I love shopping consignment sales. But even more than shopping I love selling my children's outgrown things at consignment sales. I participate in two sales every year...well it's the same sale that happens twice a year. It is at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds and it's called Kidsignments (www.kidsignments.com). They have a sale in February every year and another in August. I have been shopping this sale for 9 years! I have only missed one sale in all that time ...continue reading
Closet Before and After
Sometimes all it takes is a little motivation and another person's eye to get your closet working well for you. I had just that situation recently when a client wanted to redo her closet. We didn't have a lot of time to work together so we tag teamed her closet. She spent a late night pulling everything out of her closet and getting rid of many things. She left me with the clothes that she wanted to go back into her closet and left me alone, in charge. I was able to ...continue reading
Do It With Me: Spring Clothing Purge Challenge
I came down with a fever today...a spring cleaning fever! If you know me well...then you know I actually don't like to clean at all. So when I get the fever I purge closets. Today I decided it was my turn to purge things out of my own closet. I have had a stack of those "too small" clothes sitting in the top of my closet for way too long. It was time to just let go. I also had 50 hangers worth of things in my closet that I just needed to let go of...they were ...continue reading
Get It Outta Here!
So you've started working on organizing your home. You have decluttered a bit and you have piles of stuff sitting around neatly waiting for you to find a home for them. You have some furniture you're using but it's not exactly working for you like you wanted. You paid good money for something or your mother gave it to you. What do you do? There are a few ways to get rid of things...some require a bit more work than others. Selling Things Online: Craigslist: This ...continue reading
