Home Organizing Archives | Professional Organizer Pasadena, CA https://www.getorganizedalready.com/category/home-organizing/ Get Organized Already! We help nice people get organized. Wed, 15 Nov 2023 02:57:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png Home Organizing Archives | Professional Organizer Pasadena, CA https://www.getorganizedalready.com/category/home-organizing/ 32 32 75050459 How to Help Your Kids Let Things Go https://www.getorganizedalready.com/help-kids-let-things-go/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/help-kids-let-things-go/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 12:58:26 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/wordpress/help-kids-let-things-go-3/ A few years ago I sat down with my kids to go through our family bookshelf and decide which of their books they’d like to pass down to their younger cousins. We didn’t need to get rid of any so I gave them complete authority over which books could be given away. Every child is […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/help-kids-let-things-go/feed/ 0 1088 Preparing Your Kitchen for a Move https://www.getorganizedalready.com/preparing-kitchen-for-a-move/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/preparing-kitchen-for-a-move/#respond Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:29:17 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/?p=9006 Preparing your kitchen for a move is slightly more complicated than preparing the other rooms because it sees so much action. It’s the hub of your home, right? Even if that’s an overstatement for you, the following steps are a great guide to prepare the kitchen for your move. Use small boxes when packing a […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/preparing-kitchen-for-a-move/feed/ 0 9006 Black, Pandemic Sweatpants https://www.getorganizedalready.com/black-pandemic-sweatpants/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/black-pandemic-sweatpants/#respond Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:36:26 +0000 https://getorganizedde.wpengine.com/?p=8044 Wondering why I end up wearing ugly, pandemic clothes when I have a closet full of other things which make me feel better.

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/black-pandemic-sweatpants/feed/ 0 8044 Two kitchen organizing tricks to make cooking easier https://www.getorganizedalready.com/kitchen-organizing-trick/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/kitchen-organizing-trick/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 10:24:08 +0000 http://getorganizedalready.wordpress.com/?p=404 At our book club meeting last week my friend, Monette, got all giggly and excited to show me a recent kitchen organizing swap she did in her cabinets. (This is the kind of social situation you find yourself in when you declare yourself a professional organizer. That, and everyone tells you about their neighbor/aunt/crazy grandfather […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/kitchen-organizing-trick/feed/ 0 404 3 ways a professional organizer can make your move easier https://www.getorganizedalready.com/organizer-move-easier/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/organizer-move-easier/#respond Mon, 11 Jan 2021 13:45:38 +0000 https://getorganizedde.wpengine.com/?p=4517 After years of helping make our clients’ moves easier, this summer I got to provide this service to my very own family. And, as they say, what didn’t kill me made me stronger. Don’t get me wrong, that doesn’t mean I didn’t want to die after about 50 trips up the stairs carrying boxes! Moving […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/organizer-move-easier/feed/ 0 4517 Captain America does my laundry: 5 tips for your Honey Do List https://www.getorganizedalready.com/5-tips-for-your-honey-do-list/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/5-tips-for-your-honey-do-list/#respond Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:22:51 +0000 http://getorganizedalready.wordpress.com/?p=545 Living with another adult in no way entitles you to control how they spend their free time. Sad, but true. It would be ridiculous to think we could tell a roommate what to do on Sunday morning and yet, when it’s our spouse, the urge definitely creeps in. Presumably, the two of you have a […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/5-tips-for-your-honey-do-list/feed/ 0 545 Professional organizer says, if you have kids do this first! https://www.getorganizedalready.com/professional-organizer-do-this-first/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/professional-organizer-do-this-first/#respond Mon, 07 Sep 2020 12:47:51 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/?p=8056 Do you ever look at your home full of clutter and feel overwhelmed? Sometimes even one room can seem like too much to think about. Do you wonder how to get started? After ten years of being a professional organizer I have found a useful shortcut to getting started. It’s not magic, but it helps […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/professional-organizer-do-this-first/feed/ 0 8056 12 FREE ideas to change your safer-at-home life https://www.getorganizedalready.com/free-ideas-for-safer-at-home-life/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/free-ideas-for-safer-at-home-life/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:14:26 +0000 https://getorganizedde.wpengine.com/?p=7728 “I’m sooooo sick of every single thing in this %&*$# house.”   “I am doing the VERY SAME THING EVERY SINGLE DAY WITHOUT A CHANGE OF SCENERY!!” Do these sentiments sound familiar? They are actual texts I have received from friends who are, like you and me, stuck in our homes for (what feels like) […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/free-ideas-for-safer-at-home-life/feed/ 0 7728 A home office filled with light and energy https://www.getorganizedalready.com/a-home-office-filled-with-light-and-energy/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/a-home-office-filled-with-light-and-energy/#respond Mon, 13 Jul 2020 17:25:19 +0000 http://getorganizedalready.wordpress.com/?p=442 As soon as I walked into this lovely woman’s unconventional office space I loved it. So much light coming from sliding glass doors bookending the room. And yet her desk was facing a wall — boring! I knew I wanted to move some of the furniture around. But the professional organizer in me knew we […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/a-home-office-filled-with-light-and-energy/feed/ 0 442 Organizing inspiration for lazy people https://www.getorganizedalready.com/organizing-inspiration-for-lazy-people/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/organizing-inspiration-for-lazy-people/#respond Mon, 18 May 2020 12:34:14 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/?p=8077 “I get overwhelmed with the size of a project and that makes me paralyzed to start.” During isolation I’ve seen some posts and stories of people organizing and spring cleaning like crazy! But I know not everyone is excited to tidy and organize. Even if you know logically that living with less clutter would help […]

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