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• Time Saving

  10 Practical Tips for Being on Time

  Organizing expert Marcia Ramsland reveals easy secrets to ridding your life of last-minute stress.
• Hardwood Floors

  10 Truths About Wood Floors

  Protect your planks!
• Integrated Pest Management

  10 Ways to Control Pests at Home Without Poisons

  Integrated pest management (IPM) is a preventive method for controlling pests or "bugs" by removing their food supply and keeping them out of homes - or from traveling within or between homes - instead of relying on pesticides.
• Organizing Strategies

  13 Ideas to Control Household Clutter

  A baker's dozen ideas for getting control of clutter.
• Disaster Preparation

  15 Minutes to a Completed Emergency Plan

  Five ways to be prepared for disasters and emergencies in no time.
• Organizing Strategies

  3 Easy Organizing Projects

  You CAN organize your entire home, starting with bite-sized tasks that aren't so overwhelming.
• Paper Records

  3 Steps to Effective Filing

  How to make sure you can find that official document when you need it!
• House Cleaning Tips

  30 Quick Cleaning Tips for a Tidier Home

  Creative and practical cleaning ideas you may want to adopt today.
• Organizing Strategies

  5 Mistakes that Will Keep You Disorganized

  Organizing expert Maria Gracia tells how to sidestep the pitfalls on your way to the organized life.
• Wallpaper

  5 Tips for Decorating with Wallpaper

  Careful planning, preparation, and applying can make wallpapering a much easier task.
• Motivation

  9 Ways to Get More Done!

  Finally get around to ... fill in the blank!
• Linen Closet

  A Little Linen Closet Organizing Ends Frustrating Moments

  Some simple organizing changes to your linen closet can make accessing and storing items easier, and make for a picture perfect closet.
• Door Mat

  A Simple Welcome Mat Defeats Winter Dirt

  Protecting your floors saves you both time and money.
• Laundry

  Airing Dirty Laundry Issues

  A 1999 University of Arizona study found 25% of home washing machines were contaminated with fecal bacteria. Several factors were implicated in contributing to the contamination of the washers.
• Garbage Disposal

  An Easy, Greener Way To Recycle Food Waste?

  Disposers may offer more than just convenience. In several respects, they’re an environmentally responsible alternative to putting food waste in a landfill.
• Door Mat

  An Ounce of Prevention

  Get 85% of your cleaning done before you start!
• Dust

  Answering That Age-old Lament: Where Does All This Dust Come From?

  Most indoor household dust that collects on furniture and floors actually comes from outdoors, a new study finds.
• Antibacterial

  Antibacterial Soap - Does it Really Help?

  Gleaning the facts amid the controversy.
• Asbestos

  Asbestos in the Home

  Your health deserves a basic understanding of where asbestos can be found and what you should do if your home has it.
• Organizing Strategies

  Asking Hard Questions Clears the Clutter

  Getting organized is all about what to keep, what to let go of and how to store the rest.

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