25 Ideas to Organize Your Home

A neat, clean and an organized house make it easier to relax and avoid distractions when you need to concentrate. Not to mention the usual advantage of being easier to locate what we need when everything is in relative order.

Some are as basic and classic that might bore you; other maybe bumps for being too radical. But here they are all; if you’re inspired and want to add some more, all up to you.

1. Make your bed in the morning. At night, before bed, take a few minutes to organize things in order.
2. Collect the table and wash the dishes right after eating, if there is no good reason to wait and postpone.
3. A little cleaning of bathroom should be done after every use. This micro-cleaning (which does not have to last more than 2 to 3 minutes) saves time when you undertake the “major cleaning”.
4. If something spills or breaks ( crash …! ), get used to pick up immediately. Too basic stuff we know but worth mentioning here…
5. Do not store your unused paper (newspapers, magazines, brochures, etc.) unless you are certain that you are going to need them. For that use your computer.
6. If there is something useful in your mails, then keep it otherwise remove mail after reading them.
7. Throw away things which are broken.
8. Get rid of objects that you associate with a painful memory, if possible.
9. Throw away any unwanted hate decorative objects (provided they are yours), to avoid feeling annoyed every time you look at them.
10. In general, get rid of a few decorative items. It will cost less to clean.
11. If throwing away things bothers you: recycle them, use them or sell them off.
12. Create a space (not too big) where to put things until you decide what to do with them. If you spend more than a year without the need, consider removing them from home.
13. Do not cheat. For example, keeping things under the bed you do not need.
14. Declutter your shelves, boxes, files or, in general, the tools you need to organize and optimize the space at home. But do not fill them with useless things.
15. Label what you require, so you know what is in each “package” without having to open it.
16. Do not store the very old clothes, which has been very small or that you do not plan to use it again until bizarre fashion just happened.
17. Do not keep things in duplicate or quadruplicate if there is no need.
18. Check out the medicine cabinet or keep medicines place. Keep only necessary medicines.
19. With food, the same. Do not keep it until expired.
20. One rule: For every new item or product coming home, you leave one (or two).
21. Another rule: If you do not need, do not buy. And if it is a gift from someone who adores you, you might give it an exception.
22. Get used to put things in the original place after use.
23. Involved in the mission of “Housekeeping” along with people who live with you under your roof.
24. Dedicating a few minutes each day to cleaning and organizing your house. You can take advantage of the small brackets. For example, pick up some cooking while you finish making ??the coffee.
25. If you have made ??the house a mess, start working on small area. When you finish one, go to the next.