After all the entertaining during the past month, it’s time for your holiday silver and china to make their way back into storage until next season. But how do you prepare them for their slumber and make sure they are protected and preserved?

Start with a thorough cleaning of all your tableware. Once everything is dry, you can keep the dings, dents and chips at bay with storage pieces specially made for your china and silver.

Learn the steps to take to keep your tableware in shape…

Before you can begin the process of organizing and de-cluttering your home, you need to pack up the decorations, gift wrap and other holiday items so you can step back and take a look at your home and your routine of everyday.

Instead of hustling to toss everything from the tree into small, cramped cardboard boxes, give some thought to your holiday storage situation. Anything you can do now to organize your holiday collection will go far to reduce stress next year when it’s time to decorate again.

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Happy New Year! January is a time to start fresh…to begin again…so it is only appropriate that January is National Organization Month!

In observance of National Organization Month, Space Savers has created a “31 Days To Organization” campaign to help you take the steps to becoming organized.  Of course, because it is New Year’s Day, we have to start with the New Years Resolutions:

Make S.M.A.R.T. New Years Resolutions: S.M.A.R.T. stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. Whether you’ve made a resolution to become more organized or a resolution for something else, be sure it is a S.M.A.R.T. goal. Following these guidelines will help you to focus and organize the steps you need to take to stick to your resolutions and attain your goal.

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