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January 2024! GO(Get Organized)Month: Declutter Together Virtual Organizing

January is Get Organized & Be Productive (GO) Month and there’s no better time to consult Finely Sorted Organizing and try virtual organizing! Every Thursday in January we are giving away 20 seats in our Declutter Together Program where we will tackle areas of your home in real time, together via Zoom! We will evaluate our book shelves, junk drawers, closets and more! Learn how to organize anything!

How to Organize for Black Friday

How to Organize for Black Friday

Tips on Organizing for Black Friday If you're curious about how to best get organized to take advantage of Black Friday deals, read on.Budget Start with the limiting container that is your wallet. How much can you afford to spend? Look at your finances and upcoming...

You CAN Do Virtual Organizing!

You CAN Do Virtual Organizing!

I am always dismayed when a prospective client says to me, "Oh, I can't do the virtual organizing model, I need you here on-site, in-person."Really? If you are physically disabled I can accept your thought of "I can't".  But in that case all we need is a willing...

Organizing Posts of Old

I was browsing my old website on https://web.archive.org/ and laughed when I saw one I wrote about organizing in relation to simple design of home objects, the old-fashioned phone with twistie cord, and how much things have changed:   Simple Things Saturday, July...

Selling the Fiesta Ware!

It was hard work excavating this Fiesta Ware from the home but she was determined to make room for her own things after years of living amongst the belongings of her family which she inherited with the house.  We dug out the colorful dishware from all kinds of nooks...

How to Organize Anything on the Way to Your Dreams

Sort, edit, assign, contain, label: transferring skillsThe real power of being a professional home organizer is being able to help people identify behavioral changes of how to deal with things that can lead to their dreams. A recent client was decluttering her home of...

Home Organizing: What’s Your Stuff Worth?

How much your art is worth in the Bangor, Maine area? In sorting the home contents we sometimes run into unwanted things that may be of financial value.  The object can be donated to an organization as a deduction for tax purposes but the value must still be...

Organizer Comics

Something for the Finely Sorted Organizing Memory Box Recently I added to my memory box as well as to that of my clients’ Definition “scoop/s”: miscellaneous paper and sometimes non-paper items that are collected by placing your arms around a pile and pulling them to...

The $6,000 Find: Let’s Get Organized!

As the garage door went up I saw my client moving her body up and down behind the pile of donations I was to take to Goodwill. She was bowing to me in the air when she exclaimed: "I said to my sister, 'I set Kim loose in the library and she found the first edition...

Spring Seven Organizing

So you don't know where to put a piece of paper? If you have problems organizing things you will most definitely have problems organizing paper. Follows is a graphic showing where all that paper can go. If it's not in the safe deposit box at the bank or a fire safe...

About Goodwill

About Goodwill

I am surprised when some of my clients ask for donation centers other than Goodwill to donate because they have a bad impression of the organization. I'm not sure where this bad news started but as a regular Goodwill shopper I can testify that they make available all...

14 Kinds of Clothing Hangers

14 Kinds of Clothing Hangers

What is a Clothing Hanger? A clothes hanger is a device to keep clothes accessible, unwrinkled and dry. It can be either be shaped like human shoulders for a top, a clamp to hold clothing bottom pieces, both or multiples. They are either wire, wood or plastic....

Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

Signs, Signs, Everywhere There’s Signs

It seems everywhere you look there are signs about organizing. Everyone has a different rule or regulation to follow to get that optimized kitchen or closet. The industry has spawned lots of products to use toward this goal. Some are baskets, some are clear plastic,...

Camouflage: The Junk Drawer

Are you allowing the things in your home to hide in camouflage via the junk drawer? Wikipedia states: "Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising...

A Good Story from Mom’s Yearbook

A Good Story from Mom’s Yearbook

Does your family have a good story? Most every family has keepsakes and a good story somewhere. Families collect furniture, books, china and other memorabilia, then pass them on to their children. Such things remind us of stories of the past and turn our minds to the...

Virtual Organizing: I Talk You Through the Chaos

Familiar with Virtual Organizing? You might be wondering how virtual organizing works. Virtual Organizing can keep you from getting overwhelmed when trying to get your home in order. We are rarely taught how to keep a home efficient and beautiful in school and many...