Clients often ask us, when we begin our ascent to the attic if it is okay to put things up there. Typically, most items fair fine in the attic, but there are a few categories that should not be put in a hot attic.
Shelf and Refrigerator Liners
A question our prospective clients often ask has to do with cleaning and if we do it. We are not a cleaning service, but in reality we aren’t going to place items back on a shelf or in a pantry without a little light dusting or a quick wipe down. In that regard we often find old or dirty shelf liners that need replacing.
Saint Valentine Suggests
Simple Solutions to Make the Holidays Clutter and Coal Free
We suggest these you take these easy steps to help manage the chaos that often accompanies the holidays. While you may not be able to control the kids the night before Christmas or keep your second cousin away from the spiked eggnog, you can minimize the stress of the season through these simple organizing techniques.
Gifts That Keep on Giving (you a headache)
Thanks to free trade and the rise of plastic, toys are relatively inexpensive and easy to find. When you factor in birthday parties, the December holidays, carnivals, amusement parks and family vacations the sheer number of toys in one's household can be overwhelming (for more on this phenomena check my son’s bed). In addition to stopping the siege before it starts by switching focus from stuff to experiences, there are some easy steps that will help eliminate a toy story with an unhappy ending.
Overstuffed
Marie Kondo
Many of you have heard of Marie Kondo the Japanese decluttering guru. Her two books “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” and “Spark Joy” are hot on best seller lists. After attending her lecture this past January at the Japanese Society in New York City and reading “Spark Joy”, we recognized that at H2H we already use some of Kondo’s methods. Here are 5 of Kondo’s tips from the book “Spark Joy” which we feel are especially useful.
