Category Archives: Tip of the Day

Do you ever get that musty smell from your front load washing machine? Here’s a super easy quick tip to keep the mold away. Simply keep a folded towel hanging on the door of the wash machine and it will keep the door open just enough to let air circulate. The towel provides just enough…

School’s Out–are the kids home and driving you crazy yet? Unless your kids are in camp or summer school full time, they are around much more during the summer months, so intrusions and distractions abound. There are many different scenarios with little ones of different ages, but here are some tips to help you get work…

June is one of the most hectic months of the year. Summer planning is in full swing, sports programs seem to overlap, there are graduations, communions, showers, weddings, vacations to plan, etc… So how do we stay on top of the hectic schedules and remain organized? Here 5 ways to keep your schedule running smoothly:…

I recently wrote post about how to toss all the magazines and catalogs that can clutter up your space. Once you’ve weeded them out and set parameters as to what stays and what goes, these Clear Magazine Holders are perfect to organize them all. You can also purchase them in sets of 4. Keeping your…

The kitchen is the most important area of the home when it comes to organization and efficiency. Think about the amount of time spent in the kitchen. Unloading groceries, food preparation, snacks, drinks and clean-up, the kitchen is such a heavily used area that proper organization is critical. When Chaos To Order organizers unpack a…

Do you have beautiful magazines like National Geographic or Architectural Digest that you’ve been hanging on to for years? Are they worth the real estate that they’re taking up? Think about the cost of storing them. Having piles of magazines can ruin a lovely corner of your home or office. Consider paring down or eliminating–here’s…

We love to hear feedback from every client. Karen, our office manager, always says making organizing session follow up calls is one of her favorite things to do each day because she loves the joy people express. Here’s an email she received yesterday. I happen to love them even more when they write them down…

The rain has hit my neighborhood hard. The drain under our hot water heater backed up and there’s a squishy mess in my basement–YUK! The one thing I’m thankful for is that I store (and organize) most of the stuff in the basement with plastic boxes. Today’s Friday Favorite has to be storage containers from Sterilite….

The recent flooding caused many basements to flood with water backup, including mine–ugh! For those of you who have been putting off getting that basement storage area organized, now you have no choice, you have to go through it all. Here are some tips to get it organized quickly: Be Ruthless. If something has been…