Welcome to the first Professional Organizers Blog Carnival of the new year! In honor of National Clean Out Your Closets Day, I invited my readers to share their posts about organizing closets, and the response has been amazing.

Please join me in welcoming the following new participants:

Rashelle Isip – Organizing Tip: “Vacation” Your Closet!

Helena Alkhas – Closet Organizing Tips for the Busy Mom

Heather Cameron – Room to Grow: 4 Organization Tips for Kids’ Clothes (no longer online)

Why not stop by their blogs, introduce yourself, and let them know you found them through the Professional Organizers Blog Carnival!

But don’t go away yet – there are 21 more blog posts for you to read, from professional organizers from Canada, the USA, and even Australia!

Stacey Murray – Post-Baby Clothing Purge

Jeri Dansky – Before and After: More Closet Organizing, with Kittens

Audrey Cupo – it’s not like me to vent, but…

Cindy Kamm – What Not to Wear & Wardrobe Organizing

Janice Russell – The First Step in Getting Organized

Tracy Hoth – Organizing Your Closet: Try This New Approach

Angela Esnouf – One In One Out

Linda Vanderkolk – A Closet Makeover

Jonda Beattie – Living Room Closet revisited

Ramona Creel – Creating The Perfect Closet

Ellen Delap – Organize Your Closet

Debbie Pendell – Organizing Closets

A big thanks to everyone who contributed to this issue of the Professional Organizers Blog Carnival.

We are now accepting submissions for February’s Professional Organizers Blog Carnival, when our topic will be Success. You’ll need to submit your post by 10 AM EST on Monday, February 11 in order to be included.

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