Paper clutter is a problem for many of us! There is a constant inflow of mail – the mail you need and the junk mail. There are papers that come home from school with kids, and papers that come home from activities. Then there are recipes that you wrote down or tore out of aContinue reading “How To Start Tackling Your Paper Piles”
Category Archives: Organized Home
Beyond Your Traditional Filing Cabinet
Earlier this month in one of my posts, I asked a question, “is it time to break up with your filing cabinet?” If you haven’t already read it, click here to access that post. It gives examples of the ways that you can organize papers so they’re easy to find and stored neatly. The postContinue reading “Beyond Your Traditional Filing Cabinet”
Recycling / Upcycling / Selling and Buying Furniture
What do you do with old or unwanted furniture when it’s no longer serving your needs? Unfortunately, the EPA estimates that 80% of furniture and furnishings end up in a landfill (2018 data). In 2018, 9,680 tons of furniture ended up in landfills while only 40 tons were recycled. That’s a lot of furniture! Fortunately,Continue reading “Recycling / Upcycling / Selling and Buying Furniture”
Cutting Down On Your Household Use of Paper and Plastic
Being that Earth Day is coming up this week it has got me thinking about some of the ways that I can make sure I am being conscious about the health of our beautiful planet. Over the years I have made an effort to cut down on the amount of plastic and paper products thatContinue reading “Cutting Down On Your Household Use of Paper and Plastic”
Is It Time to Break Up With Your Filing Cabinet?
One question that keeps coming up over and over is whether or not you still need a filing cabinet. We have become much more paperless than we have in the past, and more and more documents are being stored electronically. But what do you do with those things that are still hard copies, and stillContinue reading “Is It Time to Break Up With Your Filing Cabinet?”
Cleaning and Decluttering Dresser Drawers
For the past two weeks, we spent quite a bit of time organizing and decluttering household closets and going over the basics of Spring cleaning. I hope that you found some of the information inspiring enough to do some purging and cleaning of your own. While I am good at decluttering my closet on aContinue reading “Cleaning and Decluttering Dresser Drawers”