Ask Maeve

Ask Maeve Anchor 1

Ask Maeve

Have a Question? Ask Maeve!

Each week Maeve’s Method founder, Maeve Richmond, tackles a question from one of our readers. Do you have a stumper for her? Submit your question or ask it on social and it might be featured in our next newsletter!

Maeve Richmond

Founder, Maeve's Method

#AskMaeve

Maeve Richmond

Feb 10, 2021
2 min

Ask Maeve: My home is too small to get organized. What can I do?

Maeve helps an overwhelmed small home dweller feel better about her space. Help! My home is too small, I can’t seem to organize all my...

Ask Maeve: My pantry is in desperate need of organization

Maeve Richmond

May 16, 2017
5 min

Ask Maeve: My pantry is in desperate need of organization

Maeve helps a reader get a handle on her high traffic pantry. #organizing Featured as part of the Good Housekeeping Spring Cleaning...

Ask Maeve: My bathroom cabinet is a black hole

Maeve Richmond

May 12, 2017
5 min

Ask Maeve: My bathroom cabinet is a black hole

Maeve helps a pregnant couple organize a deep bathroom cabinet. #organizing Featured as part of the Good Housekeeping Spring Cleaning...

Ask Maeve: My home office has taken over my bedroom

Maeve Richmond

May 5, 2017
5 min

Ask Maeve: My home office has taken over my bedroom

Maeve helps an entrepreneur balance her double-duty bedroom. #organizing Featured as part of the Good Housekeeping Spring Cleaning...

Ask Maeve: How can my husband and I comfortably share a home office?

Maeve Richmond

Apr 15, 2017
5 min

Ask Maeve: How can my husband and I comfortably share a home office?

Maeve helps spouses organize shared home office space. #organizing Featured as part of the Good Housekeeping Spring Cleaning Challenge:...

Ask Maeve: My Boyfriend Wants to Split the Closet 50/50

Maeve Richmond

Feb 7, 2017
4 min

Ask Maeve: My Boyfriend Wants to Split the Closet 50/50

Maeve helps a #couple have a conversation about a newly shared closet. My boyfriend and I moved in together and we’re having a hard time...

Ask Maeve: How do I tell family and friends I don’t need gifts?

Maeve Richmond

Dec 11, 2015
2 min

Ask Maeve: How do I tell family and friends I don’t need gifts?

Maeve helps a minimalist reader 'just say no' to cluttery holiday gifts. I’ve been working hard to pare down this year, and it’s been a...

Ask Maeve: How do we make room for buying in bulk?

Maeve Richmond

Oct 23, 2015
2 min

Ask Maeve: How do we make room for buying in bulk?

Maeve helps a couple make room for bulk extras in their small city apartment. My wife and I live in a small one bedroom in New York. We...

Ask Maeve: I’m a kid and need help organizing jewelry!

Maeve Richmond

Aug 20, 2015
2 min

Ask Maeve: I’m a kid and need help organizing jewelry!

Maeve teaches a seven-year-old how to organize a messy jewelry box. I’m seven years old and I would like to know how I can make my...

See All

My Musings

Home makeover update, we are getting there, almost done!

Maeve Richmond

May 24, 2019
4 min

Home makeover update, we are getting there, almost done!

Maeve updates us on her mini home makeover - see her results below! Last fall I embarked on a min home makeover and I want to share an...

I’m doing a home makeover this fall, how about you?

Maeve Richmond

Oct 5, 2018
2 min

I’m doing a home makeover this fall, how about you?

Maeve embarks on a mini home makeover - share in her journey below! Hey there, how was your summer? Did you relax, maybe get some...

The Day I Tore My Room Apart and Found My Method

Maeve Richmond

Jun 29, 2018
4 min

The Day I Tore My Room Apart and Found My Method

Maeve shares about the day she tore through her things, and found her Method . It was in my New York City apartment on 17th street in...

Maeve Richmond

Jun 20, 2018
1 min

Event: Dagne Summer Games

Maeve leads her exclusive #bag organizing workshop at the Dagne Summer Games Once again, it’s a wrap! This weekend I led a free Maeve’s...

Maeve Richmond

Jan 30, 2018
4 min

The Art of Pressing Pause

When was the last time you pressed paused on a project? Maeve shares why sometimes it's important to stop. When was the last time you...

4 Ways To Caretake Your Home on Weekends

Maeve Richmond

Jan 16, 2018
3 min

4 Ways To Caretake Your Home on Weekends

Maeve shares favorite weekend routines that help her to caretake her home. I’m often asked about weekend routines. What does an organizer...

Maeve Richmond

Nov 23, 2017
2 min

Five Things I Am Thankful For At Home

On Thanksgiving we gather with friends and family in homes, kitchens and around tables to eat, drink and share stories and good cheer. We...

Maeve Richmond

Apr 26, 2017
5 min

Aging & Clutter: Why It Matters

For many years I’ve been meaning to take pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) to write about this topic. It took me awhile, I guess in...

Maeve Richmond

Sep 30, 2016
5 min

How To Release and Let Go

Maeve breaks down her two-step process for letting go of some things in life. Years ago when I first began a spiritual practice I often...

See All

Things I Love

How I Live

plant_hanging_white_planter_on_white_bac

My Favorite Things

plant_hanging_window_white_apartmentl_ha

Healthy Home

Tips

Read the latest

Room By Room Tips

Read the latest

TRUMPET

GUITAR

DRUM

Favorite Posts

Cleaning Tips

Well + Good: Secondhand Furniture Is Always a Smart Buy—Here’s How To Do It Without Regret

Maeve shares her tip for how often to wash pillows to keep them dust-mite free. Secondhand Furniture Is Always a Smart Buy—Here’s How To...

Living Spaces

Well + Good: 9 Organizational Furniture Ideas That Nail Both Form and Function

Maeve shares her tip for how often to wash pillows to keep them dust-mite free. 9 Organizational Furniture Ideas That Nail Both Form and...

Cleaning Tips

How To Deep Clean for Spring - VIDEO

Maeve deep cleans her home top to bottom just in time for spring. #organizing

Fitness Classes

Anytime, Anywhere

This is a title. Click here to edit.

This is a title. Click here to edit and add your own text.

This is an extra long title. Click here to edit and add your own text. It's easy.

Book with Maeve

Organization for Kids
Available Online
READ MORE
Service Information
2 hr
From 249 US dollars
Organization for Adults
Available Online
READ MORE
Service Information
2 hr
From 349 US dollars
Home at Last Plan
Available Online
READ MORE
Service Information
8 hr
From 1,299 US dollars