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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Ontario
        • London
        • Ottawa
        • Toronto
      • Quebec
        • Montreal
        • Quebec Maritime
        • Quebec City Region
        • Saguenay Lac St. Jean
    • Colombia
    • Europe
      • Spain
      • Portugal
      • Ireland
      • France
    • UK
      • Northern Ireland
    • USA
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Illinois
        • Chicago
      • Louisiana
      • Michigan
      • New York
      • MIssissippi
      • Tennessee
      • Washington
      • Wisconsin
  • Travel Styles
    • Adventure Travel
    • Culture
      • Art
      • Museum
      • UNESCO
    • Family Travel
    • Gastro-tourism
    • Girls Getaway
    • Leisure Travel
    • Multi-generational Travel
    • Virtual Travel
  • Resources
    • Festivals
    • Hotel Reviews
    • Restaurant Review
    • Travel Tips
  • Lifestyle
    • Organizing
      • Downsizing
      • Kitchen
      • Home Office
      • Time Management
      • 4M – Margarita’s Manic Monday Minutes
    • DIY
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    • Travel – Working with Me
    • Media Kit – Margarita Ibbott @DownshiftingPRO
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    • Girl’s Getaway Press Trips

Kitchen

Organizing with DPRO – 2 Easy Tasks: Organizing Kitchen Utensils and Cutlery Drawer

July 2, 2022January 5, 2021 by Margarita Ibbott
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As we enter Day 5 of the #OrganizingWithDPRO challenge, I review one of my favourite organizing tasks. Organizing kitchen utensils and cutlery is something I probably do 2 to 3 times a year. I love … Read more

4M – Margarita’s Manic Monday Minutes–Kitchen Cupboard Clean-up

December 13, 2020February 27, 2017 by Margarita Ibbott

We all have a cupboard or two that we dread opening up.  It’s cluttered, it’s messy and it’s over-stuffed with things but hey, it’s hidden in the corner so it doesn’t really matter, right?  You … Read more

5 Ways to avoid Food Contamination–#GO_DPRO

August 20, 2020January 13, 2015 by Margarita Ibbott

I have a lot of cutting boards.  That seems counter intuitive for a professional organizer to have a lot of anything but I don’t tend to mess about with food.  You need to keep your … Read more

4 M– Organizing your Fridge with containers #GO_DPRO Get Organized Month

November 30, 2019January 12, 2015 by Margarita Ibbott

4 M – Margarita`s Manic Monday Minutes _ Organizing Your Fridge in 15 minutes Everyone that has a home has a fridge.  I don’t know one family that doesn’t.  That means that with it comes … Read more

4M–Organizing your Rubbermaid Food Storage Containers and Product Review of Easy Find Lids #EFL

December 13, 2020December 8, 2014 by Margarita Ibbott
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    4M Organizing your Food Storage Containers Two weeks ago, I reviewed the wonderful Lunch Blox system by Rubbermaid and this week we continue with a review of the Easy Find Lids system from … Read more

4M–Margarita’s Manic Monday Minutes Rubbermaid Lunch Product Review #BetterLunchInASnap

December 13, 2020November 24, 2014 by Margarita Ibbott

  On Monday’s I host a blog post series on how you can get organized in just a few minutes.  I’ve called this series, Margarita’s Manic Monday Minutes or 4M for short so that you … Read more

Moving Out–Getting Ready for University of Ottawa LinenChest helps me equip my small space

December 25, 2023July 15, 2014 by Margarita Ibbott
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How many movies have a moving away scene; with the parents all teary-eyed, the van packed to the brim with boxes and a teenager making their final goodbyes before heading off to a distant city … Read more

Renovation time–Countertops & Sinks… Kitchen update…

June 15, 2020June 22, 2013 by Margarita Ibbott
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The time has come to make some changes.  We have been in this house for almost 9 years.  I LOVE THIS HOUSE.  The first time that I walked through it, I knew this was the … Read more

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DOWNSHIFTING: a movement to voluntarily simplify your life (slow down, minimize, review priorities). I am all about less stuff and more travel.

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