How to organize your home room by room

Entrance / Mudroom

Our hallways and/or mudrooms often become a place filled with everything as we come and go. I know our entryway does that!

To arrange the entry or mudroom:

Start by throwing out anything that’s clearly trash or recycling, then sort through coats and shoes to see who’s actually still wearing what Donate any items that are in good condition and throw out anything that can’t be repaired, assign hooks or a section of the closet to each person, then put out a tray On the mail table if you find mail collecting in the entryway or mudroom. Place hooks or place a bowl for keys or other small items.

bed room

Bedrooms somehow get messy quickly because we tend to go in and out of them when we are in a hurry. Personally, I leave my room after showering and dressing in the morning in the dark while our dog is still asleep (he’s a bit of a singer and sleeps later than most of us) and I don’t return to him until bedtime at night.

To declutter your bedroom, clear out each drawer of your nightstands and dressers, one by one, and ask yourself:

Is this item still in good condition? does it fit? Have you worn it recently? Does it make me feel good?

If the answer is no to one or more questions, get rid of it. Put everything else away in an organized manner. Sort your clothes, shoes, and jewelry in the same way.

Then eliminate surface areas, such as the tops of cabinets, tables, and chairs by asking yourself if each item belongs there. Put it away if it doesn’t.

It’s okay to leave a few things behind, such as a lamp, candle, flower vase, or the book you’re currently reading. But try not to leave your surfaces covered with things like clean or dirty clothes!

Tanks

There’s a special kind of relief that comes with cleaning out your closets. I love having a well-organized closet and love the organizers we installed a few years ago.

Organize your closet by going through each piece and asking the same questions you ask of the items in your closet:

Is this item still in good condition? does it fit? Have you worn it recently? Does it make me feel good?

If you answer “no” to any questions, get rid of said item. Then put the guards back in the closet in an organized manner.

Use closed boxes or totes to store out-of-season clothing if it helps you stay more organized.

Living room/family room

Living rooms and family rooms are often cluttered because they see a lot of traffic and things don’t get put in their place. Which may make it difficult to relax in space.

I’m having a harder time dealing with this in our house now that the kids are older and everyone has completely different schedules (one of our kids still works a “normal” day schedule, but one of the kids works nights in sports broadcasting and another is a college student He works late evening and early morning at Starbucks). Dean and I clean up every evening before bed, but then the kids are often in the living room and kitchen while we’re asleep and we don’t have the same standards of cleanliness as us. Go and conclude. very funny.

To declutter your living room, go through everything out of place on surfaces or in piles and put it away or get rid of it.

Then take a close look at what you use in your living room or family room.

Is it reading? Watch tv? Playing board games? Playing with dolls?

Whatever you use the room for, make sure you create enough storage space for the things you need for these activities: shelves, storage ottomans, baskets, and anything else. Then put things back in their house every time you finish them and encourage your family to do the same (they will get them 99% of the time).

You can also reduce visual clutter in living rooms and family rooms further by hiding cables and wires behind objects or by tying them out of the way.

Home office

Whether they’re their own room or combined with another space in your home, home offices aren’t going away anytime soon. It can be a sore point when it comes to clutter.

My kitchen office was driving me crazy because it could be seen from the living room all the time. When I moved it downstairs, it was much easier to live with because I didn’t have to see it all the time and there was more space to store things.

Sort your papers in your office first. Recycle or shred anything you no longer need. Record the files you need to keep in paper files or scan them and store them electronically.

Clear out your desktop and organize your desk drawers (if you have them). You really only need a few things like a lamp, your computer, and necessary items used daily. This is especially true if your home office is located in the kitchen, living room, or dining room. Store the like in drawers and dispose of the excess.

Coral ropes with zip ties or even just ties or bread clips. Pass it along one leg of your desk or along the corner of a wall to keep it from looking crowded.

kitchen

In the kitchen, start by arranging the kitchen table. Remove all unnecessary things and sort them. Throw out the trash and put the rest of the items away in their place.

Then tackle the rest of the kitchen in the areas:

Baking supplies and pans can be placed in a higher cabinet unless you bake daily. Boxes and boxes in your pantry should be stored in a way that works for you and your family. Toss out any items that are past their expiration date. Saran bags, foil, and Ziploc bags should have their own space, as should Tupperware and Rubbermaid containers. Throw away or recycle any containers or lids that don’t fit. Sort through your small appliances and donate any you don’t use regularly. Then put them all in the same closet. Review pots and pans and only keep utensils you use regularly. Store anything you have to save for special occasions (like roasting a turkey) in the basement or pantry if you don’t have room in the cupboard for pots and pans. Utensils, cooking utensils, and even the most frequently used spices should be kept near the stove. Purge the refrigerator of all expired items and old food scraps. Wipe down every shelf and drawer. Then return the nutrients in a way that makes sense to you.

Bathrooms

Bathrooms are actually a great place to start decluttering because there are rarely items that hold any sentimental or sentimental value. So you can make some big gains very quickly.

Pull everything out and throw away the excess. Combine things you have little left over like the shampoo you always use. Remove surfaces such as counters and shelves.

Go through the toiletries and medicine cabinet. Then sort as follows – soap with soap, shampoo with shampoo, razor blades with razor blades, etc. Throw away anything you don’t use anymore.

Washroom

Every laundry room is different and people often choose to store different items in their laundry room. For example, before we built and organized our basement pantry, we kept extra foods that didn’t fit in the kitchen in our laundry room because they were close together. Now we only keep cleaning supplies and extra paper goods like toilet paper and paper towels there.

To organize your laundry room, you first need to decide what does and does not belong in your laundry room. Next, remove anything that doesn’t belong there. Then throw out anything old, unlucky, or expired.

Basement/attic

Basements and attics are often the dumping ground for all sorts of things. Family “treasures”, vintage decor, and all the “I’ll get to later” type things. When you’re arranging these spaces, you may need to set aside a significant amount of time to go into everything.

To handle storage space in the basement or attic, divide the room into zones and then go to each zone, one by one.

Throw broken and unnecessary items into a box or bag just to throw them in the trash. Then sort into “Keep” and “Donate/Sell” bins or bins. Remove donation/sale containers (be sure to dispose of their contents as quickly as possible) and place them in containers. Use Rubbermaid bags with lids if water or critters might be a problem.

garage

The garage is another place that can be difficult to control. Just like with warehouses when there is a lot of stuff in and out all the time and there are many categories of content, garages need good systems in place to keep the clutter at bay. This is especially true if you live in a place that has four distinct seasons and you need to be able to store summer items in the winter and vice versa.

To declutter your garage, you need to unpack everything. You can work in areas if that makes it easier. Toss out any trash or clearly useless items.

Then sort the remaining items into categories, such as sports equipment, lawn care, car care, etc.