Organize Your Home
You’ve probably heard the old phrase “A place for everything, and everything in its place.” But when was the last time you could describe your home that way? Occasionally, things get out of hand, or you’re simply tired of an untidy room or cluttered closet and need a little help sorting out the mess. Whether your question is how to start organizing your home, how to know if you should keep an item or get rid of it, or how to maintain the organized home you’ve achieved, we’ve found helpful Web sites that can give you some answers.
Expand All Guide SectionsStart Organizing Your Home
Finding the motivation to organize your home and deciding where to begin are among the biggest ... read more »
Home Organization Products
If you find your home lacking in storage space or you just aren’t sure what to do with some ... read more »
Professional Home Organizers
If you feel like a room in your home, or even your entire home, is in too much of a disorganized ... read more »
Disposing of the Clutter
If “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” it’s true that some ... read more »
Maintaining an Organized Home
Don’t waste all that hard work you put into getting your home organized by letting it slip. The following Web sites offer some tips that may help you maintain your organized home and keep it clean in just a few minutes a day.
Dulcinea's Insight
- If you find the sorting and organizing you’ve accomplished getting undone over time, take a minute to go back and read through the sites we’ve recommended earlier in this guide to help you get back on track again.
- Some Web sites from professional organizers offer ways to stay organized on their Web sites. Others may have free newsletters that provide periodic tips for maintaining an organized home.
- If donating your stuff isn’t enough to fill your charitable desires, see our findingDulcinea Philanthropy Web Guide for additional ideas about how to do good for others.
- Our findingDulcinea Green Living Web Guide also provides online resources about living an environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Dulcinea's Picks
For help keeping your home organized …
HGTV.com
published this guide about how to keep your home organized once you’ve gone through the initial effort of bringing some order to your space. See the “Related Articles” section on the right for some recommendations of helpful household items that can keep you uncluttered and some great “Organization Inspiration” photos for even more ideas.
The Organized Life
is the Web site of Ann Bingley Gallops, a professional organizer and feng shui consultant in New York City. Along with some helpful tips for getting and staying organized, Gallops offers a free newsletter that offers you monthly advice about how to maintain an orderly home. The remainder of the site is primarily devoted to promoting Gallops and her services.
Who knew?
HassleMe
is a great site for people who need friendly reminders to get things done. Forgetting to file your paperwork or straighten up your home every once in a while? Tell HassleMe what you need to be hassled about, and the site will send you intermittent e-mails reminding you to get on it. The site works well for other tasks, too, like making sure you remember to call your mom.
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