Tag Archives: de-clutter
Beating the Clutter-Creators: Habits and Strategies
There are many de-cluttering schemes out there, and because I live in a small house with a fairly large family, I have gone through many de-cluttering events, from simple tidying to annual cleaning to outright purges. In her book Making … Continue reading
Clutter-Creator #4: Stuff of the Past
We woodworkers are a nostalgic lot. Even those who work mainly with modern power tools can ooh and ah over an 18th-century highboy made by hand. Reverence for history is one thing that has kept me working wood primarily by … Continue reading
Clutter-Creator #3: Stuff I’m Avoiding
If you find your workspace overwhelmed with clutter to the point where you really can’t work in it, then you don’t just have a storage-space problem. The clutter is telling you something about yourself, and it’s probably something you don’t … Continue reading
Clutter-Creator #1: Stuff for Someday
In my last post, I explained how the book Making Space, Clutter Free by Tracy McCubbin has helped me see that a lot of the clutter in my workspace isn’t going to be solved by getting more storage. I’m going … Continue reading
Getting to the Root of the Clutter Problem
What if I told you that the clutter problem in your workspace has nothing to do with storage space? If your workspace is normally too cluttered to work effectively in, or if you regularly have to move piles of stuff … Continue reading
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