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Altogether Organized Now Has a Facebook Page!
I have been posting before and after pictures, organizing tips, advice and links to my blog posts on a weekly basis. Thanks for all the positive feedback from those of you who have been receiving them.
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Quick Project #1: "De-Junk your Junk Drawer"
Most every kitchen has a junk drawer......but it doesn't have to be "junky". The first step in any organizing project is to sort out what you have. For this junk drawer, we took everything out and sorted it on an adjacent kitchen counter into categories.
Here's what we did with what we found:
- Film that was Never Used and Expired - Threw out
- Tools, Hanging Strips, Hardware - Put away in their appropriate spot in the basement tool area
- Birthday Cards - Read over and then recycled (but one special card was kept with client's memorabilia)
- Birthday Candles - Put with baking supplies
- Extension Cord - Put in the office with the other extra cords
- Take Out Menus - Recycled duplicates and put remaining in folder near recipe books
- Blank Index Cards - Put with the school supplies in the office
The items that you see in the after picture were the ones that the client wanted to have in her kitchen drawer. We separated by category and labeled the containers to keep her and the other household members on track. |
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Quick Project #3: Clothes Cabinet
The clothes in this cabinet were a jumble and as a result my client's husband started keeping his clothes in piles outside of it so that he could find things to wear.
His wife and I started by taking the clothes that were outside of the cabinet and sorting them into categories. Then we emptied each shelf and sorted those items as well. We also emptied and sorted the drawers you see under the cabinet.
Here's what we found and what we did:
- PJ's - Went into a drawer
- Boxers -Went into a drawer
- Boxers with worn out elastic - Thrown out
- Socks - White socks went into one drawer and dress socks went into another. We used a drawer divider to separate black from navy and brown
- Jeans- Folded and put on a cabinet shelf
- Shorts - Folded and put on a cabinet shelf
The categories we put in this cabinet were his work out shirts and gym shorts, golf shirts, and sweaters.
We labeled each shelf and drawer to keep him on track as well as anyone else in the house putting away his clean clothes.
Finding things to wear is a whole lot easier for this gentleman now!
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UPCOMING SEMINARS |
Organizing Your Closets, Drawers & Cabinets
May 4, 2011
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Deerfield High School
District 113 Continuing Ed Program
(224)765-1020
June 14, 2011
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
New Trier Extension
847-446-6600
Organizing your Home to Show, Move and Sell
June 28, 2011
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
New Trier Extension
847-446-6600
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