How to Get Rid of Sentimental Clutter
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How to Get Rid of Sentimental Clutter

I’ve always been a pack-rat. A few years ago, while I was home during a school break, I found a box with all of my old letters – including every valentine that I received during all of elementary school. I can’t even remember if I ended up recycling them! Clearly, getting rid of sentimental clutter is not natural for me.

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How to Organize Your Garage
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How to Organize Your Garage

The summertime is the perfect time to organize your garage! You’re probably using most of what is housed in the garage during the summer so why not make it all super accessible? There are multiple phases when it comes to organizing any space, but for some reason the garage always seems more daunting. Let us break it down for you so you can get to organizing!

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7 Things I’ve Learned After Becoming a Professional Organizer
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7 Things I’ve Learned After Becoming a Professional Organizer

If we haven’t met or you don’t know my story, I found The Little Details and Stasia like a lot of us do, passing by our studio on Mass Ave! I quickly went online (on my phone before I even made it home from my morning walk) and was intrigued. Considering I won “most organized” as my yearbook superlative, you could imagine my excitement when I found TLD around the corner from my apartment. After a few interviews and trial runs with the team, here we are today! I’m sharing 7 things I’ve learned since my professional organizing journey began.

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How to Control Your Cords
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How to Control Your Cords

Cord management is one of the trickiest issues that we face in all of our spaces. It’s difficult to keep cords tidy but still accessible and useful, especially as our spaces become even more multi-use than they once were. Controlling your cords and keeping them from controlling you can be tackled in several ways. 

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Why Organizing Feels So Good
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Why Organizing Feels So Good

No matter the season, stage of life, or pandemic status, everyone gets overwhelmed. As with anything, it ebbs and flows depending on what is happening in your day-to-day life and in the world around you. Organizing (and all of the pieces that make up a full organizing project) is one way to find some sense of control and order in the times when you feel like there’s just too much going on.

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Spring Organizing Checklist
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Spring Organizing Checklist

Has the spring-cleaning bug taken over yet? Our team loves any excuse to get in the organizing spirit, and the start of spring tends to be our busiest time of year! If you’re looking for any inspiration to get started, look no further. We created a handy checklist with some tips to start getting organized for spring.

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5 Tips to Downsize with Ease

5 Tips to Downsize with Ease

The spring is here which means the housing market is about to heat up! Whether you’re in the process of downsizing or are planning on downsizing in the next 5 years, downsizing is an overwhelming process. Oftentimes it’s an accumulation of many years worth of items and memories. Read along to see our top tips for a smooth transition into your next home.

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Avoid the Sunday Scaries by Getting Organized
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Avoid the Sunday Scaries by Getting Organized

Who hasn’t had the Sunday Scaries before? Even with a job you love, there is that ultimate feeling of sadness as a fun-filled or relaxing weekend comes to an end. When I feel that anxiety coming on, I do any one or combination of these things to keep myself calm and prepared for a great week!

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How to Organize Your Basement
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How to Organize Your Basement

“Looking for a fun weekend project? Let’s organize the basement!” Says no one, ever. It can be daunting to organize such a large space with multiple purposes, and it generally becomes a catch-all in most homes. In today’s post, we’ll share a few resources and tips we like to use for basement organizing. We’ve seen A LOT of basements throughout the years, and our first note is that yours is probably not as bad as you think!

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Organize Your Workday with Time Blocking
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Organize Your Workday with Time Blocking

As we head into New England’s second winter, AKA March, you might be searching for an extra boost of motivation and productivity. With days still feeling dark and cold, it can be easy to feel like you’re in a rut. Looking for a better way to organize your time? Try time blocking! This is the method of dedicating scheduled blocks of time, whether it’s hours of deep work or fifteen-minute (necessary!) breaks, in advance to increase productivity.

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Minimalist Wardrobes & How to Make One
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Minimalist Wardrobes & How to Make One

For many, picking out a daily outfit can be a chore. How often do you stand in front of your closet each day trying to figure out what to wear? Here’s where a minimalist wardrobe comes into play. Keep reading below to find out the different minimalist methods and how to master one.

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Our Favorite Organizing Products
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Our Favorite Organizing Products

Today we’re giving you all the deets on what everyone wants to know: What are our favorite organizing products? Although we fully believe a lot goes into product recommendation (you know the drill-sort, purge, assign, THEN contain), some things can’t be beat! Measuring your space is an important step, too. This blog post is not sponsored, but most recommendations are from The Container Store.

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Grocery Shop Like a Professional Organizer
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Grocery Shop Like a Professional Organizer

Not much makes me happier than strolling into Trader Joe’s at 8am on a Sunday morning. There’s plenty of parking, clear aisles, and every piece of produce and canned good is lined up in its just right position. If you can relate to this happy feeling, read on! Today I’m sharing how I like to grocery shop as a professional organizer. 

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Get Organized and Stay Organized in 2022
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Get Organized and Stay Organized in 2022

Happy New Year! January has come around once again and whether you love or hate resolutions, we think everyone could use some organizational help after the busy holiday season. Step one is getting organized, but how do you stay organized after you’ve drifted away from the “new year new you?” If you need some inspiration for getting organized this January, check out our blog post here for some ideas. When you’ve got your systems in place, here are our top tips for keeping up with them.

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How to Organize Your Jewelry
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How to Organize Your Jewelry

Raise your hand if you have trouble organizing your jewelry. It may be due to a surplus or just not finding the right system for you. Regardless, there are many ways to organize your jewelry so that you can see it and enjoy it whether or not you’re wearing it!

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