by Bridges Conner | Sep 1, 2011 | Organizing Your Life
We should bring things into our houses only because we planned for them and because we need them. Sometimes, though, we act impulsively (and therefore contribute to our struggle to create an organized, beautiful home!) because of these alluring four-letter words:...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 25, 2011 | Home Organization
What is your “toy philisophy?”I was just perusing through my emails and blogs and stumbled across this great blog by “Organizing Your Way” with some great suggestions on how to organize your kid’s toys. I wanted to pass it along since a...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 19, 2011 | Organizing Your Life
Put forth one little extra ounce of effort. To stop short of finishing what you should do repeatedly will lead to repeated clutter. Don’t do that to yourself. When you feel like stopping short, don’t. Go just a little further and finish each job. -The...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 17, 2011 | Home Organization
We should never lose sight of our overall goal, which in this case is a beautiful and orderly house. When we see our work in terms of this lofty goal, individual tasks become a means to an end. – The Organizing Lady
by Bridges Conner | Aug 15, 2011 | Home Organization
I stumbled across this blog by Motherhood Your Way a “Life…your Way Blog” and I wanted to pass it along. It offered some great suggestions on some routines and ways to keep organized with all of the paperwork that comes home from school every day. ...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 9, 2011 | Downsizing
I thought this was a great blog by Jeri’s Organizing & Decluttering News and I wanted to share it! Do you ever wonder what becomes of the clothing those of us in the U.S. donate to charity? Pietra Rivoli explains it all in her book, The Travels of a T-shirt...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 9, 2011 | Home Organization
Here is a great post by Sandra Felton with The Organizing Lady! The house is not just bricks and mortar, furniture and personal items. Your psyche, as a woman, is intrinsically connected to the condition of the house. The problem is that a messy house does not...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 3, 2011 | Organizing Your Life
Space is not something to fill with beauty. Space is beauty. We need to learn to be comfortable with empty spaces. Resist the urge to fill up every unfilled spot. Learn to tolerate and then to enjoy the void. The Organizing Lady. Happy Space Clearing!...
by Bridges Conner | Aug 3, 2011 | Organizing Your Life
One of the differences between people whose houses look good consistently (usually without really working at it much) and those who do not, is the length of time between the time the mess is made and the cleanup. Each time we let a mess just sit there until we get...
by Bridges Conner | Jul 28, 2011 | Downsizing
Clear Your ClutterThe longer I work with my clients and their clutter, the more I see the energy connection between the two. I noticed that when I worked with someone heavily weighed down with their clutter, I would struggle with that energy (unknown at that point)...
