Stop Throwing Money Away: Turn Clutter to Cash, Trash to Treasure--And Save the Planet While You're at It

By Jamie Novak

The thrifty organization guide that shows you what to keep and what to toss.

Have you ever bought a duplicate of something when you couldn?t find the one you already had at home? Have you ever held on to a brand-new jacket you know you?ll never wear or found that the magazine subscription you didn?t like was automatically renewed because you forgot to cancel it in time? Everyone knows that clutter can be unsightly and time-consuming, but it can also cost you money. Stop Throwing Money Away is the first guide that shows you how to get organized and save or make money at the same time. Step by step, room by room, you?ll learn how to reduce, reuse, recycle, swap, sell, share and more as you streamline your possessions and your life.

• Explains the secrets of half-and-half organizing, showing you how to make money by paring what you own by half and plugging cash clutter traps by shopping at home
• Exposes the four ways our clutter makes us poor and how to change our habits and behavior
• Written by Jamie Novak, an organizing expert for iVillage and a regular contributor to Woman?s World and Woman's Day. She has appeared on QVC and HGTV.

If you want a vase for flowers, recycle a glass jar. When you need more cupboard space, sell those expensive kitchen gadgets you never use. Whether you?ve got a little clutter or a lot, Stop Throwing Money Away is packed with indispensable ideas and time-saving tips that will help you find more money and simplify your life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
• Release date: Jan 29, 2010
• ISBN: 9780470606513

Jamie Novak

With offices in New Jersey and California, Jamie Novak criss-crosses the country headlining events and giving organizational workshops to standing-room-only crowds. She shares her keep this, toss that tips on her weekly podcast and her advice has appeared in notable national magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized, Woman's World, and Family Circle. Having appeared as a featured organizer on TV Jamie is known as a de-cluttering humorist, author, and motivational speaker. Visit www.JamieNovak.com for more information about Jamie.