Ever feel like things pile up in your home? Maybe on the kitchen table or counter, your dresser, or nightstand? Well a little organization can turn your home from full of clutter to nice and neat without having to throw everything away. Here are a few things to keep in mind when improving the organization of your home.
- Everything needs a place – if every item in your home has a place to be stored, you are less likely to just drop it anywhere. If an item shouldn’t be sitting on your counter top, then it should have a home.
- Maximize your storage space – If you feel like you are lacking storage space, think again. A closet with no shelves can’t store as much, and those spaces you aren’t using, like under your bed, can be transformed into storage places too. Setting up the places that you have to store items so they can be fully used is key to making sure everything can be stored.
- Label – If you can find where something goes, you are more likely to put it there. Having boxes stacked into a closet, and not knowing what’s in there, doesn’t help you organize. But having storage containers, shelves, drawers, etc that are labeled for easy finding does.
- Shelves and containers – Having the right assortment of storage is key. Not everything is stored well on a shelf and the same goes for in a container. Make sure you have a variety of what you need; everything from small to large containers, baskets, drawers, shelves and hooks. You want to make sure that where you are putting something can be easily found and accessed.
- Get into the routine – Old habits die hard so when you first organize you might find you still leave things hanging around. Getting into the new habit of putting things away can take time but an easy way to start is to set aside 10-15 minutes at the end of each day to put everything where it belongs. Before you know it, you will be doing it throughout the day!