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Hint: if you can’t actually fit your stockpile of toilet paper in case of a zombie apocalypse in your storage closet, you need to go back to step 2 and get rid of extras.įor more organizing tips, check out Smart Top of the Fridge Storage Ideas, How to Keep Clutter Off Your Counters and How to Instantly Declutter Your Home.India is back! With the country’s general elections in 2014 resulting in a government formed by a new political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, led by a business-friendly prime minister, Narendra Kumar Modi, the world’s largest democracy is once again on the minds of business leaders the world over. To make it easy for other members of your family to maintain your system, label the top edge of drawers, sides of bins, and shelf areas. If you own a labelmaker, this is your chance to go crazy with the labeling! #5: Find a Place for Everything (and I mean E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G) – Designate a home for everything. Key areas to consider are your pantry, linen closets, craft area, family room, bathrooms, mudroom, bedroom closets and basement. Not only does containerizing help you control the clutter, it enables you to see what you need to restock at-a-glance and saves the shelf space until you replenish them.
So, for example, use open bins on pantry shelves to sort baking supplies, packaged items, and canned and dry goods. #4: Containerize – Create container systems for storing the common mess culprits. The best way to avoid overspending on sales is to identify what you want to find on sale and wait until it goes on sale to buy. Stocking up is how you trick yourself into acquiring more clutter. When you find something on sale, even if it’s an amazing deal, evaluate if you really, really need it. It’s hard to resist a good deal, but resist you must. The hardest part of curbing the spending is when it comes to sales. #3: Stop the Spending – Now that you’ve created space in your home, resist the temptation to fill it with new treasures (and by ‘treasures’, I mean, mess). If you don’t need it or it no longer suits you, say good-bye. Yes, it was handy to have drawers of yarn, stickers, paint, popsicles sticks and glitter when the kids were little, but if your teenager isn’t into crafting, it’s time to pass those along to someone with kids in the pre-K stage.ĭo this for every room, for every category (especially your wardrobe). #2: Downsize – Evaluate the little-used items in your mudroom, basement, kitchen/pantry and storage cupboard and decide if you still need them. (Oh, and by the way, if you don’t find yourself dragging out that crockpot after a year of only using your Instapot, it’s probably a good indication it should go.) If the answer is yes (but only sometimes), put the less favorite duplicate in a more out of the way spot so you free up your prime real estate for the daily clutter management. #1: Ditch the Duplicates – Go through your home, room by room, and search for the multiples and ask yourself, “Do I really use both often enough that I need two or three versions of the same thing?” So what can you do about controlling the clutter chaos? You end it (here’s how): 5 Steps to Conquering the Clutter Chaos Whatever you do, however you deal with it, it costs you. Maybe you read your family the riot act or fight with your spouse about how much you have to do around the house and would it kill him to just help out for once or maybe you do double time trying to keep up with it all… By subscribing, I consent to receiving emails.
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