Tidy House Nation

11/03/2018

Something to think about this holiday season...

Uncategorized Cleaning out the Closet of Unwanted Gifts November 3, 2018 by chelsea Now, I’m not saying Halloween is over so hang your stockings because now it’s Christmas time, but I would like to suggest that it wouldn’t hurt to start thinking about the holidays and what inevitably comes wit...

06/23/2018

Are you as guilty as I am of doing a quick tidying spree when you know someone is coming over to your house? Stop tidying YOUR house for OTHER PEOPLE. Do it for yourself!

Uncategorized The Pony Problem June 23, 2018 by chelsea I was listening to Selected Shorts on NPR the other day, and a story by Sloane Crosley called “The Pony Problem” was read. It’s the author’s hilarious confession that she has in her possession a bizarre collection of toy ponies gifted t...

05/19/2018

New website design, new blogpost! Check it out! http://tidyhousenation.com/2018/05/12/downsizing-to-a-tiny-house/

09/19/2017

A new blog post for your reading pleasure. All about my beef with the self-storage industry :) http://tidyhousenation.com/2017/09/19/purge-dont-splurge/

03/25/2017

Spring Cleaning Promotion! Initial consultation fee ($20) waived until May 31.

Let's really get some work done this spring, stop putting it off! Don't miss out on this promotion and as always, 10% off for first time clients. Just send me a message and we'll get started!

03/18/2017

For all you spring cleaners out there! http://tidyhousenation.com/2017/03/18/spring-cleaning-konmari-style/

So it’s spring cleaning time, eh? When budding flowers and warmer weather pulls us from our winter doldrums and, for some reason, makes us feel like getting rid of things. It’s great. We feel re-energized, feel like taking control of our house once and for all. We say “I’m finally going to tackle…

12/06/2016

Yes I watched the new Gilmore Girls. Yes I loved it. And yes I wrote about it in this blog post!

Just don’t do KonMari like Emily Gilmore. I don’t know if you’re a Gilmore Girls fanatic like me, but I just finished watching the new Netflix mini series and I’m in love all over again. (Not that I was ever out of love, I re-watch the entire series at least once a year) When the first preview for t...

11/11/2016

For those of you wondering, "My towel rack doesn't spark joy, does that mean I have to get rid of it?" This one's for you.

But my dust pan doesn’t bring me joy! In this post, I want to discuss the one question I have been asked more than any other in reference to the KonMari method: How can a frying pan/clothes hangers/other-seemingly-joyless-items bring me joy? Good question. Obviously there are items in your home yo...

10/23/2016

New blog post, folks!

Why KonMari? So now that I have that first post out of the way and you all know why I’m doing what I’m doing, let’s talk about tidying! I am so passionate about the KonMari method, not because when I read it I realized that it made sense, but because when I read it I realized that I was already doin...

10/23/2016

Look what they let me organize at work! Boy oh boy that was fun.