organization Archives - Kathryn Whitaker

Organized Simplicity: How a Mindset Matters

Anybody else drowning in clutter? Do you have a closet or a junk drawer (or five) that need purging? Feel like you keep things for no real reason except you can’t part with them? Several years ago, I embarked on a 10-day whole house purge using the book by Tsh Oxenreider, Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-free…

Plum Paper Planner: An Honest Review

I’m a planner. No pun intended. People often ask me how I do it all, and my answer is really simple: priorities and time management. We choose where we spend our time. During pandemic, I’ve done a terrible job keeping track of my productivity. And not just that, but I haven’t been spending my time…

Magic Solution & the Cleanest Oven on the Block

A few years ago, I shared my best tips for cleaning your oven (without the self-clean button) and the recipe for my magic solution on Instagram. I even wrote about it in my book. It’s my most requested life hack. What does that say about me? Don’t answer that. Let’s chat ovens and why they…

Before & After: The Boys’ Bathroom

I had dreams, big dreams, of beginning renovations on our master bathroom. Enter: toilet paper and a fiesty 7yo. Spoiler alert. That never ends well. To make a really, really long story short, Master Luke thought it would be fun to shove toilet paper down the bathroom sink. Not only did it clog the sink,…

That Time I Lost my Mind

About two months ago, I hopped on Instagram and shared, via Insta-stories, the crazy hair I got to declutter and deep clean my entire house in ten days. Y’all. I was heavily medicated. On Dr Pepper and Dos Equis. I’m blaming it largely on this gal. However, I’d been wanting to really clear out the…