{"id":2726,"date":"2013-04-05T13:08:52","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=2726"},"modified":"2013-04-05T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:12:24","slug":"spring-cleaning-and-organizing-guest-post-by-katie-mccall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/spring-cleaning-and-organizing-guest-post-by-katie-mccall\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Cleaning and Organizing: Guest Post by Katie McCall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/spring-cleaning-and-organizing-guest-post-by-katie-mccall\/s\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning.jpg?fit=424%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"424,283\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Andy Dean&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark II&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Spring Cleaning Just Ahead Green Road Sign with Dramatic Clouds, Sun Rays and Sky.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1268142118&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00c2\\u00a9 by Andy Dean&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;S&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spring organizing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning.jpg?fit=424%2C283&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2730\" title=\"S\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/spring-cleaning.jpg?w=424&amp;ssl=1 424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0I love learning other&#8217;s perspectives on organizing. Enjoy this guest post by ABC13 Weekend Anchor Katie McCall and her &#8220;take&#8221; on organizing.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I came up with this blog while jogging at Memorial Park.\u00a0 I love the fact that the park belongs to everyone.\u00a0 You don\u2019t need a membership.\u00a0 Organizing is the same in that regard.\u00a0 It is also a great \u201cequalizer.\u201d\u00a0 Anyone can organize.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter if you have 2 pairs of shoes or 20.\u00a0 You can organize anything you have.\u00a0 It costs you nothing, and, if you do purchase organizing items, there are very affordable ones, at places like Target, T.J. Maxx, and Marshalls Home Goods.\u00a0 Organizing is universal.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the start of each season, I like to shift my clothing and shoes around, placing my most-worn items in one closet, and organizing the winter items for storage in a less-accessible place.\u00a0\u00a0 I ask myself helpful questions that Ellen Delap has taught to so many people:\u00a0 Do I have a place for this?\u00a0 How is that space working for these items?\u00a0 If you can give everything a place, you are giving yourself a wonderful gift.\u00a0 You won\u2019t have to worry about \u201cwhere to stick\u201d your sweaters, for example, because you\u2019ve identified a place where they will live, so you can always find them there.\u00a0 I also love Ellen\u2019s concept of honoring your things by giving them a place.\u00a0 When you complete your organizing, you receive a no-cost gift to you, from you: the serenity of having a place for everything, and everything in its place.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tools that I enjoy are cheap, for the most part.\u00a0 I like to use clear shoe boxes, or the box in which my shoes came, to get the most use of my vertical space.\u00a0 I recommend stacking your shoes along one wall, or placing shelves from the floor to the ceiling in any area that works for you, and making that your shoes\u2019 home.<\/p>\n<p>Sweaters are a challenge, so I keep all of them, regardless of the season, in one chest of drawers.\u00a0 All of my blazers go together, they are neighbors with my skirts.\u00a0 I put pants and dresses together, one on either side of a closet.\u00a0 You can improvise with portable racks, if your closets are small.\u00a0\u00a0 The Container Store and Target sell accessories that can give you more space, but are attractive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bathroom closet and the cabinets under the sink can be a challenge.\u00a0 So is the linen closet.\u00a0 Here\u2019s my simple solution for both areas.\u00a0 Group things by category.\u00a0 Grab some plastic bins or baskets that fit in that space (it helps to measure before you shop), and put everything that \u201cgoes together,\u201d in a bin.\u00a0 Example: pillow cases are in one bin, sheets are in another.\u00a0 Sunscreen is in one bin, soaps and scrubs are in another.\u00a0 Razors, replacement blades, pedicure and manicure tools all \u201clive\u201d together.\u00a0 This can be done in 20 minutes per area.\u00a0 You\u2019ll never dig around in the darkness.\u00a0 You just pull out a bin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a word about \u201cwhite space.\u201d\u00a0 Ellen uses this word, and I love it.\u00a0 By organizing your papers, filing them in filing cabinets by category, and by giving things like magazines an attractive basket or bin that you can also display on your shelves, you can significantly increase your \u201cwhite space.\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s the space where there is nothing.\u00a0 I find that it brings serenity and order to any area.\u00a0 What a great gift! You might be surprised to see how organizing, which many people think of as \u201cwork,\u201d can actually be fun, if you think of it as a time when you\u2019re creating a space that you will enjoy for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I love learning other&#8217;s perspectives on organizing. 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