Dana K. White

A SLOB COMES CLEAN

Reality-Based Cleaning, Decluttering, & Organizing

Bye-Bye VHS tapes. We’ll Miss You.

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I'm totally planning to stick a random affiliate link into this post. Watch for it. My living room is pretty easy to clean. It can go from looking like the picture I posted yesterday to looking like the picture from my How to Declutter Living Areas post pretty quickly. Mainly, that's because I've eliminated almost every clutter spot in … [Read more...]

But Where Will We Pile Our Clothes?

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This is my loveseat today. This was my loveseat before last night. Now in my (lame) defense, that was not a current before picture. That was a day-after-Christmas before picture. We had come home on the afternoon of Christmas Eve after spending two days with my family. We baked cookies (and more), opened our family gifts, awakened … [Read more...]

I’m Pretty Sure 2014 Starts NOW

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For real. The new year doesn't actually start until routine starts, right? We've spent this last evening before school begins sorting laundry, demolishing Laundry Mountain that happened while we were out of routine (post on that coming soon), cleaning the kitchen, and generally getting prepared for real life to restart in about 12 … [Read more...]

Weekly Decluttering Party Report

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Have you joined the Decluttering Party? See my posts about decluttering a kid's room, a kitchen, clothing and living areas.   It's the first Friday of 2014!! Have you been decluttering? If so, I'd love for you to share about your project(s) in the comments or by linking to a blog post on your own site that shows a specific project … [Read more...]

How to Declutter Living Areas

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I debated with myself about this last How to Declutter _________ topic for the kickoff of the Big Decluttering Party. I’ve covered kids’ bedrooms, kitchens, and clothing. So what else is there? Well . . . we could talk about the garage or the attic, but those are often considered storage areas. And for storage areas, I just need all my basic … [Read more...]

How to Declutter Clothing

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Email subscribers, you may get two emails from me for two days only while I switch email subscription services. Also, if you've subscribed but never confirmed, go here to subscribe with the new (much better) service. Confirming with the old one won't work anymore! Ouch. This one is painful. Personally, closets are where my own decluttering … [Read more...]

How to Declutter Your Kitchen

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Welcome! We're having a Decluttering Party! Go here to read about how you can join! Phew. After Friday's post about decluttering a child's room, it feels great to talk about an area in my home where I feel I've been successful. You can close a bedroom's door and pretend that it doesn't exist, but it isn't possible to stay out of the … [Read more...]

How to Declutter a Child’s Room

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Before I start acting all smart about decluttering a kid's room, let me just state that kids' rooms are a HUGE struggle in our home. Bedrooms in general are my nemesis. But . . . even though I've yet to find a system that keeps me from sweating when an unexpected visitor skips into one of the kids' rooms for a quick Barbie scenario or wrestling … [Read more...]