Organize Your Whole House
Organize Your Whole House
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Keeping your house in order is as simple as 1, 2, 3.

1. Reduce

Sort through your belongings room by room and deal with these prime clutter suspects.GreenTip:
 

  • Gather any clothes that don’t fit or that you’ve kept for sentimental reasons
  • Get rid of broken objects you haven’t gotten around to repairing
  • Set aside impractical or uncomfortable furniture that’s rarely used
  • Throw out old bed linens, tablecloths and towels that are beyond repair
  • Pile up books and magazines that no longer interest you
  • Go through children’s artwork — save the best, toss the rest
  • Scrap seldom-used or chipped kitchenware
  • Discard old paint cans (the color won’t match the walls after six months)

Once you’ve gathered the clutter, give it a new lease on life:
 

  • Donate clothes, furniture and any useful items to charity
  • Hold a yard sale — you’ll get rid of junk and make money
  • Hand down or swap children’s toys and clothing
2. Organize

Create realistic storage spaces for your belongings to prevent clutter buildup.
 

  • Keep entryway mess down by rotating outdoor gear with the season
  • Place attractive filing trays and a trash can where you open mail; separate bills, correspondence and junk mail as you open them
  • Allocate a shelf or cubby to family members who don’t get to mail quickly or who leave keys, wallets or other small items lying around
  • See how piles of loose change add up with an electric money sorter
  • Divide and conquer: separate sweaters from swimsuits and crayons from markers — open-plan arrangements can quickly become a tangled mess
3. Disguise

Try these tricks to conceal storage systems.
 

  • Fit roller blinds over open shelving, or hide a home office with a full-length curtain hung from a ceiling track
  • Stash seasonal clothing under your bed in drawers or boxes; choose containers that have castors for easy access
  • Make closets blend in by painting them the same color as your walls and using inconspicuous knobs
  • Create “secret” storage areas: fit drawers with kitchen kick plates and hide gear in the space under stairways

Tip: Think Inside the Box
Fill a cardboard box (or three) with potential castoffs. Seal it, date it and leave it in your garage for six months. If you haven’t had to open it, let it go!


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