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Organizing Success Story – Boston School Teacher Office. Over the summer, the Organizing Boston team was called into a Boston school to help organize their teachers’ shared office space. 15 school teachers shared a large, open office space. Desks were piled with paper, book shelves were falling apart, the walls were painted an awful, bright yellow. The…
Have you heard of organizing in plain sight? It’s a concept where you use your open spaces to organize your belongings. With this method you can have as much useful storage space as the square footage of your home itself. Amazing right?! Consider displaying your belongings instead of trying to stash everything away and out…
Armoire is for Organizing: No Closet, No Worries! One of the most common and frustrating organizing challenges in many homes is the lack of closet space. Sure you can edit your things to a minimum, install a new closet system, move other items around to different places to make closet space, but what if you’ve…
7 Key Questions to End Closet Clutter Chaos Overcrowded and unmanageable clothing closets happen to everyone at some point in their life. As professional organizers, we have found that it is one of the top reasons our clients reach out for help. And it’s not hard to imagine how most people get into this situation;…
Closet Clutter Crisis Infographic Our friends at Maid Brigade helped us create this cool infographic about clothing consumption. Read this infographic for interesting statistics on closet clutter and some terrific home organizing tips to help you end closet clutter for good! View the infographic below and check out our blog post 7 Key Questions to End…
We want to help you learn how to get organized! Join us for a free live webinar: Organize your STUFF™: Five Steps to Organize Anything. In this engaging presentation, you will learn our no fail, 5 step process to organize anything, which we call “STUFF”. When it comes to organizing, it can be hard to…
How I went paperless, and then went back to paper again. A few years ago I invested in a NEAT scanner with the goal of creating a completely paperless office. Being a professional organizer in Boston, I am pretty good a purging, but still managed to have two file drawers full of papers that I…
Organizing Awkward Spaces Part III: The Eave-entual Challenge One final place I should address is the existence of eaves in closets and other storage areas. Cape Cod style homes, farmhouses, old buildings and even contemporary architecture often have eaves within closets and pantries or laundry areas. In particular, closets suffer the most from the intrusion.…
Organizing Awkward Spaces Part II: Inherited Space Hello and welcome to Part II for our Organizing Awkward Spaces Blog Series. Today we’ll help you out sort out those spaces you’ve inherited that are set up with someone else’s hobby or profession in mind. What on earth can you do with a closet entirely designed for…
Why you Should Hire a Professional Organizer Before you Renovate By Kate Altieri: Professional Organizer, Organizing Boston I have a client who recently completed a substantial renovation to the main level of their home. They consulted with a well-respected Boston architect, worked with a high end builder/contractor and collaborated extensively with a talented decorator. The…