6 Things You Can Do Every Day to Keep Your Home Clean and Organized

Home CleanGuest Blogger: Kurt Jacobson

Juggling two kids, family and career is no easy task. And I totally understand that you don’t want to spend your free weekend scrubbing the kitchen floors or putting away laundry. But here are six easy things you can try and do every day to keep your home clean and organized.

Of course, some days may be worse than the others and you may not be able to complete everything on the list. But keep trying, adapt the suggestions to make them work for you. And it won’t be much longer before you are the proud owner of a clean and organized home. Read More

Q&A Session with Clear Home Solutions Founder, Marty Stevens Heebner

martyClear Home Solutions was founded by award-winning entrepreneur Marty Stevens-Heebner. She was inspired to launch Clear Home Solutions through her personal experiences involving her 90-year-old father and her 88-year-old aunt with dementia. She also leveraged her many years of organizing experience and inventorying the “stuff” in her own life and businesses to provide value to her clients.  Marty was the first Certified Senior Move Manager (SMM-C) in the country, and is also a Certified Professional Organizer (CPO) and a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS).  In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Senior Move Managers, Marty is also a Public Policy Ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Association and serves on the Board of OPICA, an adult day programming center catering to people with memory disorders and their families.  Read More

Winter Home Improvements to Cut Energy Costs

Feets of a family wearing woolen socks warming near the fireplaceGuest Blogger:  Maria Ramos

With the winter months well underway, many people are seeing their utility bills skyrocket as a result of heating their homes to counteract the chilly weather. With some preparation and the right home improvements, it doesn’t have to be this way. Much of the energy consumed by households is essentially wasted, so it’s important to improve efficiency as a means of sparing your wallet as well as the natural environment. Fortunately, many of the projects that can help in reaching this goal can be accomplished in a short amount of time and Read More

8 Holiday Storage Tips

christmas-storage-tipsHoliday decorations are often fragile and treasured memories. Storing holiday decorations can be challenging with their odd shapes and sensitivity. Storing holiday decorations also need to be tucked away until they are required at the end of year. So carefully placing these items in a location within you home that will not be touched for 11 months and still being able to access them when the time was right. Getting your decorations properly stored to prevent breakage and yet accessibility when its time to kick off the holidays can be a tricky sitution. These helpful holiday storage tips can help you get your decorations stored and yet ready for the next time they are needed.  Read More

How to Choose Home Security Systems

canstockphoto11064079-1024x768Guest Blogger: Heather Roberts

A lot of us will leave on a holiday each year to blow off some steam, relax and live a little with a well deserved rest and avoid having to deal with chores and house cleaning. What we do leave behind however are quite a few of our personal possessions that may be at risk without good locks and proper home security.  Thankfully security systems have seen a really nice increase in potential security systems you can take advantage of.  The main problem with most security systems of course remains.  People often tend to forget quite a few things and that only leads to gaps in security thieves can take advantage of. The following examples and tips will give you more information on the subject so you can make things work without messing up in the process: Read More