How to Decorate for the Holidays
It’s that time again to bring down the Christmas bins from the attic (neatly stored and labeled we hope!) and get ready to take on the daunting task of decorating the house. The Little Details is sharing their top tips for decorating with ease, our favorite ideas for each room, and some things to think about before starting.
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.
Where to Start Getting Digitally Organized
Now is always a good time to focus on getting digitally organized! Getting organized in any capacity can be overwhelming. In most cases, it doesn’t matter where you start it’s just that you get started somewhere. Looking for suggestions on where to start? Review some of our tips and tricks below to tackle your digital clutter in order to have a more productive life both personally and professionally!
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!
How to Organize Your Mudroom
Today, ladies and gentlemen, we are going to bring it all the way back to Shakespeare. You may wonder, “what does Shakespeare have to do with organizing?” So much! Just kidding, I know you’re here to learn about mudrooms, but one Shakespeare quote comes to mind when thinking of organizing. “Though she be but little, she is fierce.” Whether or not you have already realized it, our mudroom is typically one of the smallest areas of the house, however it can also be the most powerful. When things are in complete disarray throughout the mudroom it slows you down and can ruin the start and end to your day. Having an organized mudroom helps you and the whole family stay on track and on time. Don’t limit yourself to just bins and hooks!
Schoolwork Storage
Whether you’re working at home or in school, it’s important to have your schoolwork organized so that when it’s completed, there’s a place to put it. Typically once a subject starts a new topic, you’re able to leave the previous topic at home so you don’t have to carry it around with you all the time. We’ll discuss different ways to store your schoolwork once it’s completed.
September is Emergency Preparedness Month: How To Prepare
September is Emergency Preparedness Month and if we’ve learned anything this year it’s that preparation is everything. National Preparedness Month is sponsored by FEMA. It aims to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to all types of emergencies, including natural disasters and potential attacks. Covid-19 affected our whole community in unprecedented ways. At The Little Details, we feel super lucky and grateful for our community and our commitment to helping one another. Although you cannot be prepared for everything in life, we’d like to share some of our ways to plan and stay organized in difficult times.
Fall Back into A Good Routine Series: Office Organization
This is part 3 of our Fall Back into Organizing Series featuring Office Organization! Whether you're working from home or looking to get your home/office organized, you've come to the right place! Check out this guide for our favorite office organizers containing some of our locally made, eco-friendly and sustainable products that we carry in our North Cambridge studio that you can shop online. If you want to read more on how to organize your work life, you can read our previously written blog here.
Fall Back into A Good Routine Series: Classroom Organization
The unprecedented time of COVID-19 has thrown us all out of sync from our normal routines and old-standbys. As we try to make sense of it all, creating systems for a new normal can be a huge help. Fall is another season of change, so whether you are still working from home, preparing for school in-person, online, or a hybrid... we have organizing solutions for you to help implement, modify and revamp your work space that can help motivate you to be productive and engaged.
What To Store In Your Toolbox
We come across many tool benches and garages filled with all sorts of gizmos and gadgets. However, in trying to minimize and find exactly the right tool that we need in a jiffy, it’s important to know, what’s important to keep in it? Read below for some tool ideas!
Fall Back into A Good Routine Series: Dorm Organization
Fall is another season of change, so whether you are still working from home, preparing for school in-person, online, or a hybrid... we have organizing solutions for you to help implement, modify and revamp your work space that can help motivate you to be productive and engaged. Looking at all this change as an opportunity for growth and new ideas can actually be fun!
Donation Destinations
Have you recently decluttered or wanted to venture on a home organizing project? An important step, and one of the most rewarding, is donating your items you no longer want, need or use. One of my favorite perks as an organizer is getting to know the local donation centers. Donating items to give them a second life to someone who needs it now is essential to our communities. If you have a couple bags of goods (or a few, or a few dozen..) here are a few places and people we’d love for you to get to know.
Get Your Office and Business Organized
One of our all-time favorite projects was working at Wistia, a video marketing software company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. When we were done organizing their office, they created an awesome video (no surprise) of their experience working with us which can be seen here. Our favorite part of the video was this quote about how organizing the office was “literally the best thing that happened to me in my entire life.” Can you imagine having someone say that about something you’ve done!? Yeah, we blushed too. You’re probably wondering what does it mean for The Little Details to organize within a company. Well, let us break it down for you and tell you why right now during this pandemic is the PERFECT time to get your office organized (spoiler alert, it’s because they’re empty!)!
Outdoor Toy Storage
Happy Summer! Time to bring organization outdoors. Garages, sheds and even the backyard are an extension of our playroom during the summer. Now is the perfect time to go through your family’s outdoor toys and create fun AND organized areas.
How To Plan A Last Minute Weekend Getaway
Perhaps you’re feeling the travel bug to get out of town and the stars align, or someone has offered to take care of your kids this weekend (don’t question it, just go along with it!) and you’re given the option to jet out of town. DO IT! But how!? It’s so last minute! Let us share some tips for when this moment arises.
30 Day Organizing Challenge
When it comes to getting organized there isn’t a task that is too big or too small that won’t make a difference. That’s why we’ve created this 30 Day Organizing Challenge for you to tackle small projects daily to help get the ball rolling. Print out the calendar or keep it digitally to track your progress!
How To Prepare For A Move
Moving into a new home this summer? While moving into a new home can be an exciting time, it can also feel daunting or overwhelming.
Father's Day Gift Guide
Father's Day is just two weeks away so we made you a Gift Guide filled with some of our favorite locally made, eco-friendly and sustainable products that we carry in our North Cambridge studio that you can shop online.
Scroll down to find the perfect gift for a special dad in your life and shop local to help support our business and your carbon footprint all at the same time.