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New Year Cleaning Challenge: Cut Down On Toy Clutter

One big obstacle to organizing children's rooms? Too many toys!

Whether it's fast food freebies, mushrooming collections or over-buying by doting grandparents (Guilty!), it's easy for children's toys to pile up well beyond their play value. How do you pull the plug on toy excess?

Try these tips to identify toy keepers, turf surplus toys, and rotate the family's toy collection to cut down on toy clutter.

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Organize Children's Rooms

What's the secret to happy order in children's rooms? You've got to get 'em organized!

Child-friendly storage solutions and daily maintenance routines are key to keeping children's rooms in a state of livable, but children aren't born with innate organizing skills.

As a parent, it's your job to play professional organizer to teach the little ones the skills they need.

Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll consider eight great ideas to get the children and their bedrooms organized--...

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Kids Room Week

Today's the day, and we're jumping for joy: it's Kids' Room Week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge.

Kids and their stuff bring special challenges to an organized home.

We'll investigate solutions to storing children's toys, games and clothing, tapping right-sized organizing options and kid-friendly maintenance routines to keep children's rooms ship-shape.

Along the way, we'll declutter and deep-clean children's rooms, and prepare for warm-weather activities ahead.

Ready? Bring on the small...

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Guest Room Week Wrap-Up

It's been a free-form week here at the New Year Cleaning Challenge. We've tackled the guest room (if we have one), and have used the week to catch up or to work on a bonus area in the household.

Today, take the last steps to clean, declutter and organize the guest room or bonus area.

Tomorrow, the New Year Cleaning Challenge moves to the children's rooms. We'll take on the small stuff next week; are you ready?

New Year Cleaning Challenge Day: Guest/Bonus Room Week

We're bringing on the bonuses this week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge: during Guest Room Week, we'll take on those extra, custom spaces in your organized home.

Do you have a dedicated guest room? Then this week, you'll de-clutter, deep-clean and organize the room or space.

More likely, your household has some spaces that don't quite fit the Cleaning Grand Plan. Whether it's a crafts studio or home office, this week we're bringing order to these unique and custom spaces.

Printables: ...

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Declutter the Clothes Closet

Spring is on the way (even if Winter is still raging in your area!); will you be ready to dress for warmer weather?

During Master Bedroom week, it's time to clean out the clothes closet, but many of us dread the chore.

Take heart! Today's assignment shares some easy ways to cut clutter in the clothes closet, and organize the survivors, too.

Ready? We're headed to the clothes closet in the New Year Cleaning Challenge!

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Defeat Dust Mites

They swarm in our homes, making life miserable for the allergic: dust mites! Living in bedding, carpet and floating in house dust, dust mites and their droppings are unwelcome companions in any home.

Our bedrooms are prime hangouts for these microscopic pests. How to keep them in check?

Try these tips to show dust mites the door in your organized home, with today's New Year Cleaning Challenge assignment.

New Year Cleaning Challenge: It's Master Bedroom Week!

It's a new week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge: time to bring cleanliness, order and serenity to the master bedroom.

Our most private space, the master bedroom should be devoted to rest and relaxation. Is your master bedroom worthy of a personal retreat?

This week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll clean, declutter and organize the master bedroom, and reach for new ways to soothe our senses each day. Ready?

Printables:  Master Bedroom Cleaning Checklist

New Year Cleaning Challenge: Bathroom Week Wrap-Up

This week, the bathroom has taken center stage in the Cleaning Grand Plan. Time for a weekend wrap-up!

Today, take the last steps to clean, declutter and organize the household's bathrooms and personal care areas.

Tomorrow, the New Year Cleaning Challenge moves into the Master Bedroom, creating a clean and orderly place to rest and relax.

New Year Cleaning Challenge: A Clean Shower, Fast and Cheap

It's where the soap meets the grime, every day: your shower. How to keep the shower stall fresh and clean without scrubbing?

Daily shower cleaning products can make quick work of soap scum, soil and hard water deposits ... if you remember to use them.

Automatic shower cleaners are wickedly convenient--and wickedly expensive! Is there a way to keep a clean shower, fast and cheap?

Find out with today's New Year Cleaning Challenge assignment, and get squeaky-clean for pennies!