Like a doctor can spot certain kinds of illnesses by looking for telltale symptoms, an experienced personal concierge can identify signs that a customer’s home is in need of a deep cleaning and reorganization. The signs are there if you know what to look for. We should know at My...
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Downsizing and Minimalism: 2 Things That Go Together Well
It is fascinating to look up unusual words we don’t often use in the dictionary. Take the word ‘minimalism’, for example. The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary defines minimalism as: “a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme sparseness and simplicity.” That definition lends itself...
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Don’t Let Holiday Parties Overwhelm You
The annual Thanksgiving/Christmas/New Year’s holiday season is at the doorstep. I know, it may sound a bit premature for a September or October blog post, but just remember that Thanksgiving is a mere six-and-a-half weeks from the first of October. By the time we reach Halloween, Thanksgiving will be just...
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Snowbird Tips: Getting Ready to Head South
It’s getting to be that time again when the nation’s northern snowbirds start thinking about heading south before the cold weather begins setting in. Whether you are a snowbird who leaves at the beginning of September or one of the more hardy that prefers to wait until November or December,...
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Helping Hands: Your Best Bet for a Long-Distance Move
One of the most popular services we offer at My Divine Concierge is our senior moving service. Seniors moving locally can call and arrange for us to come in, pack everything up, move it to the new home, and unpack it all on the other end. But from time to...
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3 Reasons Staging Makes Your Home More Attractive
We have learned a lot about effective home sales since the turn of the 21st century. So much so that selling a home these days is as much an art form as it is a science or legal exercise. Nowhere is the art of home selling more apparent than in...
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‘Second Season’ for Garage Sales Is Coming
Garage sales are one of our favorite tools for helping clients reduce the clutter in their homes. Whether a client is downsizing or just trying to address a clutter issue, garage sales help clean up the house and generate a little bit of spending money at the same time. If...
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The Value in Collectibles Is Mostly Personal
Being a collector of something special throughout your life is a good way to pass some time and learn more about your chosen collectibles, their history, and others who collect them. Over years of helping our senior clients with the moving process, we have observed some very interesting collections. We...
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How to Know When Clutter Is a Safety Issue
There are cluttered houses, and then there are dangerously cluttered houses. We have seen them all in our years as a concierge service helping people solve their clutter issues. The thing about clutter is that it can accumulate to the point of creating a dangerous situation without a homeowner ever...
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Be Careful about Hiring a Moving Company
My Divine Concierge is thrilled to be able to offer clients a complete packing, moving, and unpacking service for local moves. If you are downsizing from the family home that you’ve owned for decades into a smaller apartment on the other side of town, we can make it happen while...
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