Posts tagged Clutter
A Dozen Ways to Organize Your Master Closet
Aug 24th
Organizing your master closet makes dressing in the morning easy. You can have many benefits when you take time to organize your closet. First, you do not have to muse over the mess and the clutter. You will also be able to find your things easily because you know exactly where you placed them.
How to organize your master closet will depend on the state that your closet is in. Here are helpful tips in organizing your master closet:
1. Empty your closet of mess and clutter. Use two boxes to separate items that you are going to throw out and those that you decide to keep.
2. Clean your closet thoroughly after emptying it and determine if there are damages that have to be repaired. Apply treatments or repaint if necessary.
3. Determine what items you will fold and what you are going to hang. If you fold some shirts, ensure that you do them neatly and arrange them properly. Consider arranging them according to their color and do the same with the clothes you are going to hang.
4. You can also try to arrange your closet based on their uses, such as separating the work clothes from weekend clothes.
5. Arrange your closet according to how you usually get dressed in the morning. If you are the kind who considers wearing shirts first before pants or skirts, arrange your top neatly near the closet door, followed by skirts or pants and the rest of your things. This will make it easier to get dressed in the morning.
6. Consider folding smaller items properly and arrange them neatly in your drawers. Make sure that you have a storage space for your accessories so that you will know exactly where your things are.
7. Keep all shoes and clothing off the floor.
8. Use hanging bags for your shoes if you do not have a built in shoe cubbies in your master closet.
9. Use plastic bins or space bags on the top shelf for your off-season clothes.
10. If you require more drawer storage and you have extra pole space, you can use hanging shelves for your sweats, jeans and other bulky clothing.
11. Remove hamper lids so your clothes will actually go into the hamper than getting stacked on top.
12. Make sure to have a designated place for socks, stockings and underwear to make it easier for you to find them.
There is no exact way to organize anything. The best way to organize your master closet might be entirely different from the way others organize theirs. The key is to design it based on your own personal decision making process when you get dressed everyday.
As soon as your close it clean and organized, make it a point to keep it that way. You will be able to do this by returning your things in their proper places after you use them or after you wash them.
Furthermore, you should also deal with the things that are out of place to prevent clutter build up.
Tips For Organizing Your Home
Aug 24th
You will see how the following tips for organizing your home revolve or work hand in hand with each other:
Sort through your items, belongings and stuff before it becomes clutter Take steps daily to maintain clutter Get the most out of existing space by having a designated place for everything
Now things don’t have to be spotless and sure you’ll have those days where you won’t do any of the above mentioned steps but following them regularly can help you get organized.
So lets start with sorting through your belongings. While working through this keep asking yourself the following questions:
Do I need this item? Will I use this item? Did you know you had this item?
It makes getting rid of things much easier if the answer is “no” or even a “maybe”.
Start with something small like old magazines. If they are a year old toss them! If you haven’t re-read any articles recently chances are you got what you needed from it and it’s time to throw them away. This alone will help free up some shelf space.
Same goes for your daily mail. Go through it, get rid of the junk and put the bills on your desk instead of on your kitchen table or counter tops. Take a look at the things you might have posted on your fridge. Throw away old invitations, expired coupons and shopping lists. By sorting through your smaller items first it will help make your decision to part with tougher items like shoes, clothes, etc easier.
Now you may be thinking that taking steps daily to maintain clutter sounds a little excessive. But this step can be as simple as putting away brushes, curling irons, styling products, etc. when your done with them. Fold and put away your clean laundry instead of letting it sit on the couch or on a bed in a spare room. Put your dirty laundry in the hamper and not on the bath or bedroom floors. Yes this is all clutter and putting it away can give a quick sense of accomplishment.
You will notice that the key is to put things away now so it doesn’t have to be done later! This also helps when it comes time to clean. Not having to pre clean (clearing counter tops or floors) can cut down on the actual time it takes to clean a bathroom or any room.
Another helpful suggestion is to make a schedule for your chores. Why spend a whole day doing all the heavy cleaning? Why not focus on one area for twenty minutes or so and be done for the day. Vacuum, sweep or mop the floors one day, clean your bathrooms a different day, laundry and bedding another day etc.
Lastly, getting the most out of existing space by having a designated spot for everything. This tip has been touched on briefly but once you’ve got a spot for an item put it away. One way to help with this step is to make sure things are convenient to get to, if it’s not than putting an item away again won’t be easy either.
Again, these are just a few tips for organizing your home. Just focus on accomplishing something daily. Soon you will find that your spending less time trying to keep things organized because they already are. Then you can spend more time doing the things you would rather be doing; spending more time with family, friends or working on your favorite hobbies.
