On this Week’s Podcast: 7-Day De-Cluttering Challenge
A decluttered home is a welcoming home — and it makes for a happy family, too!
Home organization doesn’t have to be hard, especially if you take it one day at a time.
Here’s our seven-day guide to decluttering and organizing your home.
Day 1: Empty your refrigerator; discard food and condiments that have expired.
Day 2: Clean and reorganize the kitchen pantry. Use plastic, color-coordinated bins and containers to create a consistent design.
Day 3: Clear out your kitchen sink cabinet. You can build a shelf on the floor and racks on the backs of the doors to boost storage.
Day 4: Go through all your bookshelves; identify titles you haven’t read in awhile (and won’t get around to reading) and donate any unwanted books. Someone else can gain knowledge from them!
Day 5: Have a packed closet? Remove unwanted clothes and shoes and donate them to free up some space.
Day 6: Empty your bath vanity cabinet and medicine chest, clean them, and remove any empty or expired items.
Day 7: Organize your kids’ rooms — use bins to keep toys out of sight and donate unwanted toys and books
Give this challenge a try and let us know if it worked for you!
Also in this week’s podcast:
• A homeowner wants to swap out her electric outdoor lamps for natural gas ones. The process isn’t simple or inexpensive, but it can be done.
• If you’ve ever finished painting and noticed the walls look like a cracked eggshell, you likely missed this important prepping step.
• Joe has a Simple Solution that makes woodworking and tape measure reading more efficient!
DIY Project of the Week: How to Improve your Shelves Design
Most homes have builder-grade shelves that get the job done, but don’t enhance their interior design.
Here are 4 ways to improve your shelves’ design and elevate any room’s appearance.
Question of the Week
Deborah in Georgia writes, “I’m in an ’80s condo and want to remove the wall between my kitchen and dining room. How can I tell if the wall is load-bearing? I need countertop space!”
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