Hello World! Welcome Friends! Do you feel that the atmosphere of your home is messy, chaotic and lazy, affecting every aspect of your life? It indicates that you have been struggling to get your house in order. Instead of being a victim of such an abysmal situation, take control and start organizing your home. According to research, people are more inclined to acquire and store more stuff than to lead a minimal and practical lifestyle. The accumulation of possessions and limited organization skills thus result in home clutter and chaos.
Keep reading to learn from these top five tips to keep things sorted out quickly and effectively.
Removing Unnecessary Items
Decluttering plays a crucial role in making a house spick and span. It helps to determine the essential and non-essential items needed in the home. This method of organization has different ways. One is to take everything out of the drawer, closet, office desk, or any other space you wish to organize. From opening up the storage bins to searching the nooks and crannies of your home, go through everything you find.
Once you have taken out everything, divide all that you have got into three piles/boxes. You can designate each package according to the usage. For example, one bundle can be assigned to the items you want to keep. The second one can be for the things you no longer wish to use but are in good condition. The last one can be assigned for the useless items.
Decluttering can be challenging if you have sentimental value attached to your belongings. If you want more insight into the magic of decluttering, this guide will help you understand it in a better way.
Enlisting your Belongings
After tossing out the extraneous and expired items, look at what is left. Does it make sense to you to keep it? Is there another space that is more suited to keep it or another area where it would be easily accessible? For example, take that stack of books you have been holding on your side table. Move it to where it belongs; in a book rack.
This itemized list of your belongings will give you a clear picture of what items you own, thus making the organization of things much easier. Although initially, it needs an investment of time and effort, once completed, it will be helpful for a longer time. Remember to update your inventory regularly whenever new items are added or discarded.
You can catalog your home inventory in different ways. Having a record of all your belongings will make it easy to know your items’ nature, usage and frequency.
Using the Vertical Space
Make most of every inch by taking advantage of the vertical space in your home. For example, shirts are often stored in stacks, so most people rarely get to wear the items on the bottom. Moreover, finding any specific garment becomes difficult because one must dig through several things first. You can resolve these issues by folding the shirts vertically using the KonMari method.
Racks and hooks can also be a great companion for organizing stuff like spices, cleaning supplies, jewelry, etc. By placing these hooks strategically, you can create space in unlikely places like electrical devices and organize toiletries with hooks.
Lastly, consider saving the floor space by adding hanging storage racks for purses and coats inside the closet. It will make them easily accessible when needed.
Creating a Cleaning Schedule
From cooking to laundry, there is an endless list of things to do around the home. Hence, putting off cleaning tasks is considered relatively easy. If you set a cleaning schedule, you can keep track of things to help you stay organized. It will also allow the family members to lend a helping hand in tidying up the home when necessary.
This frequent sorting can therefore prevent the accumulation of clutter, thus resolving the space efficiency issues. When the storage space gets optimized, there will no longer be a need to build a new one. Therefore, it will save you a few bucks as well.
To make a cleaning schedule, go around your home and analyze all the areas that need to be in order. You can then group the different tasks by frequency, like a daily, weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual cleaning schedule.
If you are eager to say goodbye to your cramped house of yours, these tips will save you from getting into further trouble.
Don’t Do it All at Once
Keeping your home organized in a single go is very challenging. The process can be overwhelming and tiring due to the level of attention each area of your place needs. To begin with, start focusing on one zone/room at a time.
For example, one can initiate the transformation of the bedroom by organizing and categorizing the clothes, shoes and accessories in the closet and then, later on, performing a deep cleaning. Not to forget that the bathroom shelves and linen closet, when organized, can vouch for stress-free mornings.
When it comes to the kitchen, dividing it into smaller chunks can help maximize the counter space, reorganize the pantry and re-arrange the kitchen appliances without overburdening you.
The garage also needs attention as it is home to various tools, car supplies and beach toys. The laundry room can be a gigantic mess if not taken care of.
Conclusion
Instead of kicking, shoving and hiding things under the bed or somewhere else, try to keep your house organized. The quality of a home is compromised by ‘clutter,’ as per the findings in the Journal of Psychology. Once everything is separated, categorized and labeled, you won’t be bumping into your kids’ toys or tripping over other unnecessary things. Stop stressing out and start organizing your stuff by dividing the tasks into smaller chunks. It will have a significant impact on your productivity.
If you feel it is not easy to sort out all your belongings on your own, hiring a professional might come in handy, and you can prevent your home from cramping up.
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