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Getting ready to share my #1 most popular kitchen-organizing tip on my KGW segment this Weds!

Tip: Most kitchen crocks are too narrow at the top. Use a glazed ceramic pot instead to hold your kitchen utensils, and you'll never wrestle with grabbing the ladle again when you're trying to cook!

You can catch the segment live this Weds June 3 @ 11 a.m. on "Hello! Rose City!" on KGW 8. See you all then!

🌷1. Walk around your yard, garage, and porch with a tote or bucket and scoop up every stray gardening item you see—gloves, hand tools, seed packets, twine, kneeling pads, hose attachments. Don’t sort yet. Just gather. This step alone often feels like a win.

🌿2 Sort into 3 main categories. Keep it simple:

Tools (trowels, pruners, shears)
Wearables (gloves, hats, kneepads)
Supplies (seeds, fertilizer, plant ties, labels)

If you want to get fancy, add a fourth: Watering (nozzles, sprinklers, hose repair bits).

🪻3 Macro-organize. After that, assign each category a zone in your garage or shed. For example:

Tool Zone: pegboard for hanging tools both large and small
Wearable Zone: plastic bin (to keep spiders and creepy-crawlies out of your gloves!) or baskets on a shelf
Supply Zone: wire chrome rack. A 6’ high and 4’ wide unit works for most people to store bins/baskets of gardening supplies
Watering Zone: can go in small buckets or bins on the chrome racks

🍄4 Micro-organize. Some people find this part fun, finding things around the house to store things in. We like to use glass mason jars for small things like hose attachments, seeds, and balls of twine. An old furniture dolly or plant dolly can be super helpful for holding heavy bags of soil and amendments, so you can roll them out from under a work table. Look around your house and get creative!

🌹5 Finally, maintain your system. Try to stop gardening outside BEFORE you hit your limit, so you have 5 minutes of energy left to put everything away.

And remember: if this all feels overwhelming or you don't know where to start, reach out to us here at reSPACEd for help organizing your garden gear. We would love to lend a hand!

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If your garage has turned into a catch‑all zone, you’re not alone — and spring is the perfect time to reset it! Here’s a simple plan to make the project feel manageable.

⏰1. Block Out Enough Time

Garages take longer than people expect. Aim for three days: two for sorting and one for buying and setting up storage products.

🏡2. Sort Everything Outside

Pick a sunny day, clear the driveway, and sort items into broad categories like camping gear, sports equipment, tools, car supplies, and holiday décor. You can either sort everything first or make decisions item‑by‑item and then put them into categories — both methods work.

🛠️3. Choose Storage Based on Your Piles

Once everything is sorted, look at your piles and decide how each category should be stored. Think:
🟢One bin or one shelf per category
🟢Pegboard for tools
🟢Wall hooks for bulky items
🟢Browse Pinterest, Instagram or The Container Store for other ideas.

🪟4. Create Space for Garage‑Based Hobbies

If you use your garage for projects, carve out a dedicated workspace. Consider table size, lighting, outlets, and ventilation needs, so the area truly supports your hobby.

🪜5. Buy Products & Set Up Your System

Purchase the shelves, bins, hooks, or pegboard you need and install them. Don’t worry if you want to tweak things later — garages often need small adjustments once you start using the space.

🙋‍♀️If you want help getting your garage under control this spring, we’d love to support you. DM us here at reSPACEd if you live in the Portland Metro area.

Kitchen counter, dining room table, nightstand – these are all places where clutter tends to accumulate fast. But fortunately, there’s a simple method for tackling these spaces:

⏰1 Set aside at least 15 minutes. Find a flat surface to sort on. Don’t have a flat surface available? Pull a cookie sheet or two from your kitchen to sort on.

🗑️2 Pull the trash can over by you.

📥3 Start making piles of the items in your hotspot. Piles you sort into should include:
Room they will go into
Trash
Family member the item belongs to

🤷‍♀️4 You could also make a “I don’t know where this thing goes” pile and save it for last.

🚶‍♀️‍➡️5 Once you’ve sorted everything into piles, dump the trash. Walk the piles to each room they go to. If the items are for a family member to deal with, put the items in a small bag, write the family member’s name on the bag, and put it somewhere they will see it.

🤔6 For the “I don’t know” pile, see if there is someone else in your family who can brainstorm with you where these things go. If you live alone, then you can ask yourself, what aisle in the store would I find these things? What other items would I find in that aisle? Then put the items near those things.

⏰7 The key to this system working? Don’t stop with making piles – be sure to leave time at the end of your 15 minutes to put the items away in the rooms they belong in.

We love figuring out solutions to clutter hotspots! DM us for help here at reSPACEd if you live in the Portland Metro area!