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Tidy News: Shannon Krause Interviewed on Room By Room Podcast - How To Organize Your Home For Guests

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Shannon was recently interviewed by Marie Stella on Room by Room: The Home Organization Science Insights Podcast.

With the holidays just around the corner, we dove into all things guest prep.

Here’s what we covered:

  • How to create a warm & welcoming environment for your guests without sacrificing your home’s functionality.

  • Clever tips for making space when you’re short on it.

  • Must-have products for a seamless hosting experience.

  • Favorite quick fixes to make your guests feel right at home.

If you’re gearing up for holiday hosting, this episode is packed with practical, stress-free tips to help you shine as the ultimate host!

The Guide to Organizing Your Home For Guests with Shannon Krause

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: How To Organize A Kitchen In Readiness For Entertaining (Homes & Gardens)

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We recently shared some simple yet effective tips with Homes & Gardens to help you keep your home, specifically your kitchen, tidy and stress-free this holiday season.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: 5 Things Pro Organizers Say Are Must-Haves In A Small Bathroom (Homes & Gardens)

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Bathrooms are tight on space so maximizing every inch of space is crucial. But regardless of the size of your bathroom, drawer organization is key to maintaining order which we explained to Homes & Gardens when they asked us about bathroom organization tips.

Plastic Organizers

We like to use plastic drop-in organizers because they are easy to wipe clean

Bamboo Organizers

Use bamboo organizers for a more eco-friendly option plus it’s a great win when they match the interior of the drawers.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: Where To Store Spices In A Small Kitchen– 9 Space-Saving Places To Stash Spices In Style (Homes & Gardens)

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There are so many ways to store spices in kitchens.

We spoke to Homes & Gardens and shared our most important spice organizational tip.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: 10 Alternative Ways To Contain Your Culinary Tools (Homes & Gardens)

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Can you imagine having a kitchen without drawers? While it’s uncommon, we occasionally come across this design choice which requires us to get a little creative.

Check out our go-to hack for storing kitchen utensils in a kitchen without drawers in the latest Homes & Garden article below.

Our Favorite Countertop Utensil Storage

Farmhouse Pottery Crock

Let’s be honest we love just about everything from Farmhouse Pottery. This crock is beautiful to contain utensils, kitchen tools or even flowers.

Le Creuset Utensil Croc

If you’re looking for something fun and vibrant, this is it! We love these crocks for the variety of gorgeous colors they come in.

Williams Sonoma Marble Partitioned Utensil Holder

Our favorite thing about this crock is the divider inside. It keeps your favorite tools separated and easier to remove while prepping, cooking and serving.

Crate & Barrel Acacia Utensil Holder

Sleek and minimal, this is a great accent to your counter and fits a good amount of utensils! We love that they have matching canisters too.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: How To Organize Your Home Without Spending Any Money– 8 Pro Tips (Homes & Gardens)

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One common misconception with organizing is that you have to spend a lot of money on products.

That is so not true.

If you’re the DIY type, raid the recycle bin for discard boxes and follow the step below.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: Decluttering Makeup And Skincare– 10 Ways To Streamline Your Stash Beautifully (Homes & Gardens)

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Bathrooms are generally tight on space and can get unruly if the space isn’t edited frequently. We encourage frequent editing of this space by checking expiration dates, identifying duplicates and unnecessary products. We try our best not to dump everything in the trash and so we have found creative ways to repurpose and recycle products and the packaging.

We shared one of our favorite ways to repurpose mascara wands with Homes & Gardens.

If you feel inspired to tackle the bathroom this weekend, we have a step-by-step guide linked below to help you along.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: 7 Things To Declutter Before Summer Starts– For A Stress-Free, Organized Space (Homes & Gardens)

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It’s Summer (woohoo) and that means lots of outdoor activities. To be properly prepared requires just a little bit of planning, and that little bit of planning can make all the difference in creating your picture perfect summer.

We shared with Homes & Gardens some of our favorite summer organizing tips to get you ready for the grill, the beach, road trips and picnics.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: How To Declutter Books – 10 Novel Ways To Streamline Your Collection (Homes & Gardens)

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Books tend to be the hardest for people to edit. We get it - we’re book worms too!

We encourage our clients to gather all their books in one place and start sorting by genre. Once the books are categorized by genre, begin editing easier categories first like novels, specialty cookbooks, fad diets etc. Once you’ve determined what you’re keeping, decide how you’d liek to display these books - by genre, by author, by colored spine, etc.

We recently shared some tips on decluttering books with Homes & Gardens - full article is below!

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: 12 Home Organizing Products From Amazon That Professional Organizers Swear By (Realtor.com)

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The amount of organizing products that are on the market is overwhelming. It’s hard to determine what’s useful vs. what’s a marketing ploy.

We frequently find organizing supply graveyards at our clients home - piles of products that won’t fit their spaces, that are poor quality or that are not functional. So we spoke to Realtor.com and shared some of our favorite Amazon organizing products for tackling counter top and drawer cutter.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: How To Fold Clothes For Packing– For Wrinkle-Free Results And To Free Up Space In Your Case (Homes & Gardens)

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Fun fact: Shannon is so good at packing for vacations that clients hire her to pack for their vacations. So when Homes & Gardens asked for packing tips, Shannon jumped on it right away.

Below are some of her favorite packing tips for clothing.

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Tidy Nest Team: Reimagine Your Spaces With Professional Organizers (Bedford & New Canaan Magazine)

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Here’s a look at our ad that was featured in the May/June 2023 issue of Bedford & New Canaan Magazine!

Are you overwhelmed by the prospect of moving? We're also a full service relocation business. You can literally go on vacation and come back to an unpacked and styled house. And yes, there will be fresh flowers in the kitchen.

“Could not recommend this team more highly! Tidy Nest helped us edit our things before a big move, then plan and exec ute a seamless move in. We were sleeping in our beds and could find all of our things the first day- and 6 months later, the organizational systems are still holding. I love our pantry. and bookshelves. What’s more, they turned my 8-year old daughter into an organizing enthusiast so she’s labeling things in her room on her own now. Tidy Nest turned a chore into a lovely experience. Thank Six stars!” -Abigail, New York, NY

 

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: How To Fold Blankets – Easy Ways With Space-Saving Style (Homes & Gardens)

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If your feeds are anything like ours then you have folding tutorials popping up on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, etc. 24/7. While they are fun to watch, they are also super helpful. In this article for Homes & Gardens, we shared our favorite blanket folding techniques so say goodbye to those unsightly mountain of blankets on your couch.

Do you want to see a video tutorial on folding blankets? Let us know below!

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: Professional Organizers Say You Can Declutter So Much Crap With Any Of These Genius Tricks (Bustle)

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Decluttering is one of the most important tasks one can do whether it’s before a move, before a renovation, as quarterly maintenance or as a form of self-care. We are constantly asked to share our tips and tricks on ways to easily declutter spaces.

We recently spoke with Bustle and shared some tips on how to tackle paper piles and the thought process behind one of our favorite decluttering techniques - trial separation.

 
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Tidy Nest Featured Press: Organizing Trends We’ve Fallen Out of Love With in 2023 (Homes & Gardens)

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We are thankful that the organizing industry has received immense exposure over the last few years.

It seems like everywhere we look there’s a new product that is the answer to all organizing woes or yet another TikTok video showing a color-coded refrigerator or another organizing hack.

Some tips and products are super helpful and some just add to clutter and disorganization.

We chatted with Homes & Gardens about some of the trends we’re saying goodbye to in 2023 - check out our contributions below.

 

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: The Best Way to Organize Your Tax Documents, According to Experts (Apartment Therapy)

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Taxes are stressful. There’s no way around it. But you can eliminate some of the stress by making sure your tax documents, receipts, paperwork, statements, etc. are organized and easily accessible. We don’t love paper (shocker) so we always opt for digital storage solutions. Apartment Therapy recently published an article on The Best Ways to Organize Your Tax Documents and we were happy to share some digital solutions with them.

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Tidy Nest Featured Press: Contemporary Classic: Transforming a New Canaan Kitchen (Bedford & New Canaan Magazine)

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For the last couple years we’ve enjoyed working with the Nicolet family on a variety of projects in their lovely New Canaan home. Through the many things we’ve worked on together, this project stands out as the showstopper. Their designer Jeanne Collins of JerMar Designs, created centerfold-worthy spaces, and we relished the opportunity to work within the parameters of her functional and stunning designs.

During the project, the Nicolets had to relocate their kitchen into their living room, and after various inventory delays due to covid, their kitchen-living room had become rather overwhelming.

Take a look at the photos below to see the evolution of the spaces — from storage bins to magazine-ready!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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