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A Place for Everything: Getting Organized

At Home
640 MOR
Organizing from the Inside Out: The Foolproof System for Organizing Your Home, Your Office, and Your Life by Julie MorgensternBlank space2004
In this revised edition of a classic, the author discusses the many emotional reasons why we accumulate clutter in our lives as well as how to successfully gain control over it.

640 NAK
Organizing for Your Brain Type: Finding Your Own Solution to Managing Time, Paper, and Stuff by Lanna NakoneBlank space2005

640 SIL
Organizing from the Right Side of the Brain: A Creative Approach to Getting Organized by Lee T. SilberBlank space2004

640 WAL
How to Organize Just About Everything: More Than 500 Step-by-Step Instructions for Everything from Organizing Your Closets to Planning a Wedding to Creating a Flawless Filing System by Peter WalshBlank space2004

640.43 DAV
The 60 Second Organizer: Sixty Solid Techniques for Beating Chaos at Home and at Work by Jeffrey P. DavidsonBlank space2004

640.43 EIS
Organize Yourself! by Ronni EisenbergBlank space2005

640.43 LOC
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Organizing Your Life by Georgene Muller LockwoodBlank space2003

648.5 ASL
Clutter’s Last Stand: It’s Time to De-junk Your Life! by Don AslettBlank space2005
This is a new edition of a classic.

648.5 ASL
Weekend Makeover: Take Your Home from Messy to Magnificent in Only 48 Hours! by Don AslettBlank space2005

648.5 FEL
Smart Organizing: Simple Strategies for Bringing Order to Your Home by Sandra FeltonBlank space2005

648.5 MIS
Mission: Organization: Strategies and Solutions to Clear Your ClutterBlank space2004

648.5 PET
Good Housekeeping the Complete Clutter Solution: Organize Your Home for Good by C.J. PetersenBlank space2005

648.8 CLA
The Smart Approach to the Organized Home by Leslie Plummer ClagettBlank space2005

648.8 CLU
Clutter Cutters: Store It with StyleBlank space2004

648.8 CON
Conquer the Clutter: Reclaim Your Space, Reclaim Your LifeBlank space2005
Meet the team from the television show Clean Sweep and follow their suggestions for a new look for your home. It includes many inspirational photos and how-to instructions.

648.8 CRO
Real Simple. The Organized Home by Kendell CronstromBlank space2004

648.8 LOE
Organizing Idea Book by John LoeckeBlank space2005
This book is chock-full of color photographs showing creative ideas for every room in the house. Another winner from Taunton Press.

648.8 LOW
Christopher Lowell’s Seven Layers of Organization: Unclutter Your Home, Unclutter Your Life by Christopher LowellBlank space2005
The host of several popular Discovery Home television shows takes a physical and spiritual approach to organization and promises to have your home and life in order in ten days.

648.8 STA
The Home Organizing Workbook: Clearing Your Clutter, Step-by-Step by Meryl StarrBlank space2004

Paper Piles: Organize your Records
332.024 CUL
Get It Together: Organize Your Records So Your Family Won’t Have To by Melanie CullenBlank space2005

640 DAL
At Your Fingertips!: A Household Filing System That Works for You by Denise DaleBlank space2004
A concise guide showing what records to save and how long to retain them. It includes a section on how to organize your computer files.

At the Office
651.3 POL
Organizing Your Work Space: A Guide to Personal Productivity by Odette PollarBlank space1999
As with all books from Crisp Publications: short, clear and to the point.

651.3 RIC
Organize Your Office… In No Time by Monica RicciBlank space2005
Offers many useful and practical ideas for organizing your files, your workspace, your computer and more.

651.5 FRA
How to Get Organized Without Resorting to Arson: A Step-by-Step Guide to Clearing Your Desk Without Panic or the Use of Open Flame by Liz FranklinBlank space2003

658.23 EIS
Organize Your Home Office: Simple Routines for Setting Up an Office at Home by Ronni EisenbergBlank space2000

658.4093 ASL
The Office Clutter Cure: Get Organized, Get Results! by Don AslettBlank space2005

747.73 ZIM
Taunton’s Home Workspace Idea Book by Neal ZimmermanBlank space 2002
This book covers designing, creating and organizing a home office. It is full of colorful photographs that will spark your creativity.

Special Situations
648.8 IZS
Organize Your Garage in No Time by Barry IzsakBlank space2005

745.593 HOW
How to Organize Your Scrapbook Workspace: Storage Solutions for Any BudgetBlank space2003
Full of practical solutions and colorful inspirations.

Websites
HGTV.com
The best way to find a multitude of articles on how to organize just about anything is to go to http://www/hgtv.com/ and enter get organized in the search box.

The Housekeeping Channel.com
Many useful articles plus a treasure trove of tips to keep your home running smoothly.

Life Organizers.com

Mind Over Clutter.com
Articles and web links devoted to controlling clutter.

Organized Home.com
Lots of articles, free forms to print, a message board and more.

Prepared by Marty Krause, April 2006
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