Tag Archive for: organizing tips

Dollhouse in pink room

Ain’t No Big Thing: Organizing Small Spaces

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for solving the special organizing problems that come with living in very small spaces.
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Motivation and momentum: keep your organizing project moving

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The Clutter Fairy offers tips for finding motivation and creating momentum on a long-term organizing project when the progress feels slow in coming.
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Organizing room by room: the guest room

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The Clutter Fairy offers a strategy for balancing the role of the guest room as a place to host visitors with all the other ways we (and our cats) use our multipurpose spaces.
Empty attic with storage shelves

Organizing room by room: alternative storage spaces

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The Clutter Fairy unpacks the clutter issues of deep storage—backyard sheds, storage units, parents’ houses, second homes, attics, and basements. She also answers a viewer question about creativity in the kitchen.
Kitchen countertop with food ingredients and herbs

Organizing room by room: the kitchen

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The Clutter Fairy discusses sources of kitchen clutter and offers ideas for planning or reclaiming your organized kitchen. She also talks cookbooks and suggests strategies for long-term food storage.
interior, modern design

Organizing room by room: the bathroom

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The Clutter Fairy breaks down the causes of restroom clutter and offers a step-by-step strategy for reclaiming bathroom space. She also revisits tricks for managing cast-off clothing.
Interior of modern bedroom with double bed

Organizing room by room: the master bedroom

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The Clutter Fairy suggests strategies for transforming your master bedroom from a stress-inducing mess into a peaceful sanctuary. Viewers introduce her to the buzzwords “floordrobe,” “floorage,” and “fledroom.”
Empty two-car garage

Organizing room by room: the garage

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The Clutter Fairy offers a step-by-step strategy for reclaiming the usable space in your garage—or other storage space of last resort. She also talks about examining the rationalizations we use for keeping too much stuff, such as “I’m keeping this for my family.”
Desk, gadgets and office supplies. Flat lay. Copy space.

Organizing room by room: the home office

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The Clutter Fairy offers a step-by-step strategy for organizing your home office space. She also answers viewer and listener questions.
Fresh lemons on wooden counter

Make lemonade: Use stay-at-home time to improve yourself and your space

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The Clutter Fairy reflects on ways people are making the best of the COVID-19 lockdown. She also answers viewer and listener questions.
Green sprout emerging from black soil

Life-changing effects of decluttering

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The Clutter Fairy describes potential life-changing effects of decluttering—small (and large) ways in which your life might be different after organizing. She also discusses the delicate balance between stuff from your past and the needs of your present life.
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Moving on a tight schedule | More self-talk

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The Clutter Fairy offers strategies for expediting your sorting and packing project when you’re under pressure to move house in a short timeframe. She also revisits self-talk for an uncluttered lifestyle.