Is your home a never-ending mess that you can’t seem to tame? Are you tired of the clutter, disarray, and chaos that seem to take over every room? Fear not! In today’s post we recap ten interesting approaches to help you transform your living space into a serene, organized haven.
- The KonMari Method: Discover how this Japanese-inspired method, created by Marie Kondo, can revolutionize your home organization by focusing on tidying by category and keeping only items that spark joy.
- The Four-Box Technique: Learn how this simple yet effective technique (see section below) can help you declutter each room in your home by separating items into four categories: trash, give away, keep, and relocate.
- Vertical Storage Solutions: Maximize your living space by implementing creative vertical storage solutions like floating shelves, pegboards, and wall-mounted racks.
- Multi-Functional Furniture: Discover the benefits of investing in multi-functional furniture pieces like sofa beds, storage ottomans, and expandable dining tables to save space and maintain an organized home.
- Color-Coding: Explore the visual and psychological benefits of color-coding your belongings, from clothing to kitchenware, to easily locate items and create a visually cohesive space.
- Digitize Your Life: Go paperless and reduce clutter by digitizing important documents, photos, and mementos with the help of cloud storage services and digital organization tools.
- Daily Maintenance Habits: Uncover the power of daily habits like making your bed, implementing a 10-minute tidy-up routine, and designating a ‘landing zone’ for everyday items to maintain a consistently organized home.
- The 80/20 Rule: Apply the Pareto principle to your home organization by focusing on the 20% of your belongings that you use 80% of the time and prioritizing their organization and accessibility.
- The OCI-OGO Rule: Cultivate mindful consumption by committing to the one-comes-in, one-goes-out rule, which involves removing an existing item from your home for every new item brought in.
- Seek Inspiration and Support: Get inspired and motivated by joining online communities, following organization influencers, and engaging with like-minded individuals on your journey to a more organized home.
The Four Box Technique
The Four-Box Technique is a practical and straightforward method to declutter and organize your living space. As the name suggests, it involves using four separate boxes (or bags) to sort your items as you go through your belongings. Each box is designated for a specific category:
- Trash: This box is for items that are damaged, broken, or no longer usable. These items will be discarded as garbage or, if possible, recycled.
- Give Away: This box is for items that you no longer need, want, or use, but that are still in good condition. These items can be donated to charity, given to friends or family, or sold in a garage sale or online marketplace.
- Keep: This box is for items that you use regularly, have sentimental value, or that genuinely bring you joy. These are the items you will keep and find a proper place for in your home.
- Relocate: This box is for items that belong in another room or area of your home. It helps you ensure that each item ends up in its appropriate space.
To implement the Four-Box Technique, follow these steps:
- Choose a room or area of your home to declutter and organize.
- Set up your four boxes, clearly labeled for each category.
- Go through your belongings one by one, carefully considering which box each item belongs in. Be honest with yourself about the value and usefulness of each item.
- Once you have sorted all items, take care of each box accordingly:
- Dispose of the trash box.
- Donate, give away, or sell items in the give away box.
- Organize and find proper homes for the items in the keep box.
- Move items in the relocate box to their proper rooms or areas and organize them accordingly.
- Repeat this process for each room or area in your home until the entire space is decluttered and organized.
The Four-Box Technique promotes mindful decision-making and helps to simplify the decluttering process, making it easier to let go of excess items and create a more organized living space. We use this in our 30 Days to an Organized Home program.
Make a start
Getting organized at home is not only about tidying up but also creating a comfortable, functional, and inviting living space. By incorporating one or more of these approaches into your daily routine, you’ll be on your way to transforming your home into the peaceful and organized sanctuary you’ve always dreamed of.
But most importantly, make a start. If you’re looking for a quick way to make daily impacts, take a look at our Organize In 5 program (a daily free organizing tip).
This is very motivational for someone like me struggling to get started.
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decluttering is one way to improve your home organization.
Use innovative vertical storage ideas, such as wall-mounted racks, floating shelves, and pegboards, to make the most of your living area.
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How can I print this out without having to spend money on ink for the photo?
You could try copying just the article (words part) into a document or an email and then printing that.
I absolutely tried to “select” just the word portion. But clicking on it would not allow it to be selected, after which, of course, I would have sent it to a page where I could then have printed it out. I will now try doing screen shots of just the words, and then printing out those screen shots. I am just sick of paying for all the ink required for unnecessary photos in documents, as I’m sure you can understand! Thanks, though. June
Hi June – if you are on a PC (ie not on mobile device) you should be able to select everything using Ctrl + A, and then copy using Ctrl + C and then you can paste it all into a document. And then go through the document deleting out all the images and other words you don’t need. And then print. Hope this helps!