All week we have been chatting about clutter control and getting rid of clutter in the living room. What did you do this week?
It is Friday and that means it is product review day. As a professional organizer as I work in people’s homes I encourage those who don’t use this product under their throw rugs to go right out and buy it.
Non Slip rug ‘liner’:
•It prevents accidents from happening as rugs aren’t slippery.
•It can actually (or so I have read) extend the life of your rugs.
•It can be used in the cupboard as a thin padding to put glasses on.
•It comes in many sizes and can be cut to fit.
I have never found that any one brand is better than another. Have you? You can find this product at all variety stores in the house ware section.
Please share your clutter control tip for the living room!
I am always amazed at all the free services we can use to help us remember everything we want to remember that can also help with clutter control. I just came across a website called Evernote.com and I signed up to use this service. Whether you are a senior or you have senior moments this may be something you want to check out.
No matter what time of year it is we all have to be on guard to 
My sweet 81 year old friend called today and told me she saved over $50.00 by using a suggestion from a sheet of organizing tips she had been given. Of course, I am always looking for organizing tips.
We’re never too old to start clearing clutter! My friend Bev (who was in her late 50’s) told me, “women my age just aren’t interested in organizing, if they haven’t done it by now then they never will, we are just set in our ways”. I gasped when she said this! That just isn’t true; no matter how old we are we will always be clearing clutter in our homes and in our lives. Clearing clutter frees us up for more interesting things to do every day. And if we aren’t consistently clearing clutter then it can become a problem for us.
I am on a roll. Yesterday I checked my kitchen to see if there were five things I could get rid of and today I went through the cabinet in my main bathroom. (photo above) Some criteria I use to decide if I will keep it is; if I don’t ever use it, it doesn’t have a purpose, it doesn’t light me up or it is worn out I don’t keep it.
Yesterday a friend who is 85 said he had been to the doctor and was told there were no spare parts for his model. He said things are just wearing out. We all get older and at some point our body parts cease working as well as they used to.
When we think of aging we used to think of little old pink haired ladies hobbling along with a cane. We may even think that depending on when our parents died or other relatives and what their health was like we will be like them. However we can control more than 70 percent of how well and how long we live.
