Keep This Toss That - Updated and Expanded: The Practical Guide to Tidying Up

By Jamie Novak

Book Overview

A quick practical guide to uncluttering to save time, money, space, and sanity.

Are you afraid to open your kitchen cabinet because you know food storage containers are going to come pouring out like an erupting volcano? Do you spend hours searching for the email you need? Will you regret it tomorrow if you give away all your old concert T-shirts? And how many tote bags will you really use?

Keep This, Toss That answers all of these questions and much more. Featuring dozens of illustrated Keep/Toss Checklists, the book shows you exactly what you need--and what you can safely toss, regret-free (even if you're a sentimentalist or saver)--in every room of your house, for each hobby or activity, and even online. It also includes:
- quick tips on clever storage solutions
- tools and utensils that can do double duty
- advice on how to customize the lists to suit your house, your family, and your lifestyle

Now updated and expanded with information about the special clutter challenges of modern life, such as how to clean up digital files and what to do with the stuff your kids left behind when they moved out, Keep This, Toss That answers the one key question you need to get organized and live happily with just the stuff you love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1621454754
• ISBN13: 9781621454755
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Trusted Media Brands
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.9" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Keep This Toss That is very helpful in decluttering and helping to know what to keep or toss.

Anyone who needs to know how much and what to keep or has a hard time deciding, would like this book! I find it very helpful that way. Very clear and easy to understand. What a treasure!

Awesome!

Have read many downsizing/decluttering books, but this book literally talked me gently through the process and I have enjoyed the process. Downsizing, for me, was often a puzzlement... How many of a specific item should I keep? With ones should I set aside to donate? Certainly, each of us might have a rough idea of perhaps how many cooking pots we might want to have around, but why store excess or perhaps why do we still keep art supplies when we have not touched them in years? Jamie, like a dear friend, gently advises us her suggestions on what to keep and what to toss out. Still, it is up to us on what we will set aside. My shelves, drawers and rooms look wonderful. Jamie's gentle suggestions were 'spot on' and much appreciated! Had fun in the midst of my downsizing/organizing to add a pretty plant to my kitchen window sill or do a few extra touches here and there. Those were special treats. Without doubt, Jamie's book gave me the instruction and motivation to continue downsizing with a big smile on my face.