5 Sustainable Ways to Organize and Declutter
We are huge fans of the less is more mentality. We believe in buying fewer, better things and finding creative ways to stay organized using items you already have in your home. Take these 5 actionable steps below to help you stay organized, reduce clutter and cultivate mindful habits for sustainable living.
Organizing Your Refrigerator + Freezer | The Best Of Series
We are moving into the kitchen portion of our Best Of series and we couldn’t be more excited, who doesn’t like an organized kitchen?! To kick off the kitchen organization essentials, we still start with probably the most used appliance… your fridge! You might be thinking, “what could I possibly do to make my fridge or freezer more organized other than moving the items around”, well my friend, there’s a ton! Today we are sharing our 7 most essential items.
How to Dispose of Tricky Household Items
Confused about navigating the seemingly endless rules for disposing of items like batteries, paint and textiles? We hear you! We’ve made it easy to find the best option for responsibly recycling, donating or upcycling some of the trickiest items in your home. Check out our guide!
8 Myths About Hiring a Professional Organizer
We know that hiring a new person to come into your home can to help get you organized can feel daunting, especially if you’ve heard any of these myths and think that they are true. Today we are here to debunk these myths about hiring a professional organizer and answer some questions that you may have. If there are any other questions you have, we are an open, honest book! Feel free to ask us through the contact page or the “Ask Us!” button to the right.
6 Ways to Sustainably Shelter in Place
As we all finally begin to settle into this new “norm”, more and more people are learning to acclimate to a life with less luxury and finding simplicity in what we have. This pandemic and subsequent shutdown have shown us just how fragile our global supply chain is. As members of a global community, we strive to do our part to reduce plastic consumption, reuse what we already have at home and encourage sustainable choices whenever possible. At Composed Living, we want to provide you with a few simple tools for creating a self-sufficient home life. Together we can reduce the strain on our supply chain, our wallets and our environment.
Before + After: Two Day Closet and Living Room Organization
During this 2 day project, we helped our clients to reduce visual clutter in their living room and in dad’s closet/dressing area. Additionally, we were able to further secure their existing shelving units.
Before + After: Decluttering and Reclaiming a Walk-in Closet
We love when you invite us into your homes, and closets, to help you find a streamlined system to stay organized! For this client, you couldn't exactly walk-in to this walk-in closet before we got started - but we quickly changed that!
Guide: Resources for Making the Most of This Quarantine
Wow. What a different world we find ourselves in these past few weeks. First and foremost, I am sending you love and happy+healthy vibes and hope you are all doing very well. As we hunker down at home during this unprecedented turn of events, I thought I’d share with you some resources to help declutter both your minds and your homes.
Before + After: Double-Duty Work Space in this Office
Our client, Shenae Grimes-Beech, uses one of the rooms in her home as both an office and closet, where she films a lot of her videos! Although she had just done a decluttering session, and got rid of 12 bags of clothes!!, she wanted the space to be more conducive to work in and hide some of the clothing. Our ultimate goal was to reduce the visual clutter in the space caused by having all the clothing on freestanding racks, and shoes out on stacking shoe shelves.