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182: Cardboard Boxes in Your Storage Room: Which Ones Are Actually Worth Keeping?

This week on Organize and Cherish, we dig into one of the most common — and most overlooked — storage room culprits: cardboard boxes. We explore a straightforward decisio

181: Is It Junk or a Jackpot? A Quick Exercise to Find Out If Your Stuff Is Worth Something

This week on Organize and Cherish, we walk through what to do when you pull something out of your storage room and wonder if it's worth something. We chat about how to ma

180: Decluttering with Purpose: An Insider Look at Where Your Donations Go

This week on Organize and Cherish, we hear the insider tips every donor and thrift shopper should know, from how to sort your items before you arrive to the one departmen

179: Is It Me or My System? How to Actually Tell What's Not Working in Your Storage Space

This week on Organize and Cherish, we answer a listener question that so many of us have quietly wondered: am I the problem, or is my system the problem? We dig into how

178: How to Store Photos, Clothing, Electronics, and Wood So They Don't Get Damaged

This week on Organize and Cherish, we get specific about what your most-kept belongings actually need to stay protected, walk through a practical step-by-step plan for im

177: How Each Season Affects What's in Your Storage Room

This week on Organize and Cherish, we uncover what may be happening inside your storage room across all four seasons, and break down the specific seasonal threats that co

176: When the Storage Room Belongs to Everyone (and No One)

This week, we’re getting into one of the most common reasons storage rooms stay stuck: when the space belongs to more than one person. Whether it’s a spouse with a differ

175: Why Your Stuff Goes Into Your Storage Room and Never Comes Back Out

This week we're looking at one of the quietest problems in storage rooms: how things move..or don't. Most storage spaces work like a one-way street: things go in, they ge

174: Three Conversations to Have Before Tackling Your Storage Room

This we’re talking about the conversations that have to happen before real decisions can. When you walk into a storage room, you’re not just sorting through things, you’r

173: Storage Room Q&A Part II: Products, Piles, and What to Do When You're Stuck

This week, we are back with more of your storage room questions, and this round gets into some territory we haven't covered yet. We're talking about a product question th

172: Are you keeping that outfit for the unknown special event?

This week, we're diving into how to decide what "special event" items to keep and which ones to let go. We are chatting about more intentional keeping, with key questions

171: Is Poor Lighting Sabotaging Your Storage Room Organization?

When our storage spaces feel overwhelming, we often blame it on a lack of organization. But what if the real culprit is that it wasn't enough light? In this episode, we e

170: Why Letting Go Feels Like Loss (And What to Do With That)

This week on Organize and Cherish, we unpack the many forms grief takes in our storage rooms, gives you practical tips for moving through it, and sends you off with a rea

169: What People Are Really Asking About Their Storage Rooms Right Now

This week, we are answering the three questions we hear most often when it comes to organizing storage rooms. We talk about storage inside your home and off-site units. R

168: What Can I Declutter in My Storage Room in an Afternoon?

Every spring, millions of people pull on their oldest clothes, prop open the storage room door, and make a deal with themselves: this is the year I finally deal with this

167: What to Store in What: The Simple Guide to Soft and Hard Containers

When organizing our storage spaces, we spend a lot of time deciding what to keep, but not nearly enough time on how we will store it. You may have purchased bins, but it'

166: Dear Future Me: Why We Hold On 'Just in Case' (And How to Finally Let Go)

This year, we’re spending time in our storage rooms, like really spending time there. Not just sorting and labeling, but understanding why these spaces become what they b

165: Decluttering Your Storage Room When You Have Intention

Most of us treat our storage rooms like a "black hole" where items go to be forgotten. But what happens when you approach that dusty space with a clear vision for your li

164: Organizing for the Sandwich Generation: Family, Tradition & Clutter

This week, we're revisiting one of our favorite episodes. As we continue our year-long focus on storage areas, this replay from Episode 107 digs into one of the biggest r

163: The Most Honest Room in Your House

This week, we explore why storage rooms are often the most revealing spaces in our homes. We walk through a very quick history of basements and storage spaces, how their