Home Organization Blog

July 31, 2025

Using Crystals to Harmonize The Energy Of Your Home

I have loved gems and minerals for a long time. Like many kids, I collected them, and I still do. I loved going to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in DC and the Natural History Museum in NY and looking at all the beautiful formations. About 10 years ago, I […]

July 29, 2025

Sara’s July Update

One of the many things I admire about Sara is her resilience, flexibility, and love of travel. She can shift from one activity to the next (or even from one home to another) with ease and a smile on her face. That adaptability is one of the many reasons we […]

July 28, 2025

Would You Rather Iron Socks?

I was recently teaching an organizing class about how to prioritize tasks. As we were talking about all the things that get in the way (time, skills, other responsibilities, etc), one of the ladies raised her hand and said “do you mean EXCUSES??”. We all laughed. She said comes up […]

July 21, 2025

A Haunted House In a Suburb of the Eastside of Seattle

A few years ago, I had the honor of contributing to a truly transformative organizing project. It was a massive team effort that went far beyond decluttering—it involved emotional healing, physical labor, and spiritual restoration. I stayed in touch with my client, and when I asked if I could share […]

June 30, 2025

New Google Review!

We appreciate your reviews so incredibly much. Thank you, thank you, thank you!! If you’d like to share a review on Google, here is the link for our Seattle Sparkle page, and here is the link for Sparkle Home Organizing. We appreciate you!!

June 26, 2025

Decluttering and Organizing Your Attic

Attics can be a great place to store things that you really want to keep, but they can also be a place to store a bunch of junk. It’s important to be mindful of what’s stored in the attic for mental clarity. Metaphorically, even though it’s out of sight, because […]

June 6, 2025

Messy But Organized

I was laughing to myself as I was looking at a mess of cords by my front door. Every night when we take the dogs for a walk, since there aren’t many streetlights or sidewalks where we walk, we always use a lot of rechargeable flashlights, light up dog collars, […]

May 27, 2025

Organizing Your Digital Notes

I’m a huge fan of my “Notes” app on my iPhone. So much of a fan that I realized I had over 300 notes! Although I could always find what I needed through the search function, I stared to get frustrated with this level of disorganization. Although it was good […]

May 19, 2025

“I Statements” For a Harmonious Home

When you live in a home with other people, it’s common for tensions to grow over clutter or household chores. Many people struggle to communicate their needs or frustrations with the people they live with. This often leads to more clutter and tension. Even if you live on your own, […]