All young women have them: those fancy dresses that are worn once and then hang forever in the back of the closet, becoming more and more out of fashion. Here’s a wonderful opportunity to give those dresses a second chance. You’ll make someone very happy, and you’ll appreciate getting some of your closet space back.
Read more →When I was 17, my family moved to a new apartment. At that time, I was able to fit all of my personal items into two cardboard boxes. I’ve got a lot more than that now! We tend to accumulate things as we go through life. Some of them are very important to us, while some we just keep out of habit. How can we prevent our memorabilia from turning into clutter?
Read more →Without even looking in your closets or drawers, I will hazard the guess that you have too many clothes. By that I mean that you have clothes you hardly ever wear, as well as clothes you never wear, ever. How do I know? Because everyone has too many clothes. Remember the 80-20 Rule, a.k.a. the Pareto Principle? It applies to clothes as well. We wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time. That means that we are dedicating 80%…
Read more →Now that March has arrived, it’s time to get your tax papers organized so that you can meet the April 15 deadline without any last-minute scrambling. You’ll be able to gather 80% of your information pretty quickly — but the last 20% will take a lot of time! By getting started now, you’ll be able to identify which information is going to be the hardest to obtain, and you can start the wheels turning while there is still sufficient lead…
Read more →One of the challenges of living in New York City – with its legendarily small kitchens and lack of closet space – is finding pockets of storage wherever you can. Here are some nifty ideas to make the most of your kitchen cabinets. All of these can be simply slid underneath the shelves, with no installation required.
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