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Home Organization Course

Learn how you can get your home organized with my easy step-by-step organization course. My course is full of organization ideas as well as home organization tips and tricks to get your life and home organized and keep it that way.

ONLINE DECLUTTERING COURSE

For the past several months I have been putting together my Online Organization Course, The Balanced Home. I am excited to teach you my decluttering and cleaning process. These processes also teach you how to create simple routines and cleaning schedules which allow you to naturally maintain your clean and organized home.

No need to hire a professional organizer, or live with the clutter because you will have the skills and learn how to overcome any mental barriers or fears you might have to get started!

WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION COURSE COVER?

The Balanced Home Organization Core  

($1,000 Value)Contains my core Decluttering and Organization Processes, which shows you how to:

  • Learn how to declutter and organize your home–by learning processes and techniques that really work!
  • Deal with stuff you don’t know how to get rid of
  • Understand what qualifies as hoarding
  • Understand how to overcome hoarding tendencies
  • Deal with your junk room or junk drawer

The Tools

  • Workbook, Resources, Labels, and More ($250 Value). Contains everything you need to help guide you through each lesson, including:
  • An easy-to-follow workbook to guide you step-by-step through the lessons
  • Printable Labels
  • A vision sheet for your home
  • A working checklist of tasks you can accomplish in 30 minutes or less
  • Shopping and To-Do Lists
  • Monthly Calendar and Weekly Schedule

The Mental Foundation
 

The best processes to overcome mental barriers from Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi’s Mastermind Course ($200 Value). Helps you to find the time, the energy and the motivation to organize your home by:

  • Discovering your “true, internal why” -> what motivates you to want an organized home
  • Helping you clearly identify what is holding you back from success
  • Teaching you how to organize your schedule to create new pockets of time
  • Helping you discover what is most important for you to accomplish with your time, as opposed to just urgent or habit
  • Helping you cut out the things that aren’t important and identify gaps in your schedule you can dedicate to working on your home

Your Ideal Home

The best processes to set and achieve your vision by breaking it down into actionable steps ($300 Value). Teaches you how to break down an overwhelming project into small, manageable steps, by:

  • Clearly defining your goal and vision for your home
  • Learning how to evaluate specific rooms and identify what you want to be improved
  • Identifying specific, easy to complete tasks in each room that will contribute to your overall goal without overwhelming you
  • Getting your family or others involved in the process

Cleaning and Maintaining

The best processes to clean and maintain your home after it has been organized ($200 Value).Teaches you how to maintain your home once it is clean and keep it organized, by:

  • Providing you with the basic cleaning routines you need to naturally stay in control of your home
  • Teaching you my amazing “Ten-Minute Clean-up” process, which allows you to clean an entire floor / room in ten minutes or less!
  • Showing you how to establish routines with your kids and other members of the family
  • Sharing important resources such as chore cards, favorite cleaning products, and a deep-cleaning checklist, and more
  • Explaining the laundry routine we use in our home to get our laundry done every week without even thinking about it
  • Teaching you how to deep clean your home after it has been decluttered and organized
  • Showing you how to help the other members of your household be on the same page and not “unclean” your home

During the course, we will:

  • Show you the process of how to go throughout your home decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. Then you can take this process and go throughout all the rooms in your home–including the bathrooms, kitchen, craft room, home office, basement, entryway, playroom, garage, attic, and all other rooms in your home–cleaning and organizing.
  • Clean out and organize not just the rooms themselves, but organization spaces such as closets, shelves, drawers, and bookshelves.
  • Learn how to properly use organization equipment, such as bins, drawer organizers, storage bins, food storage containers, lids, and baskets.

The Private Balanced Home Community

(BONUS – Priceless). Provides a community that you can go to whenever you need a place where you…

  • Seek inspiration and ideas from others
  • Receive support and motivation from others
  • Share your successes and see the successes of others as we all work towards finding balance and clarity in our homes.
  • Can ask questions and let me know what you may still need help with so that I can continue to cater the course to your needs
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What Do People Have To Say About My Organization Course?

“This course was instrumental in helping me organize my space as well as my time. As a busy mom, I have a better grasp on what my days need to include so that I can enjoy my family rather than spend my time spinning my wheels cleaning up after everyone.”

“The Balanced Home Course helped me to be the “professional organizer” for my family! Simple steps to follow, check lists, printable labels, suggestions and worksheets will keep you on track to successfully maintain your own balanced home.”

“I am pretty sure I have solved more issues with the seven layers and clarity tool than I have in 6 months of therapy!! I think this course is going to help much more than my home. Thanks Amy!!!!”

When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!”

When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!””

HOW TO GET MOTIVATED TO ORGANIZE YOUR HOME

HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS AND MENTAL BARRIERS

I asked and these are the things that are holding you back from getting started! I made sure my course helped you overcome your specific fears and developed processes to address each of the concerns below. Have you ever had any of the same concerns?

  • “I don’t have the time.”
  • “I don’t know how to break it down into manageable chunks.”
  • “How do I balance other activities?”
  • “I don’t have enough energy / motivation.”
  • “I’m overwhelmed and don’t know where to start.”
  • “I’m scared / unable to commit.”
  • “I don’t trust myself.”
  • “I don’t have the confidence I will finish.” 
  • “How do I maintain / keep on top of it?”
  • “I have a hard time with inconsistency / finding balance.”
  • “I’m afraid of quitting too soon and having it be a mess.”
  • “How do I build the habits and routines?”
  • “Keeping it clean and organized”“Staying focused and not getting distracted.”
  • “What if I have physical limitations.”
  • “I don’t have the supplies / resources / money (i.e. containers etc.) / storage space.”
  • “I don’t want to part with things.”
  • “What Do I do with all the stuff? Donate? Kids?”
  • “What if I need it later?”
  • “My family has stuff they want to keep.”
  • “Family is not being helpful or even counterproductive… How do I get my family on board?”
  • “No sense of design / vision for what I want.”
  • “Lack of knowledge.”
  • “Afraid of not doing it right.”
  • “Being okay with not having it perfect.”

STILL NOT READY TO BUY?

Because I know that sometimes it can be difficult to take that initial leap of faith, I wanted to give you something that would allow you to get your feet wet a little, something that you could access RIGHT NOW.  I think you’ll like it.  I’ve opened up a “sneak peek” section of my course, where you can access one or two of the lessons that are a part of The Balanced Home Course.  If you click the button below you will be able to create your own personal account / log in for the course and access the “sneak peek” videos.

OTHER ORGANIZATION PROJECTS

If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!

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Styrofoam 3-Dimensional Spring Sign

Crafts· DIY Dare Blogger· DIY Tutorials· Home Decor· Tutorials

I wanted to share with you my latest project that I created for my post as a Dare Blogger with the DIY Club.  I have never really worked with Styrofoam other than using the styrofoam balls to make the various kissing balls I have shared here with you.  So when I received some rectangle sheets of Styrofoam I had to really think out of the box. 

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I decided to challenge myself and made this 3-dimensional stryrofoam Spring Sign.  I was a bit nervous when I started and was nervous about how it might turn out.  But overall, I am really happy with how it turned out.  I didn’t realize you could do so many fun things with Styrofoam. 

Here is how I made it.  First I found a frame that measured 24 inches by 8 inches.  I really liked the shape of the frame and thought it was perfect for what I was going to use it for.

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I took a rectangular piece of Styrofoam that originally measured 36 inches in length and cut it down to 24 x 8 inches so that it fit perfectly into the frame.  I simply cut it with a box cutter that had a new razor blade in it.  It worked like a charm.

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Then on my computer program I measured out the word Spring so that it measured 22 inches by 6 inches.  I wanted to have an inch around the entire word.  Then I printed it out onto two separate sheets of paper to contain the whole word.  Then as you can see below, I taped the word together and centered it in the frame.  The Styrofoam is under the word and set into the frame.

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Then taking the box cutter, I cut out each letter. *DO NOT CUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE STYROFOAM!!  I only cut down into the middle of the Styrofoam.  Then I took a Sharpie marker and traced around the letters so I would know exactly where the letters were when I removed the stencil.

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Then I took a sharp kitchen knife and sliced sideways into the Styrofoam.  I cut away all of the excess Styrofoam but made sure to leave half of the bottom layer.  Does that make sense.  When I was close to the letter, I used the box cutter to make more precise cuts so that I did not cut away any of the letter.  I put x’s on the insides of the letters where I needed to cut away material so I wouldn’t accidently make a mistake.  I found that if I used a vegetable peeler, the tip of it was a perfect tool for scooping away material in the tight small areas!

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When all the excess Styrofoam was removed, I took this Magikote from DecoArt and painted the tops and sides of the letters.  This will make the surgace hard and will allow you to lightly sand and paint your styrofoam.  Isn’t that pretty cool?  It soaks up quickly though so make sure you have enough to cover what you are making.  I ended up having to do two coats and ended up having to do two coats and ended up having a little less than half of the Magikote left over.

spring sign magikote

Let the Magikote dry overnight.  This is very important!!  When it has dried completely, you can paint it with paint.  There are some paints that will melt your Styrofoam so be sure to test it on a small piece of scrap Styrofoam to make sure you aren’t going to ruin all your hard work.

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I painted mine white with this Americana acrylic paint by Decoart.

Then after the white paint had dried completely, I took some moss and covered all the areas other than the letters.

spring sign moss

I used 1 and 1/4 packages of the moss to cover the entire sign.  I glued the moss on with my glue gun and just pieced it together like a puzzle.  Pretty easy really!

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But really, really messy.  This WHOLE project was actually really messy!

             spring sign mess

But I am really happy with how “springy” this project turned out.  Nothing says spring to me like bringing greenery inside after a long dreary winter!

spring sign flowers

What do you think?

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About Amy

Amy Huntley is the owner/author of The Idea Room. A mother of five, who enjoys sharing her love of all things creative in hopes of inspiring other women and families. Never miss a creative idea that she shares by connecting with her here, or read more of her posts.

Comments

  6. Crystal says

    That is gorgeous! You should wrap it in cling wrap before storing it, or you could just bring it to my house. ;)

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  8. Amy says

    What a fantastic idea! I love how you sculpted the letters out of the Styrofoam! It looks wonderful!
    xoxo,
    Amy

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  9. Vanessa says

    I know you have a website now instead of blog, so maybe it’s different. But how do you make it so you can’t left click on the images to enlarge them and also so you can’t right click on the image to save it?

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  13. Kami says

    I love how this turned out, Amy! Adorable! I’m in the middle of a project right now using Magikote. (wish me luck!)

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  18. somedaycrafts says

    The moss definitely makes the word “pop.” So pretty! When I saw it this morning, I knew I needed to save this to my site for future refereence. I am featuring this today at somedaycrafts.blogspot.om

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  19. Janet says

    I really like the look of your sign! I especially love the moss, what a fantastic idea! I’m sure I’ll be re-creating one of these for my home. Thanks for the inspiration. :)

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  24. Ellie Perez says

    Adorable! I’ve been wanting to do a project with moss…I pass by it everytime I’m at Joanne’s, but I’m not brave enough to handle that mess yet! haha!

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  30. Terry says

    This turned out great. Reminds me of those really big lawn displays with the flowers making up the letters. Very spring-like and very pretty.

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  33. Sarah Murphy says

    I Love this idea! I’ve been looking for a couple of fun idea’s for the guest bedroom and this is great! I’m also going to put this in the cue to share with my readers! Thanks so much for sharing such a simple and fun idea!

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  37. Marnie says

    I think this is such a great idea! Thanks for sharing. By the way, I love the metal birdcage/sculpture in the first photo. Do you mind sharing where you got it?

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  38. Margo says

    I love your sign. It turned out beautiful. However, I don’t think I will try the carving of the styrofoam. I don’t think my hand would be steady enough and would probably cut thru too deep.
    Maybe I will paint some chipboard or wooden letters instead and then put the moss around them.
    Thanks for the great tutorial, as always.
    Have a Blessed Easter.

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  39. Alysia says

    I love this idea so much!!! I want to make one for every season and hang it in my foyer. Any ideas for other seasons, I am far from creative.

    I love your blog and all of your links to other bloggers. You are inspiring me to add more decorations to my home.

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