MASTER ORGANIZING

Do you know what’s under your kitchen or bathroom sink?  Here are some tips to help you organize the space under your sink… be it the kitchen or bathroom:
1.  Take everything out from under your kitchen or bathroom sink.

2.  Put like things together, be it lotions, soaps, or cleaning supplies.  That  way you will be [...]

Expecting?
Here’s a checklist of the basic items to pack and organize in preparation for the birth of your little bundle of joy:
Birth plan and important documents: Copies of your birth plan, identification card (Driver’s License), medical insurance information, pediatrician information, and a map to/around the hospital (if you haven’t already been to the hospital that [...]

Moving can either be a blast or it can really suck the life out of you.  If you know in advance that you are moving in a few months..start early, you don’t have to wait the week before movers come to start packing things up.  Here are 5 tips to help your move run more [...]

Organizing MacGyver Style:  Reuse plastic Easter eggs this year and save on plastic sandwich/snack bags.  Fill the plastic Easter eggs with your child’s favorite snacks or even surprise your kiddo with a new snack every time.  Have more than one child?  How about assigning a different colored egg for each child that you have. Possibilities [...]

This April 22nd what are you doing for Earth Day?
Photo provided by woodleywonderworks
Don’t know? Try these 5 green organizing tips:

Reuse the other side of your already used paper.  Have a container as a home for potential reusable paper.
Reduce junk mail by signing up for Catalog Choice, Direct Marketing Association or Opt Out Prescreen.
Recycle plastic bags [...]

Wowzers over 400 Professional Organizers rocked San Diego at  this year’s National Association of Professional Organizers conference. Here’s a recap.

The Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) won the Organizers’ Choice Award for Best Service .
(Pictured above, left to right: Dana Bond, Master Cruz, Jim Andrews and Cathy Bock)
Count down of my favorite five organizing products from [...]

Actor Bradley Cooper plays the role of writer Eddie, the main character  in this Spring’s movie hit Limitless, who takes the pharmaceutical drug “NZT” to become a smarter and more efficient human being.  Soon after taking the drug, one of the  first things that Eddie does is organizes his apartment before he efficiently completes the once [...]

The best part of having your own home office is that you can set it up any way that you want…

When organizing your home office, first ask yourself this: What do you envision your home office to be like?  Will you be paying bills in your home office? Will it strictly be just for your [...]

“Things live by moving, and gain strength as they go.”  - Bruce Lee
How is your New Year’s Resolution coming along?  In many cases when people set a New Year’s resolution, there is the perfectionist side that comes out.   Organizing your life is what many people have in mind as a New Year’s Resolution.  Typically [...]

Whether you are planning to renovate your home, purchase a home, purchase a car, host a themed party or landscape your yard, many people get visual ideas from magazines.  But where do you “make a home” for all of your visual research?  Well just create a DIY File Folder for all of those magazines that [...]