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!
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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!
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My husband, age 50, does not believe anything wooden should be painted. Also, his father actually built our kitchen cabinets by hand over 50 years ago. So they hold much sentimental value to him. They are so outdated. Is there anything that I can do to update my cabinets without violating his sentiments about them? I’ve already decided to change the hardware.
My husband is the same way… wood should not be painted. I recently showed him some before and after pictures using Rust-Oleum Cabinet Transformations. The results looks less like paint since the wood grain will still show through… yet you can update the cabinets to a new fun color. Change the hardware and there you go! I haven’t used this system yet (will in our new house in a few weeks), but sounds like there are several folks that are fans. http://cabinets.rustoleumtransformations.com/
My husband was the same way. He actually is really glad we repainted them now. But I do have to agree on some things not being painted that are made of nice wood and in good condition. You could add some vinyl decals to the panels that can easily be removed or simply adding new hardware can really update a look as well.
I have seen some video tutorials on gel stains or if u like the original color you can sand them a little and look for a clear sealer or gel coat.
How about stain or wax? It wouldn’t get you a light color but you could spruce up oak or lighter woods.
Your husband has not seen our wood cabinets. They are horrible!! Paint will make them come alive .
Love the “feet” that you added under the kick plate. Makes it look more like a piece of furniture rather than stock cabinets.
For those who prefer the wood – refinishing is fairly easy and there are tons of beautiful stain options available these days. Stripping old stain can be messy and it is best to wait for a day where windows and doors can be left open for ventilation purposes. But a little elbow grease and a trip to your local hardware store can do wonders to dated cabinets.
We have had to paint every cabinet in our house, but it is definitely much cheaper than the alternative of replacing cabinets.
Never being a fan of painted wood myself it was hard to push forward with painting the 21 cabinets in our kitchen, but once finished I was thrilled with the results. I am a fan of a more “primitive/rustic” look so we painted our cabinets black, rubbed the corners with sand paper and finished them off with a rub down of dark stain with sealer. This kept the satin “richer” finish but also help protect the surface from spills and the six little hands of our children. To give them a more built in look we trimmed out the kick plate with base board trim and decorative corner round which remedied the under the cabinet crumb catcher area that I had to vacuum daily.
Thanks Kristi! Those are some great suggestions. Your cabinets sound like they turned out great. For a kitchen I too would go with a sealer to add some more protection from all of those hands and feet :)
what kind of sealer would you suggest for a kitchen cabinet?
Thanks so much for sharing– I currently live in a very ( VERY) old house and one of the best things about it is that there are tons of cabinets in the kitchen and bathroom BUT they are very old-fashion— which means tons of painting needs to be done! I had no glue where to start– thanks for the pointers :)
Glad to help out a little bit. It can be daunting to think about. Hope that it helps! good Luck!
Your bathroom is great. I wish we could paint the cabinets in the house we are in, but we are renting :( Anyways, thanks for sharing your tips. I’m sure they’ll come handy in the future.
Oh by the way, I love Frog Tape too :) It’s probably funny to most people but when I seen the commercial I was sold lol.
Haha! Frog tape has worked so much better for us too.
lovely look now. I did the same refurb to some floating shelves that we found at the ARC store. Came out lovely, as did yours!
Thanks so much. I love a good refurbishing project…especially ones you find for a great deal.
Hi there… love the idea of doing this without sanding a ton! Anyways… do know the name of the paint you used on the wall … it looks perfect for what i need!!
The gripper primer works great at making your paint really stick so that sanding can be minimal! Love that! As far as the wall color goes it is Benjamin Moore’s Rockport Gray which has some taupey undertones!
I just wanted to share a helpful hint that you could share with your fans too. When I painted our MBR cabinet fronts (also removed from the base), I put 4 small nails on the back side (near the corners) so that I could paint both sides of the doors without waiting for one side to dry. This kept it about 1-2″ off the tarp to allow for complete drying. The mark left by the nail after removing it was so small that no one would ever see it. Plus the 2 that were on the one side got covered by the foam or felt pad to quiet the closure.
That is a great tip! Thanks so much for sharing that. That would help speed up the process as well.
Amy-
Beautiful job on the cabinet makeover!! They turned out GREAT!!
Kristal
I love the feet you added on the cabinets! Looks great!!
Your bathroom looks absolutely beautiful! I do have a question, since I am brand new at this….Are you supposed to paint the walls with the semi gloss also? or use another finish?
Hannah B.
Hannah–Great question! There are several different paint sheens and semi-gloss is in the middle. There are flat paints with no shine all the way up to high gloss paints. I prefer semi-gloss in bathrooms as it is easier to clean the walls. You can ask your local hardware store too about what sheen would be best according to what room you are going to be painting. In our Master Bedroom I went with a Satin finish which has less gloss or shine in it. Since it has a softer look and the walls won’t be getting as dirty. Hope that helps.
Your bathroom is pretty and yet liveable. I’m surprised no one has asked what color is on the wall. I love it. What color and brand is the paint on the wall? please do share ;-)
OK..dugh I figured it out. Comment #36 Rockport Gray by Benjamin Moore!
Love the cabinets but was wondering where you got the framed mirror? Have a plain mirror in my bathroom and want one with a frame?
Lori
We framed in our regular builder’s grade mirror with some baseboards. I shared how we did it in another bathroom here. http://www.theidearoom.net/tag/how-to-frame-a-builders-grade-mirror
Any suggestions for Formica front cabinets? I will paint anything that holds still long enough!-)
I have actually painted an old formica hutch. I just used the gripper grey primer after sanding several areas and the paint is holding up great! Here is a link to the cabinet so you can see what it looks like. http://www.theidearoom.net/2011/02/my-craft-roomoffice.html
So inspired by your vision! I have had my own vinyl decal business for a couple of years and have recently branched out into painting and other gifts, home decor, furniture redo, etc. I admire your business sense, presentation of ideas, and blog/web design. Wishing my own site actually featured all my products …. but it doesnt. I feel totally crippled in that department. Did you teach yourself?? Maybe i am over complicating adding products to my site. I would gladly barter in decals you want in exchange for your mentorship:-).
Looking forwardto your feedback…and more ideas
Shannon
Hmmmm….ha! We should talk :). I did teach myself for the most part. It has been a long road but I also have made some friends who I have been able to learn from. Send me an email and I will see what I can do. Thanks so much for the kind words. [email protected]
Kind of off topic … but I LOVE the paint color on your walls! Would you mind sharing the brand/name. The bathroom looks GREAT and I adore the yellow accents. Very fresh and pretty. :)
Love the feet you added! I’m in the middle of redesigning my builders grade vanity and was thinking of doing the same thing but I’m getting thrown off by the side of the cabinet that is exposed. What did you do for the side of your cabinet? I’ve seen some that have rebuilt the whole bottom but I don’t really want to do that and it doesn’t look like that’s what you did here… Love the look! Thanks!
I noticed you did not sand the cabinet surface…did the gripper work well and you didn’t need the extra step of sanding??
What color is on the wall behind the mirror? Love it!
Yes…what IS the color on the walls???
What color did you paint your white cabinets? I looked around your site but couldn’t find the color. Thank you! I think they are really nice and am looking for the white to paint my cabinets.
Can you use a paint and primer in one to skip that step of priming seperately?
I just came across this tutorial and love it! We are about to paint our kitchen cabinets as well. I love the gray color on your walls! Do you by chance know what color that is? Thanks!
Thanks Lindsay! The paint color on the walls in Rockport Gray by Benjamin Moore! It is a taupey gray!
I’m going to paint the cabinets in our kitchen soon. They have a horrid plastic panel in the middle which spoils my ideas though. Thinking of taking the plastic out but……..sounds a bit scary! Thanks for this, I’ll give my kitchen more thought now.
Could you share with me exactly what I need to use to make our white kitchen cabinets more antique color? For example, lightly sand them , add brown stain and then wipe off some of the stain. Then do I seal it? I hope you understand what I am trying today. Thank you
I love the way your cabinets turned out. My husband & son-in-law painted our kitchen cabinets a few years ago. I love the off white color, and the way they turned out, but we are getting a few chips in some of the doors. They are no bigger than a small nail hole. Do you know what I would have to do to repair them?
you can always just add a little touch up paint the next time you have the paint out.
What color and brand of paint did you use for the cabinets?
I love your cabinets. I’m heading to lowes to get supplies now. I’m painting ours a black/ebony color. Wish me luck!
BTW, love your rug in from of the vanity. Where did you find it? Hard to find trendy/contemporary runners ;)
Good luck! I bet you will love the results! As far as the rug goes I could not find one that I loved that fit my space…so I painted one! I simply bought a rug at Costco and painted. I of course shared my tutorial! You can find it here. http://www.theidearoom.net/2011/11/paint-a-rug.html
What color did you paint your bathroom walls?
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Incredible plenty of terrific advice!
What color did you paint the cabinets? Love it
How or what did you apply on the top surface counter that it looks really nice(graish) tone?
I might have missed the answer as many people asked about the colour of white paint you used and Brand name for the cupboards!
They are gorgeous.
The paint color is Benjamin Moore Rockport Gray reduced by 50%. I got the cupboard at a local company. Thank you so much!
With havin so much content do you ever run into any issues of
plagorism or copyright infringement? My website has a lot of completely unique content I’ve either authored myself or outsourced but
it seems a lot of it is popping it up all over the internet without my agreement.
Do you know any solutions to help reduce content from being stolen? I’d genuinely appreciate it.