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
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!
Wow! Beautiful and such a great job!
Bev-Thank You!
Great job! The table is beautiful and the directions are awesome!!! Love the cut list and cutting diagram.
So glad you like it! Thanks!
Beautiful. Best directions and material list I have ever seen on a DIY site. This is my first time to your site and I was so impressed I joined right away
That is so great to hear! Can’t wait to see the finished Bench!
I love what you did! Thank you for the detailed instructions. I need all the help I can get for things like this. About how long did it take for you to make?
It will probably take a few hours to build. Painting and/or staining will probably take a day or two because you have to wait for dry times.
The design caught my attention right away but the details and cut list convinced me I could actually build this myself. Thank you!
You totally can make this! I would love to see picture once you are done!
I made this today, did not have the pocket hole jig, and my improvising didn’t work too well! I ended up having to anchor it with a 2×4 block on the bottom. Doesn’t look too bad, should be finished with the building tomorrow. I broke the electric drill, the battery operated needs to charge! I’m a beginner builder! Beautiful layout of instructions! Thank you!
Sorry about the drill but it sounds like it turned out!
Super cute! As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted one….mid-assembly now!! The cut list with detailed diagram is awesome….one of the best I’ve used. Thanks for all the details. Can hardly wait to finish mine this week.
I would love to see pictures of the finished project!
Thank you so much for your directions and the pictures! I did run into an issue, though. I finished the second part of step 2, but upon trying to put in my X pieces, they’re about 1/4-1/2 inch too short. This is my very first build, so at this point I’m thinking the easiest thing to do is buy more wood and recut the X pieces. Is this what you would do? Thanks!
Hi Kelsey, You can do that. Another possible option is to remove the bottom support (2 – 9″ and 34 1/2″ pieces) and slide it up to fit your X pieces. I think you’ll have enough room that it will still look great.
I would like to print out this information but cannot. How do I find a printable version of these instructions?
Thank you
Jackie Soorsma
There isn’t a printable version but you could copy and paste it into a Word Document or something like that.
Can u convert this to a large table like 96 “
I am sure you can.
Any thoughts on how hard it would be to make this 48″ long instead of 42″? If i’m looking at the cut dims correctly there looks like enough room to make all of the long (6) boards longer? What do you think? Thanks for the inspiration. It’s because of this post i asked for a Kreg Jig for my bday (today) and i’m going to make this bench. I’ve been wanting to get that tool for a long time and now i had a reason to get it! thank you!
Not sure about adjusting the sizes. You may want to ask http://www.hertoolbelt.com/ . She is the one that made the bench. Thanks!
Well I finished the bench!! I made it 48″ and I absolutely love it. Now I’m going to make one more and then a matching 8′ farmhouse table to go with it. Thank you so much for the inspiration!
So happy that you love it!
What is the finished height? I was wondering if it would be suitable for benches to use at the kitchen table?
It is 18 inches tall. You could adjust the height though.
If I needed to make this bench 6 inches short in length (my space is small)…would these plans still work for me? Would I just make the top 6 inches shorter? 36inches instead of 42 inches?
I would love to have a table to match it!
That would be great!
This idea was brilliant! So wonderfull!
Thank You!
Just made one and absolutely love it! Wanted to post a pic, but not sure how.
Post it to my facebook page. Glad you enjoyed the project.
Did you put any kind of sealant on it after you painted it?
The bench is great, but WHERE did the awesome pillow come from??
My son made 3 of these, they are awesome
I’d also love to know where to get that pillow from or a DIY steps list… Thank you for the detailed project
Love this bench! Thanks for sharing the plans:)
Very nice
Thank You!
I love this bench! Can you tell me how you hold everything still while you screw the legs and the other angled pieces in place? I’m a real beginner.
Great question. I be Her Tool Belt will be able to answer that question better than me. Here is the link: http://www.hertoolbelt.com/ . Thanks!
How did u attach the legs on? I did this project alone and had difficulty attaching the legs on and more issues making it level.
You may need to email http://www.hertoolbelt.com/ and ask her about this question. I am unsure. Sorry. Thank you!
I’m gonna have my husband make this! I have been wanting a bench for a while! I do have one question, I have been wanting to try the Vaseline method, after you apply the Vaseline, do you wait for a certain period or just go ahead and start painting? Is it just a very thin application? Also, how does the Vaseline not get smeared as you paint and mixed in your brush and paint?
Sheila- You can paint right away. Yes, apply a very small amount and the vaseline will smear and mix a little, but it works out just fine. Great questions. Hope you enjoy this project.
The best instructions, diagrams and tips I’ve come across to make a totally darling bench!!! This is one I think I can make thanks to all of your detailed instructions and pictures!! Thank you so very much for sharing this!!! Can’t wait to get started!!! ❣️❣️❣️
Lorraine- Yay! So happy you found this helpful!
Sweet little bench. I work at a cabinet shop in the paint room and we always have scrap wood laying around so occasionally when the cabinet guys aren’t busy I get to make stuff for myself/ my sweetie lol. She saw this and said make this for me so I’m building it now. I have to say I’m really impressed with the detailed instructions, like a lot of others here have said you don’t see that on most sites. I feel sorry for those doing it all alone as it can be difficult to hold boards and screw at the same time. I would say if you can buy or borrow some clamps it helps a lot. If you can’t get clamps bribe/guilt a friend to help hold them for you😁😁😁
Ian- Great tips. So glad your wife and you made one. I would love to see pictures!
Hi! My wife loves the bench design. I have made two benches so far and my wife wants me to make another one with an extra x to fit in the space she wants it. My question is when you added the extra x how much longer was your bench. I am figuring it would be 21” longer. Would this be correct?
Tim- This is a guest post. So I haven’t actually made one myself. I am thinking you may be correct though. You could email https://www.hertoolbelt.com/ and ask them. So happy you have loved this design! I bet your wife is so happy!