A few months ago, a friend walked into my apartment, pointed at a cream-colored vase on my shelf, and asked where I’d found it. I told her it cost me two dollars and a can…
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I learned this the hard way in my first apartment: I bought a bunch of decor before I actually lived in the space, and half of it ended up in a closet. The room did…
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The first time I tried the KonMari method, I did it wrong in a way that turned out to be educational. I piled every piece of clothing I owned onto my bed, just like the…
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A few years ago I built what I thought was the perfect pantry system. Color-coded bins, nineteen labels, a chart on the inside of the door explaining where everything went. It took me an entire…
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The first time I decided to “get organized,” I woke up on a Saturday, pulled every single thing out of my bedroom closet, and dumped it on the bed. By noon I was sitting on…
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I own a label maker, and for about six months it was the most expensive paperweight in my house. I’d label a bin with something vague like “misc cables,” feel organized for a day, and…
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My first apartment closet was 24 inches deep and about 40 inches wide, and I shared it with a vacuum. I tried three different organizers before I realized the problem was never the amount of…
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I once bought 24 storage bins in one afternoon. Different sizes, different colors, different brands, because each one was “on sale” and I was sure I’d figure out where they’d go later. Reader, I did…
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When I finally emptied my junk drawer, I counted what was in there before I sorted anything. Eleven takeout menus, nine dead batteries, four keys that opened nothing I could identify, a single chopstick, a…
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The first time I tried to declutter my whole apartment in one weekend, I pulled every single item out of my closet at 9 a.m. on Saturday, sat down on the floor surrounded by a…
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