The season is slowly changing, so while you’re exchanging cotton tank tops for wool sweaters remember to take out the things you never even touched this summer.  Chances are those things won’t make it into the rotation next year either.  If switching the clothes in your closet has gotten you in a frame of mind […]

Since the beginning of the summer, I’ve given you a zillion excuses to have a  yard sale  — getting rid of clutter, making space for new stuff, etc.  But this weekend, forget all that.  Just pull some random stuff out of your house and put it on the sidewalk purely for the pleasure of having […]

School is back in session, signaling the unofficial end of summer.  Time for new fall clothes, school supplies and routines.  If you’re planning to turn some of that old stuff you’re not using anymore from clutter into cash, tell us when and where we can rummage through your goodies.  Click that Comments button to share […]

There’s that point in early spring — the sun finally shines long enough and the temperature gets warm enough — that brings everybody outside.  Lincoln Park is wall-to-wall with picnic blankets and frisbees.  That didn’t last long, and we all retreated inside to get relief from the heat and humidity.  But finally, things are slowly […]

I’d like to say it’s the principle of living an organized, uncluttered life that motivates me to get rid of all the clothes, books and gadgets I haven’t touched in a year (or so), but we all know that’s not true.  It’s the new pair of boots I bought that have forced me to make […]