daily clutter » rules for organizing your home http://dailyclutter.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:54:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 The Golden Rules of Organizing Your Home http://dailyclutter.com/the-golden-rules-of-organizing-your-home/ http://dailyclutter.com/the-golden-rules-of-organizing-your-home/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:50:37 +0000 Lori http://dailyclutter.com/?p=150

goldenruleWhen it comes to organizing your home there are certain tips and techniques that can be used to ease the process. I refer to these rules as the golden rules of organization. The golden rules can help to maintain an organized space, regardless of the state of the room, or the home before you start. Here are some of the golden rules of organization and ways that you can implement them into your home.

Group like things together. When you are looking for something, you most likely don’t want to have to search five places to find matching pairs or sets. Grouping like things together is a rule that works from the closet to the kitchen and even to the laundry room. Using baskets, containers and other types of storage devices to ensure that these items are kept together is an effective way of reducing clutter while reducing the time that you spend looking for things.

Finish what you start. Finishing what you start is an essential rule to home organization. If you spend five minutes starting a job and then are unable to finish it – you are going to have to begin again when you come back to it, although this time the job is likely going to take double the time. When you start the organizing job, ensure that you have enough time to finish the job completely. Starting with small tasks can make organizing your home seem less overwhelming to most homeowners and is therefore an effective means of organization.

Always leave room for more. When organizing a space, it is important to leave room for items that can be placed in the space later. For this reason, experts recommend avoiding filling the space to more than 85% capacity, as items can be added as necessary. If you over-fill the space, you could leave yourself looking at a mess in the future.

Organize the Space in a manner that makes sense and is accessible, as well as easy to maintain. Organizing a space that makes sense for your lifestyle should be determined by how often you are going to use the space and what the space is going to be used for. Think about the immediate future needs of the space, will more space be required? Are you willing to part with any of the items that are being stored in the space? Organizing the space in a manner that makes sense can make it easier to maintain in the future.

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