Before you even touch one item in the room you want to organize, you need to fill out an evaluation form. (This is all part of the planning stage.) This will really help you decide the purpose of the room and it will be easier to get rid of the items that are not helping you fulfill that purpose.
For example: Your bedroom is for sleeping, spending time with your spouse, relaxing with a good book, etc.; so does that piece of exercise equipment help you serve any of those purposes? If not, then move it to another room …read more

This is the hard part. Once you have planned, sorted and stored everything, it actually takes some discipline to keep it that way. The number one rule that will help all of us keep our homes and offices more organized is “put it back where you got it from!” This rule goes for a 3 year old to a 100 year old.
Keeping the Clutter Away for Good
Exchange gifts given to you for gifts that you can actually use.
Learn to say no when someone tries to give you something.
Rein in your hobbies. Resolve not to start another project util you …read more

This is the stage that takes the longest and where people tend to get stuck the most. What happend is, they decide they are going to organize their bedroom closet. They pull everything out, start trying to decide what to do with all the stuff piled on their bed, shock and awe hits when they realize how much stuff they had crammed in there, and then close the door and sleep on the couch.
For this part of the organizing process, it’s good to enlist a friend or family memeber to help. Be sure it’s some who’s good at making …read more

I sure never did! In fact, I got a shiny new trash can for my birthday last year. It’s one of those stainless steel ones. Do you think getting a trash can as a birthday present is weird? Yeah, you are probably right. It is weird. My mom gave me a gift certificate to one of my favorite stores and it was on sale for such a great price that I just couldn’t pass it up!
I think that a trash can is a necessity in every room of the house. Some of you may think that duh, that’s obvious. But …read more