HOME & GARDEN
8 Tips On Organizing Your Home
by Walter Jensen
Here are 8 very useful tips on organizing your home. Taking that first step is the most important part
of organizing your home. So now let’s get started on step one. This is critical because you can’t get
to where you want to go unless you know what that “where” looks like. How do you want this room
to function? How do you want to feel when you’re in it? What do you want to do in this room? What
is the real purpose of this room?
Tip #2 - Get into a Routine
Sounds simple doesn’t it - well take it from me it’s one of
the hardest tasks to do. As a teacher, I have always found
this has helped me “organize” my day at school for lessons
planning, staff meetings and have always found it effective
- so, guesswhat? I now do it for organizing the home. For
example, with the children if they have left any toys lying
around after playing with them I encourage them to put
them away in their “tidy box” or on the shelf.
Tip #3 - Organize Storage
All things in the home must have a “Home” that’s one of the
things I say to my kids. Why? Because when something is
not seen (in the closet) you can get the False Feeling of it’s
all organized. On the shelves divide up sweaters, blouses,
the clothes you wear now. As for racks - great for shoes.
Tip #1
Get a pad of paper and pen and walk through each room
of your home and write down what you see. It is important
not to be overwhelmed. Try doing this systematically.
For example, here is what you might see in your home entry way: shoes, unopened newspapers, mail and circulars
that are left at your door, keys, pet toys, coats, sweaters
and more. Now write down what can be done to eliminate
this clutter.
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