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How to Unpack and Organize Your New Home
If you followed our packing strategies, unpacking your home room by room shouldn’t be too difficult. Being able to take your labelled boxes to their appropriate rooms instead of stacking everything in the living room will already put you a step ahead.
But going from there takes some planning.
Start With Essentials
The first thing you should locate and unpack in your new home are living essentials such as:
• Hygiene items like toothbrush, shampoo, toothpaste, soap, etc.
• Toilet paper for using the bathroom
• Your sheets and pillows for your bed
• What you’ll be wearing in the next few days
And if you have pets, unpacking their items and helping them adjust to their new home should also be one of …show more content…

To unpack and organize these key living areas, start with big items first. You won’t be able to put books on a bookshelf unless the shelf is already set up. You won’t be able to put a lamp and nice vase on your side table unless the side table has already been placed there. So how do you organize your main living areas?
How to Plan a Living Room Layout
1. Evaluate the shape of your living room and how you should group furniture to maximize space
2. Evaluate the light, window locations and wall space of your living room
3. Evaluate the key function of your living room, whether it’s conversation, game playing, watching movies or relaxation
4. List out what you already have and any other furniture or items you might need to purchase
5. Sketch out what you want it to look like and then follow that plan!
You can check out the full details for each step in the blog How to Plan a Mobile Home Living Room Layout in 5 Steps.
How to Organize and Plan Your Kitchen
1. Consider where you spend the most time preparing food.
If you’re in front of the stovetop a lot, you don’t want spices, ladles and your common cooking supplies to be on the opposite side of the kitchen.
2. Prioritize your cabinet real estate.
If you have children reaching for cereal and bowls daily, put those items in easily accessible places. Holiday dishes, serving platters and unusual appliances like juicers that you may not use as

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