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Author ยท Marissa Duplantis

I write Simply At Home from one house in Baton Rouge. Every routine here gets tested on my own shelves first, and I keep only the part that still works a month later.

Storing Pots, Pans, and Lids in a Kitchen With No Deep Drawer - kitchen & pantry
Kitchen & Pantry

Storing Pots, Pans, and Lids in a Kitchen With No Deep Drawer

Start by counting your lids, because that is usually where the problem lives. I had nine lids and six pans, and the…

A Towel System That Keeps a Shared Bathroom Working - bedrooms & bathrooms
Bedrooms & Bathrooms

A Towel System That Keeps a Shared Bathroom Working

Towels are the thing that quietly breaks a bathroom. You buy more because the ones you have never seem to be dry,…

Cleaning in Twenty Minute Blocks When the Week Is Full - cleaning routines
Cleaning Routines

Cleaning in Twenty Minute Blocks When the Week Is Full

Set a timer for twenty minutes and clean whatever is in front of you. That is the entire method I fell back…

A Labeling System That Survives Real Life - storage & sorting
Storage & Sorting

A Labeling System That Survives Real Life

Label the shelf, not just the box. That one shift is why my labeling finally held up past the first month, after…

When a Storage System Collapses, Rebuild It Backwards - storage & sorting
Storage & Sorting

When a Storage System Collapses, Rebuild It Backwards

When a storage system falls apart, look at where things actually landed before you rebuild. Those piles are data about how the…