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Too Much Paper!
Do you dump your mail on the kitchen counter when you walk in the door? Do bills get lost and go unpaid? We suggest having a specific mail sort center so you put your mail in the same location every day. Better yet, take 5 minutes to open it. Have a recycle basket and a shredder […]
Closet Organization: How to become “unstuck”
Through the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) we have access to many CD’s of the guest speakers from the NAPO annual conference. I just finished listening to a Psychologist who spoke about “stuckness”. What a great word even if you can’t find it in the dictionary! My guess is we all face […]
Snow Days…a perfect time to organize.
It looks like most of us survived the blizzard better than expected, and we were very happy we didn’t lose power! Between shoveling and snow blowing, it was a perfect day to get organized and deal with some household projects. Deb has a really big driveway so she spent a lot of the day behind the snow […]
Organizing Goals
Happy New Year! Have you set some goals for yourself this year? My guess is that many of you have an organizing project that has been challenging you and is now on your to-do list for 2015. Is your resolution to commit time to organize your closet, playroom, or garage? If you can accomplish it on […]
Organizing your Shoes
We visited The Container Store the other day (one of many several in one week) and decided to pull out our camera and show you a few things that we especially like. You can visit our You Tube channel, just please don’t critique our speaking/acting skills! They are not representative of our organizing skills! Deb […]
Repurpose your Household Items
In the realm of organizing, there are many tricks to the trade some which are original and some that we all pick up from magazines and others along the way. At Ship Shape Organize we always like to use what clients have before rushing off to The Container Store or Target to purchase bins and […]
Organizing Bags and Pocketbooks
When organizing your bags, first categorize them by color. Color is typically the first criteria when choosing which bag to use, after that you can sort by smaller clutches, pocketbooks that are better suited to daytime use vs. pocketbooks that are more suitable for evening events, and finally your more casual tote bags. Of course, […]
Closet Organization
There are many tools we use to help clients organize their closets and our first rule to having a presentable space is to use similar hangers. We particularly like the velvet ones that are slim to reduce valuable space and we also find that blouses and dresses that might slip off of plastic hangers work really […]
Closet Organization
There are many tools to help you organize your closet and we will be discussing some of our favorites over the next few weeks. Do you have a top shelf in your closet? If so, are you tired of your clothes falling over every time you grab an item? If your answer is yes, […]
Hiring a Professional Organizer, Boston MA
In our Q & A section of our website you can find our answers to this important question, but I also found this article in a recent issue of Creative Living and thought it had lots of good advice for those who are considering the value add of hiring an organizer.