3 Tips on How to Store Your Holiday Décor

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3 Tips on How to Store Your Holiday Décor

Do you love to decorate for the holidays each fall? Does your entire family enjoy getting in on the action? Do the decorations put you in the mood to celebrate? From July 4th to Thanksgiving to Chanukah and Christmas, opportunities abound to decorate our homes seasonally. Do you know where to find your Valentine’s Day decorations? Or Halloween? And when you do find them, is everything well organized and ready to be hung up? Are the items in good condition? Do all the lightbulbs work? From colorful lights to beautiful garlands, it’s so easy to shove everything in a box and put it away until next year. But if you’re trying to live in a more simplified home, then it’s time for a better approach. Consider these tips to keep your holidays supplies organized and ready for next year:

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8 Simple Steps to Getting Ready for the Holidays

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8 Simple Steps to Getting Ready for the Holidays

We are all so busy at this time of the year, so who has the time to read a long blog post on getting ready and staying organized for the holidays? No one! Keeping this short and sweet, here are my best tips on how to get prepared for the holidays.

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Our Favorite Garage Organization Products

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Our Favorite Garage Organization Products

Want to get your garage in tip-top shape? Having the right organizational products will help you reach your goal quickly and even better, you’ll be able to find what you need when you need it. Here are a few of Living. Simplified.’s favorite garage organization tools.

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One Client’s Journey to a Functional Garage

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One Client’s Journey to a Functional Garage

From the time John and Jane* bought their suburban Boston home over 25 years ago, they never parked in their detached one-car garage. The garage stored toys for their kids, items for their business, tools and supplies for their lawn and gardens, and extra supplies for their home. So begins the story of why they hired Living. Simplified. to come in and help clear out their 142-year-old garage.

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How to Start Organizing Your Garage

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How to Start Organizing Your Garage

When it comes to organizing our home, the area that is most often overlooked is the garage. If we’re being honest, it’s probably where all our junk goes after we complete a decluttering project inside our home. Did you know that an estimated 25% of homeowners do not store their cars in their garage? What?!?! Yes, it’s true. People have so much stuff that they often can’t park their cars in their garage! And what’s more, the garage often gets so full of items that the homeowners can’t even find (or remember!) what they have saved.

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8 Steps for Quick and Easy Menu Planning

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8 Steps for Quick and Easy Menu Planning

Do you find it difficult to manage your busy family and lifestyle while still trying to eat nutritious foods each day? Are you tired of spending money on takeout meals because you had nothing in the house to eat? You’re not alone.

Menu planning is here to save you time, money and energy. Menu planning doesn’t have to be difficult. Start by making a plan, seeing what works, and tweaking your system over time. Here are a few of my favorite tips to get you started on your meal planning journey.

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Why You Should Menu Plan

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Why You Should Menu Plan

Learning to menu plan for the coming week can have a dramatic effect on your life. Believe me. I’m talking from experience. About 10 years ago, my husband and I started to menu plan. Although our exact process changed over time, the benefits were clear: grocery shopping only once per week; no more stress at dinner time trying to find something to cook; having all the ingredients in our home to cook a nutritious dinner; very little food going to waste because it wasn’t eaten. And my favorite benefit? Knowing that each night at dinner time, we could sit down as a family of 4 to enjoy a tasty dinner and actually talk to each other.

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6 Items to Toss at the End of Summer

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6 Items to Toss at the End of Summer

Summer is a time for fun in the sun, BBQs, family gatherings, beach trips and lots of sunscreen. When the fun winds down, the kids go back to school, and we get back to a more scheduled daily routine, it’s a good time to edit out summer items that have seen better days. This is a great list to get your started on your decluttering and organizing journey!

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