Does it spark joy? Ask yourself this and many other questions this Spring as you make your way through our recommendations for cleaning and organizing in 2022!
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
by Marie Kondo
Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo takes tidying to a whole new level, promising that if you properly simplify and organize your home once, you ll never have to do it again. Most methods advocate a room-by-room or little-by-little approach, which doom you to pick away at your piles of stuff forever. The KonMari Method, with its revolutionary category-by-category system, leads to lasting results.
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
by Margareta Magnusson
A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostadning, do meaning “death” and stadning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you.
Small Space Organizing: A Room-by-Room Guide to Maximizing Your Space
by Kathryn Bechen
Organizing and interior design expert offers tips, strategies, and resources for bringing style and order to any space.
Good Things for Organizing: Martha Stewart Living
by Martha Stewart
Who wouldn’t like their living space to be more organized? Tapping into the popularity of the “Good Things” column in Martha Stewart Living, Good Things for Organizing provides practical, efficient, and pretty solutions for organizing just about everything, from spools of thread and the silverware drawer to your entire wardrobe and home office.
Why Cleaning Has Meaning
by Linda Thomas
A professional expert cleaner explores her passion for cleaning and argues that raising our understanding of cleaning can improve our wellbeing and personal development.
Introduce your kids to the Spring cleaning routine with this classic! A boy cleans up his messy room to try to find his baseball mitt.
