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Tidy Tips: Spring Organizing

Spring is a great time for home organizing projects.

While Tidy Nest has been busy on-site helping our clients get ready for Spring, we wanted to share five easy spring tasks that you can tackle on your own!

Five easy spring tasks

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1. Use Proper Containment

When switching out your winter clothes, use weathertight bins to ensure your clothing is protected from moisture, dirt and pests.

2. Donate

This is a great time to identify the items you didn’t wear this season and donate or give to someone else who will enjoy them.

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3. Clean Out The Car

Replace the snow brushes for the picnic blanket, throw away all of those old receipts and food wrappers, and remove all the contents from your car console.

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4. Clean Winter Shoes

Wipe down all your winter boots and shoes and store them in show containers to avoid dust and mold. You’ll add years to the lifespan or your shoes!

5. Refresh

Go through your pantry and discard any expired items and donate any non-perishable items you don’t use. Take everything out of your refrigerator, discard any expired items and wipe down shelving and drawers.

If you’re on a roll and looking to tackle more spaces, take a look at our decluttering guide below

Disclaimers:

Photos from The Container Store.

If you purchase from one of our LTK links, we may earn a small commission.

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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!

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Featured Press

Take a look at our press mentions in Bedford & New Canaan Magazine over the years.

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Project Spotlight: A Spice Wall For The Books

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We loved working on this spice jar project. It took us awhile to source the perfect vessels. We ended up using these tall Weck jars and replaced the regular clipped tops with these wood tops (that have a seal gasket) and then we added these sweetest little jars from a great Etsy shop. We had to keep the Coleman’s mustard tin container because it’s just so classic!


It was an absolute pleasure to be able to work in a space designed by the fabulous @scribe.studio. It was like getting to color in the most sophisticated and beautiful coloring book. They design not only for beauty and elegance, but for functionality as well. We’re grateful for the opportunity to work in one of their homes and will share more photos from the project soon!

Want to shop these products?

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Glass Spice Jars with Acacia Wood Lids

The spice jars are airtight and made with food-grade high quality borosilicate glass.

Weck glass jar

Weck 11.5 Oz. Zylinder Glass Canning Jar

These jars have been around since 1900 and there’s a reason. They are classic and versatile. And that Strawberry is the cutest.

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Weck wooden lids

Weck wooden lids come with removable silicon gaskets which help keep ingredients fresh.

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Project Recap: Tidy Nest Pantry x mDesign Products

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When we saw this pantry’s metal door detail, we knew mDesign’s graphite wire bins would compliment the aesthetic well. 

This pantry works hard for two very busy professionals and it needed some Tidy Nest attention.

pantry full of items

We pulled everything out, categorized and edited.

Our favorite stage of a project - the space is clean, the product is in, and we can begin to look at the project with fresh eyes.

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We played around with product placement and landed on a few staples from mDesign’s wire collection.

The graphite wire bins were the perfect choice for bags of chips, crackers, pasta and teas. Not only do the graphite bins look great in the space, but they’re functional, versatile, and allow you to see the items without being completely transparent as well. 

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The additional products we chose are thoughtfully sized, rust-resistant and in some cases expandable and adjustable. The pullout basket drawers and storage shelves were added to utilize the vertical space.

mdesign metal baskets

The most important piece for this household was to have their supplements visible and easily accessible. Previously they were stored on the kitchen counter and in baskets in the pantry causing the client’s kitchen island to be cluttered and making it challenging to find the correct bottles.

We added an expandable three-tier spice rack and placed the supplements front and center.

Easy access and super visible!

mdesign metal baskets

These are great choices if you’re looking to use less plastic in your home or you simply want a more modern aesthetic.

mdesign metal baskets

Project Spotlight: Tea Storage Box

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When working on our tea & coffee cabinet we identified that the biggest issue contributing to the chaos in the cabinet was the various tea boxes we had accumulated. Tea boxes are never the same size, style, font, etc., which caused “visual overload” every time we opened the cabinet. We decided to remove all the teas from the original boxes and looked for a storage solution to house our collection. We knew we wanted something see-through even though we love a good wooden tea box. We ended up with the Linus Tea Storage Box from, you guessed it, The Container Store.

Because of our abundant collection of teas and coffees, we knew we’d need more than one box. We liked the stackable option and the 8 deep compartments of the Linus Tea Storage Box.

Now the tea/coffee cabinet is super calming… exactly how it should be.

The Container Store: Linus Tea Storage Box

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