Sometimes I think getting ready for a big move is a blessing in disguise. For anyone who has moved in the last three years - you know the routine: Clean out your drawers and cupboards, rid your home of clutter and clear off all your counter tops.
In the beginning, it's a bit of a heart stopper seeing all your precious belongings disappearing from eyesight, but after awhile you start to get used to the sleek look of clean drawers and counter tops. Suddenly, you're able to get your hands on just what you need at a moment's notice because everything has its place. This sense of order has a cleansing effect and you vow to continue this new discipline once you move.
Finally, the day of the big move arrives and off you go to a new home with a
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Staying organized is a skill, and just like any talent it requires practice. In the same way you would start a diet or an exercise plan, begin by making one or two positive changes every week, and eventually, an organized home will be part of your daily lifestyle.
Here are enough organization tips to last for 10 days, after that, you'll be dreaming up your own ideas.
1. Hang a cork board in your mud room to help keep you organized as you dash out of the house. The board is perfect for those shopping lists, prescriptions, or reminder notes that you seem to always be forgetting. Give it some extra functionality by screwing a magnetic knife holder to the frame of your cork board. Use it to hold keys (not good for car keys with built in chips), scissors, screwdriver, even a small flashlight.
2. Hang a large tote bag in a common area and use it to collect clothing and other items destined for donation.
3. Buy some clear plastic business card sheets to organize all those cards lying about. These sheets are also handy for organizing sewing kits, embroidery thread or even coupons. The larger divider sheets are perfect for storing
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Clothespins aren't just for hanging wet clothes. They make great closet organizers for hats, mitts and scarves. Glue the pins to the inside of closet doors and keep your mitts organized in the cold weather. Use the same idea in an office cupboard to hang memos, cards, photos or small calendars.
6. Use pretty glass knobs or other coordinating hardware to hang tee-towels over the sink in the laundry room.
7. Sometimes candles will sit in a drawer for an entire year without being used, and may easily be broken during that time. Next time you empty a roll of paper towels, use your empty cardboard roll to store candles, labeling each tube with the color and size of candle.
8. The next time you have to go poking around a dark place like your crawl space or fusebox, have a flashlight ready to go. If your flashlight is metal, simply attach a small magnet to the outside of the fusebox, or glue a strip of Velcro for plastic versions. Don't forget to put batteries in the flashlight.
9. If you purchase large bags of dog food, simply empty into a small garbage pail for easy storage. Close the lid tightly and the food will stay fresh for
Get Rid Of Clutter: To you, your clutter may give your space a homey and cozy feel, but to those coming to look at your house, clutter will just make it look messy. Clutter draws attention away from the natural beauty of any space, and it makes rooms look much smaller and cramped than they really are.
I PUT DVDS AND BOOKS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, THEY ARE EASIER TO FIND. I COLOR COORDINATE MY CLOTHES FOR WORK, IT TAKES ME LESS TIME TO PUT AN OUTFIT TOGETHER. THERE ARE SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN RE-PURPOSE THINGS. YOU CAN USE ICE CUBE TRAYS FOR A DESK, FOR HOME OR WORK. IT WORKS GREAT FOR US, WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO SAVE TIME. MY BIGGEST THING IS, GET RID OF THINGS YOU HAVEN’T USED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. IT’S HARD TO GET RID OF SOME STUFF, BUT IT KEEPS IT A LITTLE MORE ORGANIZED. THE CLEANER AND MORE ORGANIZED YOUR WORKSPACE, THE BETTER YOU WILL FEEL. YOUR HOME WILL BE EASIER TO CLEAN AND STAY CLEAN, I HAVE FOUND THAT OUT. THERE 'S A DISTINCTION BETWEEN ORGANIZATION AND ALSO THE MERCHANDISE YOU MAY USE TO REALIZE THAT GOAL. ORGANIZATION MAY BE A METHOD, NOT A PRODUCT. I HAVE A FEW TASKS FOR YOU, THAT YOU CAN DO IN LESS THAN TEN MINUTES. RESPOND TO OR DELETE 20 EMAILS. CLEARING OUT OLD MESSAGES, ARCHIVE ONES YOU WANT TO KEEP. FILE ONE STACK OF PAPERWORK. CHECK YOUR APPOINTMENT CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK. MAKE A TO DO LIST. YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO ALL OF THESE THINGS IN TEN MINUTES BUT, DOING SOMETHING IS BETTER THAN DOING NOTHING. USING A LABEL MAKER COMES IN HANDY, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT MAKES THINGS MORE SIMPLE. STORING MANUALS FOR SOFTWARE, PRINTER, COPIER, CALCULATOR, AND FAX MACHINES IN ONE PLACE, MAKES THEM EASY TO FIND. TRYING TO MAKE YOUR DESK AREA HEALTHIER, MAKES YOU HEALTHIER. TRY TO COMBINE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY INTO YOUR DESK AREA, IT WILL MAKE YOU MORE
When moving house, it pays to be more organized than usual. The first step is to make a list of all the things you need to do, who is going to do it, and when. It also pays to list what is packed into each box and taping it to the box, making identifying items easier when you move in.
Those who find it difficult to organize sometimes find themselves struggling with simple activities, and they usually have a higher stress level. “An organized person gives a much better business impression than someone who can't find a phone number, has an office piled with cardboard boxes or is always late for appointments” (Gracia) . One action that you can take to become more organized is to plan your day to day routine. Also, there are numerous training programs and books that are catered specifically to developing these important skills. The benefits to being an organized person are numerous, and will reap great rewards in every aspect of life. In my current profession, as an administrative assistant I assist over 30 physicians. Therefore, I have to be extremely organized. It is vital that I do not keep a messy office as I would get very stressed and lose track of important information. Also, in my opinion, it does not look very professional when your office is cluttered or you always looking for things. I have a system in place to make sure my desk is free from clutter. Even though I have not yet to perfect my organization skills, I feel that continuing to develop great organization skills will allow me to be more effective and efficient in the professional world.
Discard or donate unwanted items: If you are one of those people who constantly sorts through items to figure out what they need and don't need, then you probably already know what you're planning on taking to your new home
When I was in university, there were 2 roommates in my residence that had the same problem of not being able to find things. Their solution was to put everything in the one place. However, the only place in their dorm room big enough to hold everything was the middle of the floor. So, they emptied their closets, drawers and bookshelves into a big pile on the floor.
Another good way to organize hair ties is to attach them to a bracelet that opens easily. That sounds like a good idea but wouldn’t it be kind of strange to to have a bracelet on your hand full of hair ties? That would be kind of weird. There is a lot of other ways to keeping hair accessories organized. But the thing with that is that most of the ways to keep the accessories organized is to put them on trays or boxes. Most of the time of course you can’t be carrying those things around and if you drop them they will break. For example a tray in your room can keep accessories organized, but if it’s dropped it will get everything disorganized. .
We want to give you some tips to organizing the most cluttered spaces within your home. Follow these and the clutter will be gone for good and your home will have a sense of order and peace within its walls.
Anyway, just after two days of the decision, our house immediately began to be packed up. Everything we owned had to be stuffed into the smallest amount of boxes possible. When you start to pack up your room, let alone your whole house, you start to realize how much stuff you really have. As a nine year old sitting on my bedroom floor, this task seemed impossible to accomplish.
Focus on unpacking and organizing your kid's bedrooms first. This allows them to have a homey, comfortable space immediately in the new home. When you begin unpacking the rest of the house, do so methodically. Only unpack what you can put away immediately. Unpacking too soon is chaotic and results in stressful clutter. Find a home for everything you unpack as soon as you take it out of the box.
If you are like most North Americans, you are being pulled in many directions with very little time left over for yourself. When you add to this the stress of a cluttered home, you may feel a tad overwhelmed. Sure, you have been meaning to get organized and you may have even attempted to tackle a few rooms. But let's face it: unless you are willing to purge, you are only moving stuff around. So go ahead, get rid of the surplus stuff!
Screwing hooks on the walls and running strings or ribbons on the hooks would reduce the clutter of things that are strewn across the floor and would make good use of the vertical space and one can use the ribbons to hang displays this would add creativity to the whole room. The other idea is to screw hooks on the walls then attach a net on the hooks that would be used to store more stuff that are not used very often. Using old wine crates, one can have additional storage space in the apartment. They allow one to make good use of the vertical space without affecting the décor of the apartment. The wine crates would be mounted on the walls or stacked one on top of the other.
Everyone likes to have a nice, orderly home. If you are a neat freak and you like to have a place for everything, you need to have a place for your paper towels. A paper towel holder will help to implement this organization. There are plenty of sizes and ways to install these holders so seriously consider buying one of them!
Organization means using your space wisely. Using things like computers to hold lots of information and keep
Many common products meet the need as the magnetic organizer. One of the most common are named folders. This product meets the same purpose as the Magnetic Organizer, although, is very simple. Papers can fall out if turned upside down, and can cause much stress if done on accident. Another downside to folder is there small size can cause us to regard our attention to larger objects, causing the possibility of forgetting the folder somewhere. Another product is named a bin. A bin can be used to store many items and papers, although it may not always be very portable,