As you nurse your champagne hangover on this first morning of 2018 and look at the hundreds of Christmas presents your children have lost interest in, it’s time to get honest with yourself. You’ve said for years you wanted to live with less — less clutter, less stress, less mess. Rather than putting it off […]
Attic Season is Going Well, Thanks for Asking
When Daylight Savings Time starts, everyone thinks about darkness descending in the afternoon. I think about attics. Daylight Savings is attic season because it is actually bearable to climb up in that space that traps all the heat and was never meant to store your books, clothes and furniture. Even so, attics get filled because […]
Attic
This attic had was filled to the rafters after 30 years of putting stuff up there. We could not even get in until we cleared stuff around the ladder. The owner got rid of most of the stuff because it had been ruined in the attic after decades of being up there in extreme temperatures. […]
Empty Spaces Create Opportunities
When I partner with a client to clean out a closet and cabinets, they usually purge so much that nothing goes back in the closets and cabinets. “What do I do with all that space?” the client will ask. “Leave it empty,” I reply. “Empty space creates opportunities.” Want to increase your home business? Clean […]
Attic Transformation
Six hours of purging and organizing:
It’s Time To Do Your Attic
Several clients called me over the summer wanting their attics cleaned out. No thanks. It’s an October job, I told them. Well, now is the time to start booking. Folks pride themselves on their attic spaces. It’s got a lot of stuff, but it’s organized, they always tell me. Here is my response to that: […]