Home organization doesn’t have to be scary. As you pack up after Christmas, why not get organized for the new year? Learn how to keep your home orderly with tips from professional organizers. Find out what three areas are best to focus on first.
The easier way to organize
Getting organized can be tough. 75 cities even have task forces who tackle hoarding. Thankfully, it won’t take a SWAT team to clear your clutter. Instead, we turned to organization expert Linda Dunham for tips.
“It’s absolutely possible that anybody can get organized who wants to be,” says Dunham. “I define clutter as anything that you don’t need, don’t use, don’t love, and that isn’t loving you back. If it isn’t bringing joy to you, comfort to you, ease to you, it’s clutter. Get rid of it.”
Organize these three first
Three of the areas in greatest need a home are often closets, kitchens and family areas where visitors might want to come in.
Some real helpful things in your closet to help you get organized would be clear shoe containers, broad dividers that tell you what kind of clothing is in which section, and uniform hangers.
Things that can help you in the kitchen might be drawer dividers, things to help you hang things up in areas that maybe you’re not using, like the back of your pantry drawer.
You can get your living room looking and feeling better with some simple containers that are pretty and lovely. We want the things are there, even though they’re practical, to at least look nice. Bookshelves are going to help a bit. If you have children’s toys, getting some creative containers and maybe putting them on shelves when the kids aren’t using them might be helpful.
One last step to organize for good
Finally, Dunham advises you get everyone in on the plan. “Make sure you help your family understand what you’re doing and why you’re doing it,” sha adds. “Because, you’re changing their world too. So if you let them know what you’re doing, why you’re doing it, they’ll be little bit more invested in helping you out with it.”
Getting organized doesn’t have to be mission impossible when you have the right tools and these helpful tips.
From the archives
Here’s a HomeShow bonus: we found this golden oldie in our video archive. It’s from back when we first started doing videos. But, it still has some useful tips!
