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2009

• Happy New Year!
  We wish you a wonderful 2009!
• Unclutterer on BBC Radio
  Erin appeared on the show Pods and Blogs with Jamilla Knowles on the Five Live station of BBC Radio.
• Workspace of the Week: Tidy twofer
  This week’s workspace of the week is Seahill’s two-person office.
• My 2009 New Year’s Resolution: E-mail
  My resolution for 2009 is to get e-mail under control.
• December 2008 wrap up
  These are the things that made December 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.

2008

• Post-holiday cleanup, part 2
  Storing ornaments through out the year is a bit of a pain, but it is necessary if you do have a Christmas tree to decorate this time of year.

Posted by PJ on Jan 3, 2010 | 1 Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• Organizing your personal finances
  Products and services that might be able to help you keep better track of the money you earn, save, and spend.
• The post-holiday tear down
  I inevitably spot one every year — a house with Christmas decorations still displayed in mid-March.
• Apartment Therapy’s small space round-up
  Get inspired by taking a look at some of ideas and products that they highlight in their year end review.
• Martha Stewart’s on maximizing your closet space
  In the January issue of Martha Stewart Living, there is a feature on maximizing your closet space.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Fold-away desk
• A fond farewell to 2007

Posted by Erin on Dec 30, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Unitasker Wednesday: Electric paper plane launcher
  How have you survived office boredom without the useful Electric Paper Plane Launcher?
• Workspace of the Week: Well-lit office
  This week’s workspace of the week is Moundbaby123’s sky-lit office retreat.
• After Christmas shopping

2007

• Slimmed down kitchen faucets
  Kitchen faucets have become much more sleek and compact over the years.
• Uncluttering your refrigerator’s crisper
• Unitasker Wednesday: Electric garlic roaster
  I guess the shape will help you remember what it was for when you find it in the back of one of your cupboards in ten years.
• Organize ticket stubs in a dedicated diary

Posted by Erin on Dec 27, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Preparing your car for a road trip
  Guest author John Walton gives advice for organizing your car before a big road trip.
• In with new, out with old
  One important area where we make a concerted effort to keep in check is our daughter’s toy collection.
• Take stock of your stuff during economic hard times
  Charities are feeling the effects of a struggling economy and the trimming down of your home’s inventory can help less fortunate folks.
• 2008 new year’s resolution wrap up
  In 2008 I took on the resolution of laundry — and I succeeded!

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Built-in home office
• Are Macs more uncluttered than PCs?
• Minimalist-style cooking for the holidays

Posted by Erin on Dec 23, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Uncluttering your schedule to keep clear of unnecessary stress
  Proper planning — being honest with yourself about how long it will take to complete action items, setting a schedule, and having the diligence to keep to that schedule — will keep you from feeling overwhelmed and in control of the things you can control.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Hot chocolate pot
  I’m not a hot chocolate connoisseur, but my wife’s homemade concoction passed my taste test.
• Multifunctional printers
  If you have a home office and space is rather limited for all of your peripherals, you may want to look into multifunctional printers.
• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Guide wrap up
  Links to all of the wonderful entries in the 2008 Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide.
• Workspace of the Week: Stylish simplicity
  This week’s workspace of the week is Sadida’s simplified workspace.
• The Onion’s fake gift boxes
  In the spirit of Unitasker Wednesday, the always hilarious Onion has some great gag gift boxes for the holidays.
• Wrangling newspaper recycling
  The Stak-N-Tie newspaper recycling bin keeps papers from piling up around your home.

2007

• Kindle: Is it worth it?
  Amazon’s Kindle device seems like the unclutterer’s dream … but is it really?
• Last night I played freezer Tetris
  In a what turned out to be less than two minutes I rearranged my freezer’s contents into an amazingly tight and compact block.
• Bucketless car wash
  If you hate washing your car as much as I do, you may want to check out Green Earth Waterless Car Wash from Lucky Earth Products.
• Design ideas: Wax candle holders and a step chair
  Two ideas for uncluttered design.
• Download free audio books from your local library
• Unitasker Wednesday: Martini shaker
  Someone with two broken arms couldn’t even operate this unitasker!
• Dealing with teenager’s clutter
  So do we have any readers that deal with teenagers and their inevitable clutter? Would any parents be willing to brag about their clutter-free teen?
• My New Year’s Resolution: Laundry

Posted by Erin on Dec 20, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Gifts of clutter
  It’s the holiday season, and we all need a little smile. Similar to our Unitasker Wednesday posts, we think you might enjoy our favorite gifts of clutter.
• Storage beds
  Sometimes referred to as a captain bed, the storage bed can alleviate problems that you may have with storage in your closets or dressers
• Displaying holiday greeting cards
  My wife came across a easy and creative way to display our Christmas cards from Martha Stewart Living.
• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Digital giving
  This installment of the Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide explores the virtual world of digital products.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: A car’s glove box
  A hipster PDA in a car’s glove box makes for a terrific workspace.
• Join our Unclutterer Group on Facebook
  If you’re already on Facebook, you should join our group!
• Unclutterer’s Matt in the Washington Post Express
  Matt is included in an article about experience gift giving!
• What to do with holiday cards? Recycle!
  Two ideas from readers for what to do with holiday cards after the holidays.

Posted by Erin on Dec 16, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: What we want, but can’t yet have
  This installment of the Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide explores the not-yet-invented or completely outrageous gifts that would make our readers’ lives more organized.
• Unitasker Wednesday: USB guard dog
  If you are worried about the safety of the contents of your desk you may want to protect them with Rex.
• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Don’t let Santa go crazy
  With the toys being purchased already it is tough to try and keep the influx to a minimum.
• Sharing space and dealing with moments of chaos
  Guest author Alex Fayle offers up six great tips for things to do and not do when you live with other people.
• Workspace of the Week: Multi-functioning clothing and office closet
  This office is a great use of space — the closet that houses the office is still used to hold clothing.
• Unexpected benefits of uncluttering: An interview with editor Erin Doland
  Regular contributor Sue Brenner recently sat down with Unclutterer editor Erin Doland to learn about her path to simple living, and decided to let you in on the conversation that took place.

2007

• Stop spending your weekends cleaning your home
  Deep clean a room a night and avoid cleaning your home on the weekends.
• Holiday gifts: Out with the old in with the new
  If you receive a new pair of jeans, get rid of an old pair.
• Get rid of catalog clutter
  Catalog Choice is a free service that you use to help curb the amount of catalogs that you receive in the mail.
• Organize your life on your wall
  A wall-size calendar painted on the wall with chalkboard paint may help to keep your family organized.
• Online organization resources for hobbyists?
  Let us know of resources for hobbyists, like Ravelry for knitters, that help users be more organized.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Drink-O-Matic
  This 10-can drink machine can almost hold a full 12-pack of beverages!
• Not all small appliances are unitaskers
  Small appliances can serve dual functions and eliminate unitaskers from your kitchen
• Holiday giving to others beyond your close family and friends
  Ideas for how to give gifts to more distant friends and family on a tight budget with uncluttering in mind.

Posted by Erin on Dec 13, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Experience giving
  This year, consider giving a gift of your time.
• Keeping holiday decorations uncluttered
  Adding seasonal decorations to your home can increase your home’s clutter if you don’t take steps to remove items in preparation of the decorations.
• Built NY lunch bag for kids
  The Munchler is a lunch bag that can also be carried like a backpack. It also unzips into a placemat for easy use. Made from polypropylene, it will insulate your child’s food.
• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: The ultimate gift
  The Kindle receives this year’s designation as the most decadent gift you could give to a friend or family member to help organize the home or office.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Clutter-free cables
• Reader suggestion: Reduce holiday clutter and rent your Christmas tree
  A rent-a-tree program in Portland, Oregon, changes the way people decorate for the holidays.
• Walking around with a pocket full of clutter
  Pocket clutter is very similar to clutter that my be around your home. You hold on to things that you may need “Just in case.”

Posted by Erin on Dec 9, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• Uncluttered search results with Google SearchWiki
  The Google SearchWiki allows you to customize your search results.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Beehive pizza oven
• 2008 Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide
  Get ready for the holiday season with the 2008 Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide.
• Workspace of the Week: A place for everything
  GayleRB’s home office and craft area stand out as an organized and effective workspace of the week.
• Deadline: The bare bones online calendar application
  If you’re in the market for a calendar system that doesn’t come with many bells and whistles, Deadline may be the application for you.
• 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Useful gifts under $35
  If you’re going to buy something tangible, we suggest getting gifts that work with our motto: A place for everything, and everything in its place.

2007

• Reusable shopping bags
  Reusable bags keep clutter at bay and help the environment, too!
• Check out Zwaggle
  Do you need a stroller? Are you looking to get rid of that changing table? You may want to check out Zwaggle.
• Twenty-first century dish racks
• 2007 Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide wrap up
  All of the 2007 Gift Giving Guides linked in one article.
• Reader suggestion: Weeding out unused holiday decorations
  Get rid of unboxed holiday decorations.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Electric egg cooker

Posted by Erin on Dec 6, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• November 2008 wrap up
  These are the things that made November 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.
• Bedroom storage
  Excess storage in the bedroom can lead to expanding one’s wardrobe beyond what is needed.
• Too many flower vases
  Over the years, my wife and I have received a fair amount of mail ordered flowers and with every order there is always a small glass vase included.
• Unusual storage spaces
  In our home, we use our cookie jar to store garlic, onions, and potatoes.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Personalized space
  This week’s Workspace of the Week is UberTechnica’s clean desk workspace.
• Uncluttering with Twitter
  Twitter developer Alex Payne shares insights into how to use Twitter to help unclutter your life, and specifically your communications.
• November wrap up
  The highlights that made November 2007 a terrific month at Unclutterer.

Posted by Erin on Dec 2, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Easily limit e-mail access while on vacation
  If someone believes that they can’t wait until you return from your vacation to get into touch with you, they can use AwayFind to get an emergency message to you.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Sweater dryer
  Now you can speed up the dry time by up to 75% with the Sweater Dryer with Fan.
• Thanksgiving wishes
  Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers!
• Workspace of the Week: The ottoman office
  This week’s Workspace of the Week is Bullismaureen’s super secret office in an ottoman.
• Rolling along with my Zuca Bag

Posted by Erin on Nov 29, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• The Kindle saves space, but can it save you money
  A ZDNet article explores the answer to the question if a Kindle device saves money for college students and average readers.
• Black Friday: Tips for staying organized
  My wife and mother-in-law have a tradition of waking up at an absurdly early hour the day after Thanksgiving to brave the crowds for the best deals of the season.
• The Puj Tub
  I was intrigued by the Puj Tub as a solution to small space baby bathing.
• Increase productivity by learning a lesson the first time
  To help overcome my inability to learn lessons the first time, I have devised a new series of questions to ask myself at the end of the work day.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Student office
  Natasha’s office is a studying retreat.
• 2007 Gift Giving Guide: Ultimate generosity
  Consider giving the Fujitsu ScanSnap this year as the ultimate organization gift.

Posted by Erin on Nov 25, 2009 | 1 Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Save time and effort with a personal shopper
  You can greatly improve your shopping experience with the help of a store’s personal shopper.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Piercey the egg piercer
  Piercey will make your hard boiled egg preparation easy and friendly.
• Oprah’s Clean Your Messy House Tour
  A slideshow on Oprah’s site has some great tips to get you started decluttering quickly.
• Learn to safely wrap cords, cables, and hoses
  The magazine Fine Homebuilding has an informative and season-appropriate tutorial on its website for how to properly wrap cables, cords, and hoses.
• Workspace of the Week: A makeshift space
  This week’s workspace is Stuart’s emergency and temporary office, which proves you can work just about anywhere.
• Preparing for holiday house guests
  The following tips will give you some simple ways to get yourself prepared before your home is invaded for the holidays.
• More project management application reviews
  SmashingMagazine has a review of 15 great project management tools.

2007

• Gift guide for the 2007 holiday season
  Presenting Unclutterer’s 2007 Gift Giving Guide!
• Eye-Fi eliminates the need for USB wires
• 2007 Gift Giving Guide: Charitable giving
  What do you give the person who has everything? You don’t.
• Hide your desk’s power strip
  Step-by-step instructions for how to hide your desk’s power strip.
• 2007 Gift Giving Guide: Buying for children
  The holiday season is upon us and now is the time when grandparents overindulge and spoil their grandkids by purchasing everything that they think looks cute.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Caramel apple dipper
  If you have a sweet tooth and you like to indulge in compulsive purchases, then the Caramel Apple Dipper is probably right up your alley.
• Thanksgiving wishes
  We wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving.

Posted by Erin on Nov 22, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• The old new is the new old
  If you have furniture items in your home that are clutter because they’re not being used, think about transforming the piece yourself or maybe selling it to a company that transforms furniture — your clutter can become someone else’s treasure.
• Thanksgiving buffet
  Our Thanksgiving dinners are usually served in a buffet style. This makes the whole process run smoothly and keeps the table free of serving dishes.
• Unclutter your refrigerator before Thanksgiving
  My wife calls the process of clearing out the ingredients available in the refrigerator as “creative cooking.”
• Remember the Milk: Now with iPhone and Gmail integration
  Remember the Milk now has integration with the iPhone, iTouch, and Gmail, in addition to its existing Twitter integration, makes this a go-to program for all GTD enthusiasts.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Home Office 2.0
  This week’s workspace is a new home office with no visible cords and a terrific view.

Posted by Erin on Nov 18, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• Being an uncluttered and responsible adult
  Prevention is much less expensive than emergency treatment, and much less traumatic.
• Unitasker Wednesday: The batter dispenser
  Yes, you can simply pour the batter out of a measuring cup or bowl, but would you get the perfectly poured batter that the Batter Dispenser promises?
• Teaching your tikes to help with chores
  In an article in the Washington Post, the issue of teaching a young child the importance of pitching in around the home is examined.
• Single-use caulk
  If you’re limited on storage space and have a small caulking job in your future, you might consider the convenient Caulk Singles made by GE.
• Workspace of the Week: Simple beauty
  This week’s workspace of the week tackles simplicity in a small space, and does it beautifully.
• Many purposes for a magnetic paper-clip dispenser
  Use a magnetic paper-clip dispenser to store small, magnetic objects.

2007

• Creative ways to curb cat clutter
  Suggestions for ways to hide cat clutter.
• Not your average Murphy bed
  Roll-up Murphy bed a beautiful alternative to a traditional fold-down wall bed.
• Don’t let bath toys consume your bathroom
  With bath toys, just like regular toys, you need to get rid of the old when new ones are acquired.
• Interesting way to hide powercords
  Finding ways to hide them and get them into a manageable arrangement is always a struggle.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Doughnut maker
  If you want to undertake doughnut making, Williams-Sonoma has you covered with the Mini Doughnut Maker.
• Cleaning and organization quirks
  Tell us about your quirky organization and cleaning sprees.
• Organize that messy locker
  Back in my school days my locker was a complete disaster.

Posted by Erin on Nov 15, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Humor: What not to do
  Dumb Little Man posted the humorous article “10 ways to create a work environment that drags you down” that reads as a manual for what not to do at work.
• Amazon’s new uncluttered packaging program
  Amazon has introduced a new program called Frustration-Free Packaging.
• Security friendly laptop case
  Belkin has introduced its version of a TSA-friendly laptop bag that may help the checkpoint process a bit less frustrating.
• Charging station and landing strip in one
  JCPenney has a multi-functional charging station that can serve as a landing strip and catch all for the kitchen.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Minimalist Desk
• Twice yearly organization and safety chores
  When you turn the clocks at the beginning and ending of daylight savings time, complete a small checklist of home organization and safety activities.
• File cabinet placement
  Where does your filing cabinet reside?

Posted by Erin on Nov 11, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• Unitasker Wednesday: The jumbo jerky works gun
  The Jumbo Jerky Works Gun is some sort of mechanism that makes forming jerky easier.
• Perfect time to organize your garage
  Autumn reminds me of the time of year when my mother would predictably ask her three sons to clean up the garage.
• Organized menus for Thanksgiving dinner
  Thanksgiving dinner preparation doesn’t have to be stressful. These guides can help you to keep the anxiety at bay.
• Workspace of the Week: The active office
  This week’s workspace of the week is an office built on a working treadmill. Talk about multi-tasking!
• Unclutterer now on Twitter
  Not all organizing ideas and solutions warrant a full Unclutterer post, so subscribe to @unclutterer on Twitter to see the small gems that might otherwise slip through the cracks.
• Google can now OCR all PDFs
  Google now reads the text in all PDF images regardless of if they have already undergone an OCR process.

2007

• Reader question: How to store favorite correspondence?
  Reader Angela asks how best to store her best-of correspondence collection.
• Uncluttered lunch tote
  The Built NY Lunch Tote lays flat when empty and can also be used as a place mat while you enjoy your midday meal.
• Sound bar with a little extra
  The Philips version of the soundbar includes an integrated upscaling DVD player.
• Cut it off!
  Cutting your hair short can save you time, money, and create less clutter in your bathroom.
• Learning time management can help your uncluttering efforts
  Time management is a skill anyone can learn, and it is a skill that will help tremendously with your uncluttering efforts.
• Unitasker Wednesday: The Panini Press
  If you desire a panini that badly and you don’t want to part with the $100 and the cupboard space you can probably survive by using items that you already have in your kitchen.
• Trim your wallet
  Just a quick scan of what I had in my wallet and the transition to a much smaller and sleeker wallet was made so much easier.
• Storing extension cords
  Use a cardboard tube to store your extension cords.

Posted by Erin on Nov 8, 2009 | 3 Comments | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• Reader suggestion: Storing a George Foreman Grill
  Reader Liz sent us the following solution for storing the removable plates and body of her George Foreman Grill.
• Out of Sight Out of Mind modular desk
  A concept for a modular Out of Sight Out of Mind (OSOM) desk has many different modules to store all of your office supply needs looks to be an interesting idea.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: Chalk it up!
  A home chalkboard serves as an uncluttered workspace.
• Keys to key uncluttering
  Do you really need all of the keys on your keychain with you at all times?
• Baby’s preferences are unpredictable
  Try to buy large contraptions for your newborn via second hand shops.

Posted by Erin on Nov 4, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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2008

• Book review: The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster
  The Experts’ Guide to Doing Things Faster is a quick, fun, and informative read on efficiency.
• Unitasker Wednesday: Tiny toe towel
• Lightbulbs next wifi hotspots?
  According to cellular-news, the College of Engineering at Boston University is launching a program aimed at developing the next generation of wireless communications based on visible light rather than radio waves.
• Seeking advice for cleaning laptops and keyboards
  The Magic Eraser does a little bit to clean up dirt off of laptops and keyboards, but is there anything better?
• Workspace of the Week: A garage transformation
  This week’s Workspace of the Week is Gently Organized’s new office, which used to be her garage.
• It came from your clutter: Elephant tusks
  The first installment of our new feature is a pretty good one.
• October 2008 wrap up
  The things that made October 2008 a fantastic month at Unclutterer.com

2007

• Reader question: How store earrings?
  Trays can be a great way to store earrings in drawers.
• Set up a Flickr account for your little one
  It is easy to use and it is quite simply the best option for sharing photos of my daughter.
• Do you feel animosity toward others in your home about their disorganization?
  Listing your vision for your living space and the actions you take to achieve that vision can help to keep frustration out of your home.
• Monopoly: The uncluttered edition
  Monopoly: Electronic Banking Edition forgoes the Monopoly money for electronic banking.
• Unitasker Wednesday: The pet stroller
  If your pet is in good health and you are pushing them around in a stroller, I must ask the obvious question of, “Why?”

Posted by Erin on Nov 1, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

A year ago on Unclutterer

2008

• When previous decluttering can come back to haunt you
  When purging papers from your home or office, let me recommend that you keep a list in a file in your filing cabinet or on your computer of all your previous addresses and addresses of your former places of employment.
• How much of your mortgage is going toward clutter storage?
  If there is a room in your home that is off limits because of the clutter that takes up that space, then you are not only wasting space but wasting money.
• Ikea hack for toy storage
  This hack fits an incredible about of toys within and is easy to do.
• The 5-, 10-, and 15-minute unclutterer
  Projects you can tackle in under 15 minutes to keep you on track with your uncluttering efforts.

2007

• Workspace of the Week: A view of Cinci
  This week’s Workspace of the Week is ekalb’s’s tranquil desk.
• Uncluttered doesn’t have to mean sterile
  Mismatched and creative items in your home are great as long as they are used, honored, and organized.
• Reader suggestion: Fifty tips to unclutterer your blog
  Unclutterer reader Skellie offers tips to make your blog clutter free.

Posted by Erin on Oct 28, 2009 | Comment | Tweet This

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