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Do You Have Too Much Clutter to Spring Clean??
I know the feeling of being too overwhelmed by clutter to even think about Spring Cleaning. So how do you get started anyway? Instead of going to bed until the return of winter? Give yourself permission to just declutter. Use that spring cleaning energy to get clutter out of your house. Even if you don't get to the deep cleaning you really …
Spring Cleaning Helpful Haves
I might have called this post: Spring Cleaning Must Haves. But that isn’t true. I’ve learned that the very best cleaning supplies to use are the things I already have. Whatever that stuff may be. Because getting started is the hardest part of spring cleaning. Getting dressed, finding my purse, and heading to the store is a sure way to …
Ways to Make Your House Seem Clean (Without Actually Cleaning)
Ever wonder how to make a house look clean? Or specifically, how (in the world) other people who say they never clean have homes that seem like a far-off and totally unattainable dream? Or even more specifically, how those people's homes (which they say they haven't cleaned) look better than the house I just spent a day (or a week) …
What is the Very Least I Can Do to Keep My House Clean? No, Really.
This is a post about a bare minimum house cleaning plan. But first, some comparison. I've been working out again. This isn't a post about working out, but I have. And as I've started back up (for the forty-jillionth time), I've been thinking about how it relates to keeping my house clean. If you're one of the many who've read every post of …
Clearing a Corner of the Bedroom #5MinuteFriday
There's an affiliate link in this post. Two weeks in a row is a start, right? I cleared a section of my master bedroom. In FIVE minutes. Five. FYI, even though my master bedroom is waaaayyyyy better than it has been in the past, five minutes didn't seem to be enough time to bother working on it. But I was determined to tackle …
Working Through the Mess – After Holiday Cleanup
Today is January 3rd. I wrote this post on December 26th. On December 26th, I was so proud of myself for just picking up, and had full faith that I'd do the "real" after Christmas cleanup precisely on time: January 1st. Ummmm, I didn't. New Year's Day and the day after came and went, and my tree is still up. Oops. And I didn't even get this …
10 Easy Ways to Have a Neater Home in the New Year
Don't worry. I'm not over-simplifying or assuming your home is a few tweaks away from perfection. But these ten simple things that I've learned the (very) hard way over the past seven years of my own deslobification process have had a big impact. A much bigger impact that I would have ever believed possible. 1. Do your dishes. I could go on and …
One Hour Until the Doorbell Rings?? Here’s a plan!
Most important? A reality check. An hour is only 60 minutes, and you can't go from disaster to perfection in that amount of time. But if you focus on the right things, you can make a major impact and be able to do the one thing that matters: enjoy the time with your guests. Repeat this phrase to yourself over and over for the next hour: Follow …
