Packing Tips. Once you’ve decided how you’re going to move and you’ve gathered all your supplies, use these packing tips to make sure your valuables come out of their boxes in good shape. Use the right size boxes. Put heavy items, like books, in small boxes; light items, like linens and pillows, in bigger ones Put heavier items on the bottoms of boxes, lighter items...
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Clutter be Gone. We always welcome guest bloggers at Organizing Boston! This week’s guest blogger is Bri Lords of Garage Storage New England. In this post, Clutter Be Gone, Bri offers some helpful tips to help you declutter. Clutter. Everyone has it in their homes. I know I do! Whether it be the papers on the counter, coats over chairs, or shoes strewn about, clutter...
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Let’s get Moving! Step 1: Decluttering. Did you know that moving is one of the most stressful events in life? This stress can be eased with careful planning. In our Let’s Get Moving! blog series, we are going to offer tips and tricks to help you get through the entire moving process. Follow these steps and you’ll be moving with ease. Let’s start with step...
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Set the Stage to Sell your Home. Fact: A staged home sells faster than a non-staged home. If you want to sell your home faster and for more money, you’ll want to set the stage to sell your home. Having a home that shows well gives you a huge advantage over homes that are cluttered and disorganized. Home staging allows the prospective buyer to...
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Organizing Kitchen Clutter Spots If you feel like you’re fighting a losing battle when it comes to organizing kitchen clutter spots, you’re not alone! And there’s good reason for it too – the kitchen is one of the most frequently used spaces in your home and has the huge responsibility of housing everything you need to prepare, store and eat your meals. Many kitchens also...
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Kitchen Pantry Organizing Makeover Before we started our kitchen pantry organizing makeover, this kitchen pantry was cluttered with bulky items and inefficient storage. But with a little time, effort, and great new storage, it is now a functional home for this family’s kitchen pantry essentials. The first step in this kitchen pantry organizing makeover was to sort through each and every item in the pantry....
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Kitchen Organizing in Small Steps A kitchen is more than just a room. It’s the heart of your home, your command central, a place for family and friends to meet, but sometimes it can become a dumping ground. Because this room is such a busy multi-tasker in your home, kitchen organizing can be a daunting and downright overwhelming task. But you don’t have to have an...
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Treat Yourself to a Home Office Makeover But when it comes to organizing, no space or situation is hopeless. All you need is some time, effort and a plan. Treat yourself to a home office makeover! To achieve the home makeover below, we dove in and tackled one bag, box and pile at a time. The first step in any organizing project is to sort...
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Make Your Donations Count at Tax Time Getting into the habit of making donations of your gently used clothing and household goods is a great way to keep your space clutter free! But beyond keeping your space in check, making donations has other benefits, including keeping usable items out of landfills, providing items to organizations who can do some good with them, and of course...
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Create an Organized Home Office An organized home office is a key to your success! Whether it’s an entire room or a corner of your kitchen, a home office is more than just an office – it’s the command center of your home and life, and maybe even business. It might be home base for everything from bill paying to party planning to conference calls...
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