After Chanukah some of us look around and realize that many of the gifts we or our family received are impractical, not our style, a

Several years ago, I had a one-hour consultation with a client looking to reorganize her kitchen cabinets. Despite having numerous cabinets, she struggled to find

Kinda busy lately? Yup, me too. Preparing for four holidays clustered within the space of a month is not for the novice. It’s unavoidable. (Yet

We received a postcard in the mail from PSE&G, offering a free service known as a “Quick Home Energy Check-up.” When you sign up for

A delightful young couple who recently moved to the suburbs after years in the city, hired me for an organizing consultation. This involved touring their

It is the last night of our cruise to Alaska and I am in our stateroom lying on an extremely comfortable bed resplendent with pillows

Can hiring and working with a professional organizer be a family affair? Anecdotally, I can relate experiences working with husbands and wives and also with

I would like to share some questions that came up this year during Pesach cleaning and preparation. I hope my answers can help guide you

“Stay safe” is what my relatives and non-Jewish friends were saying as I left for our community’s mission to Israel at the end of February.

One of my favorite “Far Side” comics depicts a man who designed a time machine specifically to travel back to the very moment his mother

“Ellen, how do I deal with all my kids’ artwork from years past?” or “What do I do with piles of family photographs and albums?”

Last month I helped a client work through the disappointment of discovering that the gold ring she wished to sell was not nearly worth what