Nemitz’s Quick Tips:
• Throw out electronic manuals; those are all online and accessible whenever you need them. The huge books take up too much space and can easily be recycled.
• Label cords as they come out of the box. We all have so many phone chargers, computer wires and television cables that we rarely know what anything is for anymore.
• Don’t be afraid to make your office space beautiful – the office is a space that can be both comfortable and functional.




One Black Skirt, Two Black Skirts… Three?
One in, one out. Follow this rule and you should have a more practical closet in no time, says Marlene Hansen of Organize and Maximize in Phoenix. And while it may seem hard to get rid of an old shirt after buying a new one, Hansen has a few tricks to help decide which pieces to pitch.
 
“Hang everything backwards so that the hook part of the hanger faces you,” says Hansen. “Then as you wear each piece, turn the hanger around. After a couple months, you’ll know exactly which clothes you’re not wearing.”

When looking to makeover a closet space, the best option is to start from scratch. Take everything out and organize clothes by color and type. You may realize you have more than one black V-neck or white button-down.  
If that’s where you want the work to end, trendy closet units can be built and customized by companies like Classy Closets in Scottsdale, which can install everything from belt hangers to fold-out ironing boards.
But if you’re looking for a more hands-on experience, Hansen says trendy closet items like lined baskets, rolling hampers and tie racks can easily be found at places like Target. 
Recycling is always a popular trend; don’t hesitate to use items that you already have around the house (or that are collecting dust in the garage) like old bookshelves for shoe racks or wine crates for socks and belts.

Photo Courtesy The Container Store

Hansen’s Quick Tips:
• Don’t judge a piece of clothing’s worth by its price tag. Even if that suit was worth hundreds of dollars, it’s not worth keeping if you don’t wear it. Consider donating high quality items to charity.
• Install more shelves in that unused space above the highest shelf. That new storage space can be used to store seasonal clothing like sweaters and scarves.
• Utilize vertical space. Look for vertical shoe-hangers and cubbies that can store more than just two horizontal rods.



Dude, Where’s Your Car?
The garage can be one of the hardest places to organize, because most garages are dumping grounds for unwanted items in the rest of the house.
 
“The best way to start in a garage is to be hard on yourself,” says Jennifer Furrier of Phoenix-based Essential Organizing. “Most of what we store we don’t use and what we don’t use is a waste of space. Keep items that fall into one of three categories: what you love, what is useful and what is beautiful.”

For the items that you don’t access on a regular basis, Furrier recommends installing shelves and using matching, clear bins that can be found at the Container Store in Scottsdale. The matching helps with the overall look, and the transparency helps when you need to find something quickly.

Indoor and outdoor tools are finding their way onto trendy pegboards that make for the ultimate de-cluttered workshop. Metal hooks, baskets and buckets will create a system for where tools, shovels, nails and screws can be found when you need them.