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Bring Your Living Space to Life

Megan, selected from Yoga+ Magazine — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:12:03 +0000

By Basia Hellwig, Yoga+ The most comfortable places in our homes and towns are expressions of the way people live in them, rather than of an architect’s master plan. So observes scholar and architect Christopher Alexander, who has studied and codified these patterns of living, as expressed in rooms, buildings, and towns over the centuries. To [...]

50 Great Uses for Mason Jars

Megan, selected from Planet Green — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:18:32 +0000

I take Mason jars for granted. I grew up with them in the house and they have been part of my kitchen since I was married in 1980. So, I was surprised when someone saw my extensive collection and wondered why I had so many. It is a little obsessive, I admit. I have about 300 [...]

8 Ways to Sort Aging Parents’ “Stuff”

Mel, selected from Caring.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:00:33 +0000

By Paula Spencer, Caring.com “Christmas lights. Do not work.” Three boxes, so labeled and tucked in the basement ceiling joists, were perhaps my favorite find while clearing out my parents’ house. Well, those or the shelf of neat notebooks recording weekly bowling scores back to the 1960s. A dozen casserole lids, no casseroles. Spare stereo knobs, [...]

How to Map Your Bedroom with Feng Shui

Annie B. Bond — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:06:44 +0000

The ancient Chinese method of Feng Shui helps us to balance our homes and create happier, more successful lives, room by room.

Feng Shui Organizing Tips for Fall

Betsy Stang — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:00:33 +0000

This fall Feng Shui primer will help you nurture yourself and bring more prosperity into your life while you get back to work or school. The organizing guidance is rooted in honoring the seasonal changes, clearing out the old and bringing in the new, and as such connects you more deeply to yourself and the natural world around you. Welcome in the new season and get organized, too, with these fall feng shui tips:

Autumn Equinox, Feng Shui, and the West

Betsy Stang — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:00:43 +0000

On Planet Earth, West is the direction of the setting sun. It signifies evening, twilight, autumn and the coming of night. In the Northern hemisphere, Sept. 23 is the Autumn Equinox, when the energies of day and night are balanced. In Feng Shui, the west is the direction of the element of metal, and its color [...]

Living with Your Mate’s Clutter

Robyn, selected from Intent — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:00:17 +0000

There are many wonderful things about living with others, but dealing with their clutter is most certainly not one of them. Living with my partner (and before that, roommates) has always been a special challenge during times of emotional stress. You see, when I’m sailing through life, everything finds its way back to its place quickly [...]

Meet FlyLady, Beloved Clutter Coach

Melissa Breyer — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:53:40 +0000

Whenever I write a story about clutter, there never fails to be numerous comments extolling the greatness of “FlyLady” and her unique (and free) online home-cleaning and organization program. FlyLady? Who is this FlyLady, and why are so many people saying she’s just the bee’s knees? FlyLady is Marla Cilley–and she loves to fly fish, hence [...]

Clutter and Depression

Melissa Breyer — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:42:46 +0000

By Melissa Breyer, Senior Editor, Healthy & Green Living Does clutter cause depression? Does depression cause clutter? At any given moment during a high-clutter period in my household, I may argue the validity of both of these scenarios. Clutter has a special way of inspiring stress and frustration, which, more often than not, abets the inability [...]

How Serious Is Your Clutter Problem? Quiz

Melissa Breyer — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:02:07 +0000

Some of us collect things, come of us clutter, and a few of us may hoard. Cluttering is self-diagnosed, but more extreme forms of cluttering can sometimes be tied to to diagnosable conditions such as hoarding and ADHD (attention-deficit disorder and hyperactivity). If your cluttering falls into these realms, you can look into treatment, remedies [...]