Teen Room Makeover

The open shelving can present a slight feeling of clutter, but there's a place for everything!

In today’s world or reduce, reuse and recycle, you don’t have to spend a lot of money to create a cool space for your teen. Paint is an amazing game changer because it’s easy, inexpensive and not permanent, which is great if you’re in a rental or temporary space. Most teens have eliminated the big [...]

Colorful Collaboration with Fisher-Price

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I’ve teamed up with Fisher-Price to offer expectant and new moms how-to tips for the nursery, creating baby zones in the kitchen, baby gear must haves, and on-the-go organization. These videos appear on the new Room to Bloom site and provide helpful tips for getting out the door with baby, where to put baby items [...]

What’s in Your Garage?

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With warmer weather here and the school year nearing its end, now is a great time to clean out and organize the garage. Taking a proactive approach to this dreaded task (let’s face it, not much fun for most people–I get that!) will keep you on track so the next time you want to go [...]

Earth Day Organization: 5 Simple Organizing Tips

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I don’t know about you, but the promise of warmer weather has me motivated to get moving on spring cleaning projects. The first was to organize my garage so we could get to our gear as soon as the weather breaks. The bikes are ready, the tennis racquets handy and beach gear packed–so there’s some wishful thinking there, [...]

What’s Relevant in Your Home?

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  One way to determine what to keep and what needs to go is to look at your life currently and ask yourself, when it comes to your stuff: “What’s relevant?” We all know that once we get married and/or have children, there’s a  major shift that happens in terms of how our home is [...]

An Organized Entry Hall

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Organizing your entry hall can be simple. You’ll need a place for your keys, shoes, jackets and bags (hand bag, diaper bag, project bag, etc.). If you have a hall closet, use it. Hang jackets, use top shelf for a couple of baskets to hold gloves/mittens/scarves or goggles, bathing suits, and suncscreen for warm-weather months. [...]

When Is Too Much Reality [tv] Enough?

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Not too long ago, I read a blog post from John Trosko, an organizer in Los Angeles, about the new show on A&E called Storage Wars. The show chronicles the lives of four tough guys who basically prey on those who have stored their stuff in public storage facilities, then lapsed on the rent and now [...]

Out with the Old, Make Room for the New

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Pre-holiday decluttering… It doesn’t matter if we’ve been naughty or nice, pre-holiday is the best time to declutter to make room for the slew of new stuff. Think of this process as a way to create a space for what’s on your holiday list. If you’ve asked Santa for some new books, consider purging some [...]

C’mon Snow, I’m [Almost] Ready

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We’re getting ready for winter and it feels good…just like nesting before my babies were born. After relocating in August 2009 and experiencing a true New Jersey winter last year, this year I’m going to be prepared. Why wasn’t I last year, you ask…hey, you’re an organizer! Well, it was my first winter in the [...]

A Writer’s Journey

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I must be the only one who has not read Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. It was on the N.Y. Times Best Seller list for weeks, is currently number one on amazon dot com, and now the motion picture starring Julia Roberts will be released this Friday, August 13th. Last year, sometime, I did [...]