8 Tips to Get Your Home Really Organized

Are you tired of the piles and heaps and stacks of clutter in your home? It sure does feel overwhelming just thinking about organizing your entire home. Below are helpful tips that will get you started on making your home more organized.

Tip No. 1: To Start, Think Small

Unless your home is below average in size, you won’t be able to organize, clean, and sanitize your entire home in just a single day. To organize your home, schedule and plan ahead for project areas that you think you can cover for the day. Make another list for the following days. You can choose one closet, one drawer, a cabinet, and a cupboard in one room.

Tip No. 2: Schedule Your Cleaning and Organizing Time

You have to treat the task of organizing your home as a scheduled appointment. Mark your calendar because if you don’t, it will be easy for you to put the task off until you forget it completely (or remember it a few months later). Go easy on yourself and schedule only two to three hours of cleaning. Myriads of well-intentioned and overexcited declutterers jump in the task thinking that they can finish the project within a couple of hours. Soon enough, they fizzle out overwhelmed with the task. Unfortunately, this problem is far more common that you’d expect. Make sure that you have protein, water, and chocolate ready when taking on your organizing endeavor.

Tip No. 3: Plan Ahead

Plan ahead and make sure you ask for help. Invite a family member or a friend that will be happy to help you. However, you should remember that you need to choose one that will help you and not distract you. This time should go by fairly quickly when you need to organize your home without distractions. If you have disposable income at hand, you can seek the assistance of a professional organizer, especially if you think the task is already weighing on you. The cost to hire a professional is between $400 and $700.

Tip No. 4: Prepare Your Cleaning and Organizing Tools

There are lots of tools that can help you make the task at hand run smoothly such as brooms, vacuum cleaner, and cleaning products. There are also items that can help you contain items such as rubber bands, stapler, labels, paper clips, and pens.

Tip No. 5: Dump, Sort, Shovel

It is a good idea to section areas and focus on organizing one section at a time. You can also go through one stack at a time. It is motivating to witness a big empty space in a closet or on top of a desk.

If it is time for you to reorganize one drawer, dump all the content out on another surface. If you pick a drawer for clothing, dump all your clothes on the bed. Pick and choose the ones that you have to put back first until you’ve taken care of everything.

Tip No. 6: Shine It Up

While an area is empty, grab a damp cloth and clean off the area to make it fresh and new all over again. You can also vacuum surfaces to take away dirt and dust. You will feel great once you put items back.

Tip No. 7: Save Items

After you have polished an area, only put back the items that you want to save.

Tip No. 8: Finish or Reschedule

When you’re done, make sure that you have redistributed all the containers, bags, and boxes to where they belong. Do not leave your tools sitting around as they will only cause emotional and mental clutter to pile up.