Dirty Trick #2 for Keeping Your Home Clean: Closet Can-Do, a tidy closet system on a budget.

Organizing a clothing closet is simple and can be done in just a few hours. You don’t need a world-class closet organizer to put a workable system in place.

• Before you put anything back into the closet wipe down shelves with warm soapy water and vac the walls, baseboards, tops of doorways, and the floor.
• Use hooks along the back or sides of the closet for scarves, hats, or belts. If you’re on a tight budget a box of cup hooks will do fine for just a few dollars.
• All clothes items (except those in seasonal storage) must be visible and easy to reach or you’ll never wear them. Read the rest of this entry »

Dirty Trick #1 for Keeping Your Home Clean: Come out of the closet, kill clutter where it lives.

If you’re going to create a more organized home the closet is the place to start. Closets are almost always in need of purging and organizing and it can take several adjustments before you get a system that you like and can maintain.

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I did a bad bad thing. No blogging for two whole weeks??? To make it up to you I’m kicking off a month of my “Dirty Tricks to Keep your Home Clean*” Before I kick off my New Year series on organizing, cleaning, and staying sane, I thought I’d share a photastic entry with you. Yes, I know photastic is a made up word…i dun it myself just now.

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