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It sounds like a no-brainer – organization is good, I want to be able to find stuff, I hate how I feel when the place is out of control. But when you start decluttering, that often isn’t enough to get you past the initial rush of enthusiasm. You start off ready to conquer the world […]
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Do you have a rag bag? It was a staple of my grandmother’s home, the beautifully threadbare cotton clothes, sheets and towels that were too worn to wear anymore but still had plenty of useful life ahead of them as scrubbers and dusters and polishers. For years I had a rag bag too, and this […]
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This week I finally got to send away some things we’ve been holding onto for seven long years. They’re not mine, so I didn’t get to decide when they left, but I’ve never been so glad to get something out of my house as this particular bunch of medical supplies. You know how we hold […]
Read MoreApril 15th is almost here. Decluttering your paperwork can make the ordeal less stressful. http://www.timescall.com/columnists/ci_30906707/send-it-away-saturday-dont-let-old-receipts © 2013 – 2017 Joyful Surroundings LLC. All rights reserved. Joyful Surroundings LLC (720) 526-2114 Everything feels better with an organized home!
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This Saturday it’s time to root through your file (or pile) of manuals and find one that you don’t need. Perhaps the three page multi-lingual instructions to your toaster. The very toaster you successfully use every single morning without reference to the manual. Or maybe like me you’re storing the manual for something you don’t have anymore. […]
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It’s Saturday, the day we find something to send away – what did you find this week? I came across this strange object at the back of a drawer in the bathroom. You’re supposed to attach a wooden toothpick and use it to help clean your teeth. I believe the technical term is “tooth thingy”. But […]
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This whole cushion thing is getting out of hand. I picked up a few mismatched seat cushions at the thrift store a while back and loved how the colors kind of worked together. It definitely didn’t look matchy-matchy. The chairs are hard, we need some padding, job done. But it’s increasingly obvious that one of […]
Read Morehttp://www.timescall.com/columnists/ci_30849373/send-it-away-saturday-less-clutter-its-easier © 2013 – 2017 Joyful Surroundings LLC. All rights reserved. Joyful Surroundings LLC (720) 526-2114 Everything feels better with an organized home!
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When it comes to holding onto things, there’s undoubtedly a point at which you’re taking a risk. If you only keep one black t-shirt and it gets stuff spilled on it the day you absolutely positively must wear a black t-shirt and nothing else will do, then you’ve got a problem. But if you bought a […]
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When you have a tote in the basement mentally labeled “art I’ll never display”, it’s time to take stock. How many dated prints and faded posters are hanging around your place? Just because something’s artfully rolled and stored in a cardboard tube doesn’t mean you need to keep it. How many of the pictures currently […]
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