Remember that big project I told you about—helping my daughter clear clutter while organizing her storage shed?

Another idea I wanted to share is that after you have organized the bins and boxes and you have gotten rid of all the clutter (or you think you have) and you have assigned homes for everything they may need to be moved again. This applies to a storage room or any other place where you use containers.

After we had placed several containers on some shelves my daughter stood back and realized some needed to be moved because it made more sense to have them arranged differently so she could get to the ones she used most often.

So if you don’t quite know where things belong, use your best judgment and then step back and take another look. If you need to change things around that is okay. Before you know it you will have gotten rid of clutter and organized while doing it.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

Happy birthday to my daughter Julie today!

When she was packing to go away for two years to serve in the Peace Corp her room needed some serious clutter control. I couldn’t even stand to look in her room as I walked by because it looked like a tornado had hit it.

She said to me (which has become a family joke); “mom, it’s your fault I’m not organized, you never taught me”. I was agog and aghast. Now she is an expert at clutter control, packing and organizing. With all the places she has lived and worked (Albania, Eritrea (Africa), Niger, Nigeria and places in the U.S.) she now has taught me a thing or two about clutter control.

If you are working with your children teaching them how important clutter control is and you don’t seem to be getting anywhere—keep on teaching and working with them, sometimes it just takes a bit longer than we think it should take for them to be organized as we would like them to be.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

I had a most delightful time Tuesday talking to a women’s group on time management. If you were to save 5 minutes a day x 7 days in the week that would =35 minutes x 4 weeks that would = 149 minutes which is over 2 hours a month x 52 weeks—that is a savings of over 30 hours in a year.

Wow! What can you do to save 5 minutes a day and end up with over 30 hours a year doing something you want to do?

One thing I do in my home is clutter control. When I use something I put it away when I’m finished so things don’t pile up. I leave a drawer slightly ajar to remind me that something needs to be put away and if I haven’t done it immediately this is a subtle reminder.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

This is for my faithful blog readers. Monday I was on Studio 5 which is a morning T.V. show. It was on 10 tips for a successful garage sale. Now you are through with clearing clutter in your home it is time to make some money.

One tip I didn’t give was: if you have nice antiques or things that haven’t been used so you want a higher price for them maybe a garage sale isn’t the best place to sell them as people are looking for bargains at garage sales. Instead sell them on line

Click here to watch 10 tips for a successful garage sale.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

I had such a good time this weekend. I did some quick clutter control that only took a few minutes yet it brightened my weekend. I was in my utility room which is organized with the soap, prewash, and stain treatments all together and I have a Scentsey wickless candle fragrancing (is that a word? the room. But I had the thought to get rid of five things that were in plain sight.

I really didn’t think I had things in there I didn’t use. I was in for a surprise. As I was getting rid of clutter I had to look at the room in a different way—which means really look at the room. These are the things I got rid of:

•A large silk Gerber flower. I put it in the backyard where it is so shady flowers won’t bloom. It looks pretty.
•A shirt I had only worn once but kept on a hook because I was going to dye it—bye, bye—that sure feels good.
•A rug I had draped over my small quilting frame.
•A picture frame that needed to be put away.
•A needle punch pattern that I put away.

And that is one of the reasons I had a good weekend.

When you set about getting rid of clutter in your laundry room, kitchen or any other room in your home; look at your room in a different way and challenge yourself to get rid of five things that you don’t use, don’t like, or just plain don’t want to have around.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

I am one of millions who has heard Susan Boyle sing and what a beautiful voice she has. As you know she hit a bump in the road after the program “Britain’s Got Talent” and was hospitalized. But now she is out and is doing well. I am looking forward to buying her CD when it comes out.

I think getting rid of clutter in our homes and lives is just like what Ms. Boyle experienced. We go along doing a great job keeping clutter under control and then bump– life happens and we get off track because we become overwhelmed or perhaps because of sickness or other situations.

Just like Ms. Boyle did getting help from professional’s maybe we need a professional organizer to help us get back on track to get rid of clutter. They bring a wealth of information, are non judgmental and are experts in organizing, helping in ways you never even thought of.

Have you ever used a professional organizer? If so, how did the experience help your life?

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).