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Clutter Free Forever! – Day Four – How Much Is Enough?

6th March 2009 by Karen Bastille 3 Comments

by Stephanie Roberts
Deciding whether or not we truly need something can be one of our greatest clutter-clearing challenges. When it comes to making those important keep-or-toss decisions, “need” can be discouragingly difficult to define.
Be realistic about how soon you can reasonably expect to use or use up what you’ve got. Having a little extra on [...]

Clutter Free Forever – the Thursday Thirteen – Links to Becoming Clutter Free

5th March 2009 by Karen Bastille 5 Comments

1. Feng Shui Clutter Clearing Tips
2. Organizing Your Closet
3. Out with the Old – 25 Ways to Clean Out the Clutter
4. Conquering Clutter – the 4 Container Method
5. FlyLady (my hero!) – Declutter in 15 minutes a day
6. Clean, declutter and organize your Bathroom
7. The Organized Spring Clean
8. [...]

Finishing desk week – at home / at work – My favorite Resources

22nd February 2009 by Karen Bastille No Comments

Looking for a ready-made system to help you organize your desk (and your time!) more effectively? Here are a few of my favorite sites -
>FlyLady.net and The Control Journals
“The Control Journal is your own personal manual for listing and keeping track of your routines. You can use a notebook, a binder, or even a scrapbook, [...]

Pocket for the Inside of a Book Cover

30th January 2009 by Karen Bastille 2 Comments

Students or anyone wishing to retain notes on a subject will find it quite handy to have a large envelope pasted in the back of each textbook. Instead of having notes all through the book, they can be arranged in order and slipped into the envelope. If the book is accidentally dropped, the notes will [...]

Make a holder for books on the shelf

27th January 2009 by Karen Bastille 2 Comments

The Shape of the Wire Makes It Easily Applicable to Any Open Bookshelf
Very often it is found, after arranging the books in a case, that the rows are not complete and the books at the end are continually sliding down on the shelf. The sketch shows a very useful type of wire bracket to support [...]

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