At Home with Holly

Welcome to At Home with Holly!

I created this space to talk about all things home. As the months and holidays go by, life (and home!) can be stressful. My hope is that we can explore ways to navigate it and create spaces where we thrive.

Organizing isn’t about perfection. It’s about being intentional with your space, time, and routine so that you have room for what matters. It’s about creating a home that you love walking into. Homes are meant to be lived in and life is meant to be celebrated, so if you’re doing it right, your home will get out of order. Being organized makes it easy to restore order.

The best organization starts with decluttering. There is no substitute for taking everything out of a space (drawer/cabinet/closet/room). That’s how you achieve impactful sorting and decluttering. When you see your things in a new light, you can identify what you don’t need so you have more room for what you want. Then the magic of organizing can happen.

The best organization starts with decluttering. There is no substitute for taking everything out of a space (drawer/cabinet/closet/room). That’s how you achieve impactful sorting and decluttering. When you see your things in a new light, you can identify what you don’t need so you have more room for what you want. Then the magic of organizing can happen.

Identify categories of what you are keeping and where to best put it. It helps to think through your daily routine. Let’s look at the bathroom vanity. Take everything out of it, spread it out (you could do this on a towel on your bed), and pick out what you actually use every morning. Not on special occasions, just on a normal day. Depending on how much it is, could you create a dedicated morning drawer or bin? Do the same thing with whatever you use every evening before bed. When you open a drawer or pull out a bin that only contains what you actually use, it feels great. No digging around past things that you don’t need. For products you use weekly or on special occasions, you can put them in a lower drawer or bins that aren’t front and center.

Buying bins and baskets should be the last thing you do. They will only help you if you get the right ones for the job (otherwise they become more clutter). To help maintain your order, label bins and put things back where they belong.

Stuff piles up when we think we don’t have time to put it away. But it only takes a few minutes to do a reset (listening to a podcast or book makes it more fun).

What are your biggest hurdles to an organized home?