Tag Archive for "prevention"

Tag Archives: prevention

Get Rid of Unwanted Catalogs For Good!

Posted in: Everything Else..., Get Organized!, Home Office, On the Web, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | December 8, 2013 at 1:49 am , by CarlaRae

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Now that it’s the holiday season, are you being inundated with unwanted catalogs, coupons, credit card offers, donation requests, and other junk mail? You see, most companies mail you because you’ve done business with them at some point in time. But many companies send you mail because they bought your...

Front Seat Organizer

Posted in: Car, Everything Else..., Get Organized!, Product Highlights | February 9, 2012 at 8:00 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

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Even I have a hard time keeping my car organized! The most cluttered area of my car? The front seat. After getting into the driver’s side, I literally dump everything I happen to have in my arms onto the passenger seat next to me… paper, snacks, a water bottle, my...

The Big Black Bag

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Purge & Declutter | February 7, 2012 at 8:33 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

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For some reason I get so excited when I watch my clients purge all of their useless, unwanted junk.While I usually have a big smile on my face, they are not so enthusiastic about the process. Here’s how it usually goes: I hold the donation bag open while my helpless...

Get Rid of Your Phone Books… For Good!

Posted in: Everything Else..., Get Organized!, Home Office, On the Web, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | October 5, 2011 at 5:49 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

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While helping people declutter their homes, I tend to have a “love-hate” relationship with their piles of phone books. Why do I love them? Well, phone books used to be one of my biggest forms of marketing for my business! Before internet search engines were the trend, people used to...

Getting Out the Door

Posted in: Everything Else..., Family Matters, Time Management | September 13, 2011 at 12:38 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

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When it’s time to leave the house, do you struggle getting out the door on time? Here are some tips to save a few minutes… • If you are regularly misplacing your keys, establish a specific spot to keep them. You can hang a peg near the door or entry...

Lisa’s Story

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Get Organized!, Kitchen, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | August 30, 2011 at 12:10 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

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Meet Lisa… a 37 year old woman from New Jersey. I read about her a few years back in my favorite magazine, Real Simple. Lisa and her husband, Alex, moved into their 1920’s Colonial home about seven years ago. The outdated kitchen with minimal shelving and no pantry created chaos....

Time to Purge Your Magazines!

Posted in: Get Organized!, Home Office, Living Room, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | June 10, 2009 at 10:20 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

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Baskets of unread magazines: this is a biggy for many women I know and love. We HATE to part with our beloved magazines… especially the ones we have read with all the dog-eared pages. We might actually need something we’ve seen or, God forbid, we might miss a good article....

Ellen’s Penicillin Method

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Get Organized!, Purge & Declutter | October 17, 2008 at 4:23 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

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by Cynthia Townley Ewer Editor, OrganizedHome.com Often, decluttering efforts chase their tails in an endless loop. The home manager declutters the small table in the hallway and moves on. By the following week, a whole new species of clutter has returned to the cleared area. The Penicillin method, devised by...