Simplify Your Home: Declutter, Organize, Decorate, Interior Design, Routines
This podcast helps busy women create a home they love through simple, realistic decluttering, organizing, and decorating solutions. Host Nicole Naugle, a professional home organizer and interior decorator, shares practical tips based on her experience living in over 15 homes. Each episode covers how to declutter without guilt, organize with flexible systems, and decorate spaces you genuinely enjoy.
Episodes
23: Interior Design Trends: How to Add CottageCore, GrandmaCore, Modern Heritage, or Organic Luxe to Your Home
Curious about the latest interior design trends? According to Pinterest, CottageCore is still going strong, but GrandmaCore, Modern Heritage, and Organic Luxe are also trending. Today I’m breaking the styles down with you and showing you how you can add them to your home through decorating and decluttering.
Resources Mentioned:
Free Decluttering and Organizing Quick Wins Guide or Home Clarity Guid
22: 5 Myths About Clutter and Home Organizing
I love helping people create homes that they love. But over and over again, clients talk about the latest thing that they heard on social media or Pinterest or from Jenny down the block… and while many of those things simply are not true, it keeps them from decluttering and organizing their homes. So today we are debunking the top 5 myths that I hear about clutter and home organizing. Because thes
21: Gave Up On Your Cleaning and Decluttering Routines? Let's Simplify.
Cleaning and decluttering routines can feel too complicated to stick to. Raise your hand if you have started multiple home routines or tried the one size fits all system, only to start skipping days and eventually give up because you didn’t have the time or energy to maintain the routine.
If no one has told you, the state of your home today is not a reflection on you as a person. Life gets busy,
20: Ready to Decorate for Fall? 5 Simple Ways to Create a Cozy Home With Confidence and Without Clutter
Today is the first official day of fall/autumn. Although you wouldn’t guess that in the heat dome that I live in! All the same, I am ready for some fall decorating.
I know life is busy, but before you decide to skip decorating this year or fill up a cart with hundreds of dollars of decor, this episode will walk you through five simple ways to make your home feel cozy this fall with a little bit o
19: Cluttered Kitchen? 3 Quick Decluttering and Organizing Changes to Make It Easier to Cook and Clean
It's 5:30. You open the fridge to start dinner, glance at your countertops, and decide today was meant to be a takeout ( or takeaway) day.
I’m all for some good takeout, but if you are working on your health or financial goals, try these three small kitchen changes that make cooking (and cleaning) feel easier, even on your busiest nights.
In This Episode:
Why your countertops are sabotaging your
18: Clutter and Perimenopause: Why Your Home May Be Making Your Symptoms Worse
When clutter and a messy home are making your perimenopause symptoms worse...
While patience may not have been your favorite thing, now you have days where it seems to be non-existent. The countertop clutter, the shoes by the door, the pile of mail... it doesn’t take much to push you over the edge.
If you've noticed your tolerance for a messy home, clutter, and disorganization decreasing right alo
17: Decorating Your Home After A Big Life Change: Easy Steps For A Fresh Start
How to Decorate Your Home After Divorce, Your Adult Kids Move Out or Back In, A Move to a New City, or While Blending Families
Life is always changing. A divorce, a remarriage, an empty nest, aging parents moving in, or a move to a brand new city. All of these feel better when you update your home to reflect the new season.
If you're ready to make a few intentional changes to your home without bu
16: Aging Parents With Too Much Stuff? Help Them Declutter Without A Power Struggle or Hurting Their Feelings
The garage that’s filled with so many things that a car hasn’t parked there since 1992. Collections from hobbies that haven't been touched in over a decade in the room no one is allowed to touch. Box upon box upon box of old photos and papers…
If you've ever walked into your parents' home and felt your chest tighten a little at the sheer amount of stuff while hoping and praying an additional stora
15: Don't Declutter Your Home Until You Do This First
You’ve got the trash bag, the donation box, a good playlist, and the motivation to finally tackle that room today.
Forty-five minutes in, you're surrounded by more piles than when you started, second-guessing every decision, and this whole decluttering and getting organized thing feels harder than it should.
Before you touch another thing, let’s simplify decluttering and get clear on how you want
14: Interior Design Mistakes Homeowners Make And How To Avoid Them
You've painted the walls, bought the furniture, hung the art. Your home should feel done.
But something still feels unfinished and you can't quite put your finger on it. Most women blame their budget, or figure they never really nailed down their style. Usually it's one simple decorating misstep, and it's fixable without starting over.
This episode walks through the interior design mistakes I see
13: Your Decluttering Plan So Back To School Doesn't Mean Back To Chaos
August has a way of sneaking up on you. One minute it's the Fourth of July, and the next you're standing in a store surrounded by notebooks and pencils, wondering how summer went so fast and why your house looks like there was an explosion in every room.
If you want this school year to feel like a fresh start instead of barely controlled chaos, this episode is for you.
In This Episode:
The four sp
12: Home Organization: The Self Care Routine You've Been Missing
You know about self care… It seems like it is everywhere right now. And maybe when you get a free moment, you’ll take the bubble bath, hit the yoga class, or book the pedicure. But that's the catch: scheduling self care assumes you have free time for it.
If you've tried all the things and still can't fully relax or catch your breath, the thing draining you might be the environment you're coming h
11: Decorating Ideas Not Matching Your Budget? 5 Ways to Create Your Dream Home Without a Billionaire Bank Account
You have a ton of decorating ideas. The saved Pinterest pins, the fabric and wallpaper samples, the “To Buy” list on your phone. There's just one problem: your dream home is priced about ten times higher than your actual budget.
That's a bummer, but it's not a deal breaker. This episode will walk you through how to make your home look and feel like your dream home, even if you don’t have access t
10: Zombie Decluttering: Try This When Your Husband or Kids Don't Want to Declutter
You cleaned the kitchen after dinner. You woke up to a tsunami. You asked your husband about donating the sports gear he hasn't touched in a decade. Crickets. You walked down the hall with a donation box and your kids suddenly needed every single thing in their room with a gladiator-level intensity.
If decluttering in your house feels less like a team effort and more like a solo sport nobody else
09: 5 Ways Good Interior Design Makes Your Life Easier
You’ve probably been told that interior design is about making your home look beautiful. And sure, that’s part of it. But what nobody talks about is that good design can make your life feel easier. Mornings run smoother, you can actually find things, and you walk through the door at the end of a long day and feel relieved instead of stressed.
In This Episode:
Good interior design isn’
08: Summer Organizing Routines to Keep Your Home From Falling Apart When The Kids Are Out of School
The last day of school feels like a celebration. Then 48 hours later, the backpacks are still on the floor, snack wrappers have multiplied across every surface, and your home organization system (the one you worked hard to build) is already unraveling.
If you are ready to stop being the only one responsible for keeping things from falling apart when everyone is home all day, this episode is for yo
07: Decluttering Routines That Continue Working Even When Your Life Changes
Do you ever wonder if some people are just naturally more organized… and somehow that gene skipped you? Because you’ve tried decluttering, but the clutter came back and you are wondering if a decluttered home just isn’t realistic for your life…
In this episode, I'm sharing simple habits that keep clutter from creeping back in, so you can actually stay ahead of the mess, even when your life chang
06: 5 Interior Design Hacks For When You've Decorated But Your Room Still Feels Off
Hey friend,
Have you ever decorated a room and still felt like something was... off?
Spent money on furniture and décor, but still didn’t love how the room looked and felt?
Wish your home looked more welcoming and finished, but have no idea what needs to be changed?
In this episode, I'm sharing five interior design hacks that will help you pinpoint the things that may be keeping you from loving y
05: Create A Decluttering Routine That Won't Make You Lose Your Mind
Ever built a decluttering routine and quietly abandoned it by week two?
Feel like your home gets messier every time life gets busy and you can never quite catch up?
Wonder if you're just not an organized person, or if the routine was the problem all along?
Most decluttering routines fail because they weren't built for your season of life. In this episode, I'm sharing four steps to create a flexibl
04: 5 Tips to Ditch Pinterest Perfection and Decorate the Home You Have
Do you have tons of Pinterest boards and zero decorated rooms?
Does scrolling through perfectly styled spaces make your real home feel like a failure?
What if Pinterest was never meant to be a blueprint in the first place?
In this episode, I'm sharing five tips to stop chasing Pinterest perfection and start decorating a home that actually works for your real life.
We're talking about why trends wi
03: Clutter Piles Everywhere? Try These Organizing Ideas
Do you have piles on the counter, on the chair, on the floor... basically everywhere?
Have you ever wondered why the piles keep coming back no matter what you do?
In this episode, I'm sharing five practical organizing ideas for the most common pile culprits in your home.
Piles don't show up randomly. They show up because something doesn't have a home, or the home it has isn't working. We're coveri
02: Messy Home? Stop Asking These 3 Decluttering Questions
Does your home feel cluttered no matter how many times you try to tackle it?
Have you ever picked something up to declutter it... and put it right back down?
Are the questions you're asking yourself actually keeping you buried in stuff you don't want?
In this episode, I'm sharing three decluttering questions that sound completely reasonable but are quietly keeping you stuck.
If you stop asking th
01: Podcast Trailer: Welcome to Simplify Your Home
Does your home feel like a never-ending to-do list instead of a peaceful retreat?
Tried decluttering before but the piles keep coming back?
Wondering if it's even possible to have a home that you can enjoy and relax in?
In this episode, I'm sharing what the Simplify Your Home podcast is all about so you know exactly what to expect and whether this is the show for you.
If you're a busy woman who
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