That brought me up short. I didn’t know what she meant until I stopped to think what she was saying. When we get an idea that we are going to organize and everything will be perfect right now, remember the saying: “Rome wasn’t built in a day”we don’t need to get everything de-cluttered and organized in one day.

It is an important step in organizing anything, a room, a closet, a desk, an office, shelves, attic, or garage, or other places we realize it is important that first comes chaos during the organizing process. When looking at the project it may feel overwhelming but realizing physically things will purposefully be undone and many times emotionally we will be undone and there will be chaos, but when focusing on the goal we can be sure it will all be organized and something better will have been accomplished. It shows something new is being created in your life. Remember the Phoenix was burnt to ashes? Out of the ashes it was reborn.

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When doing many ordinary tasks first comes chaos. For Example: Take clothes shopping for instance. By searching through racks and stacks of clothes, discarding many and trying on others; we eventually find what we want and then purchase them. Once home it is necessary to sort through the bags and separate the clothes in piles according to the person they were intended for. These will then be taken to their rooms to be put away. The shopping experience went from chaos to organization.

For people who sew or quilt first comes organized chaos. There is the process of selecting the fabric among a plethora of bolts of fabric, finding the right pattern, gathering the necessary supplies, cutting the fabric into pieces, then sewing it all back together to make a beautiful quilt. This beautiful work of art started in creative chaos.

When students are studying for a test it first starts with chaos. There are books to read, notes to refer back to, study groups to attend and organizing of thoughts. Then comes the test and it all comes together.

By taking things one step at a time we will accomplish what we want to accomplished and be organized with the least amount of stress. Remembering that first comes chaos both physically and emotionally but out of this will rise calm, peace and a sense of accomplishment.

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When tackling a room, a box, the kitchen cupboards, or the closet that will hardly close just remember there IS a Tuesday and by starting with one thing at a time, realizing out of chaos comes beauty organizing will be a rewarding and less stressful.

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If you are feeling suffocated by your “stuff” or dragged down by a lack of organization, it’s time to declutter. House improvement is within your grasp. You just need to get off on the right foot in order to declutter your home and to get organized once and for all. That involves doing a few things before you touch a single item in your home.

First, you need to reflect on what got you into this situation in the first place and to then devise means by which you can avoid going through the same situations again. There’s nothing more frustrating than finally decluttering your home, only to find yourself back in the same position a few months later. Clutter doesn’t happen overnight and you can’t expect a permanent cure for the causes to come after a decision to declutter. House disorganization has roots. Figure them out and you’ll be in great shape to stay organized.

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Second, you most definitely need a good decluttering plan. If you’re like most people, the idea of somehow decluttering your life may seem almost insurmountable. There are complexities involved and getting organized isn’t as easy as running through your house, stuffing garbage bags with items and hoping for the best. Professional and experts have designed awesome blueprints for decluttering and you should definitely get your hands on one and follow it step by step for the best possible results.

If you’re reading this article, that’s a very strong sign that it’s time for you to declutter. House improvement can be dramatic and easy if you go about it the right way. Get your mind straight and grab a good plan. Ready, set, declutter!

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Household cleaning is a noble profession that can only be mastered with years of experience. However, a systematized cleaning technique with the proper weapons (equipment and cleansers) will ease the job and help save time allotted for cleaning. Generally, household cleaning means cleaning the different household surfaces.

The different materials that make up the household could be painted walls, vinyl flooring, wood furniture, porcelain enamel, plastic, stainless steel, fiberglass, vitreous china, carpets and rugs from synthetic materials. These different materials can also have a variety of stains or soils that ruin the aesthetic beauty of the materials.

Unfortunately, there is no single solution that can remove all the types of soil or stains on the materials. Because of this, different cleaners are formulated to efficiently deal with particular surfaces and soils.

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All-purpose cleaners can either be abrasive or non-abrasive cleaners. These are used to eliminate intense amounts of soils that are accumulated in smaller areas. These are basically powdered or in liquid solutions and they soften the dirt to relieve cleaning stress. The degree of abrasiveness varies according to the product.

An excessive use of abrasive cleaners can destroy the coating of some surfaces. Because of this, it is important to always follow the manufacturer’s instructions to preserve the materials.

On the other hand, non-abrasive cleaners also come in different forms. They can also be in powder or liquid form. There are powdered cleaners that can be dissolved in liquid to optimize its cleaning capacity.

The new trend in the market is concentrated cleaners that can also be diluted in water. The liquid cleaners also come in the forms of sprays, pump-actuated containers or in aerosol cans. Technology is continuously modifying the cleaning weapons in order to provide ease in household cleaning.

Household cleaning is not a tough job if the right products for cleaning are to be used. The maintenance of the cleanliness in the house is easier if there is regular cleaning. However, it cannot be avoided that on special occasions, extra effort is also needed to keep the household spic and span.

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To make the house a happy home, cleanliness is a major consideration. The household hints stated above will give ease to your cleaning project.

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Does your teenager need help on organizing her room? His is a comprehensive article on how to get and keep her room organized.

Teenagers are busy, busy people. Often they get a bad rap from adults calling them lazy. But in my experience, which includes rearing five daughters and professionally working with troubled teens they are ambitious, fun and interesting. Teenagers are my favorite age.

However, a lot of fights happen between parents and teens because they don’t keep their rooms straight and clean. Out of five girls I had one who was habitually disorganized. We finally came to the agreement that she would keep the door to her room closed and would clean and organize it once a week. That worked for both of us. Now that she is an adult and has her own place she is organized. Teach correct principals and eventually they will govern themselves.

I had a teenager ask me to help her organize her bedroom so let’s get to it:

She told me that her room is so full of clutter she avoids it. With a few tips and systems in place this can become her refuge from the world and a place to bring her friends to chat and have a good time.

You have recognized there is a problem so now what you need to do is start working from the inside out in your room. Turn on your favorite music, get a treat and dig in. Start in your closet by taking everything out. I know this is a lot of work, but I suspect half of it is already on the floor. You need to assess what space you have and get rid of all those clothes you never wear because you don’t like them; they need mending, don’t fit or are out of date. If you have seasonal clothes:

Place the items that hang, in the back of your closet on the rod or move to a different closet in your home if there is space.

Fold the clothes and put them in a clear plastic container with a lid and put it on the top of your closet shelf. Label the container (seasonal clothes or you can put winter, summer, skiing etc).

Or use the under the bed roll out containers to store seasonal clothes. If your bed isn’t tall enough to do this, buy the bed risers and that will give you an additional six to eight inches of space under your bed.

Whatever you do, don’t keep the clothes you wear now with clothes you wear at a different time of year. Rotate your clothes in and out.

You have premium spaces in your room and you want these areas available for the things you use most often.

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Now that you have taken everything out and looked at each piece of clothing, hang them back up in the closet, putting like things togethershirts, skirts, pants, dresses and so on. Have a place for your shoes, either a shoe rack on the floor or a hanging one on the closet rod or over your door.

Next go to your dresser and take everything out of your drawers. If you want, you can do one drawer at a time. Use containers in your drawers to keep everything together and organized. Neatnix has great containers for organizing drawers, I use them and it even amazed me what a time saver they have been to me.

Your desk is next. Go to your desk drawers and do the same thing, but if you really want to start on the clutter on your floor, well okay. Pick up only the clothes at this time. Either hang or fold the clothes as you pick them up or put them in the hamper if they are dirty. Assign a different drawer for different things, one for sport clothes, one for underwear, tee shirts, shorts, pants, and night clothes. Of course you can double up in the drawers; again containers will make your life easier as things will stay neatly in their intended place.

Keep a hamper in your closet, one that hangs or one on the floor. You can keep it in the corner of your room, get one that is cute and looks good. Wicker baskets are nice, they can also be spray painted any color you like.

I know this is time consuming, clutter didn’t happen overnight. Give yourself the time needed to do a complete job and then you won’t be wasting time every day or avoiding your room because of all the clutter.

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If you have sport equipment that has to be kept in your room, get a basket to contain the rackets, balls, whatever it is. If you don’t use them very often see if they can fit on a closet shelf or in a pull out under the bed. You can store your sheets for your bed under your bed in a pull out container if you need to. Fold the top and bottom sheet and put them in the matching pillow case to keep them nicely folded together. This works well for the linen closet also.

Take everything out of your cubby holes and drawers in your desk area. How many pens and pencils do you have? Get rid of all but five. Only keep the ones you really like. It doesn’t matter that it is a good pen if you don’t use it. It is a waste of time to pick up a pen and put it back because you don’t like it so you don’t use it. Put containers in your drawers to hold everything you put in them, pens, paper, glue, note pads, tape, computer disks, pushpins for a cork board, notes from friends, whatever it is you keep in your drawers.

Then when you have used something it is easy to put it away because you can just toss it in to the container where it lives. If you don’t have drawers in your desk organize the top of your desk the same way, using containers for everything. Buy cute containers, again Neatnix has great organizers you can use. Have a container for your school papers on the top of your desk where it is handy, or in one of the drawers. Do not keep all of your school papers. Keep a sampling of your work. Put these in a large manila envelope and put it on your closet shelf. Only save one envelope per year.

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Make your bed every morning and I mean every morning. If you do school work on your bed it will be ready for you when you come home from school, your friends and you can sit on your bed to talk, and at night it will be ready to turn down the sheet to sleep. If you do your homework on your bed be sure to put it in your back pack for the next day (hang your back pack from your desk chair) or if it is ongoing it can be on your desk, in the designated basket.

Make up, manicure supplies, perfumes and other personal things put together. Always put likes togetherGet cute containers and put your make up all in one place. You can even have separate containers within a larger container. Do the same with the other things. The things you don’t use very often either put on a shelf in your closet, if it is convenient, or in the bottom drawer of your dresser or in a space that is not premium space but readily accessible. Another good organizing container that has more than one use is a shoe rack over your door. It can hold scarves; baskets of things like make up, hair brushes, blow dryer, curling iron, and other girl things.

Now it is time to pick up anything that is left on the floor. Put these things either in the desk drawers, recycle container, garbage or the basket of ‘take things to other rooms that shouldn’t be living in your bedroom’.

If you eat in your room put the dirty dishes by the door when you are done and as you leave the room they can go back to the kitchen. As you clean out your room get some kind of containera basket, box, sack to put things in that need to go to a different room. After you have finished with your room then they go back, don’t waste your time doing it one at a time.

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You now have a system in placeeverything has a place and you put everything in its place. I know that doesn’t always happen, but by everything having a home they will have a better chance of living there. When you try on clothes and are in a mad dash and leave them on your floor, make a pact with yourself you will hang them up before going to bed, no matter what. If you threw them down because you really don’t like them and will never wear them, recycle them, and don’t clutter up your space with them.

By assigning a place for everything and having containers to hold them you will be able to get in the habit of putting things away so clutter doesn’t accumulate. You will like your bedroom again and won’t avoid it. Your mom will be saying, “why do you spend so much time in your room, I never see you”.

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This is also the time to sort through the contents of closets and shelves. House cleaning is made easy when there is a minimum of clutter. You will be able to focus on the actual cleaning instead of getting bogged down in moving the clutter around to clean beneath it. Divide the “stuff” in your house into three piles according to how long it has been since you last used it. Label these piles to keep, to give away, and to throw away. When you have tossed or given away the things you no longer need, or when you have held a garage sale to clear that clutter, you are ready to clean.

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Before you begin, check the condition of your cleaning equipment. If it is necessary, go ahead and purchase good replacements now. At a minimum, you should have a good broom and dust pan, a wet mop or sponge mop (depending on the type of floors you have), a dust mop, soft cloths for polishing, dusting, and wiping off fixtures, and a variety of brushes to clean the different surfaces on your walls, windows, and in your bathroom and kitchen. You may need a wax applicator or a window squeegee. A good vacuum with a variety of attachments or carpet sweeper is also a wise investment. Make sure that you have serviced your vacuum recently and that you have fresh bags, replacement rollers, or replacement belts on hand. Quality cleaning supplies are made for a particular job or surface. They will speed your jobs because you will not have to work as hard to get the job done. Also, this equipment will last for years if cared for correctly.

Next, be sure to have enough of your favorite cleaning supplies on hand. At a minimum, you will need glass cleaners, tile and grout cleaners, kitchen and bathroom disinfectants, degreasers, and soaps or detergents specially formulated for the type of floors you have. Again, the correct formula for each job will protect the surfaces in your home while cutting the time involved in cleaning those surfaces. Products that are too harsh can destroy a surface, while products that are too mild will not get the job done. Planning and purchasing the right products before you begin the project will also save time because it will not be necessary to stop in the middle of a job to run to the store because you have run out of cleaner. Be sure to cross-check your list of supplies against your housecleaning list and the tasks at hand before you purchase your supplies.

Find a sturdy bucket, tote, apron, or rolling cart to store all your cleaning equipment in one place. This container can be taken from room to room, saving you the time and energy to go back and forth from your cleaning storage area to the room you are cleaning. If size is a factor, fill the container with only the tools and products you will need for the room you are currently cleaning. It is a good idea to also store items on the cart that might need refilling in the room on which you are focusing. For instance, carry trash can or wastebasket liners, soap refills, light bulbs, or tissue boxes and toilet paper. Have a place to store any items that belong elsewhere in the house or to carry out any garbage you find in the room.

At the very least, take two plastic bags with you – one for trash and one for stuff to put elsewhere. Organizing what you carry in your tote or cart is made simpler if you have your housework cleaning checklist at hand. That way, for example, you will have made notes to yourself that when you clean the bathroom, you will also need the screwdriver to tighten the towel rack, and will need to refill the hand soap container. House cleaning is made easy by being organized and planning ahead.

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Are you screaming, “I need someone to declutter my house!”  Help is on the way.  You can declutter, clean, organize, and take back control of your household with a few easy to implement tips and techniques.

Learning how to declutter house isn’t the easiest task in the world. After all, we’ve all been in the same situation- struggling to clean the house and keeping things tidy and neat. You shouldn’t have to put up with that any longer- today you are going to learn some of the best tips that will help you keep your house as tidy as possible, as well as help you carry out a massive “decluttering blitz” to get things looking good in no time!

1. Tidy As You Go – This is one of the best declutter house tips- you should tidy as you go along, rather than letting mess build up and become a massive task to deal with. Encourage other members of your family to tidy as they go along.

2. Be Ruthless When Throwing Old Items Out – Don’t allow sentiment or desires to hoard to get in the way of clearing things out when you declutter your house. Be ruthless with your cleaning and you will see some amazing results.

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3. Ensure Everything Has Its Place – Don’t fall into the trap of simply leaving things lying around the house wherever there is room for them. Have set storage for everything, and ensure that each item goes back into its storage place. This links in well with tip number one for learning how to declutter your house (tidy as you go)

With simple steps such as the ones you just learned above, it actually isn’t that hard to declutter houses. You can save large amounts of time and effort by putting the above steps into action the next time you go to clean your house.

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If you don’t keep your home office organized, the clutter will drain your energy, productivity, as well as your focus. Home office organization is vital, so here are some top home organization tips to help you make your home office an excellent place to work.

Eliminate Piles
Toss / File / or Act on Those Papers
Keep Items You Use Frequently Organized and Within Close Reach
Avoid Keeping Extra Supplies in the Desk
Keep Your Business Separate from Your Home
Maintain Office Organization

Eliminate Piles

First, to organize home office space, you need to start by eliminating all those piles of papers. It’s really easy to let things just pile up over time, I know, I’m guilty of it too, and before you know it you barely have room to work.

You can either devote a major block of time to eliminate the paper piles, or break it down into manageable chunks of time. If you decide to break it down, take just a few minutes everyday and those piles will be gone in no time. Fifteen minutes a day to work on those piles is all you need, and before you know it, they’ll be gone.

Toss / File / or Act on Those Papers

Home office organization will be a breeze if you toss, file, or act on those papers immediately.

Use this strategy to tackle the paper piles and then any paper that enters your office after you get it organized. So, when you start to organize your home office and you’re working through the mounds of paperwork, look at each one and decide… toss, file, or act on it then and there.

Once you get the piles of papers under control, keep them under control!

As the mail comes in ask yourself if it’s something you really need. If not, throw it away. But, if you need to keep papers, then start a good filing system for home office organization to keep everything organized and easily accessible. If the piece of paper requires action like a phone call before filing or tossing, then act on it right away and don’t let it sit.

Keep Items You Use Frequently Organized and Within Close Reach

To organize the desk in your home office, you will want to think about what you use on a daily basis and keep it within close reach. Items like pens, pencils, the phone, computer, note pads, etc. usually get used constantly. So, organize whatever you need to grab often and keep this stuff on your desk.

Warning, don’t keep too much stuff on your desk, or you won’t have room to move and work.

For other items you don’t use as frequently like paper clips, markers, extra pens, etc., keep categorized and organized in your desk drawers. Just make sure you keep these things where you can reach them quickly so you don’t have to dig around messing everything up to find them.

Avoid Keeping Extra Supplies in the Desk

Do not store extra supplies in your desk. Organize extra supplies on shelving mounted to the wall or book cases. Better yet, hide those supplies in a cabinet so you can close the doors.

I use a really neat Asian style television cabinet that I installed shelves in to store all my extra home office supplies.

Keep Your Business Separate from Your Home

When you work at home, it’s really easy to let other things creep into the office… your kid’s schoolwork, personal bills, personal mail, etc. Just remember the purpose of your home office and organize it accordingly. Your office is for work stuff and your home is for living, so keep them separate and you won’t risk getting distracted.

Maintain Office Organization

If you want to keep your office well organized, then one important home office organization tip is to maintain it. You can’t expect to organize it once and then have it stay looking great. You’ll have to work organizing into your daily routine.

Keep it simple. Each day you should spend about 10 minutes keeping the office space well organized. Go through the mail and toss, file, or act on it. Throw away things you don’t need at the end of the day and reorganize your desk before you quit working.

Write out a “To Do list” at the end of each day. When you walk into your office the next morning, you’ll have a handy reminder list of things to work on.

Organizing your home office will help you be at your best. So, to increase productivity and keep you on top of your game, use these simple tips to keep your home office in great shape.

By: Samantha Buck

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Garage organizing is a project that no one gets excited about. And when you think about garage organizing, the thought of an expensive garage organizational system often comes to mind. But getting your garage in order does not need to be expensive. There are plenty of ways to save money when you tackle this organizing project. Here are a few cheap and easy garage organizing ideas to get you started.

1. Go to thrift stores to find inexpensive or even free garage organizing supplies. With a little imagination, you can get a lot of cheap organizing supplies from a thrift store. When you go make sure that you have a list of what you need so you do not end up buying stuff that will just add more clutter to your life.

2. Recycle old food containers. Plastic and glass food containers make great organizational supplies for your garage. Just make sure you label what you put in them. You can get as creative as you want with this one. Permanent markers work great if you do not want to spend a lot of time on it. Paints work well if you would rather make it into more of a garage organizing project.

3. Check out FreeCycle.org and Craigslist.com for ideas and cheap or free garage organizing supplies. You can get free stuff from FreeCycle.org and cheap or free stuff from Craigslist.com. You might need to check often in order to get what you need. It is a good idea to have a clear idea of what you are looking for before you look at these sites. It is easier to search for an item than to just browse around.

4. Go to garage sales to find cheap garage organizing supplies. Unlike with thrift stores or the websites I mentioned, it is better to go to garage sales with an open mind rather than a list. Be open to thinking about how you can use what you find at garage sales for your organizing project.

5. Look around your house for old or unused furniture and organizing supplies. Before you throw out that old bookcase or table, think about how you can use it for your garage organizing project. Old bookcases make great shelving units in the garage. Old tables can provide a great workspace. Think about how you can use something to help you organize your garage before you toss it out.

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By Jill Borash
Published: 8/21/2008

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