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manda Alberts and her husband, Dave, are both working 
from their Huntington Woods home while waiting out 
the coronavirus pandemic. Though it’
s a bit chaotic with 
two young children ages 6 and 3, they’
re making the best of it, 
starting with organizing their spaces. 
“We always want to do this, but never have the time,
” Alberts 
said. “We finally do, so we’
re trying to 
make good use of our nights and free 
time away from kids and work. Plus, we 
like having a nice space for our family.
”
Fluffing your nest can be a produc-
tive project — whether that means organizing, decluttering or 
plain-old prettying your spaces up. If it seems overwhelming or 
you don’
t know where to start, you’
re not alone. Professionals’
 No. 
1 tip is to start small.
Corinne Morahan owns Grid + Glam (gridandglam.com), a 
Boston-based full-service organizing company that also offers a 
virtual platform for step-by-step coaching. She suggests starting 
by making your bed every morning. “It seems so simple, yet it’
s 
extremely powerful,
” Morahan said. 
“We’
ll be spending lots of time in our homes, and making our 
beds is a marker for us and the kids that it’
s time to start the day 

Quarantine

Arts&Life
at home

Now’
s the time for home 
projects—they’
ll help you get 
organized, and feel better 
being at home.

COURTESY JULIE ROSENBAUM

“Creating zones with labeled bins 
for each type of food not only 
helps to keep the fridge organized, 
but also helps everyone in the 
family know exactly where to find 
what they need,” says Corinne 
Morahan of Grid + Glam.

COURTESY GRID + GLAM

LYNNE KONSTANTIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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