Archives for Monthly Highlights
December 2008 wrap up
We’re a little late on this one, but let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made December 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
December’s most popular posts:
- 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Useful gifts under $35
- Too many flower vases
- 2008 Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide
- 2008 Gift Giving Guide: Gifts of clutter
- 2008 Gift Giving Guide: The ultimate gift
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer participated in RealSimple.com’s Holiday Blogathon
- Erin was interviewed on BBC Radio
- We had another fun Unclutterer Gift Giving Guide that we hope helped some of you survive the season with your sanity intact
- More than 1,760 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 880 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 4% [?]
November 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made November 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
November’s most popular posts:
- Black Friday: Tips for staying organized
- Reader suggestion: Storing a George Foreman Grill
- DYMO labelmaker giveaway
- Save time and effort with a personal shopper
- The Kindle saves space, but can it save you money
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer started using Twitter for additional tips in 140 characters or less at UncluttererTips. More than 1,175 people are already following the feed.
- More than 1,667 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 967 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 4% [?]
October 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made October 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
October’s most popular posts:
- Lofted bedrooms by Tumidei
- Simple steps for organizing a home office
- Fun idea for reducing vacation mementos
- Small living in a refurbished shipping container
- How much of your mortgage is going toward clutter storage?
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer was quoted in the Washington Business Journal in an article about Online Social Networks
- Erin had a post appear on CNN.com: Super busy? Try these six time-saving tips
- Unclutterer participated in the second annual Blog Action Day
- Lofted bedrooms by Tumidei had more than 34 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,524 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 905 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 4% [?]
September 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made September 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
September’s most popular posts:
- StairCase
- Lifetick: Goal-setting software that actually helps you achieve your goals
- Creating a personal strategic plan
- Sponges: Separating the new from the used
- Can a deep freezer save you money on meals?
Additional highlights:
- To our surprise, Can a deep freezer save you money on meals? had more comments than the Great Sponge Debate of 2008
- Creating a personal strategic plan had 49 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,400 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 765 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 4% [?]
August 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made August 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
August’s most popular posts:
- The garage zone: Tips to organize your garage
- Ikea’s new laptop workstation: A highlight of 2009 catalog
- All-in-one washer/dryer
- 10 tips to beat clutter in less than five minutes
- Plan out the week’s clothing on Sunday
Additional highlights:
- Organizing legend Julie Morgenstern sat for an interview with Unclutterer
- Erin was interviewed on Carrie and Danielle’s Style Statement blog
- 10 tips to beat clutter in less than five minutes had more than 45 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,370 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 707 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 5% [?]
July 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made July 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
July’s most popular posts:
- iPhone apps help reduce clutter and improve productivity
- Plastic card cable organizer
- Cleaning out your cluttered car
- Make those giant speakers into storage
- Work life creeping into personal life? Try a battery only weekend
Additional highlights:
- What oddity lurks in your clutter? kicked off a new feature on Unclutterer. Please continue to send in pictures and descriptions of the strange things you find in your home during an organizing project
- Matt’s In search of a nail care storage solution had more than 80 comments. Who knew nail care was such a hot topic?!
- Erin’s article “Easily Arranged” ran in the August/September issue of Ready Made magazine
- How to be prepared in case of fire had more than 43 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,245 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 624 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 5% [?]
June 2008 wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made June 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
June’s most popular posts:
- The six-way opener multi-tasker
- Baby toy alternatives (part 2)
- What to do if you are organized and your partner isn’t
- Unitasker: Battery eater
- Internet password organizer giveaway
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer had its first prize giveaway
- Unclutterer welcomed Intern Julia to our ranks for the summer.
- Web-accessible project management tools had more than 50 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,125 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 525 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 5% [?]
May wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made May 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
May’s most popular posts:
- How to digitally encode VHS home movies
- Declaring laundry bankruptcy: How to use the laundromat to get your laundry routine under control
- Understanding how you process information to help you get organized, part I
- How to live simply in a 39 foot RV — From Louise Hornor
- Reader question: Help curb my cable clutter!
Additional highlights:
- The New York Times discussed Unclutterer in the article “Organize Your Life, It’s Your Civic Duty.”
- Unclutterer appeared for the first time on a podcast.
- How to digitally encode VHS home movies had more than 200 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 1,000 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 482 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 6% [?]
April wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made April 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
April’s most popular posts:
- A simple way to simplify email — From Stowe Boyd
- Bringing your bookshelves back to order
- Reader suggestion: Put membership numbers on cell phone
- Saying farewell to a hobby
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer appears on page 20 of the 2008 Spring Issue of Woman’s Day Kitchens and Baths. In it, Erin dispenses advice on how to establish an effective laundry routine.
- Getting to know you led the pack this month with more than 225 comments
- A simple way to simplify email — From Stowe Boyd had more than 215 del-icio.us saves –- our monthly high
- More than 940 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 435 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 6% [?]
March wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made March 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
March’s most popular posts:
- Brainwash your way to a clutter-free life?
- Creating a minimalist workspace — from Zen Habits
- Managing Computer File Clutter
- The Real Cost of Financial Clutter on the Road to a Remarkable Life
Excerpts from our month of sharing:
- March 5 — Organized interior design advice from Decor8 editor Holly Becker
- March 7 — Reader suggested clutter-busting game: I’m moving overseas!
- March 12 — Creating a minimalist workspace — From Zen Habits
- March 17 — Unclutter your calendar and your social life — From GenPink
- March 19 — Environmentally friendly uncluttering — From Planet Green
- March 26 — The Real Cost of Financial Clutter on the Road to a Remarkable Life — From The Simple Dollar
- March 31 — Simple strategies to clear email clutter — From Gina Trapani of Lifehacker
Additional highlights:
- Unclutterer started blogging twice a week for Real Simple magazine’s website RealSimple.com. You can check out our advice here.
- Unclutterer was named a top life hack blog by alltop.com.
- Creating a minimalist workspace — from Zen Habits led the pack this month with 72 comments
- Creating a minimalist workspace — from Zen Habits had more than 280 del-icio.us saves –- our monthly high
- More than 846 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 377 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 13% [?]
February wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made February 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
February’s most popular posts:
- Creating a weekly meal plan
- Tips for quick grocery shopping
- Dry erase boards for the 21st century
- Unclutter your writing with self imposed limitations
Additional highlights:
- Real Simple magazine named Unclutterer a “best blog” in their March 2008 issue
- We were discussed on Feb. 28 on the WNBA Mystic’s blog
- Are cookbooks a thing of the past? led the pack this month with 57 comments
- Creating a weekly meal plan had more than 250 del-icio.us saves –- our monthly high
- More than 665 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 259 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 11% [?]
January wrap up
Let’s remember some of the things that made January 2008 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
January’s most popular posts:
Additional highlights:
- On January 6 we celebrated our one-year anniversary!
- Amazing or Awful? had more than 95 comments — our monthly high
- Storing coffee had 30 del.icio.us saves –- our monthly high
- Speaking of del.icio.us, we established a share a link system where you can point us to great stories through their site. Just go to http://del.icio.us, and mark your suggested link “for:unclutterer” (without the quotes).
- If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you can now have an Unclutterer icon on your phone’s desktop.
- We were discussed on the Encyclopedia Britannica blog. The closest we’ve come to being IN an encyclopedia.
- More than 598 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are more than 228 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 15% [?]
December wrap up
We’re a little late to the game on this one, but let’s go ahead and take a few moments to remember some of the things that made December 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
December’s most popular posts:
- Stop spending your weekends cleaning your home
- My New Year’s Resolution: Laundry
- Organize your life on your wall
- Uncluttering your refrigerator’s crisper
Additional highlights:
- Home and Garden Television rated us one of the Best Organizing Websites
- My New Year’s Resolution: Laundry had 40 comments — our monthly high
- Uncluttering your refrigerator’s crisper had more than 150 del-icio.us saves –- our monthly high
- More than 500 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are more than 180 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 7% [?]
November wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made November 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
November’s most popular posts:
- Storing extension cords
- Learning time management can help your uncluttering efforts
- What to do with pajamas during the day?
- Cut it off!
Additional highlights:
- Twitter developer Alex Payne kindly guest authored Uncluttering with Twitter
- Launched Unclutterer’s 2007 Gift Giving Guide
- Cut it off! lead the pack this month with 51 comments
- Storing extension cords had more than 30 del-icio.us saves–-our monthly high
- More than 428 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 151 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 7% [?]
October wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made October 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
October’s most popular posts:
- Workspace of the Week: Cable basket
- Simple solution for small packets in your kitchen pantry
- Organizing gift wrapping supplies
- Record your uncluttering activities
Additional highlights:
- We released our site redesign and features upgrades on October 15 with the post Pardon our dust
- We participated in the very first Blog Action Day with PJ’s post Save money and help the environment
- Is that a purse or an overnight bag? lead the pack this month with 89 comments
- No shoes = less cleaning was a notable second this month with 67 comments
- Uncluttering your digital music collection had more than 85 del-icio.us saves–our monthly high for a single post
- More than 340 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 135 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 17% [?]
September wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made September 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
September’s most popular posts:
- Reader inspired charging station
- Cable clutter
- Establish a zone of a room with vinyl wall decals
- Words to keep you motivated
- Wine Wedge solves need for traditional wine rack
Additional highlights:
- Hide Cable Clutter from Unclutterer.com (the video with the Cable clutter post this month) has been viewed more than 55,000 times on YouTube
- Broke the top 2,161 blogs on the internet according to our September 30 ranking on Technorati (a rank improvement of almost 1,000 positions since August)
- Establish a zone of a room with vinyl wall decals had more than 145 del.icio.us saves—-our monthly high for a single post
- More than 260 people have joined our Unclutterer flickr group. There are 93 photos uploaded to the group, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 5% [?]
August wrap up
Let’s take a few moments to remember some of the things that made August 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
August’s most popular posts:
- Reader question: What should I store in a fireproof box?
- Tell us about your work space
- Against stuff
- The 100 thing challenge
Additional highlights:
- Broke the top 3,100 blogs on the internet according to our rank on Technorati (a rank improvement of almost 2,000 positions since July)
- Reader question: What should I store in a fireproof box? had more than 134 del.icio.us saves–our monthly high for a single post
- Our average number of comments per post finally broke into the double digits! Keep on commenting!
- More than 175 people joined our new Unclutterer flickr group. There are 58 photos uploaded to the group already, and we look forward to seeing your additions!
Popularity: 5% [?]
July wrap up
As the month comes to a close, let’s take a few moments to look back over some of the things that made July 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
July’s most popular posts:
- Gamer clutter
- Extreme Minimalism Monday: look ma! no hands!
- Ten things to do in 10 minutes
- Dealing with a cluttery significant other
Additional Highlights:
- Broke the top 5,000 blogs on the internet according to our rank on Technorati
- Joined the LifeRemix network
- We were listed as Seaborgium on the Periodic Table of the Internet
- Reader question: How to dispose of old electronics? had more than 30 del.icio.us saves–our monthly high for a single post
- Why are you here? had the most comments we’ve received on a single post (41)
Popularity: 11% [?]
June wrap up
As the month comes to a close, let’s take a few moments to look back over some of the things that made June 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.
June’s top 5 most popular posts:
- Under stairs storage: brilliant
- 8 ways to cut back on computer cables
- Establishing routines
- Extreme minimalism Monday: Hair is clutter
- Peter Walsh answers questions for Unclutterer.com
Additional Highlights:
- Dean from the band The Dead Milkmen weighed in on our Consider Charitable Giving post. He said that he’s a fan of uncluttering, but wasn’t 100 percent certain that someone from his band once mailed my friend Joel a sock.
- Organizational giant Peter Walsh took time out of his busy schedule to answer our questions. I’m still giddy just thinking about this interview.
- Cooking legend Emeril Lagasse’s blog linked to our recipe organization post. It’s difficult to impress my mother, but this link from Emeril’s site gave her something to brag about to all of her friends.
Popularity: 11% [?]


