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Cleaning, Organizing, and Preparing Your Home for Your Wedding Day
If you're feeling overwhelmed by the idea of organizing your home by yourself, let the pros at Ducks in a Row come up with the best decluttering and organizing solutions for you. Contact us for a free consultation! First, a Thorough Home Cleaning... Giving your home a...
Before You Rent Out Your Home, You Need to Know These Pros and Cons
If you are moving to a new home, you may be wondering what to do with your old one. While selling may be the first option that comes to mind, turning your home into a rental may be more profitable. In order to decide what makes more sense for your property and your...
Remembering Winchester’s ‘Children’s Book Lady’
"Organizer Anne Lucas, owner of Ducks in a Row, started the long process of packing the thousands of books in the Winchester home of Dr. Miriam Marecek, Nov. 18, 2020." Ann Ringwood/Wicked Local Staff Read full article from the Winchester Star Image credentials:...
Cleaning, Landscaping, and More: Tips and Resources for Preparing Your Home to Sell
If you’re looking to sell your home quickly, you will need to do more than just hire a real estate agent and list it. You will need to prepare your home to impress prospective buyers. After all, most buyers are not browsing the market for a messy home that looks bad...
Add Winter Maintenance to Your To-Do List
The pride of homeownership comes with the responsibility to take care of the place. If you are new to owning your own home, or if you’ve been letting things slide for a few years, here are a few tips to get you on the right track this winter. Fire safety first While...
Ducks In A Row Organizers owner Anne Lucas contributes to Redfin’s article on Home Organization
Get professional home organization tips. Anne Lucas owner of Massachusetts Ducks in Row Organizers provides advice on closet organization
How to Survive Working from Home When You Have Kids
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, schools shut down and people shifted to remote work. By now, you’ve likely settled into a new normal—one that involves working from your couch and finding creative ways to keep your kids occupied. But it’s normal if you’re struggling...
How to Create the Ultimate Home Office for Remote Work
When working from home for the first time, most people set up camp at the kitchen table rather than diving head first into making a home office. That works fine if you only work from home on rare occasions, or if you’re just getting started with your remote position....
Ducks In A Row Selected Among Best Professional Organizers In Boston
Ducks In A Row was selected among best professional Organizer in Boston Massachusetts by Expertise. Expertise Looked at 143 Home Organizers serving Boston and Picked the Top 17 “We scored home organizers on more than 25 variables across five categories, and analyzed...
Finding Beauty in a Home
What happens when you downsize your home? Joshua Becker writes about a friend whose cancer diagnosis led him to move his family into a smaller home - and find the beauty in downsizing. Beautiful Home Link
What Death Teaches Us about Life
Cleaning the apartment of a family member who has died is often challenging. It can also be rewarding. In this article of Becoming Minimalist, John Weiss discusses how getting rid of most of his father's stuff helped him understand his father. Death Cleaning
Slower Mornings Lead to Healthier Lives
Slowing down your life may be the last thing you want to do, but studies show that if you slow down and eliminate your technology use in the mornings, you will be better off. Andrew Zaleski discusses the benefits of stopping your scrolling early in the morning in...
Organizing the Empty Nest!
Do you have children going off to school for the first time? Do you have recent college grads who use your house as a storage locker? Do you have fully grown children who STILL use your house as a storage locker? This can be some of the hardest organizing to tackle....
Tips for a Clean Fridge!
Summer is here! We are eating out, having BBQs and graduation parties. There are leftovers and fresh fruits and veggies crowding fridges everywhere. Here are some tips on how to keep your fridge clean and avoid waisting food! 1. Keep your leftovers in plastic...
Spring Cleaning Time!
Spring is now in full swing and it's time to finally tackle the clutter that has been building up all year. After the miserable hibernation that was the winter of 2015, we are all grateful to throw open the windows and get some fresh air. It can be hard now that the...
Snow has finally arrived!
And for most of us, this can be a clean and organized home's worst enemy. Slushy snow gets tracked over hardwood floors and carpets, while boots, jackets, and all kinds of snow paraphernalia pile up next to the front door. Having a dedicated (and organized!) mudroom...
Ready to tackle that next big project?
More often than not, what keeps us from starting big projects isn’t that we just can’t do it—it’s that they are so intimidating! Follow these steps to get your morale up and keep “avoidance mode” at bay. That next big project will be done before you know it, and...
How to Have a Successful Yard Sale
With spring cleaning out of the way and yard sale season just around the corner, follow these easy tips for a stress-free and successful yard sale to get rid of that clutter once and for all! Once you have gathered all of the items you want to include, create an...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!
As we slowly emerge from the bitter cold of winter into the bright green of spring, I know one question is on a lot of our minds. How can we stay organized with the environment in mind? Organizing goes hand in hand with environmental consciousness since both in...
Maximizing Your Office Space
Let’s face it—whether your office is an executive suite, a cramped cubicle, or you find yourself working from home, we’ve all encountered the overwhelming sense of frustration clutter and disorganization can bring. No matter how much space you may have it sometimes...
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