Your Cleaner House » organizing http://yourcleanerhouse.com Helping You Clean Faster and Better Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 How to Prepare Your House For Sale – Clean, Organize, and Straighten Closets, Shelves and Cabinets http://yourcleanerhouse.com/how-to-prepare-your-house-for-sale-clean-organize-and-straighten-closets-shelves-and-cabinets http://yourcleanerhouse.com/how-to-prepare-your-house-for-sale-clean-organize-and-straighten-closets-shelves-and-cabinets#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:37:21 +0000 admin http://yourcleanerhouse.com/?p=130 It is time to start to look behind doors, in drawers and in cabinets as you get your house ready for sale. When a potential buyer visits your house, they will want to look at what storage space is available to them and for their belongings. While you cannot make more space available than you actually have without a remodel expense, you will want to make the most out of the storage spaces you have in your home.

Start with cleaning out these areas, straightening shelves and organizing closet space and the items that you have stored there. The first improvement starts with getting rid of excess and unused items. The number one rule of organization is if you have not used, worn, or even considered an item for a period equal to or greater than three years, get rid of it. This is not to say that an item’s useful life is over; you can always donate items of value to others in need. If there is no useful life, time to toss it.

It’s funny thing about storage spaces. When we moved into our home, it was three times the size of our original home. We said to ourselves that we would never be able to fill it. However, human nature is that once we get an item, we would rather pack it away and never think of it again, much less ever use it again than to part with it. Now our closets and storage spaces are packed full of items that would never make the cut using the rule above.

You have to take a stand and get tough when it come to your stuff. Start with the easy items and the harder decisions will get easier as you start to see the back of cabinets and closets that have long since been obscured from site. Clothes are the best place to start. If you have not lost enough weight to wear that suit or dress in the past three years, chances are you will someday (ever the optimist) but the style or color will not be in fashion. Besides, you will want to reward you loss with new fashions anyway, right?

Don’t forget the refrigerator, freezer, kid’s toy chests, under the bed, the attic, basement storage, under the stairs and the garage. All of these areas are magnets for clutter.

Move on to the cabinets under sinks, built-in storage areas, armoires, etc. Get rid of all the outdated and expired medications, cosmetics, suntan lotions and hotel soaps and shampoos. As you begin to see boxes of donations grow and your trash can filling, you can rest easy knowing that you are also seeing the storage space increase as well.

And so will any potential buyers as well!

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]]> http://yourcleanerhouse.com/how-to-prepare-your-house-for-sale-clean-organize-and-straighten-closets-shelves-and-cabinets/feed 0 Clutter and Hoarding – 7 Gentle Guidelines For Cleaning Your Kitchen http://yourcleanerhouse.com/clutter-and-hoarding-7-gentle-guidelines-for-cleaning-your-kitchen http://yourcleanerhouse.com/clutter-and-hoarding-7-gentle-guidelines-for-cleaning-your-kitchen#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:19:39 +0000 admin http://yourcleanerhouse.com/?p=52 You know how sometimes it really benefits you to create more counter and work space in your kitchen? How many times have you started to prepare a meal only to have to move dirty dishes, papers, and other clutter from your work space? Remember how frustrating it felt?

A clean and well-organized kitchen makes meal preparation and cooking joyful. Here are some ideas for you to enjoy uncluttering and organizing your kitchen. The reason to unclutter and organize your kitchen is simply because you like to have more space in your kitchen and you like a clean kitchen. Continue reading this brief article to learn seven gentle guidelines for cleaning your kitchen.

Prepare a plan, if you like plans. Your plan can include general ideas instead of exact details. The idea is to list the areas to clean and the tasks to complete. As you complete tasks, put a star by the task you’ve completed. Those starred tasks are success marks. Take things slow and easy during the day you decide to clean the kitchen.

Remember to wear loose fitting clothing as you start in one corner of your kitchen to clean, unclutter and organize it. Might as well enjoy yourself by wearing those comfy clothes.

Turn on the radio to your favorite radio station, put on a CD, or fire up your MP3 player. Sing along with your favorite tunes and notice that you can enjoy yourself as you unclutter and organize. Anything you can do to brighten your attitude will make the job more enjoyable.

Allow yourself plenty of time to clean one particular part of the kitchen. For example, cleaning the refrigerator takes awhile if you have to remove and wash shelves. There is no need to rush. If you feel like you have to start rushing, stop cleaning. Be kind to yourself.

Clean for a certain amount of time like say 10 or 15 minutes. Then, go into the bathroom and look in the mirror. Say encouraging things to yourself about your progress. Maybe even make silly faces at yourself and say things like, ‘You’re doing a great job. Good for you!’ Celebrate your progress. Every bit counts.

Remember, you are the one making up the rules as you go along for your happy cleaning adventure. Maybe your rules can be no rules!

As you do your cleaning, remember to talk respectfully and think respectfully about yourself. You are doing a great job. Good for you.

The “Wandering Butterfly Clean Up Technique” is a wonderful way to make it easy to clean up. It is excellent to use when you don’t feel like cleaning up, yet you get something done! To receive the free document, click here http://www.easykeytoclutter.com

Many clutterers benefit from the gentle, easy and empowering process of hypnotherapy, especially with a hypnotherapist who specializes in clutter. Beverly E. Taylor, the “Clean Up Queen” is the only person in the world who has written a book using hypnosis to help people easily clean up clutter. She was the featured hypnotherapist on the TLC TV show, “Help! I’m a Hoarder.”

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