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Organize This, Not That

Here's a secret from the tidiest people we know: There are places in your home that shouldn't be organized. Follow our to-do-list-shortening guide to straightening up the ones that matter.
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Organize This: Wrapping paper and supplies.
Interior designer Betsy Helmuth, author of Big Design, Small Budget points out that a carefully chosen gift deserves more than wrinkled wrapping. And that's exactly what you'll get if you're shoving papers and bows in the back of a closet.

Not That: Holiday decorations.
There are two days a year when you need to deal with these: the one where you take them out to decorate the house, and again when you're stuffing them back in a box for next year. Give yourself a break and skip the categorization here in favor of a faster post-holiday cleanup.
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Published 03/03/2015
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