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New Year, New Home: Organize Your Life!

I think, for a lot of us, 2024 was a long, busy, maybe even overwhelming, year. I have been looking around my house, feeling like it's past time to declutter, organize, and do a deep clean. Somehow I have accumulated so much stuff without trying. For 2025, I'm planning to simplify my home. To get rid of things I don't need anymore, from furniture to collectibles and even, gasp, the expensive purses I never use (I found out that designer leather is HEAVY!). Is something like this a New Year's resolution for you, too? If so, here is just a sampling of the books the library has to help us.

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  • 365 Quick & Easy Tips

    Home Organization : Simple Techniques to Keep Your Home Neat and Tidy Year Round

    Whether you live in a tiny urban apartment or a sprawling suburban home, create perfectly organized and functional spaces using super simple and easy-to-apply tips, tricks, and techniques for every room— from overstuffed closets and attics to…
    Book, 2022San Rafael, CA : Weldon Owen, [2022]. — 648 Th
  • The Clean Freak Manifesto

    the Germaphobe's Guide to Sanitizing Everything in Your Home

    Garner, Tara D.,
    In the wake of the COVID-19 epidemic, this comprehensive and clever book demonstrates how to disinfect and clean everything in the home as well as how to stay safe and healthy while traveling and visiting other people's homes.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Castle Point Books, [2021] — 648.5 Ga
  • Creating Effective Spaces

    How to Declutter, Organize and Maintain Your Space

    Swingler, Natasha,
    Whether your home is large or small, Natasha Swingler— of the immensely popular social media account @effectivespaces— will help you create an environment that works for you. By ditching complex organization systems, keeping things close to where…
    Book, 2024New York : DK Publishing, [2024]. — 648.8 Sw
  • Declutter Like a Mother

    a Guilt-free, No-stress Way to Transform Your Home and Your Life

    Casazza, Allie, 1987-
    Live lighter. Live freer. Live a bigger life with less. In Declutter Like a Mother, Allie Casazza comes alongside you to explore: why decluttering calms anxiety in your heart and lessens tension in your relationships; how to ensure your house is…
    Book, 2021Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson, [2021] — 648.8 Ca
  • A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home

    Housekeeping Hacks You Can't Live Without

    Pateras, Melissa Dilkes,
    Melissa Dilkes Pateras is the most competent housekeeper/DIY-project master/home repair genius that you've ever been sexually attracted to. Once she followed her kids onto TikTok and began sharing her years of knowledge, she found a community eager…
    Book, 2023New York : The Dial Press, [2023]. — 648.5 Pa
  • Home Detox

    Make Your Home a Healthier Place for Everyone Who Lives There

    Chace, Daniella,
    Daniella Chace, a professional toxicologist and health writer, teaches readers how to identify potential toxins in the household, with an easy-to-follow, room-by-room evaluation. She explains the connection between toxins in everyday objects and…
    Book, 2023North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2023]. — 613.5 Ch
  • The Home Edit

    Stay Organized : the Ultimate Guide to Making Systems Stick

    Shearer, Clea, 1982-
    From the authors of The New York Times bestseller The Home Edit and The Home Edit Life and hosts of the Netflix series Get Organized with The Home Edit, comes a guide to the most important phase of getting organized: staying that way. It's one thing…
    Book, 2023New York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2023] — 648.8 Sh
  • House Love

    a Joyful Guide to Cleaning, Organizing, and Loving the Home You're in

    Richardson, Patric,
    Discover the joy of cleaning with this cheery and thoughtful guide to tidying up and turning your house into a home. Patric Richardson is known as 'The Laundry Evangelist,' but his genuine love for household chores extends far beyond the laundry…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Harvest, an imprint of William Morrow, [2023]. — 648.5 Ri
  • How to Clean Everything

    a Practical, Down to Earth Guide for Anyone Who Doesn't Know Where to Start

    Russell, Ann (Social Media Influencer),
    From everyone's favorite online cleaning expert and 'TikTok Auntie,' this is the only cleaning book that you will ever need. How to Clean Everything is full of genuinely useful tips and tricks, and advice about not just what but also what not to do.…
    Book, 2022London : Headline, [2022]. — 648.5 Ru
  • How to Keep House While Drowning

    a Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing

    Davis, KC,
    This revolutionary approach to cleaning and organizing helps free you from feeling ashamed or overwhelmed by a messy home. If you're struggling to stay on top of your to-do list, you probably have a good reason: anxiety, fatigue, depression, ADHD,…
    Book, 2022New York : Simon Element, [2022] — 648 Da
  • Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff

    Declutter, Downsize, and Move Forward With Your Life

    Paxton, Matt,
    America's top cleaning expert and star of the hit series Legacy List with Matt Paxton distills his fail-proof approach to decluttering and downsizing. Your boxes of photos, family's china, and even the kids' height charts aren't just stuff; they're…
    Book, 2022[New York, New York] : Portfolio/Penguin, [2022]. — 648.8 Pa
  • The only domestic bible you'll need. There is nothing more satisfying than a beautifully organized home, say the #homeinspo Influencers. In an era of decluttering gurus, cleaning bloggers and aspirational pantries, Kerri Sackville has studied the…
    Book, 2022Sydney, NSW : HarperCollins Australia, [2022] — 648.5 Sa
  • The Little Book of Cleaning Tips

    a Guide to Keeping Your Space, Healthy, Tidy, and Calm

    Miles, Leah N.,
    This little book of cleaning is both giftable and unique, and provides easy, practical and sustainable tips to turn your space into a healthy, calm and organized environment. Improve your personal wellness with a clean home.
    Book, 2023New York : Driven, [2023]. — 648.5 Mi
  • The NEAT Method Organizing Recipe Book

    70 Simple Projects to Take Your Home From Chaos to Composed

    Murphy, Ashley,
    In this one-of-a-kind organizing book, the projects are as simple as recipes, with “ingredient” lists and clear step-by-step directions. There are smart, stylish solutions for every room in the house, including quick wins that can be accomplished in…
    Book, 2025New York : Artisan, [2025]. — 648.8 Mu
  • Nobody Wants Your Sh*t

    the Art of Decluttering Before You Die

    Condo, Messie,
    Inspired by The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, Nobody Wants Your Sh*t will light a fire under your untidy ass with humor and helpful organizing tips that you'll actually want to use. Like a delightfully foul-mouthed best friend, this book…
    Book, 2023New York : Skyhorse Publishing, [2023]. — 648.5 Co
  • Organized Living

    Solutions and Inspiration for Your Home

    Gill, Shira, 1977-
    Kickstart your organized life with this inspiring visual guide from the author of Minimalista. People are naturally curious about the homes of professional organizers. Organized Living was inspired by Shira's desire to provide a glimpse into a…
    Book, 2023California : Ten Speed Press, [2023] — 747 Gi
  • Decluttering your home has never been easier with this step-by-step action plan. Plus, hundreds of genius tricks help you create a calm and tidy life. Often the hardest part of organizing is getting started. This attractive book from the experts at…
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Hearst Home, [2024] — 648.5 Mu
  • The Science of Cleaning

    Use the Power of Chemistry to Clean Smarter, Easier, and Safer-with Solutions for Every Kind of Dirt

    Bressanini, Dario,
    This is the only book on cleaning you'll ever need, offering practical, evidence-based advice on picking products and optimizing every aspect of housekeeping the scientific way.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : The Experiment, [2024]. — 668.1 Br
  • Tidy Up Your Life

    Rethinking How to Organize, Declutter, and Make Space for What Matters Most

    Moore, Tyler,
    A father of three with a stressful job, Tyler Moore felt his life resembled an overstuffed closet: disorganized and overly busy behind the tidy, closed doors. When it all became too much-for their 750-square-foot apartment and his nerves-he set out…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Rodale, [2025]. — 648.8 Mo
  • Weekend Refresh

    Home Design in 48 Hours or Less

    An accessible, authoritative guide for refreshing and tailoring your home one weekend at a time, with 65 inspired ideas and projects from the design gurus at Tastemade. Want to spruce up your home's curb appeal with a fresh door color or a House…
    Book, 2023New York : Clarkson Potter, [2023]. — 648 We