I’m sure many of you have seen a couple of these ideas floating around the Internet but I know I have some ideas that will surprise you and change the way you look at over the door shoe pockets. 1.LaundryUse for cleaning supplies and those pesky odd socks! (Please note that I do not recommend thatContinueContinue reading “101 Uses for over the door shoe rack ( maybe not that many!)”
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Decluttering Diva Weekend Challenge Ok I
Decluttering Diva Weekend Challenge Ok I want you to go around the house and collect ALL the magazines. Start at the coffee table, then your desk, bedside table perhaps. Don’t forget to include the magazines in the bathroom or the catalogues on the kitchen bench. Put them in pile and start with discarding any overContinueContinue reading “Decluttering Diva Weekend Challenge Ok I”
How many is too many?
One of the easiest places and most satisfying ( and my most favourite!) to declutter is the linen closet. Take out all your towels. How many do you have? Be honest. How many do you really need? I believe 2 bath towels per person is enough. A special set for guests is ok too. AContinueContinue reading “How many is too many?”
Top 6 Tips on getting ORGANISED in 2014
Let me begin by reinforcing my creed – Organised does NOT mean perfection. I want to teach you to be organised i.e to know where your things are (or should be), to be prepared, to have a plan or structure for your home and life, to set up systems and habits. 1.HAVE A DIARY orContinueContinue reading “Top 6 Tips on getting ORGANISED in 2014”
Make a decision to declutter.
What is Christmas really about?
Many of my clients and friends are running around in a mad panic trying to get everything done before Christmas. Trying to buy the gifts and festive food, decorating the house, making it to all the end of year Christmas events, preparing for guests or travel while still completing the regular workplace and home duties.TheirContinueContinue reading “What is Christmas really about?”
Out of control
So Decluttering Diva has a badly sprained ankle and it has got me thinking.Thought 1. I strongly dislike being unable to do things for myself.I am a strong, capable, slightly controlling person. I am usually the one helping others and taking charge. I like to feel a sense of accomplishment in my day – whetherContinueContinue reading “Out of control”
Make your own family planner
What a great idea! Make your own customisable family planner using a simple frame. Use different papers that match your decor to define the different days of the week. You could make smaller one for the kids bedrooms, larger one for the whole family, even make one for your workspace – all designed to suitContinueContinue reading “Make your own family planner”
What is a Professional Organiser??
I am writing this after an interesting phone call with a potential client. I had worked with her before while I was testing the waters regarding entering this profession. I have previously been cleaning people’s houses, along with oragnising their lives and teaching them some techniques to keep in order. I was “learning” to beContinueContinue reading “What is a Professional Organiser??”
“The expert in anything, was once a beginner”
I am a professional organiser -I have always been an organised kind of person ( I love diaries and to do lists!) but I have also have been a chaos kind of person. Ask my parents – my bedroom as a kid was not always clean – actually it regularly went from a bomb siteContinueContinue reading ““The expert in anything, was once a beginner””