Rediscover your space
The Practical Sort shares handy tips for helping make your life a little easier. Share your ideas with sherri@thepracticalsort.com. If your tip is chosen, you may be selected for a 10-minute phone consultation to help you sort any areas that are driving you crazy.
Grappling with small spaces lacking storage? Time to get creative. Think outside of cabinets, closets, and drawers. Go beyond the current layout. This week, I provide examples for designing more storage from inexpensive home goods repurposing to structural remodels to augment storage and function in your living areas.
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Read moreBefore you toss tasteless or unappealing textured fruits or veggies, use this tip to avoid waste and relieve any unhelpful guilt.
Read moreOne holiday down, the next is fast approaching. Pace yourself. Avoid infuriating last minute decluttering before celebrants arrive. Tackle piles methodically and gracefully with this tip so your guests will have space for comfortable, visually-pleasing festivities.
Read moreLife transitions can result in a variety of painful symptoms ranging from emotional to physical or both. Whether relocation moves are local or long-distance, you can experience long-term pain from lifting heavy boxes or leaving your social circles. Here’s one type of situational pain to watch out for. Avoid a fraudulent scheme, save yourself unwarranted pain via a warning in this podcast. Read on to learn more.
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What do you do with all the unwanted and unneeded contents? What do you keep or get rid of? Where will it all go? How do you decide?
Confidently manage this process thoughtfully and rapidly via Part 4 of this Mechanics of a Home Clear Out series.
Don't need the information now? You will someday. Read on and bookmark for the future.
Read moreWhat’s it like to live a minimalistic lifestyle? What are the upsides and downsides? How will you know if it’s right for you? Read on to learn more.
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Unrelenting papers keep on coming. A new academic year ensures that school docs, extracurricular forms, mailbox adverts arrive steadily. Whether you have kids or not, paper accumulates. What can you do to get a handle on the inflow? Show paper who’s boss! How? Register now for the Paper Purge.
Learn techniques to annihilate the stacks, determine what stays or goes, and where to store what you need to keep so you’ll find what you need when you need it. Have clutter beyond paper? Join the ‘Get it Done Party’ single event or series. Learn more here.
Read moreSpam is relentless. Are organized inboxes a pipe dream owing to non-stop garbage inflow? Have you thought about engaging an unsubscribe service? Sounds like an idea. Is it a good one? Before you take that step, read the advisories in this week’s blog and accompanying article by Wirecutter.
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