A place for everything, and everything in your closet
Do you fight a constant battle against clutter? Do you enter your friends’ houses with envy because they are always so tidy? Do you wonder why your house never looks like this?
Let’s be honest. Some people are neat by nature. For them, it is not an effort to put things away, they like to do it. For others, there just isn’t enough time. They put an item somewhere with the intention of putting it away later, and they put another item somewhere with the intention of putting it away later, and finally you have a mess and you have no idea where to put anything and you don’t have time to clean up, anyway. modes.
The trick is to acquire some organizational systems that make it easy to put things away right away, instead of being so daunting that you’d rather put it off…and put it off and put it off.
What are the problem areas in your home?
If you have children, their rooms are perhaps a big problem! The cliché is that all children live in chronically messy rooms. I can’t offer any advice there, except to start teaching them to put away their own stuff when they’re young enough to learn, rather than after you’ve already established the pattern that you’ll clean up after them.
However, besides your children’s bedrooms, what are the problem areas in your house?
Sit down and define those areas, and then go to the web and start looking for what you can use to help you solve your problems.
As with all things, you want to buy good quality for as little money as possible. That means you want to do some comparison shopping, which is very easy thanks to the internet.
What are these things made of?
Depending on your lifestyle and your price range, you will buy items made of plastic, metal, or wood. Most things these days are made to excellent quality regardless, but nevertheless, be sure to do some comparison shopping to buy what’s right for you at the price you can afford.
You also need to consider your do-it-yourself skills. Depending on the vendor, you’ll take most items home and assemble them yourself. This can be easy or difficult, of course, depending on the particular item. If you don’t consider yourself a handy person, it’s always possible to pay someone from the store to install it for you, or even a local handyman. However, if you are going to pay someone to do the installation, no matter how cheap the item is, be sure to get a quote and a guarantee that the item will be assembled and installed to your satisfaction.
But as long as you read the instructions before you start putting anything together, and make sure all screws, washers, nuts, and bolts came with the item, you’ll be fine.
sources on the web
Go to your favorite browser and type in keywords like “Home Organization.” That will help you organize your whole life. There will be sites that will provide you with lists and sites that will advise you on how to get organized. These can be quite useful, actually, and I advise you to take a serious look at them and sign up for any mailing lists that are offered. Some are free, others cost money, so check some out before committing funds to them.
Other search keywords would be “Shoe Closet” or “Closet Organization”. (Putting your search terms in quotes helps narrow your search.)
Again, you’ll get a list of dozens of websites that offer the kinds of things you’ll need.
Major stores like Home Depot and Office Max are also online, but look for specialty stores.
The Container Store has items to help you organize your closet, your kitchen, your home office, in fact, pretty much everything except your bedroom! If you are a university student, they even have a section for you, for your bedroom.
Check out Home Trends for the same kind of stuff as The Container Store, but also bedroom accessories, from underbed shoe organizers to underbed caddies to slippers.
Stack and Stack Housewares gives you other options for your home organization needs, as well as home furnishings.
There are a lot of good things out there. There is something out there that will help you. Go get it.