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Paper Records
3 Steps to Effective Filing
How to make sure you can find that official document when you need it!
Organizing Strategies
Five Great Winter Organizing Tips
Organizing isn’t always about overhauling that room or digging everything out of a closet. Sometimes it is the simple, small steps that keep you organized.
Organizing Strategies
Yours, Mine and Ours
How to blend two households and not go insane.
Organizing Strategies
Organizing Tips from a Master Organizer
Barry J. Izsak - the Immediate Past President of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) - shares some of his best organizing tips.
Closet
Decluttering Your Closet
Easy tips to clean up your closet.

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Storage
Container Clutter
Storage bins meant to contain clutter can actually become clutter if not chosen and used effectively. Use these tips to prevent container clutter.
Organizing Strategies
Book Review - A "Pretty Neat" Guide
Organization is not about perfectly labeled boxes or sparkling bare surfaces, but having a system that keeps stress to a minimum and helps us get the most important things done.
Laundry
Laundry: Somebody Has to Do It
How to do laundry the right way and reap the benefits.
Storage
Seasonal Storage
Before you store your out-of-season clothing, there's a few tips you should keep in mind.
Food Safety
Safe Feasting
Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.

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Countertops
Hi-Macs
An acrylic, solid-surface countertop for kitchens and baths manufactured by LG Solid Surface Inc., Peoria, Ariz.
Yellowing
It happens to both fabrics and hard flooring. Here’s how to deal with it.
Answering Machine
Answering machine
Make quick work of cleaning this small appliance.
Ivory
If you have a genuine ivory heirloom, clean it with care. Plastic is easier to maintain and doesn't endanger wildlife.
Washing Dishes
Glassware
Another straightforward task, but be careful with crystal and other fine glasses.

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Garbage Land - On the Secret Trail of Trash
It turns out there is much more to the story of garbage than the truck that picks it up at your curb.

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Organizing Strategies
How To Organize a Desk
Does your desk look like a robber rifled through it just before a hurricane hit the room? Organize it so that it gets under control and stays that way.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Ring From Your Bathtub
Save hand-washing houseguests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Prevention, Preparation, and Resources
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.