Purses Get Organized with the Purseket

When your purse is overflowing it is hard to find what you need. How many times have you dug in your pocketbook to find your phone? This purse organizer gives you easy pockets to line the inside of your purse so finding objects quickly is a breeze. It also helps you transfer your pocket books quickly without having to reorganize everything every time. Visit the Organized Lifesytle Store, www.theorganizedlifestylestore.com for more information.

Busy Moms Get Organized with the Mom Agenda

Keeping track of schedules when you are a busy mom can be difficult. One of my favorite products to help busy moms is the Mom Agenda. The Mom Agenda creates a simple system to track your own schedule and has rows underneath your schedule to track each of your kids activiites. In one portable place you can know where each of your family members is supposed to be. In addition, there are sections in the back of the Mom Agenda which list birthdays, addresses, help you with party planning and more. The Mom Agenda retails for $39.99 and can be purchased at The Organized Lifestyle Store (www.theorganizedlifestylestore.com). Call for more information at 203-458-7674.

More Spring Cleaning Tips from Livable Solutions

Simplify your cleaning supplies. Many times I see people with cleaning supplies overflowing under their kitchen sink, filling up a linen closet on the second floor and spilling out into bathrooms. If you pull out all of the cleaning supplies and look at them collectively you can start to see many duplicate items, empty bottles and old supplies that haven’t been touched in years because they were buried in the back pile. Remember too many choices can be just as bad as too few.My suggestion is just keep the basics.

Most houses can be cleaned with window cleaner, a multi-purpose solution, a tub and tile cleaner, bleach, toilet bowl cleaners, dusting polish and a good floor cleaner. Be careful not to fall into the trap of buying all the newest products without throwing out some of the old ones that haven’t worked. Cleaning is so much easier when you only have a few choices to deal with and one central location to grab them. Inventorying supplies is also a cinch because you will quickly see when items are running low. You will save money, space and avoid overbuying items you don’t need.Easy access to your cleaning supplies will also make it much easier to grab what you need and get the job done.

Paring down supplies will allow you to have a kit that you just pull out when you are ready to straighten everything out. Put your most essential supplies in a bucket that you can take from room to room. Make sure your vacuum is not jammed in a closet that makes it so difficult to get out that you never want to use it. Items like mop and broom holders mounted inside a closet, basement or garage wall can also make these items easily accessible and more appealing to use.

Spring cleaning time is here and there is no better time to put these items in order so you can breeze through your responsibilities and begin enjoying the warm weather in your free time.

Home Organization Workshops

The Organized Kitchen
Do your cabinets take on a life of their own? Do you spend time searching for items or money on duplicates? We can teach you how to make your kitchen simply organized and functional.

Taught by Professional Organizer Kristin Mastromarino
Tuesday, March 18, 20087-8 pm @ The Organized Lifestyle Store
or
Thursday, March 20, 200812-1 pm @ The Organized Lifestyle Store
Pre-Registration Required: call 203-458-7674

Cost: $10

The Paper Chase
Is your desk overflowing with paper? Old bills, piled magazines, junk mail invade our homes and officesat rapid pace. Learn tips and tricks to gain control of paper that is creating physical and mentalclutter in your life. Discover the different ways to file, discard and keep paper.

Taught by Professional Organizer Kristin Mastromarino

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
12:30 -1:30 pm @ East Haven Chamber of Commerce's Women in Business Luncheon, The Village At Mariner's Point, East Haven, CT

For more information call 203-458-7674

Spring Cleaning Tips

Many of us fall into the trap of using our free time just to keep up with what is around us. I live in a small apartment by myself and I still find it difficult to keep everything in order! Throw in a family or a spouse that doesn’t care as much about keeping order and you could be saying good bye to your spare time just to get it together each week.

Most people do not have the luxury of hiring a cleaning service. And even those that do can do a great injustice to the house during the time between visits. Being as organized and as simple as possible in your home will help decrease the time and energy you must place on keeping everything clean and dust free.

One of the first things that I suggest is really simplifying your surface areas. The more small knick knacks, picture frames, candles etc. you have taking up your counters, bookshelves and tables the more you are going to have to clean. In addition to creating more surfaces to clean, too many of these types of objects in a space can create visual clutter that detracts your eyes from focusing on the beauty of the pieces.

Rotate your pictures instead of adding a new frame every time you want to show off a new photo. Put away candles that you are not currently burning. Focus on displaying pieces that have meaning and decorative impact on your room not just throwing things up on shelves because there is a space for them. By editing these small things dusting will be much easier and your room will feel more streamlined.

Welcome to the Livable Solutions Blog!

I founded Livable Solutions in 2003. After spending five years working on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. I decided my true talents were found in helping people organize their lives. In 2005 I brought my company back to my hometown of Guilford, CT.
Over the years I have performed various duties for my clients including: massive household purging, creating home filing systems, restructuring closets to make them more efficient, setting up spaces for home businesses, organizing packing for household moves, staging yard sales, selling, unwanted objects online, purchasing custom products for clients, and hauling unwanted objects to donation sites.

I am also the author of the column "Ask the Organizer" in the CT Shore Publishing Newspapers

I look forward to offering you professional advice tips and answering your questions through this blog.