Organizing Your Home
Organizing your home can seem so overwhelming. You don't even know where to begin. The cluttered garage? The closets full of clothes that you can't fit into anymore? No, it's not easy, but you will feel more in control and less stressed when you complete the project. You might even find an outfit you forgot about that is actually pretty flattering.
Go through every room of your house and remove clutter. Clutter is defined as stacks of books and magazines, framed photographs, and other knick-knacks that take up space. Make a pile. Then go through all of your closets and pull out these items and organize them in two piles: the "I'll never wear/use again pile" and the "Oh! I still like this pile."
Sort out all of your piles and take anything that didn't make the cut to your local Salvation Army, or offer them to friends in need. Then thoroughly clean your house from top to bottom, like a "spring cleaning." You must begin with a blank slate.
Bring your belongings back in one at a time, but take time to arrange them neatly. Everything has its place, but don't clutter the walls or other surfaces with decorations again to an extreme. Use storage bins and other organizing accessories to keep everything neat and easily accessible.
Set a realistic schedule for maintaining the organization. Clean your house once a week, with regular touch ups in between. You might even find something that you've been looking for, or perhaps even a hidden treasure.