Avoid last minute runs to the store by having backstock.

Document your starting point ahead of any design or organization transformation.

Browse your closet like you would a new boutique.

To keep yourself organized, take advantage of containers, dividers, labels, etc.

Create a home inbox and outbox.

Resolve the seemingly insignificant things that sap your energy.

Create a designated home for your essential items.

Take everything out of your closet and put it back in order of priority.

Reduce clutter by not letting it into your house in the first place.

When moving from room to room, take displaced items closer to their home.

To design a space, say I like . . . I wish . . . I wonder . . .

To straighten up the house, imagine you’re throwing a party.

Guiltlessly identify and address flaws in your organization system.

Forget a junk drawer, make yourself a joy drawer!

Have you used it in 90 days? Will you use it in 90 days?

For everything you add, subtract something else.

Organize your things by how often you use them.

For things you’re not sure you want to keep, put them in purge-atory.

Return five out-of-place things in your home to their rightful places.

Put things where you need them instead of just where they “should” go.