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P.E.A.C.E. Step 1 – Put Like Items Together

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:28-06:00January 24th, 2018|Categories: Home Organization, Organizing Tips, Peace|Tags: categories, organizing process, sort|

Several years ago I wrote a post called, ‘Creating Peace at Home Through Organizing’. Click on the link to read the full article. The article explains why decluttering and organizing the spaces in your home is so important to achieve peace in your life. In that post I used the acronym PEACE to describe the five steps in the organizing process. The acronym was created to depict the result of organized spaces - peace. This post is the first in the series to provide more details for each step in the organizing process. You’ve already determined that you want to [...]

Should I Sell or Donate Unwanted Items?

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-04-20T11:31:56-05:00October 4th, 2017|Categories: Decluttering, Donation, Recycle|Tags: donate, organizing process, purge, recycle|

During the purge part of the organizing process, I’m often asked if an unwanted item should be donated or sold. This is a great question! The short answer is that it’s an individual preference. In my experience, most people know what mechanism they want to use to discard unwanted items. There are some items that have been in families for generations, and the current owners think they may be of value, but they’re not sure. For those items, I recommend getting an appraisal to determine value. Then decide whether to contact other family members to see if they want the [...]

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