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September 1, 2025

Guest Post by Sally Schwartz – The Six Stages of Cleaning Out and Selling Your Parent’s Home – Here’s What to Expect

Sorting through a lifetime’s worth of your parents’ possessions is a rite of passage deserving its own stages of emotional tumult. Sure, psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’ five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—hold up as a road map to mourning. But the good doctor stopped too soon when she overlooked a task most of […]

June 13, 2021

“How Many Do You Need?” These Pictures Tell a Story

“How many do you need”, is a key question I ask clients when we are sorting, organizing and trying to maximize their space. Most people have LOTS of things they don’t use, taking up valuable (and often times limited!) storage space. By reducing the unused multiples collected over time, we can create ”new” space —increasing […]

March 23, 2016

10 Tips to Jump Start your Spring Clearing

Ahhhh……Spring! The fresh air and sunshine make it feel good to be outside and we want our homes to feel just as light and fresh. Doing a spring “clearing” is just as important as cleaning to help you achieve that goal. Here are 10 areas to focus on that will make a big difference in […]

Messy bedroom with things they brought home from college

March 18, 2015

Return from College Organizing

It’s that magical time of year when your kids come home from college and dump their stuff in your house! Your kids are unlikely to feel as motivated as you are to have their stuff put away, leaving you to trip over it and be annoyed for some time. The truth is that they might […]

February 12, 2014

How Much is Enough – Unpacking my Bag-age

Like a starlet rejecting designer clothing from inside her dressing room, Linda sent a stream of bags flying out of my hall closet. As they fell into a colorful drift on my kitchen floor, I could hear her gentle question before she even asked. “How many bags is enough bags?” she mused as we surveyed […]

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