We all have family members and friends who have organized homes that we admire and love. Their homes always seem clean, organized, tidy, and have an overall peaceful environment which makes us feel that they have all the secrets for an organized home.
Do you secretly wish that your home resembles theirs but feel that you need help in achieving this goal?
It can! And what’s better is that it will bring you more than feelings of admiration and desire. It will bring you feelings of confidence and accomplishment because of the steps that you took to personally organize your home.
With that being said let’s learn the secrets of an organized home that will allow you to create a home that you will love and cherish.
Secret 1. Declutter Often
People who have organized homes often declutter their homes. They strive to complete 1-4 major decluttering hauls in their home throughout the year (Decluttering each season is beneficial). In between each major decluttering event, they also routinely declutter items in their home to prevent reoccurring pile-ups of things.
Decluttering occurs when you remove items from a space that are no longer needed and no longer serve a purpose.
When decluttering, they sell, give away, or donate items they no longer use. This prevents unnecessary clutter in their home.
Lastly, they monitor the number of items brought into their homes.
For example, if they recently donated a large amount of clothing, they avoid purchasing an abundance of clothes. This would go against the goal of decluttering and would only bring temporary success.
In decluttering their homes, they have less items. Fewer items means fewer items to clean and organize!
If you struggle to declutter items from your home, ask yourself the following questions:
Do I love it?
Do I use it?
Do I have more than one of the item?
It is unique or irreplaceable?
Tip: Keep a bag or box that can be used as a fluid bag or box. This means that you will continuously add to the bag or box. You can sell or donate the items when the box or bag becomes full, repeating the cycle after each you empty the box.
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Secret 2. Simplify The Home
As people declutter their homes they often realize that they can live without a lot of material items. In addition to making an effort to declutter material things from the home, they also begin to declutter and simplify their meals, their health, their finances, their time, and tasks.
In simplifying your home, you are implementing routines to make your home tasks and life easier. Not only will you have a visually organized home but also a home that allows less stress, less cleaning, more money, and more peace.
Secret 3. Don’t Tackle The Journey Alone
People who have organized homes don’t organize and maintain the organization of their homes alone. If they have family members who also live in the home, they have developed a system where family members are also responsible for home tasks and help out.
These may include a daily or weekly chore list for the children of the home to complete.
Some people also choose to seek help when organizing their homes. They may initially hire a professional home organizer or ask a close friend or family member to help them throughout the process.
To maintain the organization and cleanliness of their home, they may also outsource and hire a cleaning company.
Asking for help is totally okay! We only have so many hours in a day. By asking for help, you can organize your home quicker than you would if you had to do it all by yourself.
This gives you time back in your day to complete other activities or just enjoy life!
Tip: Ask your friends and family members for recommendations when looking for cleaning services.
Secret 4. Have systems
People who have organized homes do not organize their homes in one event and never organize their homes again. They create systems that allow them to consistently maintain the organization of their homes.
Each night they may dedicate 15 minutes to decluttering and cleaning. During this timeframe, they may:
Clear counters
Pick up items off the floor
Return every item back to its home
Sweep or vacuum floors
Manage and address daily mail
One day out of the week they may complete a deep clean of their home and prepare for the upcoming week. This article details how to reset your home for the upcoming week!
Secret 5. Every item has a home inside of the home
An organized home has spaces that have been identified for certain items. Having specific spaces for particular items gives the items a designated spot when the items go when they are not being used.
For example, you may have a specific place in your entryway where you place your keys and work bag.
This concept keeps our home from being cluttered and in disarray as every item has a “home” inside of the home.
Secret 6. Organized homes are not always organized
This secret of an organized home is HUGE!
People who have organized homes recognize that their homes are not always perfectly organized. They have times throughout the day when areas in their homes will have visible paper, toys, clothes, electronics, food, and other household items.
This is totally normal and expected. It would be unrealistic to have a kitchen with no food, children without toys, and rooms without paper and other common household items.
However, remember people who have organized homes have daily systems and routines that allow for the return of materials and things to their “home” when they are no longer in use or needed.
The balance allows for a livable home and organized home.
Final Thoughts
Now that you have read the article, you now know the secrets for an organized home!
If you need help cleaning and organizing your home, these secrets will definitely help you. Don’t keep the secrets to yourself, share these secrets with someone who could also benefit.
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