Your Ultimate Guide
to Getting Organized
Simple strategies, storage solutions, and
clutter-busting tips for transforming trouble spots.
This Month’s Project: The Junk Drawer
Your Ultimate Junk Drawer Organizer
Seven steps to revamping (and reclaiming!) the messiest spot in the house.
Make Over Your Junk Drawer
Clean out your drawer now and save time searching for that spare key or frequent shopper card later.
Last Month’s Challenge: The Utility Closet
How to Organize Your Utility Closet
Looking to transform this neglected catchall into an accessible arsenal of home maintenance? Clutter coach Chip Cordelli has
the right tools for the task.
Organize Your Cleaning Supplies
How to tackle the biggest challenges of your broom closet.
April’s Challenge: The Command Center
How to Organize the Family Command Center
Dream of trading in your perpetual piles for an appealing hub that keeps family life running smoothly? Thanks to clutter coach
Chip Cordelli, your wish is our command (center).
Before and After Bulletin Board Makeover
With four kids under 9, this mom had a jam-packed info center―and needed help.
A Home Office Makeover
Real Simple brings some order (and some charm) to a cluttered home office.
20 Home Office Organizing Tricks
Clever products and space-saving strategies to help you declutter your space.
February’s Challenge: The Medicine Cabinet
Medicine Cabinet Organizing Tricks
Simple strategies for finding a place for all of your bathroom essentials.
Medicine Cabinet Makeover
It’s easy to let over the counter medicines expire and the bandage box run down to zero, but keeping everything current and
stocked is the best way to be prepared for an emergency.
A Glossary of Medicine Cabinet Must-Haves
The over-the-counter medicines and supplies to have at the ready for minor emergencies.
Medicine Cabinet Essentials Checklist
Keep these supplies on hand to treat minor ailments―and to save yourself a late-night dash to the drugstore.
January’s Challenge: The Kitchen
Smart Ideas for Organizing Your Kitchen
Got mess? You’ve come to the right place. For motivation, we bring you your very own coach: organizing guru Chip Cordelli.
He gives it to you straight—while straightening out your home and removing mental blocks about clutter-clearing.
The Well-Organized Kitchen
Whether you're a daily cook or an occasional one, maximize time with the right setup.
16 Before-and-After Makeovers
Learn how Real Simple transformed readers’ kitchens, bathrooms, and more.
Storing Pots and Pans
Three strategies to organizing your cupboards.
Organize Your Kitchen by Activity
Create an efficient workspace with these strategies and tips.
New Uses for Things in the Kitchen
These items step up to the plate in less time than it takes to heat up leftovers.
Organizing Checklists
Organizing the Kitchen Checklist
An organized kitchen allows you to cook more efficiently, clean up quickly―and find everything you need instantly.
Pantry Organizing Checklist
A well-organized pantry means you’ll always know what materials you have on hand.
Complete Kitchen Cleaning Checklist
A step-by-step guide to efficiently cleaning your most-used room (in just a few hours, or over the course of a few days).
Speed-Clean Your Refrigerator
Take your refrigerator from filthy to flawless in 20 minutes with this cleaning checklist.
Kitchen Chores for Kids Checklist
Get your kids into the kitchen with this guide to simple, safe cooking tasks broken down by age.
Organizing Videos
How-To: Organize Bills
It’s safe to say that no one enjoys paying the bills, but having a solid system for tackling this task—as shown in this video—can
take at least some of the sting out of it. Here’s how to keep bills organized both before and after you pay them.
How-To Eliminate Cord Clutter
Those dozens of wires around your home―in your kitchen, by your computer, behind your TV―can be a tangled nuisance. Control
cord clutter with the quick tricks and clever organizing products shown in this video.
How-To: Organize a Closet
Having a neat, organized closet simplifies your life, making it easier to get dressed every morning. This video shows how
to organize a closet in three easy steps.
How-To: Fold a T-Shirt
When it’s time to do some T-shirt folding, use the simple trick in this video. You can fold a T-shirt in 15 seconds flat for
a guaranteed wrinkle-free fit.
Next Month’s Challenge: Garage, Closets, and More!
A Messy Garage Gets Organized
When everything but the car is parked in your garage, a crash reorganization is in order.
31 Ways to Make Over Your Closets
Closets can be the bane of your existence. Steal some ideas from those pictured here.
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