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Create a Love Box

Posted in: Everything Else..., Family Matters, Get Inspired!, Get Organized!, Keepsakes, Paper Piles, Product Highlights | February 14, 2012 at 10:50 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

It’s Valentine’s Day! Are you feeling all mushy, gushy, and sentimental inside? If so, then now is the perfect time to create a special keepsake “Love Box”. Here’s how… First, collect all the many love letters, mementos, and tokens of love that you have lying around your house. Do you...

Front Seat Organizer

Posted in: Car, Everything Else..., Get Organized!, Product Highlights | February 9, 2012 at 8:00 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

Even I have a hard time keeping my car organized! The most cluttered area of my car? The front seat. After getting into the driver’s side, I literally dump everything I happen to have in my arms onto the passenger seat next to me… paper, snacks, a water bottle, my...

The Big Black Bag

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Purge & Declutter | February 7, 2012 at 8:33 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

For some reason I get so excited when I watch my clients purge all of their useless, unwanted junk.While I usually have a big smile on my face, they are not so enthusiastic about the process. Here’s how it usually goes: I hold the donation bag open while my helpless...

Collections of Corks, Coins, and Cookie Cutters

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Get Organized!, Keepsakes, Purge & Declutter | November 14, 2011 at 10:45 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

What do you collect? Coins, baseball cards, antiques, bottle caps, beer cans, comic books, miniatures, postcards, hats, spoons, stamps, thimbles, cookie cutters, teddy bears, frogs, action figures, concert tickets, magnets, or PEZ dispensers… the list goes on and on. Whatever the collection, I’ve seen it all! Some are very valuable...

But, I Might Need It One Day

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Purge & Declutter | November 7, 2011 at 12:27 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

I hear this phrase more than you will ever know. And yes, I’ve even said it myself a few times! Everyone fears tossing something out only to realize that, one day down the road, we shouldn’t have. Keeping things around “just in case” makes people feel safe. Here are a...

The Black Light Experiment

Posted in: Bathroom, Cleaning Tips, Everything Else..., Family Matters, Product Highlights | October 31, 2011 at 11:32 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

It’s Halloween! To celebrate this frightful holiday, I thought I’d share a fun (but icky) exercise to do next time you clean your bathroom. I warn you: this might be scary. Oh, and if you have kids, let them join in… all kids love gross stuff! First purchase a black...

Get Rid of Your Phone Books… For Good!

Posted in: Everything Else..., Get Organized!, Home Office, On the Web, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | October 5, 2011 at 5:49 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

While helping people declutter their homes, I tend to have a “love-hate” relationship with their piles of phone books. Why do I love them? Well, phone books used to be one of my biggest forms of marketing for my business! Before internet search engines were the trend, people used to...

Getting Out the Door

Posted in: Everything Else..., Family Matters, Time Management | September 13, 2011 at 12:38 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

When it’s time to leave the house, do you struggle getting out the door on time? Here are some tips to save a few minutes… • If you are regularly misplacing your keys, establish a specific spot to keep them. You can hang a peg near the door or entry...

Lisa’s Story

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Get Organized!, Kitchen, Paper Piles, Purge & Declutter | August 30, 2011 at 12:10 am , by CarlaRae Arneson

Meet Lisa… a 37 year old woman from New Jersey. I read about her a few years back in my favorite magazine, Real Simple. Lisa and her husband, Alex, moved into their 1920’s Colonial home about seven years ago. The outdated kitchen with minimal shelving and no pantry created chaos....

Stuff, Stuff, Stuff

Posted in: Get Inspired!, Purge & Declutter | August 2, 2011 at 7:26 pm , by CarlaRae Arneson

Here is a fun poem a client gave me about stuff. Maybe by the end of it you’ll get so sick and tired of the word “stuff” that you’ll be inspired to purge some of your own! With the coming of fall, I start stirring my stuff. There is closet...