Happy Monday! Organizing tip of the week – Paper Mail. One theme that I always see come up amongst clients, family and friends is the accumulation of paper mail in the house. This mostly consists of bills, junk mail and flyers. When I see these stacks of mail overflowing on the desk or table, I ask myself, why do people hold on to their mail? Do we really need extra pieces of paper floating around the house? I think the biggest excuse we say to ourselves is that we’ll ge

Organizing Tip of the Week – To do lists. Long, long ago, when life wasn’t as busy, I used to have mental lists of things I had to do for the day. As I got older, my jobs were more demanding, I was involved in extracurricular activities and it just felt like there was not enough time in the day to accomplish all my to do tasks, I started making lists. I thought it would be a good idea to make lists on my phone, set reminders, and use my calendar. Even with doing all these

Organizing tip of the week – Coffee and Tea Station (or area). Two of my favorite moments of the day are when I wake up in the morning and make a fresh cup of coffee (ah that smell!) and in the evening when I have my green tea. Here are some tips on creating your own coffee and tea station: 1. Gather all your coffee and tea supplies (like items go with like items), this includes coffee capsules and grains, tea bags and leaves, sugar, honey, French press, tea infuser, coffee g

Organizing tip of the week – De-wrinkle your clothes without an iron. Maybe you don’t have an iron handy or you don’t feel like taking the iron and board out to get the wrinkle that you just noticed out of your shirt. It happens to all of us and sometimes we need a de-wrinkling fix! So here are a couple of tips to de-wrinkle your clothing without an iron: 1) Use a pot to de-wrinkle clothes. 2) Hang your clothes in the shower. 3) Throw ice cubes in the dryer. 4) Use a damp