It can be difficult to organize your home space properly. Especially if you are not a clean person by nature. However, even the most organized people are not magicians – they just follow proven rules and tricks that gradually turn into habits. You can do the same – start with these simple tips.
Allocate each item to its own place
Knowing how to put each item in its own place makes the difference between people who constantly lose their keys, glasses or purse and those who always know where to find what they need. When each item has its own “home,” the question of where to put something simply doesn’t arise. And if an item is left “homeless” all the time, think about whether you need it at all.
Replace one thing with another.
When you bring something new into the house – whether it’s clothes, a toy, or a book – take a close look at everything you already have. Maybe you’ll find a T-shirt in your closet that you haven’t worn in a year, so a new one can take its place. And you can give the old stuff away, for example, to charity.
Tuck stuff away in the same place.
Keep a drawer in your closet for small stuff. Put the things you need that have nowhere else to put there. Try not to let one drawer turn into several. If it does, it’s time to clear out the piles and throw away what you don’t need.
Store small things in big ones.
Instead of spending hours thinking about how to fit everything in your closet, put things together. That way they take up less space and are much easier to find. For example, you can tuck smaller suitcases into larger suitcases.
Store things vertically
When you don’t have enough space, you can put things on the refrigerator or kitchen cabinets. Yes, you’ll have to get up on a chair to get everything out, but you won’t clutter up useful space with things you don’t use too often.
Use hooks.
Attach as many hooks as you can to the inside of doors, walls, and other places where you need extra space. Now, instead of throwing your jacket on a chair after work or putting a towel on the washing machine, you can hang them neatly.
Try a hanging shoe case
This is a very effective element of space organization. You can put a lot of things in such a case, and it can also be placed in a narrow space, such as a closet. You don’t need to put your shoes in the shoebox, just keep cleaning supplies, toys, cosmetics, or anything else you can think of.
Clean up on your own time.
Got a few minutes to spare? Get rid of things you don’t need. Organized people don’t wait for a general cleaning, they take every opportunity to make the space around them at least a little bit cleaner.
Put away children’s toys and pets’ toys.
Put away 50-75% of your toys in the closet so they’re not lying around the house. And once your child or pet gets bored with the old toys, you can replace them with “new” toys.
