organize it. love it.
When I was five years old, Saturday mornings with my mom were magical. After a Pop-Tart and watching cartoons, she and I would organize and rearrange my toy room. Cabbage Patch dolls, a Holly Hobby kitchen set, the Barbie hotel and salon, Berenstain Bear books, Care Bears, Strawberry Shortcake… we would change it every time, and it was then that I learned how loving and supportive an organized space felt.
As a teenager and young adult, clutter became overwhelming when it was time to study or get ready for work, and just like when I was five, Sundays became my put-it-back-together day, a fresh start for the week.
Since 2005 I’ve helped my clients discover that getting organized is simple when you have someone to do it with. I believe a living space is to be that special place where we go to wind down from the day, cook delicious meals, create new ideas, and revitalize for the following day.
Whether you have lots of things or not so many things, all of your things need and deserve a permanent place, so you can always find and cherish them.
We serve all of the Denver Metro Area, as far North as Longmont, as far East as Parker, as far West as Basalt, and as far South as Colorado Springs. If you are outside of our travel area please contact us and we will do everything we can to help.
Kate’s Tidying Tips
Tuesdays are for…
How was your weekend? Did you get a lot accomplished? Did you have enough time to recharge and reset your space?
Weekends can be busy and if you didn’t have time to reset, it can lead to starting your week on the wrong foot, which can lead to more overwhelm, and ultimately leave you feeling like it’s a never ending battle.
If weekends are impossible for tidying then here are some days-of-the-week action steps you can take, so that by the weekend you can have all of your free time for traveling, cooking, or just laying in bed.
Take Your Time/Tidy Up Tuesday - Well Monday’s task has come and gone and Tuesday, if you have time, is for taking the time to complete a task you’ve been avoiding or it can also be for tidying up an area that makes you feel overwhelmed. For my female clients, your makeup bag or vanity drawers in your bathroom is a quick and easy category to tackle. After you’ve finished with your work day, or when the obligations you’ve had for this day are complete and you have some spare time before or after dinner, lay down a few towels on your bed, bathroom floor, or anywhere you can find space to categorize your essential make-up and bathroom products, and start categorizing these items. For example, make-up needs to be sub categorized, i.e. all eye shadow in one section, lip pencils, eye liner, etc., make little categories for all of your make-up, hair and body care. Once everything has been taken out and categorized, now it’t time to wipe out drawers, bags, and shelves for a fresh start. Next, wipe off all of your products and put back in their storage containers. At this point, if you don’t have your bathroom products separated in bags or bins, now would be a good time to do that. You can use what you already have or you can used small food storage containers, travel bags, drawer organizers etc.
Your morning routine will also feel fresh and new when you walk into your bathroom and see all of your morning prep items de-cluttered, clean, and organized.
If you aren’t wanting to tidy up an area in your living space, think of a task that you’ve been avoiding and do it immediately, you can also schedule this task on your calendar like you would a dentist or doctor appointment. You can repeat this every Tuesday until all of your tasks are complete and Tuesday can then become your day that you accomplish tasks you avoid. This may lead to you accomplishing tasks in the moment and not waiting until Tuesday to mark them off of your list!
We must start somewhere! (Next week on Wednesday will be that day’s action step) Last week’s tip was Make Your Bed Monday and you can see it here.
We were recently featured in an article for Redfin on apartment living and how to stay organized.
The KonMari Method is all about following the category order - clothes, books, paper, komono & sentimental
I’ve created a FREE tidying checklist so you can keep track of your progress!
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It’s not just stuff!
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Do you know how special your living space is?
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love, work, and play...a balance