Let’s get it done!

“A place for everything, and everything in its place.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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Step 1 - Get it out, get it out, get it out

Professional organizing is more than just tidying up and decluttering. It's a four-step process that takes time and dedication to achieve a beautifully organized and functional home. While there are many different ways to approach this task, I've created a four-step guide to help you completely organize and simplify your home.

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Step 2 - Categorizing

After finishing step one, it's time to move on to the second step of professional organizing, also known as categorizing! This step is crucial to create an effective system that works for you and helps you maintain an organized space. In this article, you will learn how to effectively categorize your items so that your space is organized and efficient.

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Step 3 - Containers

And now, we arrive at the container step - the design phase of our professional organizing process. This is where the real fun begins! We'll collaborate on how to best store your beloved belongings. Starting with a general overview of the room, we'll determine the most efficient and aesthetically pleasing way to showcase your things. Let's dive a little further into this step and what it involves.

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Step 4 - Sentimental

Finally, we reach step four which is known as the sentimental step. This is where we get to choose how we want to display all of the things that mean the most to us, from baby shoes to a grandmother's necklace. We'll carefully select the best way to showcase each item, whether it be in its own special box or in a beautiful shadowbox frame. Let's discuss this step a little more in detail.

A cluttered garage workshop with various tools, equipment, and supplies. Red tool cabinets are against the wall, with tires and car parts hanging above. Shelves hold cans, bottles, and small boxes. There are rakes, shovels, and brooms leaning against the wall, and a bucket, a red funnel, and power tools on the floor.

Organizing the Garage: A Guide to Declutter and Optimize Space

The garage, the attic, and the basement are often the storehouses of our past. Garages, in particular, hold completed projects, unfinished tasks, and dreams yet to be realized. They're home to old paint cans, plastic bags, lawn equipment, and forgotten children's toys. Garages are easily one of my favorite places to organize. I love showing up in old gym shorts and getting to work in these spaces.

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How To Organize Your Attic: 5 Easy Steps

Your attic may be the biggest storage space in your home, but it's usually not properly organized. That means you could be missing out on some much-needed space to store items and free up other areas of your home.

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Organizing The Basement: A Comprehensive Guide

Basements often serve as the hidden repositories of our homes, a place where we store items that don't quite have a home elsewhere. They can quickly devolve into areas of clutter and confusion, filled with boxes of unknown contents and long-forgotten items. Yet, an organized basement can provide a wealth of space for storage, a hub for laundry, an exciting game room, or even a comfortable guest room.

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Declutter, Destress: How to Make the Most of Your New Year Clean-Up

New Year is upon us, and with it comes a beautiful opportunity to take stock of our homes and lives. It can be easy to get caught up and forget to take the time to prepare ourselves for the new year ahead.

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Another Dirty Job! The Fridge!

The refrigerator is the easiest dirty job in the world! First you have to take everything out of the fridge, no doubt. After that you want definitely want to wipe down the shelves, you want the fridge to be clean, of course. But then there's the containers...