Our previous Declutter It blogger, Julie liked to do things like “Where’s my desk Wednesday” and “Tame those toys Thursdays” – special days at blogs are cool, but not for me. Ironically, I never stick to organized blog days. That said, I think we’ll be starting a new series here called “Motivation for Organization.” It won’t be on any particular day though. Mainly because when I find stuff, I find stuff.
The idea behind Motivation for Organization is that when I see a particularly well-organized and nicely designed space, it really inspires me to get it together. I suspect …read more

Although I prefer my good old wooden cabinet maybe you’re sick and tired of ordinary. Here are some ideas… oddly mostly in black, which I did not plan. Sorry folks who don’t love black.
Triple File Cabinet – those are not little drawers, it’s a real file cabinet. But you could use it to double as a side table in a room.

Milieu File Cabinet:

Or read this File Cabinet Tutorial, and learn how to make something like…

All are better than plain old blah office color traditional.

There is one organizing process that I hear over and over again that people just despise – and that’s filing papers. It’s just not fun and if not set up properly, it can become intimidating, time consuming and down right difficult.
In 2005, a company called Outsell, Inc., which is a research and advisory firm for the information industry, said that 5.4 billion hours are spent each year searching for information. They also found that in 2005 the average employee spent 11 hours per week searching for information, versus 8 hours in 2001. That’s a lot of wasted time!
Having a filing system …read more