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The Jenna & Tosh Show
A glimpse into the process of working with a professional organizer; The types of questions you will be asked as a client; Where to start the organizing process. On Wednesday November 4, 2020 I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity of being a guest on The Jenna & Tosh Show. It was a fabulous experience to be recorded for both their podcast as well as for their tv show on Rogers TV. Jenna and Tosh kindly asked me to show them a small glimpse of the process I go through with my clients as a professional organizer when I’m organizing one of their spaces. I was able to show them a…
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3 Easy Steps to Declutter Kitchen Countertops
Detailed steps of what you need to do; How to create stations on your kitchen countertops; The different tools you can use to create stations; Pinterest board links; Product links of what I have. Are you secretly hoping your kitchen countertops would not be as cluttered so that you would have the room to spontaneously start cooking a storm without having to move everything? Or maybe, just so that you could easily clean-up the kitchen after dinner and enjoy your evening? We all have different personal reasons why cluttered kitchen countertops bother and overwhelm us. Whether you know the real reason or not, you know that it bothers you. Let’s…
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Foods You Can Freeze To Save Money, Time & Space
Lists of foods you can, cannot, could and should freeze; links to other blogs about the subject; container and jar options for freezing With big bulk food stores, such as Costco, it’s not uncommon for people to stock up on food. In fact, it has become very easy to do so. This may cause an issue for some people though, here is why. When the price is so good on bulk items that you can’t pass up on the offer, you go ahead and buy it. Then, you end up loosing the food because it was not consumed fast enough because of its large quantity. If this is the case…
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Glass Jar Options to Freeze Food
Glass jar options to freeze food; How to freeze in a glass jar; what kind of lids you should use; the multiple uses of a mason jar Container options There are many great options out there as far as containers go to freeze your food. The only disadvantage, from an environment point of view, is that most of them are made out of plastic but there are glass jar options that you should consider. Plastic container options The common options are the ones most of us know already: Rubbermaid brand freezing plastic containers Ziploc brand bags and containers By now, you probably have heard that plastic is a product that…
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Budget Friendly Cupboard Pantry Organization
Cupboard pantry organization; 7 easy steps to follow; Doing it on a budget; Before & after pictures of a client’s cupboard pantry organization project I did I’ve recently published a blog post on achieving an organized pantry. However, I felt that visually, the blog post referred mainly to reach-in or walk-in pantries. It made me realize that not everyone has the space to have that kind of a pantry. Because of that, I thought I would show you the process I went through with a friend’s cupboard pantry organization. The steps to follow are very similar to the ones listed in the blog post on achieving an organized pantry, with…
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Options to Store Recipes Electronically
Electronic tools to store recipes; two main phone application options; comparison of similar options; going over their features Many of us search for recipes online either on Google, Pinterest, etc. We don’t necessarily store our recipes or print them to keep track of the ones we’ve tried and liked but we do usually save them somewhere. Depending on where the recipe was found is what will determine where it will be saved. The variety of locations will make it hard to keep your recipes organized. Sharing recipes with others either from blog posts or cooking websites has also become common among people which makes it sometimes hard to print or…
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Achieving an Organized Recipe Binder
Achieving an organized recipe binder; options to organize your binder; links to the material you may need; helping you figure out your needs for your organized recipe binder Lately, I’ve been thinking of upgrading my recipe binder. I have pages that keep falling out and I’m also running out of space in my binder… Years ago, I started gathering my recipes with a recipe binder I got at Costco. It included labelled dividers as well as tips and conversion pages but it’s now falling apart, literally, so I believe it’s time for an update. I’ve decided to look into the different options there are out there to organize a recipe…
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Safe Cleaning Products
Safe cleaning products; being environementally friendly; product options; organizing cleaning products; phone application to test products’ chemical content. With all the talk of the environnement and how we should be more conscious of what we use lately, it can become overwhelming to make decisions about which cleaning products to use or not. We see adds of many different products everywhere and we hear about products from influencers, coworkers, friends and family. Are you unsure where to start when going through your household products to become more environmentally friendly? I have some tips and tricks for you for when you are ready to go through the cleaning products in your home.…
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Decluttering your Plastic Containers
Decluttering plastic containers; starting fresh; finding the perfect location; prioritizing practically and accessibility; lowering your inventory gradually. I went on to declutter some of our kitchen drawers last week and I felt like I was on a roll. When I got to our plastic container cabinet, I was stumped. I thought to myself “we probably don’t need all of that”. We mainly use glass containers to store leftovers and the same goes for cleaned fresh fruits. I started thinking “what do we actually use plastic containers for?” You are doing yourself a disservice by keeping items you don’t use; they take valuable space in your life. I decided to go…
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Achieving an Organized Pantry
Organized pantry; food sorting and categorizing; bins and containers to use for specific foods; labels; how you can save space. It seems to be a popular trend lately where people are taking interest in having an organized pantry. I’m the kind of person that loves seeing organized pantries on Instagram and Pinterest! Just so you know, that type of organization project is not for the faint of heart, I can assure you. If you would like to undertake this organization project, I have written a play-by-play of the steps you should follow to achieve your goal of a good-looking and organized pantry. When we moved into our newly built house,…