Back now at most Buffalo and being
inside so much during the winter months,
it really makes us critical of our
space and desperate for a refresh.
You don't have to wait until spring
to start cleaning, but as always,
knowing where to start can be a challenge.
And joining me now is professional
organizer Ellie Luke.
Carrie from bright organizing solution.
She's been here before on most
Buffalo for the first time in person,
so it's wonderful to have you here.
We always appreciate how you
set people up for success.
You do it with humor and we're
going to start with something
you're calling the Doom box.
Yes, do tell.
I've brought examples so this isn't
the typical size of a doom box,
but a lot of my clients will take things and
they'll just stash them in a box or a bag.
Shoe boxes are notorious,
and when it's cloudy outside and
you want to be productive inside,
grab that doom box and go through
the things that are in there.
Don't be afraid, I know it's
filled with procrastinated objects,
things you didn't want to tackle,
but the beautiful.
The thing is,
they may have aged out by now
and tackling them may be easier.
And in the 17 now.
And how long has it been 16 1/2
years that I've been doing this?
No one has ever been.
Not able to accomplish what
was in sort their doom box and
take on those challenges.
Yeah get through it cause
that's always the thing.
It's like just do it just taking
that one little step and seeing where
you can go right the other tip that
you have because we know kitchens
are such a trouble spot for people
because so much is going on in there.
But your tip to get the pantry in
order is pretty it's pretty simple one
right. This is my favorite one.
You can reach as far back as you can
in your pantry and grab whatever's.
Back there, whether it's a can or
a bag of food and pull it out and
see if it's close to expiring,
and if it is, have fun with it.
Well, if it's expired, let it go.
But at least that into the universe,
yes, yes, go ahead and don't donate it.
But if it hasn't expired,
go ahead and get creative with a new recipe.
It's it can be used as an
inspiration for trying something new.
And one of the things that you
also suggest is that people do
things that works for them.
And figuring out this is specific
to our family, our house,
this is what's going to work,
right. Exactly. And so one of my
other favorite things is if you
if we pick on the kitchen again,
you can do it for any room.
And if you look at it when it's it's most
challenging to deal with IE the dirtiest,
then think about how you want to
tackle that and write down the
steps and make a pretty graphic
and post that on your refrigerator.
So then when you're,
when you have those overwhelming
days and you know you need to get
something done in your kitchen,
you don't know where the start,
you just look at that list and start
at the top and work your way down.
And it's given me a lot of Peace
of Mind having a list
just to have something to look at and.
Would make you think about it exactly.
And you have expanded a little bit now
with what you're offering people is you
have a virtual organizing tool tell
us. I do so people can easily
sign up for virtual organizing.
Right now I think I have office,
kitchen and basement listed on my website.
Totally flexible to do any space
and it really is about digging deep
and being a resource for people so
they can create the system that
works for them. Just give like tips on
ideas on how to get that process started.
It is about working one-on-one with
me and I talk about the specific
challenges that you have and we can
actually do it together virtually
or I can give you your to DOS
and then you can go tackle them.
And then I also like to say the,
the one thing that my most successful
clients do is they text me the results and
that's the best part.
Well if people do want to find
you ally, how do they do that?
Website Probably the easiest so bright
organizing.com awesome.
It's great to see you.
Thanks for coming and of course
we appreciate your tips always.
Thank you. We hope you will
come back and we have more
to come here on most Buffalo.