altogether disgusting. It took hours and hours of my time and by the end I was spent. But, too, I was mesmerized once again by the special satisfaction that comes only with seeing a project through to it's end. Somewhere
- [5 Options For Knife Storage & Care](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/knife-storage-care/) - As it's been a while since we ventured into the kitchen on LSBA, I thought now as good a time as any. Because we haven't yet discussed knives, I thought them an apt topic. Whether or not that actually constitutes post-worthy status is debatable, but you know. Let's review the basics: various options for storage.
- [The Hidden Printer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/hide-printer/) - Today's post topic has the potential to appeal on multiple levels. If, for instance, you think that printers aren't particularly attractive (you would be right), then today's post proposes an eyesore relief. If, on the other hand, you consider the printer a hostile presence in your workspace, being that printers are around the only technology
- [Simple Systems: Sarah Von Bargen of Yes and Yes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-systems-sarah-von-bargen-of-yes-and-yes/) - I can't quite recall how I stumbled on Sarah Von Bargen's blog Yes and Yes, only that I'm glad I did. In a (virtual) sphere where homogeneity seems to run amok, Von Bargen manages to publish a lifestyle blog that feels undeniably original: a true story series features first-hand accounts of some strange and intriguing circumstances, a monthly "network
- [14 Things About Seattle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/seattle/) - In honor of my forthcoming one year Seattle residi-versary, I present you with 14 observations about this place in my humble opinion: Things about Seattle that make me nuts 1. People do not go here at green lights? It's very strange, and I'm not quite sure what these people were all taught in driver's training,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Complimenting Strangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-complimenting-strangers/) - I have a thing for complimenting strangers. It's one of the things I really enjoy in life, and also one of the many lessons passed on to me from my mom, who is the true master of stranger compliments (although she takes it one step further by referring back to the stranger days later. "Oh
- [The Secret Life Of Organized Bookshelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organized-bookshelves/) - Whenever I work with clients, the area they inevitably assume doesn't need attention is the one I automatically go for--bookshelves. The truth is that bookshelves aren't a top priority if the rest of your space is cluttered or disorganized. I mean, you put your books on the shelves and you're done, and who are they
- [Simple Systems: Sam Penner of The Peak of Tres Chic](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-systems-sam-penner/) - Sam Penner is likely one of the sweetest people you'll meet online. You can pretty much bank on finding Sam's name in the comment sections of your favorite bloggers-- not in the creepy way, but in the consistently-supportive-cheery-response kind of way. On her own blog, she writes with sincerity and enthusiasm for the topic at
- [Spotlight on Windsor Smith](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-windsor-smith/) - I won't dare employ the verb "introduce" in reference to today's designer spotlight, as those who know interior design know Windsor Smith. But, you know, sometimes it's about enjoying the scenery and not necessarily blazing new trails. Windsor Smith (but how cool is that name, right?) has been featured in all the shelter publications and all
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Art of Being Happy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-art-of-being-happy/) - I spent yesterday on an island North West of Seattle, laying on the beach, skipping stones, searching for the purple shells, feeling especially pleased to actually be making use of my hat I'd cradled all the way from Michigan, and admiring the perfection of life and this universe. And it hit me: it doesn't take
- [One Tip Tuesday: The Secret To Keeping Cooking Essentials Within Reach & Neat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-tip-tuesday/) - We've spoken previously about the versatility and usefulness of trays and why they're so effective (i.e. where there was once no distinct space for certain items, there still isn't really, but there's enough of one to trick you into thinking there is, which will make you act as though there were, so there may as well
- [To Organize Your Underwear Drawer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/to-organize-the-underwear-drawer/) - I can count on one hand the number of times I've opened underwear drawers and found them to be other than a complete disaster (side note: it's quite comical how many people's underwears I've been all up in. Like I've handled more grown men's underwear than most women should ever have occasion to). Underwear may be small
- [Spotlight on Diane Bergeron](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-diane-bergeron/) - I felt it only appropriate to follow last week's big-time baller designer spotlight with another, equally big-time baller: Diane Bergeron. Madame Bergeron has been featured in all the magazines and on the blogs, making this anything other than a revelatory post, unless, of course, you've been living under some un-adorned rock and have yet to hear
- [Monday's Meditation: On What I Will Miss](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-what-i-will-miss/) - In her book "I Remember Nothing," Nora Ephron shares her list of what she will miss. Here's my version. What I will Miss: My family People who are my heart Springtime The feeling of clean hair Twirling my hair Clean Sheet Night The smell of laundry fresh from the dryer Crisp, sweet watermelon and corn
- [The Best Organizers To Cut Bathroom Clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/bathroom-organizers/) - The bathroom is one of those places wherein clutter can quickly accumulate, if not for some smart storage systems (To which you might reply, "What room isn't like that?" To which I would reply, "Yes."). The bathroom contains a few distinct zones, each one requiring its own organization. Here are helpful bathroom organizers for all.
- [One Basket To Avoid Clutter And Maintain Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/one-basket-to-avoid-clutter-and-maintain-organization/) - Even if you have ruthlessly edited the contents of your space today, it's inevitable that with the passing of time, you will find yourself no longer needing or desiring additional belongings. The moment any item crosses over from necessary and desired into the realm of extraneous is the point at which it morphs into clutter,
- [The Proper Storage Method For Keeping Bread Fresh](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-properly-store-bread/) - I may be the only one--although I hardly think I am--who has puzzled over the proper storage method for keeping bread fresh. It's just that you see it done in so many different ways; my mom and dad always have their loaf of that really natural, seedy Ezekiel bread in the refrigerator, while in other households,
- [Spotlight on Pulp Design Studio](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-beth-dotolo-pulp-design-studio/) - If there's one thing I enjoy it's knowing I am treading identical turf as supremely talented individuals. It's why I get a little flutter in my tummy whenever I come upon a stellar person living in Seattle. I get all, "O.M.G! They're here too! Maybe I'll bump into them on the street. Maybe we'll become
- [Monday's Meditation: On Having The Desire](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-having-the-desire/) - Yesterday I was listening to someone describe his ultimate career vision. He possessed no real clarity about what the precise structure of it would be, he had, at best, only a general concept of the activities the entity would engage in, and he had no sense of the actionable steps required to bring this firm
- [Client Project: Girl's Closet Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-girls-closet-organization/) - Happy Tuesday, hey! Here's a recent client project comin' atchya. The setting: girl's closet. The state: not all together tragic, but certainly in need of some purposeful systemization (that's fancy organizer talk). The skirts were here, the skirts were there. Ditto the shirts, and the jeans, and the dresses. There were all everywhere-- issue 1.
- [Sentimental Attachments: Voicemails](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/voicemails/) - In an attempt to reveal my humanity and confirm for you that no one is perfect, I recently shared an object I'm sentimentally attached to in this post. Well, today I'm tacking another item onto the list: voice messages. I have a thing about voice messages. People leave me terrifically kind, loving, funny, or just exceptionally characteristic-of-that-respective-person
- [Simple Systems: Ashley Nicole Catherine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-system-ashley-nicole-catherine/) - While I'm not full-on Type A, I am pretty organized and live by my to-do lists. More than actually creating the lists, I love crossing things off. It's motivating and encouraging to see what you've accomplished, which is probably why I started tracking my workouts. After cleaning out my scrapbooking supplies one day, I stumbled
- [Spotlight on Sara Gilbane Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-sara-gilbane-interiors/) - Guess what it's Friday. Now, before you all go freaking out with glee, sit tight just long enough to scan the work of Sara Gilbane Interiors. Sara's work is slightly more traditional than I normally veer towards, and yet it's decidedly not stuffy. It's traditional, but it's still fresh. Call her the New Traditionalist. First up,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Memorial Day](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-memorial-day/) - When you're in the mindset of fun, of festivity, that person perched atop the proverbial soapbox is a bummer, isn't she? I'm remiss to pass judgment on why our nation has doctored a day intended for solemn commemoration into a collective, plaid-checked barbecue, only to point out that it has. Doesn't it seem strange that
- [Wanna See A Magic Trick?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/wanna-see-a-magic-trick/) - Now you see it: Now you don't: That's all.
- [Simple Systems: Emily Hart of Recently](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-systems-emily-hart/) - Today on the docket, another Simple System coming at you- this time from blogger Emily Hart. Emily curates an exceptionally attractive blog, where, from time to time, she features her photographs of her children. If you happen to catch such posts, buckle up. Not only are her little dudes adorable, she's got an undeniable knack
- [Spotlight on Geremia Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-geremia-design/) - Friday, hey! K, anyway, Geremia Design. Ms. Principal is Lauren Geremia, whose curriculum vitae may make you vomit out of jealousy (BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, hotshot San Fran designer of commercial, residential, and event spaces, custom furniture creator, recently named a "30 Under 30" by Forbes Magazine, ETC) but whose designs will invariably
- [Monday's Meditation: On Spreading Joy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-best-send-off/) - Back in April, my sister visited. It was during that visit that she uttered the most fantastic pair of words I've heard in quite some time. My companion was leaving, and just before the door closed my sis opened her mouth and out tumbled, "Spread joy!" Just like that. "Spread joy!" Like the average person
- [To Label Or Not To Label](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/what-to-label/) - A little while ago, one of my lovely virtual clients asked what I thought was a particularly apt question: when organizing, what should one label and what items are unnecessary to label? Sensing that such information might benefit the masses, I've summarized the guidelines below. Do label: - Shared and communal items or areas If many people
- [Storage Trend: Glass Drawer Fronts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/glass-drawer-fronts/) - Happy hump day, cats. Here's the latest in things I think are brilliant: glass or lucite drawer fronts. This is truly where visibility and drawer-ibility intersect successfully, rather than those dud-losing Sterilite plastic drawers. Just look at how smart this appears when applied in real life: The closet seems the most apt locale to employ
- [Simple Systems: Sarah Faubus of Boxwood Clippings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/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
- [Spotlight Redux on TerraCotta Properties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/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
- [Monday's Meditation: On Unabashedly Owning It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-18/) - 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
- [How Relying On Visual Reminders Leads to Clutter & How To Remedy It](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/visual-reminders-leads-to-clutter-remedy/) - 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
- [Live Simply All-Star: Method Cleaning Products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/method/) - 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
- [Simple Systems: Gaby Burger of The Vault Files Blog](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-system-gaby-burger-of-the-vault-files-blog/) - Today's Simple System comes from Gaby Burger of The Vault Files. TVF is sort of a hodge-podge (in the best sense of the word) of all things stylish. As in, homie got style and she can walk the walk and talk the talk in all subjects-- fashion, home decor, DIY, et al. Plus, she's a
- [(New Series!) Simple Systems: Amy of Five Kinds of Happy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/simple-system-amy/) - Hi there buds. Today I am so jazzed (I just wanted to see how it would feel to use that word) to be featuring a new series-- Simple Systems. Most everyone, organized and not, has developed ways, tactics, and solutions that are seemingly small, but that have a much larger impact, as they significantly increase the
- [Product Review: Easy Fold Step Stool](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/stool/) - I'm 5' 2" on a good day (how much do you loathe that joke--isn't it the worst?) which essentially means that I spend my life trying to reach things I'm not tall enough to get to, standing on my tippy toes, climbing up on my kitchen counters to reach the glasses like I did circa
- [Monday's Meditation: On Progress](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-progress/) - A little while ago now, I was having a conversation with someone about our respective careers, professional and general life paths. In the space of that talk, my conversant asked me a simple question that struck me as particularly pertinent. "Do you feel like you're making progress?" When I answered in the affirmative she responded,
- [Spotlight on Evars + Anderson Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-evars-anderson-interiors/) - Hi kids. I hope it's been a swell week in your world. Thanks for stopping in here (yet again?). I hope I'll make it worth your while with the lovely work of San Francisco based Evars + Anderson Interior Design. Like other interiors I'm drawn to, their spaces are uncluttered (duh.), and dare I say it,
- [Storage Strategy: Magnetics](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/storage-strategy-magnetics/) - At various times on this here blog I like to highlight storage and organizational methods, among them The Nesting Effect and Organizing by Activity. Today's post joins the ranks of such ramblings, offering up for your consumption an approach to storage of the magnetic variety. The magnetic force should not be underestimated, neither between star crossed lovers
- [Mother's Day Organizing Sale!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mothers-day-organizing-sale/) - Want to shower your mama with love this Mother's Day? Treat her to Live Simply! Now until Friday, all organizing services (that includes both virtual organizing and local services in Seattle, WA) are 10% off their regular rate! Hooray! Whoopee! Mommy! [Virtual organizing sale prices will be reflected on the checkout page after you select
- [Decluttering: Broken Things](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/decluttering-broken-things/) - I'd like to take this opportunity to discuss broken stuff. Yes, those items that are laying around your house right this moment (!), laying there broken, waiting helplessly, stripped of all their dignity, just waiting for you to take pity on them-- take whatever measures are required to repair them or put them out of
- [Spotlight on Martha Stewart's Homekeeping Room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-martha-stewarts-homekeeping-room/) - When I stumbled upon Miss Martha's Homekeeping Room I just about had an aneurism out of pure, unbridled joy. It is organization perfection. Let's just worship it together, shall we? Here's the overall layout, which isn't going to knock your socks off really but just you wait. Now we'll take a closer look. Hold on to those
- [Monday's Meditation: On Pain & Healing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-pain-healing/) - For the past week and a half, I've been dealing with a stress fracture in my thigh/hip region, and it has been nothing short of excruciating--which, coming from someone with an impressively high pain threshold, is saying something. It's meant that I've spent hours in doctors offices, gotten X-rays, iced and medicated and repeated. It's inhibited
- [Beautifully Organized Masculine Spaces](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/beautifully-organized-masculine-spaces/) - A handful of inspiring images for my handful of (loyal) male followers... Ah, Saturday, you magnificence you. Image credits: Style At Home, S.R. Grambel, Nate Berkus, Branca Interior Design, Mark Ashby Design, Richard Ross Designs, Tommy Smythe
- [Spotlight on GR (Graciela Rutkowski) Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-gr-graciela-rutkowski-interiors/) - It's Friday, come again. GR Interiors. That's what on the docket for today. GR Interiors is based out of Seattle, WA: point 1. Their work is divine: point 2. That's three points total which is good enough for Michelin so it's good enough for me. Let's just me stop talking and have it, huh? We'll
- [Live Simply Loser: Spring Loaded Dream Drawer Organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-loser-spring-loaded-dream-drawer-organizers/) - Update from the future: I take back this whole post. Nevermind the whole thing. The Dream Drawers are great, and have become my go-to choice for closet drawers. Turns out I had to learn how to use them was all, and using them properly means don't go trying to force the springs. If they don't
- [How to Handle Greeting Cards You've Been Given](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-handle-greeting-cards-youve-been-given/) - We've spoken before about Greeting Card Organization, as in the ones you will give to others. But what about signed cards you've received? Every client I've ever worked with has a vast collection of these, shoved away in a drawer somewhere or other. This isn't going to be that kind of post where I kick
- [Client Project: Gift Wrap Cupboard Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-gift-wrap-cupboard-organization/) - Hey-ho. I've got a little client project for you all today, one of the gift wrapping variety. My client's gift wrap cupboard was far from treacherous (I've seen some wrapping colletions that would knock you over and then tie to the rug with ribbon), but it was in need of some attention. Have a look-see.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Being In The Arena](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-being-in-the-arena/) - This past weekend I attended the Seattle Poetry Grand Slam. As spoken word poetry goes, it was a night of unfiltered vulnerability, of spilling guts and insecurities and love on stage. It was poets spitting words of brilliance into a microphone, speaking the un-spoken, the hush-hushed-- but not speaking so much as proclaiming, as orating
- [Spotlight On Wettling Architects](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-wettling-architects/) - Happy Friday, pal-ies. And, oh, have I mentioned how much I love writing this blog? Writing it for all of you? It is the brightest spot of every day, and let's hope it's received as something like that as well. Today I present you with the work of Wettling Architects, a firm based in SOHO
- [Children's Books Storage: On The Wall Vs. On The Shelf](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/childrens-books-storage-on-the-wall-vs-on-the-shelf/) - Here's the dilemma of the day: storing children's books on walls via ledges ledges, wall bins and plate racks and such as opposed to on bookshelves. Now, on the one hand, I'm inclined: I happen to be of the opinion that there are few things finer than those really great children's books, and in fact I often
- [Spotlight On Zack Rosen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-zack-rosen/) - Let's have some frank talk: I get complimented on my website constantly. And you know what? I tend to agree with those statements of flattery; I think my site is just about the beautiful-est. The reason I can say that without coming off as a total narcissistic braggart is because I'm not even close to being the
- [Tiered Cabinet Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tiered-cabinet-organizer/) - Yesterday I went to The Container Store, as I've been known to do. In between scouting things for my clients, I scouted for myself, as I've also been known to do. I unwittingly stumbled upon their spring organization sale, which made appealing items far more tempting. I picked up a few products, yadah yadah, one of
- [How To Stay On Top Of The Laundry If You Don't Have A Washer & Dryer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-stay-on-top-of-the-laundry-if-you-dont-have-a-washer-dryer/) - It's been far, far too long since laundry was the topic of conversation around these parts given my great undying love and affection for the clothes cleaning process. Let's just say that during a recent visit, my friend handed me the biggest chuckle this side of Puget Sound (?) when she earnestly inquired, "What day
- [Monday's Meditation: On Making It New](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-making-it-new/) - A little while ago I wrote a meditation about seeing with new eyes, in which I suggested that when we let ourselves "get used to" the sights of our life, we reach a point when, in essence, we can no longer really see them. We just know them. Familiarity lends itself to a particular blindness,
- [7 Things To Organize This Weekend](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-things-to-organize-this-weekend/) - 1. The Medicine Cabinet 2. The Linen Closet 3. Makeup Collection 4. The Fridge 5. Your Wallet 6. Owner's Manuals & Warranties 7. Incoming Mail System 7 do-able weekend projects. Do one, do them all, shout your success to the world. And be sure to tag me- on instagram (@livesimplybyannie) or twitter (@livesimply) if you do. Image credits listed in individual posts
- [Spotlight on Chango & Co.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-chango-co/) - Today's spotlight is the interior design group based in New York City known as Chango & Co., which not only sounds rawther bad-ass, but I would venture to say, actually is. But you know, like a really well-polished, East Hamptons version of bad-ass so... Right, on with it, shall we? This bedroom is as grand a place
- [Product Review: Acrylic Organizer for Makeup](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/product-review-acrylic-organizer-for-makeup/) - According to my reader survey, many of you would like to see more product reviews, as well as products I use personally. On that front, I'm more than happy to deliver, but I feel a disclaimer is due; most bloggers who feature ads, products, partnerships, collaborations, etc etc will pledge to their readers that said
- [6 Things To Do First When Moving House](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/6-things-to-do-first-when-moving-house/) - Today's post topic comes from Melissa who writes: Hi Annie, I love your blog and look forward to reading it every day. I am moving house in about a months time and wondered if you had any organisng tips you might like to share on how to make it go smoothly. I've got a toddler who
- [Monday's Meditation: On Fullness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-fullness/) - I struggled to choose the topic of today's meditation. It wasn't due to lack of inspiration, but an over-abundance of it. I have had the most wonderful past couple of weeks-- my birthday, a visit from my sister, and then not three days later another from a dearest friend. There has been so much exploring
- [(More) White Space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/more-white-space/) - Happy end of "workweek" dear readers. Today I present you with a few white spaces that have caught my eye lately, and which we might as well add to the multitudes already posted on this here blog. Exhibit A. Striking, isn't it? What, precisely, is it, you ask? Umm, a candy room-- obviously? (I won't even
- [The Trick To Maintaining Children's Closet Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-trick-to-maintaining-childrens-closet-organization/) - I spent much of yesterday rifling through children's underpinnings and exterior garments (which was just as delightful as it sounds-- are you aware how gloriously cute pajamas are for the junior set?), long enough to garner one fact: those kid people grow quickly. Amid brand spanking new size 8's were remnants of lingering bygone days
- [Organizing Strategy To Live By: Live Within Your Spatial Means](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/best-strategy-for-organizing-live-within-your-spatial-means/) - Yesterday I discussed the notion of "living within your spatial means" with one of my clients, and it occurred to me that I haven't explicitly done so here. For shame. You'll most probably be familiar with the concept of living within your means in regards to finances. In that sense, the expression refers to expending
- [Client Project: Drinks Cupboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-drinks-cupboard/) - Here's a quickie client project for you: So we had this cupboard, right. It's in this ultra refined library-- fireplace, high ceilings, lounge chair made of leather like butter, built-in's spanning the walls, the whole nine. The cupboard in question was, shall we say, less chic than the room containing it. It happened to be my
- [Monday's Meditation: On Pulling Back & Tuning In](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-pulling-back-tuning-in/) - When your favorite sister flies across the country for your birthday you sort of forget about things like the internet. It wasn't a deliberate decision, a pseudo-challenge to see if in fact I was capable of unplugging. Rather, it happened quite naturally. What could there be of more import than my one and only sibling?
- [Share The Blove](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/share-the-blove/) - Thank you all for the sweet birthday wishes yesterday, I can't tell you how they warmed the cockles (is there a stranger word?) of my heart. I thought it only appropriate to pass on the affection today. For the uninitiated, "blove" is short-form for "blog love," which I've coined...just now. I have many opinions on
- [Birthday Wishes, 2013](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/birthday-wishes-2/) - Today, today is my birthday! In honor of that, I'm sharing 10 wishes with and for all of you. 1. That each one of you would commit to tackling just one project in your space, no matter how big or small which has been nagging at you for however long, and know that all that
- [Client Project: Butler's Pantry Organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-pantry-organizing/) - And now for the latest installment of Annie Lives Simply In Real Life, a client project of the pantry variety. There wasn't much decluttering to be done-- a few extraneous things had wandered in over time, others had exceeded their intended life span--but for the most part it was a matter of organizing, of straightening
- [5 Tips For An Organized Garage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-tips-for-an-organized-garage/) - Hey guess what? It's Twos-day! You're about to get two bloggers for the price (ha) of one. Miss Maggie Rose (soon to be Mrs.-- best wishes, best wishes) is an interior designer and fellow Seattle denizen and blogger. We've had a couple of coffee dates, enough for me to know that she is just about
- [Monday's Meditation: On Going Outside](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-going-outside/) - Yesterday I got really upset. Good and mad, and hurt. It was one of those times when someone says something that instantaneously causes every sensation to rush at you at all once: you neglect the process of breath, your heartbeat starts thundering rapid fire inside your cavernous chest, and the flush of red blood advances
- [Spotlight on Laura Collins](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-laura-collins/) - Today, biscouts, the spotlight is on a one Laura Collins, an interior decorator based out of Toronto, Canada whose work I took to like a pup to peanut butter. Lady Laura clearly has a skill for styling; her portfolio overflows with images of thoughtful arrangements: bound volumes bearing similarly hued spines are stacked according to
- [What To Do With The Storage Space Under The Stairs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/storage-space-under-the-stairs/) - One of my clients (the same one mentioned in yesterday's post) has recently had to redo her entire basement, resulting in her having to start from scratch in terms of storage arrangements. One area in particular poses an interesting challenge-- the space underneath the stairs. After giving it an initial look the other day, I
- [Product Review: Clear, Watertight Totes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/product-review-clear-watertight-totes/) - The story is this: I spent the weekend and a bit of Monday helping one of my clients tackle her basement belongings (more on this whole issue later, most likely). Take my word on this one: after you've sorted through 30+ boxes, gone through heap-loads of family memorabilia spanning generations, debated and contemplated, trashed and
- [Four Ways To Increase Bathroom Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/increase-bathroom-storage/) - Oh, hey! Let's discuss the four areas of the bathroom which represent commonly wasted storage space, and which, if you're a small-spacer, it behoves you to maximize to their full potential. These include: 1. The wall space above the toilet Toilet is such an unattractive word, isn't it? I mean toilet is toilet, there's not
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Intentional Life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-intentional-life/) - Life is a series of decisions. The ways in which we respond to them are what ultimately shape our existences. It is as if we are traversing a finite path with intervals at indeterminable distances from each other, at which place the path splits into myriad directions. The particular path we choose determines everything about
- [Friday's Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/fridays-interiors/) - You know the weirdest part? It's that the connection and affection for their readers that bloggers always go on and on about-- it's actually for real. Isn't that the weirdest? It's like you suddenly find yourself caring for a whole world of people who you want to shower with gifts, stun with your powers of
- [Client Project: Playroom Organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-playroom-organizing/) - Many of you responded on my reader survey that you'd like to see more client projects, which I'm happy to deliver on (by the way, I am so incredibly appreciative to all those of you who took the time to fill it out. If you haven't done so yet, tell me, how are you living
- [Sentimental Attachments: Old Agenda Books](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/sentimental-objects-old-agenda-books/) - This blog is full of posts bursting at the margins with tips for ridding your home of clutter, and learning to disassociate material items from emotional attachments. I stand by each and every one of those. Truth is though, we all have some items that we regard as uniquely special, which we will continue to make
- [Spring Cleaning Tips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spring-cleaning-tips/) - Hi-yee! You've only just arrived and here I am sending you away... I'm delighted to be featured in this month's issue of Le Petite Fashionista Magazine, sharing some tips on the spring cleaning front. I hope you'll hop on over there and check it out (I'm unable to link to the exact page, but the article begins on
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Perverse Effect](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-perverse-effect/) - If there's one thing I find particularly perplexing (not to mention annoying), it's the fact that you can solidly dislike something—even feel repelled by it—upon first introduction and then, following repeated exposure, you discover yourself to be horribly, alarmingly enamored. This phenomenon occurs regularly in daily life with regards to songs, fashion, food; How many
- [Surveying And Other Stuff](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/surveying-and-other-stuff/) - Happy Friday little readers. Today I have a tiny (mighty huge) favor to ask you. I've made up this survey, see, about the Live Simply reader experience. I would so tremendously appreciate it if you would take the time to fill it out. There are 10 questions, and I promise beyond promise it will take
- [Organizing The Art Studio](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-the-art-studio/) - My superbly talented logo designer and artist extraordinaire Ariel Markowitz swapped client roles with me when she signed up for one of my virtual organizing service packages. She wanted some guidance with how to organize all of her art supplies (by the way, homegirl issued me her artist inventory- list was longer than a yoga mat! Turns out those
- [Alternative Labeling Methods for Children](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/alternative-labeling-methods-for-children/) - I was recently working with a client to design her children's closets. Besides the sheer bliss that comes from being able to dream up an organization system from scratch, rather than having to work with that fair whether friend "pre-existing," the task also presented an interesting challenge: how to identify the contents of storage containers
- [Interview Me](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/interview-me/) - Hi there homies, hope you're all well. Today you can find me "Telling All About It" on Mary Catherine Starr's Site, Starr Struck. Hop on over there and hurry-- time is running out!
- [Monday's Meditation: On Celebrity & Sellebrity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-celebrity-sellebrity/) - Last night I got to watching Sellebrity, a documentary by Photographer Kevin Mazur about the nature of celebrity and fame in our culture. It was a somewhat sickening illumination of the relationship between celebrity as commodity, authorized and unauthorized (read: paparazzi, TMZ, Perez Hilton) exploiters of commodity, and consumer (that’s us). Granted, it is a
- [Spotlight On A Whole Mess O' People (Inc.?)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-a-whole-mess-o-people-inc/) - This week, rather than showcasing many designs by one, I'm featuring one design by many. I have to keep you on your toes. Someone's got to. Here, then, are designs I've been fawning over: Point 1. These home offices ("home offices"). The first design is technically classified as such, and far be it from me
- [Organize Your Junk Drawer Into A Hunk Drawer-- Winner!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organize-your-junk-drawer-into-a-hunk-drawer-winner/) - Seeing your hunk drawers was just about the best. Thank you so much to those that submitted your B & A's-- to say that I was smiling ear to ear upon reviewing them would be an understatement. Or, you know, like actually probably just accurate. Check out some of them, featured above. Are those not
- [Product Review: MOS Cable Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/product-review-mos-cable-organizer/) - Back in Electrical Cord Management (Part 1) and Electrical Cord Management (Part 2), I expounded on the aim of keeping one's cables under control. I might have added the subject of today's post into Part 1 & 2, had I only known of its existence. The MOS (Magnetic Organization System) began as a Kickstarter project. If pledges
- [Client Project: Organizing Kids Rooms](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/client-project-organizing-kids-rooms/) - Please permit me, if you would, to present you with a few shots from a recent client project. My client's daughter's rooms needed a bit of de-cluttering and straightening, as children's rooms will. While they're young enough that their mom still has the right to executive decision, we were conscious that we needed to streamline without
- [Open Shelving In The Kitchen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/open-shelving-in-the-kitchen/) - I was recently helping one of my clients brainstorm for her upcoming kitchen remodel. One of the features that we both agreed should remain was her glass cabinet fronts-- they provide a nice decorative touch in an otherwise neutral room by way of colorful dinnerware and cookbooks. This got me to thinking about serving instruments doubling as
- [Monday's Meditation: On Enduring What We Imagined We Couldn't](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-enduring-what-we-thought-we-couldnt-get-through/) - I was recollecting about a particularly challenging period of my life with my friend when I commented, as we always do, “I don't know how I did it. I don't know how I got through that.” I was immediately struck by my own utterance of that phrase. It seems we are always declaring our assumed
- [Spotlight on James Yochum Photography](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-james-yochum-photography/) - It's Friday, and I for one am happy to see it. Although, I must say, one of the coolest things about my life is that I love what I do everyday, really I do. The weekends are blissful, but I can't claim to live for them, per say. All days are good ones to be
- [Live Simply All-Star: Dyson Digital Slim Multi Floor Cordless Vacuum Cleaner](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-all-star-dyson-digital-slim-multi-floor-cordless-vacuum-cleaner/) - {Continued from yesterday} It's really quite unlike me to continue using, let alone keep around, something that's not very functional or attractive, but in all honestly, I didn't really know what else to do with my Dirt Devil, short of starting from scratch and purchasing a new vacuum. And can I just say, spending your
- [Reminder: Organize Your Junk Drawer--Giveaway](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/reminder-organize-your-junk-drawer-giveaway/) - Hey there almost-over-the-humpers. This is just a reminder to send in photos of your junk drawer before and after (hunk drawer) if you haven't already [no idea what I'm talking about? Dude, where're you been? There's like a major junk drawer organization contest happening and you have the chance to win virtual organizing services just
- [Live Simply Loser: Dirt Devil Easy Lite Cyclonic Quick Vac](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-loser-dirt-devil-easy-lite-cyclonic-quick-vac/) - So a couple of months ago I was in Target, purchasing goods for my new Seattle pad. And I was all, "I need a vacuum, hey, this one looks good and it's on sale" (maybe it was around $40?). The red flags were flapping in my face, flags as red as the miserable appliance itself,
- [Decluttering In The Closet: Commemorative T-Shirts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/decluttering-in-the-closet-commemorative-t-shirts/) - I'm back again today to kick your butts, hip hip! Eh? Officially now adding to the list of unanimously possessed clutter: commemorative T-shirts. I have had not one, not four, but all the clients with all the commemorative T's. It's fascinating, really. You slap a "Harris family reunion '95" graphic on there, or a "Race Around
- [Two Loser Updates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/two-loser-updates/) - I recently wrote about two organizing products I consider to be ineffective-- ventilated shelves and Sterilite plastic drawers. Today, I offer some improvements on the aforeblogged losers. The ventilated shelf tip comes not from me, but from one of my readers. Elaine generously left a comment on that scornful post which read, "Hi!! You’re a
- [Monday's Meditation: On The Art Of Locating The Misplaced--A Study In Patience, Pragmatism & Faith](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-the-art-of-locating-the-misplaced-a-study-in-patience-pragmatism-faith/) - Two weeks ago I shipped my sister a birthday gift. A week and a half ago, when her package failed to arrive-- and after being scanned into the track and confirm tool first as "Notice left (business closed) and then "Delivered"-- I called USPS. I opened up a case, was given a confirmation number (some
- [Organize Your Junk Drawer into a Hunk Drawer! LS Contest & Giveaway](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organize-your-junk-drawer-into-a-hunk-drawer-ls-contest-giveaway/) - So here's the deal. I am on a mission to help the world Live Simply. By reading this blog, you're certainly beginning to dip your toes into that pool. But damp toes aren't enough, I've decided. I want to compel you, my readers, to act. So I've decided to integrate a little participation factor into
- [Product Review: Method Tub 'N Tile Bathroom Cleaner](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/product-review-method-bathroom-cleaner/) - Being that yesterday was rather an angsty day around these here parts, I felt it only appropriate to balance things out with some positivity. Here's how it all went down. On Saturday, whilst lazing away on the couch, I suddenly got bit by the tub bug. Suddenly, the tub and shower Simply had to be cleaned. There
- [Live Simply Loser: Sterilite Plastic Drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-loser-sterilite-plastic-drawers/) - As long as we're on the subject of miserably unfortunate organizing products, might as well swing right over to those deplorably feeble plastic drawers. Oh plastic drawer things, how do I loathe you? Let me count the ways: I loathe you for your utter lack of drawer track. You make me feel as though each
- [LS Virtual Client Project: Office Shelves, Cables, Sill](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/ls-virtual-client-project-office-shelves-cables-sill/) - Happy Tuesday folks. Get ready for some awesomesauce flying at you from out of your computer screens because today I'm delighted to be sharing a peak at one of my virtual client projects. What we had was a beautiful office space that had just been given a facelift by way of new coat of paint,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Energy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-energy/) - I am whatever the opposite of easily influenced is. If I don’t want to go out at night, for instance, there is nothing and no outfit you could tempt me with that will change my mind. I will not alter myself depending upon who I’m around and what they’re engaged in, and I’ve always been
- [Spotlight on Natalie Fuglestveit Interior Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-natalie-fuglestveit-interior-design/) - It's the Friday after Valentine's Day, which has got to be some occasion in and of itself, right? Moving on, today I give you the work of Natalie Fuglestveit (photography by Lindsay Nichols), a woman whose work I lingered upon almost as long as I did her last name when transcribing it here in an effort
- [Live Simply Loser: Ventilated Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/live-simply-loser-ventilated-shelves/) - Happy Valentine's Day, candy hearts! In an effort to stave off redundancy, I've decided to part with the blogging crowds and present you with a post about something I absolutely loathe. Lest you take this as a sign of my ill regard towards V-day, rest assured that I do, in fact, fully revel in it--
- [Time Saver: Pick Out Clothes In Advance](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/time-saver-pick-out-clothes-in-advance/) - One sure-fire way to save time in the morning (13 more ideas on how to do so here) is to select clothing in advance. Few things gobble up as many moments as finding the right top does; surely we can all attest to that. Doing so can be especially challenging for the wee ones, even
- [Monday's Meditation: On Facing The Big Scary](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-facing-the-big-scary/) - I am in the business of facing The Big Scary. Whatever it is, let's just get it out in the open and deal with it; I think about this a lot. My clients are people who have quietly tiptoed around their Big Scary clutter for years, so overwhelmed are they by what monsters lurk beneath,
- [7 Things To De-Clutter This Weekend](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/7-things-to-de-clutter-this-weekend/) - Happy Friday, homeslices! In recognition of the fact that we're about to head into two blissful days of leisure, I've decided to assign you homework, aren't I grand? Thing is, the posts I've written about de-cluttering various areas or items are what I consider to be some of the most relevant. They are the patterns
- [Unsure Where To Start Organizing? Use The Guest Test](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-guest-test/) - I was at a client's recently when I happened upon a drawer of horrors. Filled with stacks of papers and other miscellaneous knick knacks, the drawer was not Living Simply. When I inquired what it was all about, she confessed that it had become her hurry-up-and-shove-it-away-because-guests-are-en-route-place. It was clear to both of us that the
- [How To Safely Dispose of Medications](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-safely-dispose-of-medications/) - Today's topic is not quite thrilling, but it is one that I get asked about quite a lot: Here it is, straight from the lips of the National Drug Control Policy: - Always refer to the printed material that accompanies your prescription for specific instructions on how best to dispose of them. If you immediately
- [Monday's Meditation: On Perfection & Perfectionism](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-perfection-perfectionism/) - I’m fascinated by the idea of perfectionism. In fact, I’m convinced that in American culture and others like it, we spend far too little time dwelling on the notion of perfection, so adamant are we about shunning it as a wicked and unfair standard to which we shouldn't subject ourselves. When we see a young
- [Spotlight On Caitlin Wilson Design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-caitlin-wilson-design/) - Today's designer spotlight is one I have wanted to feature for quite a while now. I hesitated to do so though, as her work has received its fair share of love and then some in the blogosphere. The last thing I want is to have this LS-land be nothing more than a rehashing of what
- [Client Project: Arts & Crafts Cupboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organized-arts-crafts-cupboard/) - Today I thought I'd share a recent client project with you all-- I really do this guys, I swear. My lovely client's girls are avid arts & crafters, a fact which is evident from the amount of supplies alone. Over time, the large cupboard used to house them became more and more cluttered, and as
- [A De-Cluttering Story of My Own](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/a-de-cluttering-story/) - Last week I bought a deep repair hair mask. I had heard rave after gushing rave about what a miraculous product it was, how silky smooth your locks would feel après-application, on and on about the magnificent intoxication of the scent. Hesitant to have others make up my mind for me, I ordered a sample
- [Loose Tea Leaf Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/loose-tea-leaf-storage/) - Not too long ago, I wrote a post called Tea Time, Storage Solutions in which I offered up a variety of ways to keep one's tea bags contained. The post went over well enough with all but one crowd--the loose tea leaf drinkers of the world. "Where are the storage solutions for people who don't have
- [Monday's Meditation: On Playing Our Parts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-playing-parts/) - This past weekend, I spent my leisure time toe-dipping into the realm of recent cultural sensations which had previously passed me by. I finally mustered up the curiosity to type “Gangnam Style” into the Youtube search bar, a video that only 1,244,333,199 people had beaten me to (what was so special about it again?), and
- [Spotlight on McGill Design Group](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-mcgill-design-group/) - Hello heyyy! I love you all for reading, have I mentioned that? If I knew you in real life I would hug you lots and call you shmoo. Or at the very least apply the sh as a prefix to your given name. I do that too. Moving on to McGill Design Group. Let me be the
- [The Sewing Kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-sewing-kit/) - Among those things I steadfastly believe every home should be equipped with is a sewing kit. Sewing is hardly a primitive craft form; little old ladies may have rocked in front of fire places darning the holes in their family's socks before the advent of electricity, an image which does, I'll admit, contribute to the perceived antiquated
- [The Clutter Catch All](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-clutter-catch-all/) - Among the staple features I find in nearly every home I visit (others include paper bags, old invitations, and jars of decrepit pens and pencils) is the clutter catch-all. Lurking most commonly on kitchen counters, these are trays, baskets, and jars filled with- there's just no other way to put this- shit. Pennies covered in dried up
- [How To Deal With The Blind Corner Kitchen Cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-deal-with-the-blind-corner-kitchen-cabinet/) - I recently received a request from one of my readers to address the issue of the "blind corner cabinet." In attempts to clarify she wrote, "I have no idea what else to call it. It is the one that you can reach into, but then have to practically crawl into to get to everything you've
- [Monday's Meditation: On Martin Luther King Jr.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-martin-luther-king-jr/) - I sat down this past weekend as I do every weekend, ready to compose a meditation about the great Martin Luther King Jr. and I froze. I froze with the feeling of inability to adequately address the impact of the man for whom today is named. Though I could certainly expound on the significance of
- [Spotlight On Samatha Pynn](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-samatha-pynn/) - Last night I had a discovery that changed my whole life. But what really happened was that I found a designer whose work I liked. Wasn't the first version so much more exciting? It shouldn't come as any surprise when you finally realize that the myriad photos you've admired- scattered across the interwebs and stumbled
- [How To Deal With Pantry Pull Out Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-deal-with-pantry-pull-out-shelves/) - Pull-out pantry shelves, or really any wide, shallow, pull-out shelves are such a successful idea in theory. Indeed, they are a huge step beyond the deep shelf, which doesn't provide sufficient access to items residing at the back. The pull-out shelf is the deep shelf but movable, see. If we're being honest (which, most times
- [The Filing Cabinet Facelift](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-deal-with-an-ugly-filing-cabinet/) - Here's one reason among many why people are understandably deterred from utilizing a filing cabinet: their horrendous ugliness. Times may have evolved, but those cabinets have not. Ya got yer black filing cabinet or yer gray filing cabinet. Pick your poison and prepare for a depressive spell as bleak as the aforeblogged color range each
- [Makeup Organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/makeup-organization/) - Happy Tuesday cinnybuns. Today I'm over on One Fine Day talking makeup organization. Head on over yonder there to read the full post. And like smile because life is good.
- [Monday's Meditation: On Breaking Up](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-breaking-up/) - During a recent girl get-together, a conversation stream commenced revolving around one bitty's relationship upheaval. She regaled us in the particulars of fight #1, 2, and 3, traced the whole relationship for us in brief, and in the process of it all revealed the great dysfunction which was the connection. It took significant restraint on
- [Handbag Essential: The Just-In-Case Case](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/handbag-essential-the-just-in-case-case/) - It appears inherent in the nature of the female species to want to be prepared with any and all items they or anyone around them might need at any given time-- the modern day method being to tote (or lug, as the case may be) said items in a stylish satchel (see: Mary Poppins, Michelle
- [Adjustable Shelves Are Adjustable](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/adjustable-shelves-are-adjustable/) - I can't tell you the number of times I find my clients trying their darndest to squish things onto shelves that just aren't situated properly to accomodate the goods. Staring them in the face are four vertical lines of holes running the length of the shelving unit, along with four pegs holding their shelf in
- [How To Involve Children In Organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-involve-children-in-organizing/) - I recently did a consult with a woman who had clearly reached her clutter limit. She was constantly picking up after her two children she told me, and the only one in the household who seemed to care about its organizational state. She was frazzled and exhausted. We sat across from each other, she lamenting
- [How to Break Bad Habits](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-break-bad-habits/) - Being that we're all still existing in that first-bit-of-the-new-year phase, I thought it appropriate to compile a few tips for how to kick bad habits. I'm not technically an expert on habits, but I am a black belt in, oops, nope not that either. Great, let's get this underway then! 1. Identify the trigger Every
- [Special Announcement: Live Simply Services Go Virtual!](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/special-announcement-live-simply-services-go-virtual/) - Today I have opted to forgo the traditional Monday post in favor of a pressing news bulletin. For those of you who especially love my usual first-of-the-week ramblings, take comfort in the fact that past posts are yours to scroll through-- a whole bevy of Monday's Meditations at your fingertips. See how I deliver even when
- [Spotlight on Massucco Warner Miller Interior Design And Decoration](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-massucco-warner-miller-interior-design-and-decoration/) - Congratulations. You survived (nearly) three post-holiday work days. In lieu of a giant gold medal or even one of those blue fabric ribbons, I give you the work of Julie Massucco Kleiner and Melissa Warner Rothblum. These two were once employed by differing design firms, but decided they were better together, or so the legend
- [DIY Or DI-WHY? - Clipboard Wall](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/diy-or-di-why-clipboard-wall/) - Here's the latest in interior design/organization trends that's following my every move like the proverbial eyes on a portrait that seem to be staring at you no matter where you stand: clipboard inspiration boards. Clip-inspiration-boards? I'm not sure of the proper moniker here, but what we're talking about are lots of clipboards hung next to
- [How To Deal With Deep Shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/how-to-deal-with-deep-shelves/) - People are very often tripped up by deep shelves, as they can accomodate a large volume of things, but don't allow for optimal accessibility. As a result, deep shelves tend to invite clutter. How to avoid this dilemma? Here are three ideas: 1. Never underestimate the power of a basket Using a basket, bin, or
- [5 Tips For Salvaging An Unproductive Day](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/5-tips-for-salvaging-an-unproductive-day/) - Do you ever have one of those days when you're doing things but... you're not actually doing anything at all? Maybe you've spent the past two hours in an internet-trance, clicking links like some zombie. Maybe you've been attending to lots of things, none of which are actually pertinent to the business of life-progressing. Maybe you
- [Monday's Meditation: On Resolutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-resolutions/) - It's nearly the new year. As we move from one completed cycle of months into the next, our inclination is to review what has transpired and to attempt to predict and prescribe what will soon occur. It is a most clarifying time for so many of us. For some, it is one of the few
- [Top Ten, 2012](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/top-ten-2012/) - The readers have spoken. Clicked. They've clicked. Following are the ten most popular posts of 2012. Some of these have been long-standing frontrunners, a shoe-in for a top hits list from the get-go. Others came later but quickly made up for lost time. And some might ask, "Annie, are they really all the cream of
- [Spotlight on TerraCotta Properties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/spotlight-on-terra-cota-properties/) - Today I present you with TerraCotta Properties. TCP hails from Georgia. That's the state, not the country- easy to confuse the two. It was charm and delight at first sight for me and TCP. The whole vibe is very clean, cheery, refined. There's also something else in there, a sort of X-factor. It's this sense of
- [Christmas Ornament Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/christmas-ornament-storage/) - The trick to storing ornaments safely is to use dividers. Divided segments will ensure that each ornament is nestled in its own storage cocoon, that it won't bump against its neighbors, and that it won't shift around to disastrous results inside a container. As an added precaution you can also wrap ornaments in tissue, and use
- [Christmas Trees And Lights Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/christmas-trees-and-lights-storage/) - Now that the holidays have officially concluded calendar-wise (though not in our hearts and spirits, never there), I wanted to provide you with some oft-requested holiday decoration storage tips. Now, I don't mean to rush you dears, you keep those decorations up until New Years if you please. But I have to get the good
- [Holiday Gift Organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-gift-organizing/) - Merry Christmas to those celebrating today! Just stopping in with a quick tip about how to keep your holiday gifts organized once they’ve been unwrapped. Any one of us who’s ever attended a birthday party will know that when just one person opens a couple of presents it can result in heaps of tissue paper,
- [Monday's Meditation: On Deserving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/mondays-meditation-on-deserving/) - The other day as I was turning to leave my client's she said cheerily, "I hope you get everything you want over the holidays!" Then, immediately, she corrected herself. "I hope you get everything you deserve," she said, this time more earnest in tone. It was a subtle distinction that I appreciated even after the
- [Pants Hangers (Rods, Racks, Slats)](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/pants-hangers-rods-racks-slats/) - It's rather odd, but despite how much time I've spent in closets, I have yet to encounter this alternative method to hanging pants. Do you know the one? Rather than being hung on regular hangers, the pants are folded over a rod/pole/slats, which I suppose must extend out (like this gliding pant rack), or hung on
- [Boots Storage Tips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/boots-storage-tips/) - Boots are exceptional in that they have the sartorial power of transforming even the most drab get-up to the level of an outfit, perchance even, dare I say it, an ensemble. But of course, those invested in fashion would retort that any footwear worth mentioning has such power. How would they advise us on how
- [Holiday Hosting Tip: Label Serving Dishes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/holiday-hosting-tip-label-serving-dishes/) - Here's a tip to help you stay sane if you're hosting a holiday fête: Rather than rummaging through your kitchen cabinets in a panic at the zero hour for the right sized and shaped serving dishes while your guests politely starve in the other room, plan out ahead of time which platters you'll use for
- [Organizing Strategy To Live By: One In, One Out](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/organizing-strategy-to-live-by-one-in-one-out/) - Today, teacups, I want to discuss one of the most important and basic organizing strategies. Those who follow this rule never struggle to keep their homes in order, and they never find themselves bogged down in clutter. It will change everything, promise. One in, one out. You've no doubt heard of it before, maybe rolled
- [The Window Seat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/the-window-seat/) - I love me some window seat. Growing up, my living room had a window seat that stretched the length of, well, the windows, and I clocked a more-than-respectable number of hours there. The sight of a window seat immediately takes me back to the many days I spent laying on mine-- pup curled up beside

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- [FAQ](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/faq/) - Frequently Asked Questions Why hire Live Simply? Expand We've been told Annie's Live Simply Method is "like a spiritual experience." That might help convince you. If that doesn't do it, there's the fact that the most common phrase we hear from clients is "I would have been f***ed without you." Sometimes they add in a
- [Rates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/rates/) - Rates Last updated October 2019 STANDARD PRICING Initial consultation: $175 Hourly organizing sessions: $225 PACKAGE PRICING 12 hours at 5% discount: $2565 24 hours at 10% discount: $4860 Services Include: ON-SITE CONSULTING, EDITING & ORGANIZING WITH UP TO TWO PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS. REMOVAL & TRANSPORT OF DONATION ITEMS TO APPROPRIATE CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS. SOURCING SUPPLIES, STRATEGIZING STORAGE
- [Terms & Conditions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/terms-conditions/) - Terms & Conditions Last updated January 2019 Appointments There is a 3-hour minimum per appointment. At least that much time is required in order to produce optimal results; calling to confirm scheduled appointments is not expected or required. Messages confirming appointments will not be answered. Cancellations In the event clients need to cancel an appointment,
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- [Simply Pantries](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project/highly-presentable-pantries/)
- [Simply Kitchens](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project/simplified-kitchens/)
- [Bathe Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project/well-behaved-baths/)
- [Work Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project/high-functioning-workspaces/)
- [Simplified Storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/project/simplified-storage/)

## Press Articles

- [Designers We Adore: Our Conversation With Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/designers-we-adore-our-conversation-with-live-simply/) - Redfin
- [Top 5 Tips to Avoid Clutter By Live Simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/302/) - King 5, New Day Northwest
- [5 Ways to Keep Your Home Clean According to An Expert](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/5-ways-to-keep-your-home-clean-according-to-an-expert/) - Bustle
- [Nesting Series: The Office](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/nesting-series-the-office/) - Allie Seidel Lettering & Design
- [Holiday Hosting Tips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/303/) - King 5, New Day Northwest
- [The Biggest  Mistakes You Make When Cleaning Out Your Closet According To A Professional Organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/press_articles/300/) - Hello Giggles

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- [magazine clippings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magazine-clippings/)
- [magazines](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magazines/)
- [medicine cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/medicine-cabinet/)
- [organize medicine cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-medicine-cabinet/)
- [clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clutter/)
- [meditation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/meditation/)
- [laundry](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laundry/)
- [laundry baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laundry-baskets/)
- [cubbies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cubbies/)
- [expedit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/expedit/)
- [organizing kid's spaces](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organizing-kids-spaces/)
- [professional organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/professional-organizer/)
- [Simplified Bee](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/simplified-bee/)
- [grocery list](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/grocery-list/)
- [garment bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/garment-bag/)
- [organize](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize/)
- [seasonal wardrobe](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/seasonal-wardrobe/)
- [seasons](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/seasons/)
- [Simple Surber](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/simple-surber/)
- [sweater storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sweater-storage/)
- [winter wear](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/winter-wear/)
- [breakfast bar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/breakfast-bar/)
- [bed linens](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bed-linens/)
- [linen closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/linen-closet/)
- [linens](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/linens/)
- [organize linen closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-linen-closet/)
- [sheet sets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sheet-sets/)
- [towels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/towels/)
- [lazy susan](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lazy-susan/)
- [turntable](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/turntable/)
- [Arianna Belle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/arianna-belle/)
- [nightstand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nightstand/)
- [coin dish](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/coin-dish/)
- [loose change](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/loose-change/)
- [live simply](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/live-simply/)
- [rules for happiness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/rules-for-happiness/)
- [jewelry organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-organization/)
- [jewelry stands](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-stands/)
- [The Doctor's Closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-doctors-closet/)
- [tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tray/)
- [Ariel Joseph Towne](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ariel-joseph-towne/)
- [The Feng Shui Guy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-feng-shui-guy/)
- [shoe boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-boxes/)
- [shoe cubbies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-cubbies/)
- [shoe ladder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-ladder/)
- [shoe organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-organization/)
- [shoe rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-rack/)
- [shoe shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-shelves/)
- [chalkboard calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chalkboard-calendar/)
- [post-it calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/post-it-calendar/)
- [wall calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-calendar/)
- [bookshelf fold-out desk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bookshelf-fold-out-desk/)
- [corner desk unit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/corner-desk-unit/)
- [fold-out desk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fold-out-desk/)
- [Murphy desk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/murphy-desk/)
- [small space solutions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/small-space-solutions/)
- [space-saving desk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/space-saving-desk/)
- [missing socks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/missing-socks/)
- [sock bun](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sock-bun/)
- [sock drawer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sock-drawer/)
- [key holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/key-holder/)
- [Duane Elgin](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/duane-elgin/)
- [Voluntary simplicity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/voluntary-simplicity/)
- [Clos-ette](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clos-ette/)
- [Clos-ette Too](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clos-ette-too/)
- [luxury closet design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/luxury-closet-design/)
- [Melanie Fascitelli](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/melanie-fascitelli/)
- [Shop your closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shop-your-closet/)
- [arts and crafts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/arts-and-crafts/)
- [craft room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/craft-room/)
- [organize it](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-it/)
- [organizing craft supplies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organizing-craft-supplies/)
- [pegboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pegboard/)
- [tackle box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tackle-box/)
- [canvas hanging shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/canvas-hanging-shelves/)
- [scarf hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/scarf-hanger/)
- [art storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/art-storage/)
- [Artkive](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/artkive/)
- [children's artwork](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/childrens-artwork/)
- [digital collage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/digital-collage/)
- [kids art](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kids-art/)
- [julep cups](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/julep-cups/)
- [makeup brushes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/makeup-brushes/)
- [makeup expiration dates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/makeup-expiration-dates/)
- [organizing makeup](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organizing-makeup/)
- [Mark Twain](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mark-twain/)
- [quote](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/quote/)
- [glass jars](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glass-jars/)
- [repurposed jars](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/repurposed-jars/)
- [sewing kit in a jar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sewing-kit-in-a-jar/)
- [manage email inbox](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/manage-email-inbox/)
- [virtual clutter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/virtual-clutter/)
- [designer pillows](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/designer-pillows/)
- [organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organization/)
- [books](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/books/)
- [bookshelf styling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bookshelf-styling/)
- [horizontal stacks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/horizontal-stacks/)
- [library](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/library/)
- [organize by color](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-by-color/)
- [organized bookshelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organized-bookshelves/)
- [begin](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/begin/)
- [Walt Whitman](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/walt-whitman/)
- [academy award show](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/academy-award-show/)
- [ballot](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ballot/)
- [oscar's](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/oscars/)
- [telecast faux fur throw](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/telecast-faux-fur-throw/)
- [appliances and electronics packaging](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/appliances-and-electronics-packaging/)
- [boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boxes/)
- [packaging](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/packaging/)
- [tv box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tv-box/)
- [hand-bag must-have's](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hand-bag-must-haves/)
- [purse organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/purse-organization/)
- [Closet Case](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/closet-case/)
- [Cupcake ATM](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cupcake-atm/)
- [IKEA home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ikea-home/)
- [Joan Rivers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/joan-rivers/)
- [Real Simple](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/real-simple/)
- [Time Out New York](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/time-out-new-york/)
- [white decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-decor/)
- [white done right](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-done-right/)
- [simplify](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/simplify/)
- [strive for simplicity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/strive-for-simplicity/)
- [William Albert Allard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/william-albert-allard/)
- [1Password](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/1password/)
- [login information](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/login-information/)
- [organize online accounts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-online-accounts/)
- [password keeper](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/password-keeper/)
- [Simple Organized Living](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/simple-organized-living/)
- [decorate with trays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/decorate-with-trays/)
- [organize with trays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-with-trays/)
- [perfume tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/perfume-tray/)
- [trays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trays/)
- [vanity tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vanity-tray/)
- [handbag storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/handbag-storage/)
- [organize handbags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-handbags/)
- [pocketbooks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pocketbooks/)
- [purses](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/purses/)
- [shelf dividers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shelf-dividers/)
- [shower curtain rings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shower-curtain-rings/)
- [roll-out baking station](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/roll-out-baking-station/)
- [under stair storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/under-stair-storage/)
- [washer in closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/washer-in-closet/)
- [Meister Eckhart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/meister-eckhart/)
- [rustic decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/rustic-decor/)
- [multi-tier hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/multi-tier-hanger/)
- [organize cookware](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-cookware/)
- [pan rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pan-rack/)
- [pots and pans](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pots-and-pans/)
- [lid rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lid-rack/)
- [organize pots and pans lids](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-pots-and-pans-lids/)
- [tension rod](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tension-rod/)
- [towel rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/towel-rack/)
- [Quentin Bell quote](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/quentin-bell-quote/)
- [Jon Acuff](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jon-acuff/)
- [Thumb test](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/thumb-test/)
- [Paul Arden](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paul-arden/)
- [apothecary jar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/apothecary-jar/)
- [glass jar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glass-jar/)
- [nail polish](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nail-polish/)
- [spice rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/spice-rack/)
- [cleaning the fridge](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cleaning-the-fridge/)
- [cool setting](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cool-setting/)
- [crisper drawers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/crisper-drawers/)
- [fridge organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fridge-organization/)
- [refrigerator bins](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/refrigerator-bins/)
- [white paneling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-paneling/)
- [remote control caddy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/remote-control-caddy/)
- [Alyssa Hertzig](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/alyssa-hertzig/)
- [Glitter Guide](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glitter-guide/)
- [Christian D. Larson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/christian-d-larson/)
- [daily routine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/daily-routine/)
- [organize suitcase](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-suitcase/)
- [travel tips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/travel-tips/)
- [birthday](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/birthday/)
- [beauty products](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/beauty-products/)
- [shelf life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shelf-life/)
- [sofi](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sofi/)
- [Virginia Woolf](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/virginia-woolf/)
- [porch swing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/porch-swing/)
- [beauty samples](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/beauty-samples/)
- [Birchbox](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/birchbox/)
- [decluttering](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/decluttering/)
- [free gift with purchase](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/free-gift-with-purchase/)
- [sample](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sample/)
- [sample size](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sample-size/)
- [free printable storage labels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/free-printable-storage-labels/)
- [Martha Stewart labels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/martha-stewart-labels/)
- [The Pretty Blog](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-pretty-blog/)
- [The Social Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-social-home/)
- [lilly pulitzer shoe-storage ottoman](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lilly-pulitzer-shoe-storage-ottoman/)
- [multi-tasking furniture](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/multi-tasking-furniture/)
- [storage ottoman](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-ottoman/)
- [decorating with mirrors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/decorating-with-mirrors/)
- [clarity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clarity/)
- [dedication](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dedication/)
- [discipline](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/discipline/)
- [Harry S. Truman](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/harry-s-truman/)
- [making goals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/making-goals/)
- [priorities](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/priorities/)
- [prioritizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/prioritizing/)
- [Self-discipline](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/self-discipline/)
- [working out](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/working-out/)
- [household maintenance](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/household-maintenance-2/)
- [Julie Montgomery](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/julie-montgomery/)
- [Simply Savvy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/simply-savvy/)
- [bench](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bench/)
- [console table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/console-table/)
- [hooks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hooks/)
- [umbrella stand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/umbrella-stand/)
- [bathroom storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathroom-storage/)
- [canned goods](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/canned-goods/)
- [spices](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/spices/)
- [tiered shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tiered-shelves/)
- [bacteria](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bacteria/)
- [changing the sheets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/changing-the-sheets/)
- [clean sheets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clean-sheets/)
- [sheets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sheets/)
- [washing the sheets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/washing-the-sheets/)
- [Holly Bohn](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/holly-bohn/)
- [See Jane Work](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/see-jane-work/)
- [stylish storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/stylish-storage/)
- [Dalai Lama](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dalai-lama/)
- [practice patience](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/practice-patience/)
- [Chic Geek](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chic-geek/)
- [Passport wallet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/passport-wallet/)
- [Tumi wallet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tumi-wallet/)
- [drawers under the bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drawers-under-the-bed/)
- [storage space under bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-space-under-bed/)
- [under bed storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/under-bed-storage/)
- [create touchpoint](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/create-touchpoint/)
- [MUSES magazine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/muses-magazine/)
- [settee](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/settee/)
- [sofa](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sofa/)
- [giveaway](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/giveaway/)
- [Jonathan Adler iPad case](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jonathan-adler-ipad-case/)
- [Brian Gluckstein](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/brian-gluckstein/)
- [Instagram](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/instagram/)
- [Refinery 29](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/refinery-29/)
- [Styled Mag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/styled-mag/)
- [The Coveteur](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-coveteur/)
- [antibiotic ointment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/antibiotic-ointment/)
- [bandages](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bandages/)
- [emergency contacts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/emergency-contacts/)
- [first aid kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/first-aid-kit/)
- [sterile gauze](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sterile-gauze/)
- [deflect questions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/deflect-questions/)
- [establish boundaries](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/establish-boundaries/)
- [evade questions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/evade-questions/)
- [questions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/questions/)
- [console](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/console/)
- [glove compartment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glove-compartment/)
- [organize car](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organize-car/)
- [trunk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trunk/)
- [delicates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/delicates/)
- [hang dry](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hang-dry/)
- [lingerie bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lingerie-bag/)
- [mild detergent](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mild-detergent/)
- [black and white decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/black-and-white-decor/)
- [investing energy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/investing-energy/)
- [knowing when to quit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/knowing-when-to-quit/)
- [whatayagonnado](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/whatayagonnado/)
- [drawer divider insert](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drawer-divider-insert/)
- [kitchen utensils](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kitchen-utensils/)
- [makeup](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/makeup/)
- [office supplies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/office-supplies/)
- [earring holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/earring-holder/)
- [jewelry boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-boxes/)
- [jewelry drawer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-drawer/)
- [jewelry pouch](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-pouch/)
- [jewelry storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-storage/)
- [kat tannita](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kat-tannita/)
- [whip it into shape](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/whip-it-into-shape/)
- [With Love from Kat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/with-love-from-kat/)
- [manual on line](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/manual-on-line/)
- [owner's manual](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/owners-manual/)
- [proof of purchase](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/proof-of-purchase/)
- [receipt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/receipt/)
- [serial number](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/serial-number/)
- [user instruction manuals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/user-instruction-manuals/)
- [warranty](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/warranty/)
- [bright](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bright/)
- [natural light](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/natural-light/)
- [windows](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/windows/)
- [belt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/belt/)
- [belt hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/belt-hanger/)
- [belt rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/belt-rack/)
- [storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage/)
- [blessed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/blessed/)
- [blessings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/blessings/)
- [Mother's day](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mothers-day/)
- [breakfast nook](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/breakfast-nook/)
- [breakfast table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/breakfast-table/)
- [eat in kitchen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/eat-in-kitchen/)
- [morning](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/morning/)
- [energy bars](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/energy-bars/)
- [fruits and veggies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fruits-and-veggies/)
- [greek yogurt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/greek-yogurt/)
- [healthy snack foods](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/healthy-snack-foods/)
- [healthy snacks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/healthy-snacks/)
- [trail mix](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trail-mix/)
- [yogurt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/yogurt/)
- [Drawerdecor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drawerdecor/)
- [Keith M. Nielson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/keith-m-nielson/)
- [360 Electrical](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/360-electrical/)
- [AC outlets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ac-outlets/)
- [Powercurve Mobile Surge Protector](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/powercurve-mobile-surge-protector/)
- [Surge protector](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/surge-protector/)
- [USB outlet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/usb-outlet/)
- [faith](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/faith/)
- [hikes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hikes/)
- [hiking trail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hiking-trail/)
- [mindfulness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mindfulness/)
- [baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baskets/)
- [cardboard boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cardboard-boxes/)
- [gift boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gift-boxes/)
- [grocery bags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/grocery-bags/)
- [paper bags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paper-bags/)
- [bulletin boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bulletin-boards/)
- [inspiration boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/inspiration-boards/)
- [pin boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pin-boards/)
- [thumb tacks](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/thumb-tacks/)
- [desk accessories](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/desk-accessories/)
- [paperclip holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paperclip-holder/)
- [pencil tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pencil-tray/)
- [pencils](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pencils/)
- [Sorting with style](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sorting-with-style/)
- [sticky notes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sticky-notes/)
- [The Office Stylist](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-office-stylist/)
- [cell phones](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cell-phones/)
- [disinfect](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/disinfect/)
- [E. coli](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/e-coli/)
- [skin infections](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/skin-infections/)
- [activity closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/activity-closet/)
- [craft supplies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/craft-supplies/)
- [DIY labels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/diy-labels/)
- [Franki Durbin](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/franki-durbin/)
- [Life in a Venti Cup](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/life-in-a-venti-cup/)
- [paper dispenser](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paper-dispenser/)
- [storage bins](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-bins/)
- [Arthur Ashe](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/arthur-ashe/)
- [beginnings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/beginnings/)
- [start](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/start/)
- [ladder decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ladder-decor/)
- [scarf storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/scarf-storage/)
- [scarves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/scarves/)
- [hamper pullout](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hamper-pullout/)
- [pull out closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pull-out-closet/)
- [pull out steps](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pull-out-steps/)
- [pull out table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pull-out-table/)
- [pull-outs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pull-outs/)
- [instruction booklet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/instruction-booklet/)
- [bust](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bust/)
- [jewelry](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry/)
- [jewelry stand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewelry-stand/)
- [The Girls of Lincoln Park](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-girls-of-lincoln-park/)
- [awareness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/awareness/)
- [Buddha](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/buddha/)
- [laughter](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laughter/)
- [perfection](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/perfection/)
- [ring holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ring-holder/)
- [vintage teacups](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vintage-teacups/)
- [bedside table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bedside-table/)
- [book storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/book-storage/)
- [lamp](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lamp/)
- [nighstand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nighstand/)
- [side table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/side-table/)
- [accordion style drying rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/accordion-style-drying-rack/)
- [clothes valet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clothes-valet/)
- [drying rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drying-rack/)
- [fold out drying rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fold-out-drying-rack/)
- [laundry room organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laundry-room-organization/)
- [de-cluttering](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/de-cluttering-2/)
- [pencil holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pencil-holder/)
- [pens](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pens/)
- [athletic shoes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/athletic-shoes/)
- [gym shoes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gym-shoes/)
- [how to clean](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/how-to-clean/)
- [sneakers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sneakers/)
- [tennis shoes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tennis-shoes/)
- [balance](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/balance/)
- [holding on](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/holding-on/)
- [Keith Urban](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/keith-urban/)
- [letting go](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/letting-go/)
- [transitions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/transitions/)
- [x bench](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/x-bench/)
- [x stool](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/x-stool/)
- [x-base bench](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/x-base-bench/)
- [cleaning caddy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cleaning-caddy/)
- [curtain rod](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/curtain-rod/)
- [rubber gloves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/rubber-gloves/)
- [sliding shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sliding-shelves/)
- [under the sink](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/under-the-sink/)
- [basket](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/basket/)
- [letter tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/letter-tray/)
- [mail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mail/)
- [discovery](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/discovery/)
- [Marcel Proust](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/marcel-proust/)
- [new eyes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/new-eyes/)
- [e-recyclers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/e-recyclers/)
- [e-recycling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/e-recycling/)
- [earth 911](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/earth-911/)
- [Freecycle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/freecycle/)
- [old electronics](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/old-electronics/)
- [trade in](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trade-in/)
- [decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/decor/)
- [display](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/display/)
- [styled interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/styled-interiors/)
- [vignette](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vignette/)
- [hemergency kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hemergency-kit/)
- [minimergency kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/minimergency-kit/)
- [Ms. & Mrs.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ms-mrs/)
- [shemergency kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shemergency-kit/)
- [list making](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/list-making/)
- [productivity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/productivity/)
- [time management](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/time-management-2/)
- [to do list](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/to-do-list/)
- [to do list tips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/to-do-list-tips/)
- [hair dryer holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hair-dryer-holder/)
- [hair styling tools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hair-styling-tools/)
- [hair tools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hair-tools/)
- [tea bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tea-bag/)
- [tea bag dispenser](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tea-bag-dispenser/)
- [tea box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tea-box/)
- [tea time](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tea-time/)
- [fly](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fly/)
- [monday's meditation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mondays-meditation-2/)
- [Toni Morrison](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/toni-morrison/)
- [cabinet shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cabinet-shelves/)
- [kitchen cabinet organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kitchen-cabinet-organizer/)
- [stacking shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/stacking-shelves/)
- [bargain buying](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bargain-buying/)
- [bargain clothes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bargain-clothes/)
- [discount sales](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/discount-sales/)
- [dopamine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dopamine/)
- [hot cold state](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hot-cold-state/)
- [Mind Matters](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mind-matters/)
- [sale price](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sale-price/)
- [shopping addiction](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shopping-addiction/)
- [comfy chair](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/comfy-chair/)
- [reading chair](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/reading-chair/)
- [reading nook](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/reading-nook/)
- [white chair](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-chair/)
- [John Irving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/john-irving/)
- [just be you](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/just-be-you/)
- [self-awareness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/self-awareness/)
- [self-consciousness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/self-consciousness/)
- [Ballard Designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ballard-designs/)
- [butlers tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/butlers-tray/)
- [daybed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/daybed/)
- [stair basket](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/stair-basket/)
- [fourth of july](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fourth-of-july/)
- [red white and blue](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/red-white-and-blue/)
- [storage benches](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-benches/)
- [flower vases](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/flower-vases/)
- [vase collection](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vase-collection/)
- [Jack Canfield](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jack-canfield/)
- [life unfolding](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/life-unfolding/)
- [moving forward](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/moving-forward/)
- [trust](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trust/)
- [cleaning guide](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cleaning-guide/)
- [handbag care](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/handbag-care/)
- [stain treatment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/stain-treatment/)
- [drill](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drill/)
- [hammer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hammer/)
- [level](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/level/)
- [screwdriver](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/screwdriver/)
- [tape measure](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tape-measure/)
- [tool kit essentials](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tool-kit-essentials/)
- [toolbox](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/toolbox/)
- [adhesive pockets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/adhesive-pockets/)
- [binder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/binder/)
- [bulletin board](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bulletin-board/)
- [carry out](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/carry-out/)
- [folder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/folder/)
- [take out menus](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/take-out-menus/)
- [closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/closet/)
- [laundry hamper](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laundry-hamper/)
- [shoe organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-organizer/)
- [wicker baskets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wicker-baskets/)
- [cabana](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cabana/)
- [closet storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/closet-storage/)
- [clothes rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clothes-rack/)
- [no closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/no-closet/)
- [rolling rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/rolling-rack/)
- [wall-mounted shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-mounted-shelves/)
- [wardrobe](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wardrobe/)
- [beach decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/beach-decor/)
- [beach house](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/beach-house/)
- [coastal living](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/coastal-living/)
- [nautical](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nautical/)
- [Blue Magic Glass WIpes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/blue-magic-glass-wipes/)
- [cleaning wipes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cleaning-wipes/)
- [Clorox Disinfecting wipes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clorox-disinfecting-wipes/)
- [Lysol Disinfecting Wipes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lysol-disinfecting-wipes/)
- [Method Flushable WIpes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/method-flushable-wipes/)
- [Mrs. Meyer's Clean Day Surface wIpes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mrs-meyers-clean-day-surface-wipes/)
- [Pledge Multi-Surface Wipes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pledge-multi-surface-wipes/)
- [four rules for life](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/four-rules-for-life/)
- [four-fold way](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/four-fold-way/)
- [outcome](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/outcome/)
- [pay attention](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pay-attention/)
- [show up](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/show-up/)
- [tell the truth](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tell-the-truth/)
- [interior design](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/interior-design/)
- [interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/interiors/)
- [Kate Jackson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kate-jackson/)
- [drawer organizers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drawer-organizers/)
- [modular units](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/modular-units/)
- [adapt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/adapt/)
- [change lobsters and dance](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/change-lobsters-and-dance/)
- [flexibility](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/flexibility/)
- [lewis carrol](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lewis-carrol/)
- [lilli palmer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lilli-palmer/)
- [shift your mindset](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shift-your-mindset/)
- [the lobster quadrille](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-lobster-quadrille/)
- [bathmat](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathmat/)
- [being late](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/being-late/)
- [buffer zone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/buffer-zone/)
- [on time](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/on-time/)
- [scheduling](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/scheduling/)
- [baking pans](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baking-pans/)
- [cutting boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cutting-boards/)
- [tension rods](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tension-rods/)
- [vertical stack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vertical-stack/)
- [breakfast in bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/breakfast-in-bed/)
- [John Gunther](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/john-gunther/)
- [leisurely breakfast](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/leisurely-breakfast/)
- [morning routine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/morning-routine/)
- [bathing suit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathing-suit/)
- [line dry](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/line-dry/)
- [swimsuit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/swimsuit/)
- [swimwear](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/swimwear/)
- [swimwear care](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/swimwear-care/)
- [bar cart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bar-cart/)
- [changing table](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/changing-table/)
- [crates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/crates/)
- [kitchen island](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kitchen-island/)
- [repurpose](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/repurpose/)
- [china cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/china-cabinet/)
- [crown molding](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/crown-molding/)
- [repurposed ladder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/repurposed-ladder/)
- [Jenny Wolf Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jenny-wolf-interiors/)
- [vignettes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vignettes/)
- [measuring cups](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/measuring-cups/)
- [spatula](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/spatula/)
- [utility rail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/utility-rail/)
- [activity zone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/activity-zone/)
- [baking cupboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baking-cupboard/)
- [how am I of value](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/how-am-i-of-value/)
- [impressing others](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/impressing-others/)
- [oprah quote](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/oprah-quote/)
- [reputation](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/reputation/)
- [self worth](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/self-worth/)
- [worthiness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/worthiness/)
- [garlic](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/garlic/)
- [onion](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/onion/)
- [potatoes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/potatoes/)
- [produce storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/produce-storage/)
- [tomatoes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tomatoes/)
- [magnetic paint](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magnetic-paint/)
- [self-adhesive pods](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/self-adhesive-pods/)
- [barstools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/barstools/)
- [magnets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magnets/)
- [mighties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mighties/)
- [Three by Three Seattle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/three-by-three-seattle/)
- [coffee mugs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/coffee-mugs/)
- [coffee station](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/coffee-station/)
- [tea station](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tea-station/)
- [ask annie](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ask-annie/)
- [baby gifts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baby-gifts/)
- [gifts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gifts/)
- [nursery organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nursery-organization/)
- [out of storage space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/out-of-storage-space/)
- [unwanted gifts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/unwanted-gifts/)
- [everything is relative](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/everything-is-relative/)
- [overcome](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/overcome/)
- [overcoming struggle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/overcoming-struggle/)
- [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ralph-waldo-emerson/)
- [strength](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/strength/)
- [struggle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/struggle/)
- [heather garrett](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/heather-garrett/)
- [north carolina designers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/north-carolina-designers/)
- [Alice Lane Home Collection](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/alice-lane-home-collection/)
- [laundry room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/laundry-room/)
- [neutrals](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/neutrals/)
- [hat box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hat-box/)
- [hat stand](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hat-stand/)
- [hat storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hat-storage/)
- [hat wall](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hat-wall/)
- [business card organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/business-card-organizer/)
- [business cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/business-cards/)
- [metal book ring](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/metal-book-ring/)
- [three hole puncher](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/three-hole-puncher/)
- [caretaker](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/caretaker/)
- [caretaking](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/caretaking/)
- [giving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/giving/)
- [Jon Kabat-Zinn](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jon-kabat-zinn/)
- [receiving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/receiving/)
- [universe rearranging](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/universe-rearranging/)
- [under shelf storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/under-shelf-storage/)
- [frame](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/frame/)
- [invitations](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/invitations/)
- [recycle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/recycle/)
- [resource file](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/resource-file/)
- [organized makeup](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organized-makeup/)
- [packed lunch](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/packed-lunch/)
- [time savers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/time-savers/)
- [Chris Guillebeau](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chris-guillebeau/)
- [comfort zone](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/comfort-zone/)
- [patience](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/patience/)
- [small beginnings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/small-beginnings/)
- [vloggers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vloggers/)
- [Youtube](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/youtube/)
- [Tim Barber](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tim-barber/)
- [magazine articles](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magazine-articles/)
- [notebook](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/notebook/)
- [plastic sleeves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/plastic-sleeves/)
- [three ring binder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/three-ring-binder/)
- [sewing kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/sewing-kit/)
- [snack box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/snack-box/)
- [pema chodron](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pema-chodron/)
- [present moment](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/present-moment/)
- [stye](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/stye/)
- [the perfect teacher](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-perfect-teacher/)
- [mason jars](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mason-jars/)
- [under shelf jar storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/under-shelf-jar-storage/)
- [Jute Interior designs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jute-interior-designs/)
- [powder room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/powder-room/)
- [Artistic Designs for Living](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/artistic-designs-for-living/)
- [girl's bedroom](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/girls-bedroom/)
- [Tineke Triggs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tineke-triggs/)
- [e.e. cummings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/e-e-cummings/)
- [nature](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nature/)
- [the sea](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-sea/)
- [the tide](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-tide/)
- [water's edge](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/waters-edge/)
- [waves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/waves/)
- [app](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/app/)
- [birthday list](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/birthday-list/)
- [birthdays](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/birthdays/)
- [calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/calendar/)
- [clutches](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clutches/)
- [magazine file](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/magazine-file/)
- [Storables](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storables/)
- [The Container Store](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/the-container-store/)
- [baking soda](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baking-soda/)
- [drain](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drain/)
- [remote control](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/remote-control/)
- [silverware drawer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/silverware-drawer/)
- [vinegar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vinegar/)
- [Ashley Nicole Catherine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ashley-nicole-catherine/)
- [closet organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/closet-organizing/)
- [guest post](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/guest-post/)
- [dry cleaning](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dry-cleaning/)
- [errands](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/errands/)
- [time limit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/time-limit/)
- [DIY](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/diy/)
- [over the door shelf](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/over-the-door-shelf/)
- [shelving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shelving/)
- [small space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/small-space/)
- [space saver](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/space-saver/)
- [ability to persist](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ability-to-persist/)
- [endings and beginnings](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/endings-and-beginnings/)
- [f. scott fitzgerald](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/f-scott-fitzgerald/)
- [jewish new year](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/jewish-new-year/)
- [start over](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/start-over/)
- [lemons](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/lemons/)
- [natural bleach](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/natural-bleach/)
- [salt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/salt/)
- [wooden cutting board](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wooden-cutting-board/)
- [14 day pill box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/14-day-pill-box/)
- [medicine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/medicine/)
- [pill box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pill-box/)
- [pill reminders](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pill-reminders/)
- [cardboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cardboard/)
- [oatmeal carton](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/oatmeal-carton/)
- [paint can](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paint-can/)
- [upcycle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/upcycle/)
- [bedroom](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bedroom/)
- [fold down bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fold-down-bed/)
- [murphy bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/murphy-bed/)
- [pull down bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pull-down-bed/)
- [wall bed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-bed/)
- [edgar cayce](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/edgar-cayce/)
- [friendship](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/friendship/)
- [soulmates](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/soulmates/)
- [UNII Palette](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/unii-palette/)
- [baby shampoo](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/baby-shampoo/)
- [Michigan](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/michigan/)
- [moving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/moving/)
- [relocating](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/relocating/)
- [Seattle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/seattle/)
- [bobbin](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bobbin/)
- [hand towel rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hand-towel-rack/)
- [multi-tiered hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/multi-tiered-hanger/)
- [repurposed frame](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/repurposed-frame/)
- [shoebox](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoebox/)
- [soda straw dispenser](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/soda-straw-dispenser/)
- [spool rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/spool-rack/)
- [storage rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-rack/)
- [wire hanger](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wire-hanger/)
- [wood dowels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wood-dowels/)
- [Mhouse Inc.](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mhouse-inc/)
- [Shirley Meisels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shirley-meisels/)
- [Toronoto](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/toronoto/)
- [agenda book](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/agenda-book/)
- [cubicle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cubicle/)
- [cubicle decor](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cubicle-decor/)
- [hanging office organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hanging-office-organizer/)
- [office organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/office-organization/)
- [organized desk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organized-desk/)
- [paper tray](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paper-tray/)
- [tassel garland](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tassel-garland/)
- [germs](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/germs/)
- [new shirt](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/new-shirt/)
- [shopping](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shopping/)
- [washing machine](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/washing-machine/)
- [henry van dyke](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/henry-van-dyke/)
- [30 boxes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/30-boxes/)
- [basecamp](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/basecamp/)
- [cozi](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cozi/)
- [google calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/google-calendar/)
- [myedu](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/myedu/)
- [online calendar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/online-calendar/)
- [remember the milk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/remember-the-milk/)
- [schooltraq](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/schooltraq/)
- [teux deux](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/teux-deux/)
- [tips for productivity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tips-for-productivity/)
- [todoist](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/todoist/)
- [trello](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trello/)
- [EM Design Interiors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/em-design-interiors/)
- [nursery](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nursery/)
- [striped walls](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/striped-walls/)
- [black chalkboard](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/black-chalkboard/)
- [chalk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chalk/)
- [chalk board](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chalk-board/)
- [chalk board paint](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chalk-board-paint/)
- [chalk boards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chalk-boards/)
- [labels](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/labels/)
- [brand identity](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/brand-identity/)
- [brand names](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/brand-names/)
- [brands](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/brands/)
- [quality](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/quality/)
- [Ralph Lauren 2012 Olympics](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ralph-lauren-2012-olympics/)
- [apple cider vinegar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/apple-cider-vinegar/)
- [dish detergent](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dish-detergent/)
- [fruit flies](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fruit-flies/)
- [natural remedy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/natural-remedy/)
- [bills](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bills/)
- [file](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/file/)
- [incoming mail](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/incoming-mail/)
- [letters](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/letters/)
- [toy storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/toy-storage/)
- [audio cords](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/audio-cords/)
- [cable clips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cable-clips/)
- [cable management](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cable-management/)
- [cables](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cables/)
- [electrical cord](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/electrical-cord/)
- [electrical cords](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/electrical-cords/)
- [hdmi cord](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hdmi-cord/)
- [hdmi to rca](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hdmi-to-rca/)
- [home organizing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/home-organizing/)
- [how to organize](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/how-to-organize/)
- [mini hdmi](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mini-hdmi/)
- [vga to hdmi](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vga-to-hdmi/)
- [what's it do?](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/whats-it-do/)
- [cable organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cable-organizer/)
- [cable ties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cable-ties/)
- [cable wrap](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cable-wrap/)
- [hide cables](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hide-cables/)
- [power cords](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/power-cords/)
- [zip ties](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/zip-ties/)
- [french wire basket](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/french-wire-basket/)
- [old zinc storage box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/old-zinc-storage-box/)
- [pocket organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pocket-organizer/)
- [wall-mount magazine rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-mount-magazine-rack/)
- [wire letter holder](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wire-letter-holder/)
- [wire mail box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wire-mail-box/)
- [zinc wire letter basket](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/zinc-wire-letter-basket/)
- [asking for what you want](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/asking-for-what-you-want/)
- [how to ask](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/how-to-ask/)
- [clutch bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clutch-bag/)
- [evening clutches](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/evening-clutches/)
- [handbag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/handbag/)
- [handbag clutch](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/handbag-clutch/)
- [handbags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/handbags/)
- [autumn](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/autumn/)
- [fall](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fall/)
- [fall leaves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fall-leaves/)
- [season's change](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/seasons-change/)
- [display case](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/display-case/)
- [eyeglasses](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/eyeglasses/)
- [glasses](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glasses/)
- [picture frame](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/picture-frame/)
- [double check](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/double-check/)
- [how to do a check](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/how-to-do-a-check/)
- [plan act do check](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/plan-act-do-check/)
- [drawer cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/drawer-cabinet/)
- [shoe cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shoe-cabinet/)
- [fireplace](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/fireplace/)
- [hurricane sandy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hurricane-sandy/)
- [reading corner](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/reading-corner/)
- [adult board games](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/adult-board-games/)
- [board games](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/board-games/)
- [popular board games](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/popular-board-games/)
- [bed sheets](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bed-sheets/)
- [clear storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clear-storage/)
- [plastic storage bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/plastic-storage-bag/)
- [storage bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-bag/)
- [vinyl bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vinyl-bag/)
- [zippered storage bag](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/zippered-storage-bag/)
- [family](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/family/)
- [family quotes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/family-quotes/)
- [george eliot](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/george-eliot/)
- [my family](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/my-family/)
- [what is family](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/what-is-family/)
- [ge](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ge/)
- [led light](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/led-light/)
- [night light for kids](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/night-light-for-kids/)
- [night lights](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/night-lights/)
- [bar stools](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bar-stools/)
- [Milk & Honey Home](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/milk-honey-home/)
- [white kitchen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-kitchen/)
- [entryway bench](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/entryway-bench/)
- [organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organizer/)
- [winter apparel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/winter-apparel/)
- [boy clothing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boy-clothing/)
- [children's clothing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/childrens-clothing/)
- [consignment shops](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/consignment-shops/)
- [consignment stores](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/consignment-stores/)
- [girls clothing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/girls-clothing/)
- [resale shops](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/resale-shops/)
- [disposal of paint cans](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/disposal-of-paint-cans/)
- [empty paint cans for crafts](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/empty-paint-cans-for-crafts/)
- [paint containers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paint-containers/)
- [storage sheds](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-sheds/)
- [storage space](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/storage-space/)
- [cross country](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cross-country/)
- [exercise](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/exercise/)
- [henry ford quote](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/henry-ford-quote/)
- [runners](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/runners/)
- [running](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/running/)
- [thankfulness](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/thankfulness/)
- [thanksgiving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/thanksgiving/)
- [turkey](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/turkey/)
- [birthday greeting cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/birthday-greeting-cards/)
- [cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cards/)
- [files](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/files/)
- [letterpress cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/letterpress-cards/)
- [special occasions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/special-occasions/)
- [etiquette](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/etiquette/)
- [guest host](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/guest-host/)
- [hospitality](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hospitality/)
- [host](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/host/)
- [host guest](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/host-guest/)
- [hosting](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hosting/)
- [house guest welcome pack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/house-guest-welcome-pack/)
- [best leftover containers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/best-leftover-containers/)
- [food storage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/food-storage/)
- [food storage containers bulk](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/food-storage-containers-bulk/)
- [glass containers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/glass-containers/)
- [wrapping leftovers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wrapping-leftovers/)
- [changing](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/changing/)
- [criticism](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/criticism/)
- [luggage](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/luggage/)
- [nesting dolls](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nesting-dolls/)
- [nesting mixing bowls](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nesting-mixing-bowls/)
- [nesting pots and pans](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nesting-pots-and-pans/)
- [nesting tables](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nesting-tables/)
- [suitcases](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/suitcases/)
- [button box](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/button-box/)
- [mending kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mending-kit/)
- [mini clear zip lock bags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mini-clear-zip-lock-bags/)
- [spare buttons](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/spare-buttons/)
- [dressing room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dressing-room/)
- [living room](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/living-room/)
- [white bathroom](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/white-bathroom/)
- [plastic container](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/plastic-container/)
- [trash can](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trash-can/)
- [wine rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wine-rack/)
- [wooden dowel](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wooden-dowel/)
- [armoire](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/armoire/)
- [bar](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bar/)
- [entryway closet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/entryway-closet/)
- [garden shed](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/garden-shed/)
- [kitchen](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/kitchen/)
- [small space office](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/small-space-office/)
- [answers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/answers/)
- [asking questions](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/asking-questions/)
- [Rainer Maria Rilke](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/rainer-maria-rilke/)
- [ships](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/ships/)
- [bathroom accessories](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathroom-accessories/)
- [bathroom ideas](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathroom-ideas/)
- [bathroom shower](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bathroom-shower/)
- [cosmetics](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cosmetics/)
- [shower caddy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shower-caddy/)
- [shower stall](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shower-stall/)
- [walk in shower](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/walk-in-shower/)
- [Christmas](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/christmas/)
- [holiday season](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/holiday-season/)
- [Mother Teresa](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/mother-teresa/)
- [presents](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/presents/)
- [dorothee becker](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/dorothee-becker/)
- [plastic](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/plastic/)
- [Uten.Silo](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/uten-silo/)
- [vita design museum](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/vita-design-museum/)
- [wall all](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-all/)
- [wall organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wall-organizer/)
- [cabinet](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cabinet/)
- [entryway organizer](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/entryway-organizer/)
- [card tree](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/card-tree/)
- [clothes pins](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clothes-pins/)
- [greeting cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/greeting-cards/)
- [holiday cards](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/holiday-cards/)
- [paperclips](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/paperclips/)
- [pin board](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pin-board/)
- [diy gift wrapping kit](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/diy-gift-wrapping-kit/)
- [gift bags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gift-bags/)
- [gift tags](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gift-tags/)
- [gift wrapping shears](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gift-wrapping-shears/)
- [pop up tape handband dispenser](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pop-up-tape-handband-dispenser/)
- [scissors](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/scissors/)
- [tape](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tape/)
- [tissue paper](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/tissue-paper/)
- [holiday party](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/holiday-party/)
- [hostess](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/hostess/)
- [platters](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/platters/)
- [table setting](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/table-setting/)
- [bay window](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/bay-window/)
- [nook](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/nook/)
- [window seats](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/window-seats/)
- [clothes hangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/clothes-hangers/)
- [pants rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/pants-rack/)
- [slack hangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/slack-hangers/)
- [trouser hangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trouser-hangers/)
- [trouser rack](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/trouser-rack/)
- [childhood](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/childhood/)
- [children](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/children/)
- [Francis Thompson](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/francis-thompson/)
- [innocence](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/innocence/)
- [one in one out](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/one-in-one-out/)
- [organizing rules](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/organizing-rules/)
- [boot hangers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boot-hangers/)
- [boot shapers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boot-shapers/)
- [boot trees](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boot-trees/)
- [boots for women](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/boots-for-women/)
- [cedar boot shapers](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/cedar-boot-shapers/)
- [shelves](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/shelves/)
- [christmas party](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/christmas-party/)
- [gift exchange](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/gift-exchange/)
- [thank you notes](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/thank-you-notes/)
- [aristotle](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/aristotle/)
- [deserving](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/deserving/)
- [desire](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/desire/)
- [need](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/need/)
- [want](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/want/)
- [wish list](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/wish-list/)
- [worthy](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/worthy/)
- [chore chart](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chore-chart/)
- [chore chart for kids](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/chore-chart-for-kids/)
- [home organization](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/home-organization/)
- [labels for kids](https://www.livesimplybyannie.com/tag/labels-for-kids/)