| Clutter, lost items and general disarray seems to | | | | basement, garage, or shed. |
| occur in almost every home. It seems we all at | | | | Now all that's left should be the items you want |
| one point or another have an area that's total | | | | to remain in the room you're working on. Before |
| clutter, or we're always looking for items we've | | | | you being to put things away, evaluate the area. |
| stored, and in general have problems with home | | | | Do you have enough efficient storage space for |
| organization. Whether it's the kid's room, the | | | | all the items you have? For example, if you're in a |
| bedroom, the bathroom, the garage, or the | | | | bedroom investing in a closet storage system can |
| workshop, almost everyone has an area that | | | | help you maximize the closet space and keep |
| needs better organization. With a bit of planning | | | | everything in the closet within easy access. A |
| and certain tools you can create great home | | | | shoe shelf is also great for keeping the floor area |
| organization that will work in any room of your | | | | of the closet neatly organized. |
| home for as long as you need. | | | | For many of us phones, PDA,s MP 3 players, |
| The first step of home organization is to | | | | digital cameras, and other electronic devices have |
| de-clutter. This can be a total home weekend | | | | become part of daily life. One easy way to keep |
| project, or you can take it room by room. The | | | | these devices charged and organized is a charging |
| key is to clear the entire space, removing | | | | valet for electronic hand-held devices. Place it on |
| everything. The next step is to take each item | | | | your dresser and you can keep up to six |
| piece by piece and put it into one of four sections: | | | | hand-held items neatly stored, charged, and ready |
| the trashcan, the put it away, the store it, or the | | | | for use. |
| donate it, or yard sale section. Once you've gone | | | | Good home organization is about keeping |
| through every piece in the room, you're ready to | | | | everything accessible, yet not always visible. Once |
| begin to apply the home organization principles and | | | | you've completed the room, take the time to |
| get the room back in order. | | | | create a notebook to make notes of where the |
| For the items you've decided to donate or yard | | | | items you've removed are stored and what still |
| sale, remove them immediately from the room. If | | | | remains in the room. Once you've completed |
| they're to be donated box, them up and put | | | | every room using this method, you'll have a |
| them in your vehicle. For yard sale items box and | | | | notebook with easy access to where everything |
| place in an area out of the living space i.e. | | | | in your home is located. |