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Miscellaneous – Not a Good Category For Organization

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-03-13T12:29:42-05:00March 15th, 2023|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: categories, labels, organizing process, professional organizers|

Professional organizers do not like the word miscellaneous. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary definition, it means, ‘consisting of diverse things or members’. This concept is the opposite of what organizers do. Organizers work with clients to categorize and assign homes to every item in their spaces, so that they can find specific items quickly and easily. When you have shelves, bins, drawers, etc., labeled with specific categories, there is no question what item is contained in that space. Categories are groups of like items. When you’re trying to find something specific, do you go to a bin labeled miscellaneous, [...]

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Linen Closet Storage Best Practices

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-07-05T12:41:36-05:00July 7th, 2021|Categories: Home Organization, Storage|Tags: bathroom, categories, containers, inventory, labels, personal care items, storage, supplies|

Not every home has a linen closet. If your home has one, there are a couple of places where they may be located. Either in the bathroom, or they may be found in the hall outside the bathroom. Typically, they are not just used to store linens. Most likely, they are used to store towels, bed linens, personal care items and more. The location may determine what type of items you store in your linen closet. If it’s in the bathroom, consider the humidity that accumulates due to lack of air circulation, even with an exhaust fan, so you don’t [...]

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Don’t Buy Storage Products Until After Assessment

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-06-21T17:42:22-05:00June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Home Organization, Storage|Tags: assessment, clutter, containers, easy access, labels, organizing process, recycle, storage|

New clients always want to know what storage products to buy before we meet. My recommendation is not to buy anything until after assessment of their needs. Needs assessment in terms of acquiring additional storage comes later in the organizing process. During the first step of the organizing process, which is the sorting step where we put like items together, we will empty all sorts of storage products. They come in all forms, such as baskets, plastic or glass containers, boxes of every size and shape, shelves, bookcases, etc. All of these containers can be repurposed for organizing systems. I’ve [...]

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How to Manage Medications From Start to Finish

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-06-14T19:17:54-05:00June 16th, 2021|Categories: Home Organization|Tags: assign homes, disposal, labels, medicine cabinet, pill organizer, prescriptions, recycle, storage|

No matter what your age, at some point in your life you will take medications in some form. Over the counter and prescription medications both fall into this category. Like anything else, they have a lifecycle; from the need, to the purchase, to storage, to use, to refill, to proper disposal. This article focuses on how to manage medications from start to finish as described in the title. Need This is the first step in the lifecycle to manage medications. Your body is signaling that you have an issue that needs attention. It may be something as simple as a [...]

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How to Plan Meals Without Wasting Food

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-04-20T14:38:00-05:00April 21st, 2021|Categories: Planning, Time Management|Tags: containers, cooking, healthy meals, labels, leftovers, preparing, save time|

Planning and cooking healthy meals that your family loves without wasting food can be a challenge. Having a hectic schedule makes it even more challenging, even if you’re single. The tendency to order a pizza delivered, or drive through a fast-food restaurant can become commonplace. This tendency allows for sustenance in a pinch but long-term can cause health issues because you’re not eating healthy. The biggest health issue is weight gain which can sneak up on you if you’re not careful. It’s really ok to order in on occasion, but don’t make it a habit. Planning, and even cooking meals [...]

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Greeting Cards – Storage & Organizing Tips

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-03-17T17:19:00-05:00March 24th, 2021|Categories: Storage|Tags: clutter, containers, downsizing, labels, organizing|

Do you keep a supply of greeting cards on hand to be ready for occasions that pop up? Do you have a pile or two of greeting cards that you received from others that you just can’t bear to discard? If you answered yes to either of these two questions, this article may be of some help. These issues fall into two categories – supplies and memories. Solutions to both of these categories is all about storage and organization. How you store them is just as important as how you organize them in in their containers. I often see piles [...]

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The Importance of Keeping Your Things Visible

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2021-03-13T10:57:56-06:00March 17th, 2021|Categories: Home Organization, Storage|Tags: clutter, containers, labels, organizing|

Keeping your things visible doesn’t necessarily mean to store everything you own out in plain view, although that’s one way to do it if you have the space. It just means that you are able to see all of your belongings at a glance so you know what you own. How you organize your belongings factors into the visibility concept. If you aren’t keeping your things visible, how do you know where an item lives so you can find it? How do know where to put your things back where they belong? How do you know what items you even [...]

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Storage Do’s & Don’ts

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2024-03-01T12:20:04-06:00March 9th, 2011|Categories: Storage|Tags: containers, labels, organizing, spring cleaning, storage space|

As we begin to prepare for the coming of spring, the thought of spring cleaning and organizing comes to mind. Since organizing goes hand in hand with cleaning, that leads one to think about storage. Storage comes into play with organizing as the natural progression. The definition of storage is, “the action or method of storing something for future use.” Everything that is stored is in a container of sorts. Your house is a container for example. Every room is a container, and within each room, a closet is a container, as well as a dresser, and so on. There are [...]

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