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Family, Food, Kitchen, Links, Meal Planning, Products »

[26 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]
Resources for Organized Meal Planning, Recipe Organization, and Grocery Shopping

If you need some guidance and help with meal planning, check out these resources.

Food, Give-aways, Kitchen, Review »

[25 Jul 2010 | 12 Comments | ]
Snapware Giveaway and Review

It’s giveaway time at Virtually Organized! Come win some stuff to keep your kitchen organized.

Food, Kitchen, Links »

[22 Apr 2010 | One Comment | ]
Link of the Week: StillTasty.com Helps You Keep It or Toss It

Ever wonder how long to store your favorite food or beverage? When is it too long to still be considered safe and tasty to consume?

Kitchen, Maintenance »

[17 Mar 2010 | 13 Comments | ]
Quick and Easy Tips to Organize Your Kitchen Pantry

With the first day of spring right around the corner, organizing your pantry is one project that can be quick, easy and yield immediate results.

Clutter, Give-aways, Kitchen, Maintenance, Products, Review »

[28 Jan 2010 | 68 Comments | ]
Rubbermaid Giveaway: Conquering Your Junk Drawers

Got a junk drawer? Rubbermaid is sponsoring this week’s organizing project and giveaway.

Food, Guests, Kitchen, Uncategorized »

[22 Oct 2009 | 4 Comments | ]
How to Stock the Pantry

Stocking the pantry can be the key to eating healthy on a budget. Keeping it organized keeps you from buying that 3rd bottle of ketchup just because you didn’t see the one in the back of the cupboard.

Food, Kitchen, Products »

[27 May 2009 | 5 Comments | ]
Easy-Find Organizing with Rubbermaid

Okay, show of hands: How many of you invest money in plastic food storage containers and how many simply re-use everything from whipped topping containers to Chinese take-out plastics to store your leftovers?

Clutter, Crafts, Kids, Kitchen, Products »

[5 May 2009 | 10 Comments | ]
Creative Ways to Zip Up Your Stuff

I typically don’t advocate organizing with plastic bags as your prime source for containerizing your things. But there are some creative ways that Ziploc® bags can get you better organized around the house.

Kitchen, Perfectionism, The Organizer »

[31 Mar 2009 | 12 Comments | ]
Organizing Rules Are Meant to Be Broken

Wouldn’t it be great if I could just spew a few organizing rules, you implement them, and from here until eternity your home is “perfectly” organized?
That’s the frustrating thing about organizing, though. It is NOT an exact science.
The other day, I was helping a client organize her kitchen cabinets. Our goals were to increase work flow, maximize cabinet space, and purge or relocate all the unnecessary or unrelated items we discovered. Things were going well until it came to the putting-it-all-back stage.
“Where does this need to go,” she kept asking …