Category: Home Organization

Share Your Closet Story

“Inside each of us is a natural-born storyteller, waiting to be released.” – Robin Moore, Author Behind every great closet is a story waiting to be revealed. We at The Closet Works, Inc. have had the great fortune of hearing our customers’ stories for over 30 years and continue to work with them as they add to their narratives. Featured Stories It’s true: each and every one of our clients has taken a different path to transform their home and the spaces within. We wanted…

How To Make Your Space More Attractive for Virtual Meetings

Working from home has become the new normal. Don’t believe us? An Upwork survey has revealed that 1 in 4 Americans, or 39 million people, are working from home in 2021, with predictions estimating that in the coming years, that figure will rise to 70 million. Since remote work has taken over, so have virtual meetings, and thus, a need for a private, home office space. You need a place that not only is aesthetically pleasing and motivates your productivity but is appropriate when your…

Does a 30-Day Checklist Really Work?

With thousands of home organization checklists available online, we at The Closet Works asked one of our employees to put our 30-Day Home Organization Checklist to the test to see how it compared – below is her thirty day tidying adventure! Staying organized is very important to me. I am what’s known as a Purist, or the archetypical organizer who has to have everything in its proper place. That’s why I was excited to try out the checklist – not only because I could declutter…

An Organizer Confesses: Interview with Professional Organizer, Ronni Eisenberg

We at The Closet Works Inc. are thrilled to introduce you to Ronni Eisenberg, the professional organizer, best-selling author of 10 books and woman behind the hit blog, The Organizing Confessions. When the opportunity arose for us to interview Ronni, we couldn’t turn it down – with over 40 years of experience as a professional organizer under her belt, combined with her adventures of decluttering small, NYC apartments and now, larger suburban dwellings, Ronni has seen (and organized) it all. Discover all of Ronni’s tips…

How Do You Get Your Family Onboard With Keeping Your Home Organized?

Trying to maintain an organized home can be challenging for families because the process is riddled with potential stressors. According to a Huffington Post survey, the 5th most common stress trigger for Americans is worrying that their home isn’t clean or organized enough. When you think about it, it makes sense – with a family, you have multiple people with differing views on what organization looks like and how to approach it, all living under one roof. Indeed, it can feel like an impossible feat…

Top Challenges Customers Face (But Overcome!)

Our team of professional Designers work with clients on different kinds of projects all the time. Their average tenure with us is over 10 years, in addition to a quarter of the team having over 17 years of interior design experience on their resumes. We think it’s safe to say that you’ll see their years of experience when you schedule your free, no obligation, design consultation. Some issues our customers have faced can be labeled as “standard”, But some challenges were truly complicated. With that…

Five Tips for the Organizationally Challenged You Can Do in Five Minutes

According to the Daily Mail, people spend 3,680 hours (or 153 days) looking for their things over the course of a lifetime. Another report, courtesy of the National Soap & Detergent Association, states that getting rid of clutter potentially eliminates 40% of housework, and on top of that, 80% of the clutter in our homes comes from disorganization – not a lack of space. As you can see, an organized life has perks whereas a disorganized life has repercussions. Yet some of us can’t seem…

How To Make Storage Organization in Your New Home Your Own

Buying a home is an exciting event! This is true whether you purchase a new build or an existing property because a new home has invigorating potential. Doing enhancement projects to make your storage solutions functional & aesthetically pleasing can elevate your home experience. According to a 2019 survey from Trulia, 90 percent of homeowners plan to make enhancements at some point, and nearly 40 percent of those homeowners are planning to do so within the next two years. If you’re one of the many…

Is Spring Organizing Just for Spring?

For some, organizing & cleaning in the springtime has become an American tradition – but where did this tradition originate? According to the Washington Post, people left housework, such as organizing and cleaning, to this specific time of year due to the impact the winter months had on their homes. More specifically, during the 19th century, grime and soot would build up from the oil and wood people used to heat their homes. Thus, the need to clean presented itself in spring. Women would purge…

Download: The 30-Day Home Organization Checklist

Checklists are for more than just simple reminders or daily to-do lists. According to a 2018 article by Forbes Magazine, a checklist can be a powerful tool because it keeps you on track to execute your tasks. By using checklists at work and at home, you can avoid making mistakes and focus your mental energy on higher priority projects. What Is the Value of a Checklist To Organize and Declutter Your Home? A premade checklist can cut your organizational work in half – really! Part…

What Goes Where? How To Organize Your Kitchen Pantry Properly

If you are a cook or a baker, someone who enjoys preparing or just enjoys savoring a great meal, then you can truly benefit from a well-designed and personalized kitchen pantry to help you reach your culinary potential. Since you love to eat, your relationship with your kitchen pantry might be complicated, to say the least. It may contain too much stuff, a great deal of which you rarely, if ever, use. Your attempts to purge, however, are more than likely in vain, since you…

How To Find the Best Organization Method for Your Needs

These days, we are all spending more time at home due to circumstances that are out of our control. Occupations are now remote and so is our children’s education. Events such as birthdays, graduations, weddings and even just ‘hanging out’ has become – you guessed it – remote. Ever since the coronavirus outbreak in early 2020, the divide between what happens at home and what doesn’t happen at home has become a blurry, thin line that barely even exists anymore. With no clear end in…

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