If you’re not yet prepared to have a safe, comfortable and warm winter at home, now is the time to start working on things. Winter has already arrived in many parts of the Northeast thanks to a blast of cold air and snow that hit in mid-November. Here in New...
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Tag Archives: Home Organizing
Don’t Fear Your Closets – You Are in Control
Politicians with skeletons in their closets have plenty to be afraid of. You, on the other hand, not so much. Your closets may be filled with all sorts of clutter and junk, but there is no need to fear them. You are in control of your house. You alone can...
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Concierge Services and the New Wave of Retirees
Baby boomers are generally accepted to be that group of people born between 1946 and 1964. That would mean in 2016 a baby boomer could be between 52 and 70 years old. The oldest among them are now reaching retirement age and are set to have a profound impact on...
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4 Signs Your House Needs a Deep Cleaning and Reorganization
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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Things to Consider When Coming up with a New Floor Plan
One of our more popular senior concierge services is helping clients downsize their new homes. As part of that service, we can help create a brand-new floor plan based on the new location and the existing furniture. We can even help clients select new furniture better suited to their new...
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3 Simple Ways to Make Christmas Last Longer This Year
If you have kids, you know what a letdown Christmas can be. You spend month after long month shopping for the perfect gifts that are sure to put smiles on the faces of your little ones. Yet you know that by the time dinner guests begin to arrive, your kids...
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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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Try Fall Cleaning: It Really Works
Everybody spring-cleans after spending several months stuck indoors. However, here’s an idea: try fall cleaning in preparation for your annual hibernation. Spending just one weekend during the early fall cleaning and organizing will make your winter more comfortable and prepare your house for seasonal entertaining. From the recently vacated bedrooms...
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Closet Space: Don’t Look Behind That Door!
In the Pixar movie Monsters Inc., the professional scarers at the Monsters Inc. factory would open doors that gave them access to the human world, allowing them to enter the bedrooms of children through their closets for the purposes of scaring them. Children would lie awake at night scared to...
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What You Need to Know about Packing Materials
One of the things we specialize in at My Divine Concierge is helping people pack up their homes and move. As a result, we have become very familiar with different types of packing materials over the years. We go through our fair share of bubble wrap, packing peanuts, tissue paper...
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