Get Organized For a New Baby
Bringing a baby home is a magical time. Time feels like it moves faster than ever. Here is a list of what I've found helpful as an organizer to prepare for your precious one to come home.
7 Things I’ve Learned After Becoming a Professional Organizer
If we haven’t met or you don’t know my story, I found The Little Details and Stasia like a lot of us do, passing by our studio on Mass Ave! I quickly went online (on my phone before I even made it home from my morning walk) and was intrigued. Considering I won “most organized” as my yearbook superlative, you could imagine my excitement when I found TLD around the corner from my apartment. After a few interviews and trial runs with the team, here we are today! I’m sharing 7 things I’ve learned since my professional organizing journey began.
Minimalist Wardrobes & How to Make One
For many, picking out a daily outfit can be a chore. How often do you stand in front of your closet each day trying to figure out what to wear? Here’s where a minimalist wardrobe comes into play. Keep reading below to find out the different minimalist methods and how to master one.
How To Organize Your Cleaning Supplies
Whether or not you clean your own home, keep life simple by organizing your cleaning supplies. There’s nothing worse than a sudden mess and no supplies in sight! Read below on how you can have your cleaning supplies ready to grab and go at a moment’s notice.
Pack Like a Pro: Travel Tips from a Professional Organizer
If you’re anything like me then you like to stick around for the three months of nice weather in New England. Now that fall is coming to a close, I’m ready to pack my bags and head somewhere beautiful – it’s been too long! Planning a vacation is extremely exciting, but packing can be overwhelming and put off until the last minute. Follow some of these tips to avoid that stress and start your vacation on a positive note!
Back-to-School Supplies That Will Keep Students Organized All Year
Somehow the summer flew by and we've made it to the weekend before Labor Day! Time to get out those class lists and head to Target or Staples this week, right? Not so fast! We also challenge you to shop locally this year and check out used bookstores, paper stores, and maybe even your basement to pull from a previous years' stash. Today we're sharing some of our favorite supplies to keep you or your students organized and set up for success at school, home, and in between this year.
5 Occasions You Should Hire a Professional Organizer
Thinking about hiring a professional organizer but not sure if it’s the right time? Here are 5 times we deem it absolutely necessary to call in some support. Professional organizers can immediately help relieve stress whether you’re in a major life transition, moving, or just too busy to do it yourself.
How To Pack A Cooler
Are you dreaming of a beach day? Contemplating a long hike, or planning a camping trip? Stay fueled and hydrated and pack up your cooler with your favorite treats. But don’t just throw everything in a thermal bag as you are rushing out the door! Here are our favorite tips for creating an organized cooler for your fun summer trips.
How To Organize Your Party Supplies
I’m sure we’ve all been guilty at different times of having a ton of leftover party supplies. I’m talking themed plates, banners, balloons, colorful plasticware, the infamous party hat (does anyone ACTUALLY look good in those?). While “there’s always next year” now is the time to crack down on what you have and be realistic in what you’re keeping. Let’s break it down here.
Ditch & Donate Challenge: Part 1
Does organizing your entire home feel too daunting? Feel like you need a whole weekend to make progress? Sick of staring at clutter?
This challenge is for you.
Over the next two weeks, we challenge you to let go of one item per day. Just ONE per day. You can purge more per category each day, but we're starting with letting go of 14 items total. Hopefully, you'll gain momentum and feel inspired to keep going. If nothing else, your house will have 14 fewer items in it. Guess what - that's still a win!
Moving Kits: Everything You Need to do for a Successful Move
Feeling stressed and overwhelmed about your upcoming move? House on the market and ready to read about next steps? Even if you’re staying put, you’ll always have friends who need your help moving. Our kit below goes over everything to be ready to go come move day!
Whoa Baby! How To Plan A Baby Shower
As we approach Mother’s Day we think about all of our Moms and the Mama’s-To-Be. If you know someone that is getting close to their due date or even months out, then you’re in luck. Today’s blog post is all about how to plan and organize the best baby shower.
Laundry Room Organization
Does anyone else’s laundry room look like a mini tornado? Okay, a full-blown tornado? Maybe you’ve decided to shut the door and worry about more important things. Unfortunately, the time always comes around where you need to tackle laundry day. It can definitely be overwhelming, but with an organized space and a touch of decor, it can be a breeze.
How To Organize Your TV Console
One zone of the house that can often become undone is the TV console. This area may be frequently used and because of that the mindset could be “why put everything away if I’m going to revisit it again tomorrow.” Unfortunately that can lead to the area become more and more disorganized, with a bigger clean up rather than consistently putting the area back together after each use. Want to find out ways you can organize your console? Keep reading.
How To Organize Your Hair Accessories
As many of us know, it’s easy for your hair accessories to look as out of control as when we haven’t washed our hair in a few days…perhaps worse. If you look at Pinterest, you can find a ton of DIY activities to help organize your bows, headbands, curling irons, etc. Here are some suggestions that we have for you!
How to Fall in Love with Organizing: Valentine’s Day Edition
Valentines Day is approaching and whether you’re single or not, now is a great time to fall in love- with organizing! We’re a month into our New Years resolutions and if organizing is on your list, let’s keep it a priority! They say it takes 30 days to turn something into a habit, so why not start now. Let us help you!
It’s Time to G.O.: How to Get Organized for the New Year
January is Get Organized month. A new year with new goals; it’s fun to get inspired and write your resolutions out in a new journal: this year you want to get your home and your life the way you want it- organized! Stress-and-clutter-free. Goals can become extremely overwhelming, too. Read on for our favorite ways to help you start and stick to your organizing goals.
5 Areas You Can Organize In A Jiffy
Organizing is a domino effect. Once you start organizing one area, you can easily get suckered into doing more. Although that is one thing we love about organizing, some areas of the house can take days, weeks or even months to get done. Sometimes you only have a small window of time, but are in the mood to be productive and tackle a small area. We’re going to give you some tips and suggestions on where those areas are and how to start!
How to Create a Gift Wrapping Station
Welcome to the most wonderful time of the year! With Thanksgiving behind us, the holidays are right around the corner. As you prepare for gift giving this holiday season, let’s make sure that you have your gift wrapping station in order to do so.
How to Create A Craft Station
Looking for the next fun organization project? One great way to get organized is to create your own craft station. Oftentimes our projects like our gift wrapping and knitting end up on the top shelf of our closets. You may find yourself forgetting what projects you haven’t finished, or forgetting what you already have, and over purchasing more than what you need. Designating one space in the home for your crafts will keep you organized and encourage your craft work!