It’s possible to organise your home on a budget. It’s all in the approach and mindset. Organising your home must ideally done with two main steps in mind. The first is to declutter. There is no point in spending energy to find a home for an item you don’t care for or don’t need. With […]

Hi, I’m Kate, the founder of A Tidy Mind. It’s been a while since I’ve introduced myself on the blog so here I am! My purpose is helping people who are struggling with their stuff or battling disorder at home. In modern society, we have extensive access to cheaper retail. But an abundance of choice […]

Victoria (A Tidy Mind – Midlands) shares the below blog & it’s all about using colour as an organisational tool. Being purposeful with colour could be the best thing you could do to improve habits, increase productivity & enhance motivation. I have been spending these recent grey days thinking of how we use colour in […]

Decluttering paperwork Don’t over complicate it. Ask yourself simple questions such as: Do I need to retrieve this info? Can I obtain this online? Do I have duplicated info? Have a recycling/shredding bag box ready as well as an “action” box. Take each piece of paper in turn, ask yourself the questions and make a […]

It might seem like a strange place to start.  But your bathroom is the perfect room in which to begin your tidying journey. Why? It’s one of the easiest projects to tackle to allow you to build up your skills.  More importantly, the state of your bathroom can be particularly important in terms of your […]

Once upon a time, there was a little boy who had a yellow, toy car. He LOVED that toy car. He took it EVERYWHERE! He read stories to it. He kissed it good night. He slept with it in his bed at night. One day, his Grandmother bought him a pack of 10 cars. Some […]

  Most people with whom I discuss tidying and decluttering cite their kitchen as the room which causes the most disquiet. If you think about it, it’s really obvious why. So many different activities occur in the kitchen. It is often the room with the most storage and the largest range of usable possessions. Cooking, […]

All of us on this planet have this in common: we all have the same number of hours in a day. Consider exactly how you spent each second of this time over the last 24 hours…. If you thought it could have been your last day on the planet, would you have done anything differently? […]

Every day I learn something new. A recent gem: If you put a cloth soaked in white vinegar through the dryer cycle, it will get rid of a weird smell in the drum. If you put a cloth soaked in white WINE vinegar through the dryer cycle, it will make the drum (and kitchen) stink […]