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Archive for the ‘Filing Systems’ Category

June 6th, 2008

12 Ways to Cut Paper Clutter

There are lots of ways to cut paper clutter - from light tips to extreme paperless technology ideas. Here are 12 solutions that run from simple to the more complex - how each tip will apply to you, depends on how much you hate all that paper.
1. Pay all your bills online: And why not […]

By Jennifer -- 11 comments

June 2nd, 2008

My WORST Idea for Organizing Warranties

So far in my ongoing warranty series we’ve looked at…

Organize Your Warranty Information - What You Should Keep
File Drawer Storage for Warranty Information
Envelope Storage for Warranty Information

Now I’m going to tell you the WORST idea for organizing warranties. It can work I suppose, but it never worked for me.
The folder system. 
Grab all that warranty info […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

May 29th, 2008

Six Issues to Cover In Your Home Inventory

To follow up my create a home inventory post, I thought I’d do a quickie about what to include - in case your insurance co. forgot to give you a list.
Six things to note - no matter if you’re using a video camera, camera, or pad and pencil. Note, if you’re using a paper list […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

May 28th, 2008

Create A Home Inventory

Why create a home inventory: Fires and thieves unfortunately do happen.
But I rent!: You can still make an inventory. I have renter’s insurance, and they asked for a simple list inventory, but I made a better digital camera inventory. You never know with those pesky insurance folks. No offense to any insurance folks, but believe […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

May 23rd, 2008

File Drawer Storage for Warranty Information

In Organize Your Warranty Information - What You Should Keep, I went over what to keep that’s warranty related, and readers added some good ideas in the comments too. Now we’re moving on to storage solutions for your warranty.
Of course the most obvious solution, or at least the one I’ve seen people use most is, […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

May 21st, 2008

Organize Your Warranty Information - What You Should Keep

Today we’re going to start a warranty series - a series, because I’ve got about five different ideas of how you can get your warranties organized. Well, five or six give or take.
From toasters to desk chairs, to your computer, cell phone, and juniors remote control car, life involves warranties and lots of them. Over […]

By Jennifer -- 7 comments

March 25th, 2008

File Cabinets Are Soooooooo Boring

Although I prefer my good old wooden cabinet maybe you’re sick and tired of ordinary. Here are some ideas… oddly mostly in black, which I did not plan. Sorry folks who don’t love black.
Triple File Cabinet - those are not little drawers, it’s a real file cabinet. But you could use it to double as […]

By Jennifer -- 3 comments

January 30th, 2008

Reader Tip: Dealing with Magazines

Do you subscribe to a lot of magazines? It is very easy to let your magazine collection get out of control. Maybe you are familiar with this scenario:
You get a new magazine in the mail and the first thing you do is skim through it. You notice several articles that catch your eye and […]

By Julie -- 4 comments

December 3rd, 2007

Organizing Idea for School Children

I was born organized. I really was. I probably got fussy if my meal was 2 minutes late. My daughter on the other hand, she was not. She has a real problem staying focused on the task at hand and she does not do well with juggling several things at one time.
She is a good […]

By Julie -- 3 comments

November 19th, 2007

Creating a Mail Center

I’ve talk about creating a mail center a couple of times, but this time it’s a little more thorough and…I have more pictures.
I hope these steps to creating a mail center will help you reign in all that paper clutter that collects on the tables, counters and any available flat surface.

The kitchen counter is a […]

By Julie -- 24 comments

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