“Ask The Organizer” 2026 Series: “Food Prep and Storage” - Wednesday, March 11, 2026, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM Pacific on Zoom. This event has passed. You can watch the replay below! This month, we’re focusing on simple, practical ways to reduce food waste through...
Zero Waste Introduction Happy New Year! And while we’re on the subject, I want to talk about a big New Year’s resolution that Big Rocks is making, and we invite you to join us. We resolve to practice zero waste this year more consciously than we’ve ever done. Now, we...
Let’s make believe we’ve all spent the past year diligently reading this monthly organizing blog, and now we have completely organized homes, everything has a home, and everything is in its place. (Just go with me on this. Even I don’t follow my own blog’s advice.)...
Is your house full of objects and photos that bring back memories? Are they occupying too much emotional and physical space? Do you cringe and look away when you walk past your overstuffed china cabinet? It’s challenging to let things go; however, you can keep the...
At Big Rocks Organizing, we fully admit we think every day is the perfect day to organize. But the truth is, autumn is a great season to clean out two important spaces: the garage and playroom. The garage is cool but not cold this time of year. And the kiddos are...
Cue the Scream soundtrack, folks. We’re about to organize the creepiest, dampest, dustiest, spidery-est spaces of all: storage units, basements, and attics. Ew. Read on to learn how to organize these spaces. (And since I don’t have a storage unit, attic, or basement,...
Imagine a spacious studio with every paint, brush, marker, bead, sticker, and stamp you'll need. There is plenty of storage for works in progress, and you can stretch out across a huge, clean table to draw, sew, or sculpt. Your creative process is not interrupted even...
I used to have a beautiful home office with lots of great storage. Then my daughter (they/them) broke up with their boyfriend and moved home because apparently, you heal better when you’re not paying rent. My office is now their bedroom, and I work on our living room...
What makes me qualified to write about pantry and kitchen organizing? My spices are alphabetized. Anise-Basil-Chives, all the way to Za’atar. They’re in matching bottles that I labeled with a label maker after spending twenty minutes picking a typeface. Now they’re...
I have a bedroom confession to make (ew no, not that kind of bedroom confession): Our bedroom used to be a hot mess. But it was really our closet’s fault; the overflow from that little disaster area had to go somewhere. So one rainy weekend, I rightsized both spaces....