I discovered something that surprised me when I started preparing my apartment for my impending renovation. I was removing the framed photographs from my living room to keep them safe and to prevent them from getting covered in construction dust. When I had removed most of them, I realized that I like the sparer, emptier look. When had my decor become clutter? I started out with framed photos on the mantel of my fireplace, as well as on top of…
Read more →Dear Sharon, During Thanksgiving week, there are several things I do that make the end of the year so much easier: Order my holiday cards Order stamps to mail my holiday cards Review my holiday address list Finish up my charitable contributions Thanksgiving weekend has always seemed like an endless stretch of free time for me because for many years I was performing in a show or had directed a show that played in the first half of November. I…
Read more →Recently I wrote about an impending renovation project in my apartment (see Would You Keep This If You Were Moving?) Well, it’s no longer impending — it’s starting in a few days. Yikes! In order to get things out of the way for the contractors who will be tearing up parts of my kitchen and bathroom, I’ve been reviewing and relocating stuff. Even though I do that fairly often, I can still find stuff that I don’t use and don’t need….
Read more →When people ask me what my favorite organizing product is, I think they are surprised by my answer: Ziploc bags. I’m actually brand-agnostic, so I use the term Ziploc to mean any sealable, transparent bag. One of my favorite things about them is their transparency. When we store things in opaque bags or boxes, we think we will remember what is inside, but much of the time, we just don’t. I can’t even count the number of times a client…
Read more →There is a great internet meme that has been floating around for a while: “My mind is like an internet browser. 17 tabs are open, 4 of them are frozen, and I don’t know where the music is coming from.” I think of this meme whenever I am working with a client who has a lot of tabs open. These clients may also have multiple Word documents or Excel spreadsheets or PowerPoint presentations open and unsaved. They are also likely…
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