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Moving this summer?  Here is a tip.

7/29/2013

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As you begin to shuffle things around to prepare for a move, remember to put items that you would like packed together, physically together.  Movers don't organize.  They don't have the time or patience and don't get paid enough to.  

When I am working with a client who is moving, we go through each room and remove anything that will be donated, recycled, or trashed. While we are working, we organize items together that will be stored in a storage unit or other location and BOLDLY label the items with labels that say something like "TO STORAGE UNIT."  If we come across a bath towel in the basement, we bring it to the bathroom and put it with the other towels so they will all be packed together. 

Your time and energy spent on this task will pay off tenfold when you are unpacking box after box.
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Got skis?  Need storage?

7/19/2013

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I saw this very clever and very easy-to-make ski rack at a client's house and couldn't resist taking a picture.  To re-create:  buy 2 long pieces of wood and some dowels, drill holes in each piece of wood (the size of the diameter of the dowels), and insert the dowels. I am inspired to do this in my garage!  See, you really do learn something everyday :)

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Binder for household manuals

7/8/2013

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I had a cancellation today so I took full advantage of my free time and got to organizing!  

I had a tattered and torn paper folder bursting with manuals for everything outdoors including the garage door, the motion sensor light, the kids' playset, and more.  Every time we needed to find a manual, we had to shuffle through the entire contents of the folder.  In the interest of efficiency, I decided to dig into this mini-organizing project feet first.

The first thing I did was separate the manuals into 4 piles:
  • Recreation
  • Lawn & Garden
  • House/Garage Exterior
  • Tools
I used Avery Big Tab Dividers (love these) and printed labels for each category.  Then I put each manual within each pile into sheet protectors and placed them into the proper section of the binder.  I made a quick label for the front and spine of the binder on my label maker and voila!  I am actually looking forward to the next time my husband comes inside after messing with the broken weed wacker for 2 hours and asks for the manual.  Good times are ahead for us (well, me anyway)!
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