January 29, 2015 | 173 Comments

You may be shocked to learn that you're making a huge decluttering mistake that's slowing down your progress, but don't worry! Once you know, you can start doing things differently. There's hope for our homes yet!  Anyone who's battling clutter can tell you that getting rid of things is hard. If we didn't struggle with letting things go, we wouldn't have clutter in the first place, but what would you say if I told you that you're doing something that's making decluttering even harder than it ...Continue Reading

January 22, 2015 | 5 Comments

When your whole house is cluttered, sometimes "Where should I start" is the hardest question to answer. ...Continue Reading

January 20, 2015 | 6 Comments

When I started this series, I wasn't quite sure how it would progress. I knew I wanted to start with thinking about why we have clutter, but I hadn't yet figured out which rooms we'd work on and in what order. ...Continue Reading

January 15, 2015 | 12 Comments

I've spent the last two weeks feeling like a hypocrite. I started the Declutterathon to organize my home and hopefully have a few people join me along the way. ...Continue Reading

January 11, 2015 | 12 Comments

It's the end of the Declutterathon: Week 1, and we've accomplished a lot. ...Continue Reading

January 7, 2015 | 38 Comments

Have you ever seen an episode of a talk show where a crew completely cleans someone's home of clutter? ...Continue Reading

January 5, 2015 | 43 Comments

It's the first day of the declutterathon! My goal for the next 26 weeks is to make slow and steady progress decluttering our homes and lives in the hopes that it will create long-lasting change. If you've arrived at your computer with lots of energy, enthusiasm, and a box full of black trash bags you may be a little surprised by this first week. While other plans jump right into creating zones and immediately decluttering certain areas, I know that, for some of us, our initial enthusiasm ...Continue Reading