Secrets of an Organized Mom : From the Overflowing Closets to the Chaotic Play Areas-A Room-by-Room Guide to Decluttering and Streamlining Your Home for a Happier Family

by Reich, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781451672855
• ISBN10: 1451672853
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-26
• Publisher: Atria Books

Summary

"Everyone should Barbarafy," raves The New York Times! A life-changing program for streamlining everything that's weighing you downfrom over-stuffed closets to overwhelming social calendarscourtesy of the media's go-to organizing guru: Barbara Reich. Mothers can feel like life is one neverending loop. Just when one problem or responsibility is handled, another one trips us up. But help is on the way: Barbara Reich has all the strategies necessary for staying ahead of the curveand she's wrapped them up into four easy steps that can be applied to anyorganizing project. The keys to Barbara's success are simplicity and consistency. Room by room, she takes readers through the most problematic areas in the homefrom the tornado-struck play area to the over-stuffed basement or storage unit. Barbara shows readers how to approach organizing in manageable bitesmany of which can be dealt with in two hours or less. With each organizing project, she teaches readers how to apply the four steps1) purge, 2) design, 3) organize, and 4) maintain. And she also reveals how to solve organizing problems that may pop up in the futurefrom knowing when and how to keep financial papers to how to digitally organize the family's photographs. As the mother of twelve-year-old twins, Barbara offers tips for crazed moms as only a mother could. Combining the humor of a sympathetic friend, and the no-nonsense advice of a true type-A personality, Reich offers clever, appealing solutions that are genuinely achievable for everyone.