Synopses & Reviews
Home organization tips from the experts at Better Homes and GardensMost homeowners struggle to stay organized. "Stuff" accumulates quickly, and finding practical and efficient ways to store it — and the know-how to pare down possessions to those that are truly needed — can be tricky. Organize Your Home: Clutter Cures For Every Room is your comprehensive guide to getting—and staying—organized at home.
Packed with solutions for every room that any homeowner can put to use right away, Organize Your Home covers both sides of the organizing equation: the psychology of paring down possessions, reducing clutter, and staying organized as well as the nuts and bolts of finding the right bins, baskets, drawers, and more to store the items you do keep in attractive and efficient ways.
- Provides practical home organization tips and advice for figuring out what should be kept and what should be discarded
- Walks you through the entire home, providing key advice and inspiration to organize every space
- Explains how to break down each room into manageable tasks with time-driven goals—what you can do in 15 minutes, 1 hour, or a weekend
Brimming with inspiring and informative photos, plus trade secrets and tips from designers and professional organizers, Organize Your Home shows you how real homes (with real budgets) make organization and efficiency a reality.
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Organized Simplicity will teach anyone who wants to organize his or her life
the benefits of simplifying their lives and provide practical, hands-on instruction for decluttering and organizing to achieve simplicity. There are chapters for cleaning and organized every room in the home. Numerous tips will help readers to keep their homes organized. Future project ideas will inspire them to turn their house in a haven they love.
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Remove the Mess, Add Meaning
Simplicity isn't about what you give up. It's about what you gain. When you remove the things that don't matter to you, you are free to focus on only the things that are meaningful to you. Imagine your home, your time, your finances, and your belongings all filling you with positive energy and helping you achieve your dreams. It can happen, and Organized Simplicity can show you how.
Inside you'll find:
A simple, ten-day plan that shows you step-by-step how to organize every room in your home
Ideas for creating a family purpose statement to help you identify what to keep and what to remove from your life
Templates for a home management notebook to help you effectively and efficiently take care of daily, weekly and monthly tasks
Recipes for non-toxic household cleaners and natural toiletry items including toothpaste, deodorant and shampoo
Start living a more organized, intentional life today.
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In
Simple Matters, Erin Boyle shares her philosophy of small-space living and conscious consumptionandmdash;values she developed living with her husband in a 240-square-foot apartment for three years. Simple Matters embraces the notion that andldquo;living smallandrdquo; is beneficial and accessible to all of usandmdash;whether weandrsquo;re renting a tiny cottage or purchasing a three-story house.
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Simple Matters is a nod to the growing consensus that living simply is not only more sustainable, but also more practical and purposeful. Filled with personal essays, recipes, DIY projects, and helpful advice on how to be inventive with a tight space, Erin shows that living simply is about making do with less and ending up with more in exchangeandmdash;more free time, more time with loved ones, more savings, more things of beauty.
Synopsis
Most homeowners struggle to stay organized. "Stuff" accumulates quickly, and finding practical and efficient ways to store it--and the know-how to pare down possessions to those that are truly needed--can be tricky. Better Homes and Gardens Storage & Organization will be a comprehensive guide to getting and staying organized at home, packed full of solutions for every room that any homeowner can put to use right away.
About the Author
Erin Boyle is the writer and photographer behind the popular blog Reading My Tea Leaves. She was formerly an editor at Gardenista, and her work has also been featured in Kinfolk, and on Apartment Therapy, the TODAY show, and A Cup of Jo, among others. She lives in New York City with her husband and baby.