Your closet doesn't have to be chaotic. San Diego professional organizer Karen Brothers breaks down her complete system — purging, folding, bins, shoes, zones, and more — from her live workshop at The Container Store. Watch the full video or read the breakdown below.

This year, let’s take the stress out of hosting. With a few intentional steps, you can create a peaceful, welcoming space that makes your guests feel right at home — and lets you actually enjoy the season.

When we think of seasons, we mostly think of the weather, or of sports. But there are many different seasons in our lives. Seasons of special interests and hobbies, of relationships or volunteer work. Some seasons last a long time, and some only a little while. It may be easy to see a new season beginning because it's new. But the ending of a season...well, that's harder to spot. We transition out of seasons much more gradually.

However different this year’s holidays were for each of us, they are beginning to wind down. You may have put your decorations up earlier than ever before because we all needed that extra cheer (and I hope you enjoyed a very merry season). Now it’s time to wrap things up and prepare for the new year. Here are five tips for storing and protecting your holiday items.

If you think about it, COVID has been like the Grinch who stole Christmas, except COVID stole the whole year. No summer beach parties, no back-to-school celebrations, no football tailgating, no weddings or graduations. But, now that the holidays are in full swing, I take comfort in knowing COVID will not steal my Christmas joy. My favorite holiday traditions are still on track. I hope yours are, too.

I recently discovered how incredibly useful the Alarms feature on my iPhone can be. I used to use it for setting a timer for an afternoon nap. Now I use it to keep my entire day on schedule. So how does it work?