New Year's Resolution - Get Organized!

Houston Professional Organizer can help with those New Year's Resolution - To Get Organized!

Holidays are over and New Year is coming up - Now is a great time to clear out the clutter. Roll up your sleeves and Get Organized!

Here me - organizing my own closet (posing for my blogger page/ business advertising purpose).

I took 3 bags of unwanted clothes to Buffalo Exchange near Montrose. Yeah! Got $200 store credit :-)

~~  This year's- New Year's Resolution - Get Organized!

From Rubbermaid " I am not sure which is more stuffed after this holiday...my stomach or my closet :) I see some  de-cluttering and donating in my future!!! "

When closet organizing - please spend a little time and get rid of all the wire hangers.

Here..I was organizing my client's closet in Houston and I have removed about 200+ wire hangers

Try to use the same kind of hanger for all your clothes  - it makes a huge difference :-)

Lately - very popular "slimline / huggable hangers" - non-slip velvety finish that prevents clothing from slipping off the hanger and protects delicate garments.

Organize your clothes in your closet by color and make your life easier, or I can do it for you..

Magdalena Bogdan, organizing a closet

closet before...

closet after..

We all have things laying around our house we could sell or want to get rid of.

Please read:

10 ways to sell your used/unwanted items

From a last year survey of New Year’s resolutions : 

Number-one resolution is to get organized.

Please read:

Study of New Year’s Resolutions: Get Organized in 2011

I would like to wish all of my clients and friends a Happy New Year!

This year has been an amazing year...

Organizing Tips for Closets

Professional Organizer Houston Has Organizing Tips for Closets.

Rotate Clothes
The clothing items that take up the most room should be more readily available. Keep out-of-season clothes, shoes, and accessories in the back of the closet or in another closet; same for those "wish clothes" that don't fit but you can't bear to get rid of~~ Better Homes and Gardens


























Stay Organized
Sort clothes by category or color to make it easy to find what you need. Insert garment organizers or use multicolored hangers to label your groupings. Also, professional organizers suggest turning all of the hangers in your closet the opposite way. Every time you wear an item, turn the hanger around. After a few months, you can clearly see what clothing items you could live without~~ Better Homes and Gardens


























I want to share with you with some of my photos of closet organizing projects.

Storing your clothes well means they'll always look their best. And when your closets and drawers are well organized, you'll find you wear more of your clothes more often.

Get Your Home Organized for Fall

As you say good-bye to summer, get your home in tip-top shape for fall with these handy organizational solutions.

Mudroom Organized

Problem: You waste precious time every morning running around the house looking for the items you need for the day.

Solution: Use a "transfer basket" to gather everything that needs to go out the door the next day -- library books, bills to mail, schoolwork, etc. Haul the basket to your car every morning and bring it back into the house when errands are done.























Closet Organized -Take Inventory

Problem: Your closet is overflowing, yet you still can't find anything to wear.

Solution: You should have only three types of clothes in your closet -- clothes that fit you, clothes you love, and clothes that always bring you compliments.

-- Peter Walsh, author of Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?
























Pantry Organized-Open and Shut

Problem: You don't have any extra drawers to allocate for a "junk" drawer.
Solution: The backs of many doors can be hidden storage gems. Attach shallow wire shelving to closet, pantry, and basement doors. If there's space, line the adjoining interior wall with narrow shelves and hooks for items such as cleaning supplies, handy tools, or pantry goods.

Happy Organized Home - The Container Store in Houston

Professional Organizer Houston shopping at The Container Store in Houston.

Today I was shopping for a new organizing project at The Container Store in Houston.

I got some great things on SALE.

Magdalena Bogdan - Professional Organizer in Houston shopping at The Container Store

I bought a scarf hanger to organize scarfs

Walnut 10-Scarf Hardwood Hanger

I got some Feathergrain Bins - multi-functional Feathergrain Bins are beautiful solutions for storing mail, magazines, books or clothing.

I also got a Linen Drop-Front Shoe Box 

Sophisticated, stunning storage.  Linen Drop-Front Shoe Box pampers your shoes, protecting against dust, and keeping them easy to access.

I love their Free Organized Closet Demonstrations in Houston, Galleria - expert demonstrations on maximizing space and organizing your closet!

Organize your Jewelry !

Professional Organizer Houston will organize your jewelry.

Are you tired of looking at your mixed-matched earrings?

Have you spent too many evenings untangling your necklaces?

It’s time to organize your jewelry!
Jewelry and other accessories remain untangled and tidy thanks to drawer organizers.

Find your own great way to store your earrings, bracelets, hair ties, hair clips etc.

Keep your dresser or night stand clutter free.


Be creative. Find what works for You.




jewelry organized

 

Show your jewelry off

Ceramic cup to display your earrings $24

How do you organize your jewelry?

I Would love to hear about!!

I attached a link with ideas for“jewelry organizing”:
Ways to organize your jewelry
Tired of tangles chains

Organizing on a budget in Houston

Professional Organizer Houston will help you get organized on a budget.

Organizing does not have to be expensive!

It may not seem instinctive, but organizing your stuff can save you money.

Simply, if you know where everything is, you don’t have to go out and buy duplicates.
Disorganization costs you more money in the long run. Do you realize how many things you have misplaced due to disorganization in a years time, just to find out later that you have to go out and purchase it again?

I love the Container Store, but if you would like to save some money – you can stop by Walmart - they have very affordable containers, cheap hangers, office supplies, etc.



 

 

Furniture Makeovers

Do you have an old piece of furniture that has seen better days?
I found this website and I love it!
It has great ideas for furniture makeovers:
Extreme Personal Measures

Give it a fresh look, give it a makeover.
All you got to do is repair, redesign and repaint.

Before

After

I decided to show you my recent furniture makeover

My table Before

With just a few simple changes..

Table after...

Transform Your old furniture !

Great organizing tips

Professional Organizer Houston has great organizing tips to help you get organized!

Place magazines into bins
If you like to keep your magazines for reference, there's no reason for them to cause you a storage headache. Tuck sturdy bins underneath a console table behind your living room or family room sofa. Most tables will accommodate two or even three large bins.

Sort your keys
Divide and conquer! Use a large divided basket or cutlery tray near the front door to gather keys, as well as cell phones, sunglasses, or work IDs.
Label each compartment by type of item or give each family member his or her own space to drop things.

Pack Up Your Batteries
Batteries die at the most inconvenient times.
Keep a stock of all sizes on hand and store them in an easy-to-organize plastic bin. Lidded boxes made specifically for this use are available but you can also adapt divided plastic boxes made for tool, craft, and sewing supplies. Use stick-on letters from the scrapbooking aisle of the craft store to label the battery size on each compartment of the box.

Clean Out Your Closet & Donate to Goodwill !

Got Messy Closet? Professional Organizer Houston can help sort, clean out and organize your closet.

"It's that time of year again.  It's getting cold.  You need more room in your closet for the holidays. Well, looks like this is a perfect time to clean out your closet and donate items to your local Goodwill.



 

 

"Donating is a Good Thing: Spread the Word "



"Here Are Just a Few Reasons Why I've Donated This Year:

■ I moved to a new house and had no room for many clothing items and furniture.

■ I clean my closet and hall closets often to control clutter.

■ Sometimes I make impulse clothing purchases or find I do not wear an item as I thought I would.

■ I rotate new and old items in my closet. Older items that I no longer want will get donated.

■ I've been fortunate in life to get help when I needed it and like to contribute back when I can."


Read the article:
Clean Out Your Closet & Donate!

Get Organized, Stay Organized!

Clutter have you a little stressed?

Designate a slice of time (10 minutes, an hour, a Saturday) to clear out, clean up, and organize a specific space (a hall closet, junk drawers, kitchen cabinets, the family room) and you'll be on your way to a more organized home in no time at all.

Craft room and Gift wrap station organized

Craft room or gift wrap station is a place to create wonderful gifts for the Holidays.

Here's how to organize your tools so that gift wrapping is fast and simple.

Keep your most popular gift wrap ready to go at all times using a paper dispenser.
Store bows, ribbon, and name tags in a handy tiered wire fruit rack.

Crafts Cabinet Hideaway
One cabinet in a home office can hide crafts supplies but keep them within reach. These pullout drawers are perfect for holding wrapping paper, ribbon, and tins of other supplies. Use the inside door space too, perfect for housing paint jars, vases filled with color pencils, and more ribbon. The counter holds a copier for enlarging patterns.

Wrapping Station
This fabulous wrapping station is a great addition to any crafts room. Made for closet organization, simple cabinets such as these are great for other uses as well. Pegboard added to the wall lets you hang hooks and containers to store embellishments and other small gift wrap and crafts supplies. Ribbon boxes are available in many sizes and keep ribbon in check. Add a work lamp and you're ready to wrap!

Designate a table, then clear off the surface, so you have ample room to spread out and a seat on which to perch. Use tools that help you work efficiently, like a weighted tape dispenser for grabbing pieces of tape one-handed and sharp scissors.

On a Roll
Forget the frustration of tangled ribbon. Stack spools onto a paper-towel holder for easy access, and save leftover pieces of ribbon (that no longer have a spool) on empty paper-towel rolls, using a piece of tape to keep each wrapped tight. Stash the rolls in a handy box, so you know where to find them next year or whenever a wrapping project arises.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !!!

Sending You and Yours Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes for a Happy New Year 2011 !

Drawer Organizing in Houston

Houston Professional Organizer will help you control clutter in a junk drawer.

Use these clever solutions to keep small items organized and easy to find.

Top-Drawer Solution

Control clutter in a junk drawer with this low-cost solution. Here silicone cupcake liners hold small, loose items. An egg carton stashes items such as thumb tacks and staples in the egg cups and larger items such as pencils, a calculator, and a pair of scissors on the other side.

Expert Tip: Make one of these for the laundry room and fill it with all the little things that come out of the dryer such as coins and buttons. Dress it up with a quick coat of spray paint.

Divide & Conquer

Three quarter-inch-deep baking pans make perfect dividers for shallow deck drawers. Separate office supplies in one, bill-paying essentials in another, and miscellaneous items such as a lint brush, lip balm, and a sewing kit in the last one.

Expert Tip: As you organize a desk drawer, decide what to keep, what to toss, and what to move to a new spot. Throw away all duplicates and mysterious odds and ends.

Mini Compartments

This pan will do more than help you cook when you use it to compartmentalize office supplies. 

Use an inexpensive cupcake pan to organize small items that have a tendency to get lost in drawers.

Round Up Drawer Items

Here simple wood and ceramic containers corral Q-tips and makeup brushes in a bathroom drawer. Scan kitchen and laundry room cabinets for similar containers (glass jars, coffee cups, plastic food containers, etc.) to fit in your drawers.

Expert Tip: Examine your medicine cabinet and bathroom drawers every other month and toss expired and unused items.

Magdalena Bogdan- Professional Organizer Houston, organizing drawers, drawers before:

Organizing project, drawers after:

My video: bathroom drawer organizing in Houston