Happy Holidays!

Not Your Mother's Dish Drainer!

Okay - so no one ever shouted from the roof tops about their new dish drainer, but they've come a long way!  I've been looking at a lot of design blogs lately and have made some interesting finds, not the least of which are some really cool dish drainers!  Now you can dry your dishes in style, and perhaps even save some precious counter space.  Here are 3 dish drainers that caught my eye, for both their style and functionality.

From the AUREA collection Ernest Perera

Bamboo dish drainer  stacksandstacks.com

MODULAR Dish Drainer from yankodesign.com

Good for Goodwill!

After finally switching from PC to Mac (I love my mac!) it was time to get rid of my dinosaur desktop computer.  I was happy to find out that Goodwill takes computers and electronics!  I dropped off the desktop and 2 old telephones this afternoon.

Goodwill Industries has partnered with Dell, Inc. to responsibly recycle unwanted electronics. To date they have collected more than 96 million pounds of electronics.

Take your unwanted electronics (any brand, any condition) to a participating Goodwill store or donation drop-off site. Goodwill will refurbish or recycle the equipment!  

To find a participating center near you and a list of items accepted go to Goodwill's website.

One of My Favorite Things...

If you've worked with me, you've seen these!  Folding mesh bins from The Container Store.  They are one of my favorite things...they hold a LOT of whatever you put in them, are very light-weight, and when you're done, they fold up flat.  Many of my clients end up purchasing some for themselves... they're great for keeping at the bottom of the stairs for items that need go up, or in the playroom for quick clean up.

Daily Affirmation

As an organizer, I often stumble upon the failed attempts my clients have made to get organized.  I find books on "de-cluttering" or "organizing for dummies," usually somewhere in the pile of stuff that I've been hired to make sense of.   

Today I worked with a client to create a new filing system.  We sorted and purged the files she already had and found this:  an empty file labeled "Dealing with Clutter."   We both had a good laugh.