You sit at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee, a blank piece of paper and a pen. You are determined that you will not leave the table until you come up with a strategic plan for decluttering your home. And so you sit. That first cup of coffee...
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Tag Archives: De-cluttering
Planning a Spring Garage Sale?
Most of the snow disappeared weeks ago. Easter has come and gone, and now many of us are looking forward to Memorial Day. Do you know what that means? It means garage sale season is on the doorstep. Within the next 6 to 8 weeks, the garage sale ads will...
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Why Your Reasons for Holding on to Clutter Might Be Wrong
People hold on to different things for various reasons. Maybe an item belonged to a loved one who passed, or perhaps an item represents a childhood memory. Whatever the reason, some items can be hard to let go – scary even. Americans live in a society where one’s worth is...
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Organization Is about the Big Picture AND the Little Details
Some time ago, My Divine Concierge worked with a client who spent a lot of time picking our brains. One of the questions asked was whether organization had more to do with the big picture or the little details. Perhaps you’ve wondered the same thing. Well, it turns out organization...
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Hoarding Resolution: Don’t Take Things Personally
Over the years, My Divine Concierge has participated in quite a few hoarding resolutions. These kinds of incidents can be emotionally overwhelming for everyone involved – us included. One thing we have learned is that you can’t take the stresses and emotional outbursts personally. There is too much at stake...
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Great Ideas for Packing Christmas Decorations
It will not be long before we start thinking about packing up the Christmas decorations and putting them back in storage for another year. Doing so is always an adventure, knowing that things could break between now and the day we pull the decorations back out next December. But you...
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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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How to Prepare Your House for Showing
In just a few months, the spring home showing season will commence in the Northeast. That means now is the time to begin getting your home in order if you are planning to put it on the market. Remember that the better your presentation, the more likely it is you...
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Tips for Avoiding the Holiday Cooking Mess
A lot of the residential work we do involves the kitchen. And believe it or not, we frequently hear clients talking about how much messy kitchens bother them. We can only imagine how much more serious the problem becomes for some homeowners during the annual holiday season, given the American...
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5 Things You Might Not Know About Hoarding
My Divine Concierge is fortunate to be able to use our organization expertise to help resolve hoarding issues. While we are neither psychologists nor psychiatrists, we do work with other professionals to help individuals and their families to get a handle on hoarding. It is never easy, but always worth...
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