Get Ready to Organize Your Home in 10 Easy Steps

1. Only take one thing or one room at a time. Don’t look at the whole home, break things down into smaller projects.
2. Have a goal in mind. Do you want to re-do the entire room (painting, carpet cleaning etc.) or just clean out the drawers in the bedroom and organize the closet?
3. Use storage organizers whenever possible. The hint is to wait until you know what sizes that you want or need to purchase. Don’t go out and buy 10 new containers just to find out that they are the wrong size. Use cardboard boxes to store in until you know the sizes that you need then purchase them and then transfer everything and don’t forget to label them.
4. Store all ‘like’ things together. Such as electrical with electrical, scarves and belts in an accessory box (a shoe caddy also works well for this and you can see everything etc.
5. After you have organized everything make sure that you keep it up. Always put things back in their ‘home’ and your organizing will not be for nothing. You will have everything under control.
6. Keep a good attitude. You are doing this to get rid of the clutter and things that no longer fit into your lifestyle so make sure that you keep that in mind as you are sorting things. Give them a new home and another life in someone else’s home.
7. Change your habits. We all have certain habits that we do without thinking such as: throwing our coat on the chair when we walk in the door, taking our shoes off next to the sofa instead of at the door or in the bedroom, leaving the soda glasses on the table when we go to bed instead of putting them in the sink or taking 2 minutes to wash and put away etc. Just these small things can change your life and eliminate excess clutter.
8. For everything new that you purchase something old has got to go. How many times have you bought a new pair of shoes and you have an old pair that are worn out lying in the closet (that you know you will never wear again) and you just leave them instead of throwing them out?
9. Keep a list of what your goals are for your project. It is easy to cross things off of a list when we have completed them and also a great rewarding feeling. You won’t have to worry about forgetting to do something if you have a list to follow. You can also update this as you are organizing if you find that you would like to add or subtract a job.
10. Reward yourself as you are working. Take a break when you feel like it, plan on that nice luxurious hot bubble bath you are going to take when the job is finished, make a date for a golf or fishing outing or do something as simple as going out to dinner. You deserve it; you have just started to organize your life.