1. 25 Ways To Get Organized
Tips For De-cluttering Your Space!
When we are not looking, sometimes the clutter in our home sneaks up on us. If the time
comes that you need to organize your home, these tips will help you de-clutter.
1. Buy a 2 drawer filing cabinet. Organize all of your papers such as bills, take out
menus, recipes, manuals, etc in labeled files. Keeping a basket on top for new additions and
setting aside a few minutes every week means you will easily be able to find what you are
looking for.
2. Post a paper pad with a magnet on the refrigerator for the grocery list. Encourage
family members to add to the list. When you need to go to the market, you just have to tear off a
piece of paper.
3. Hang a white dry erase board in a prominent place in your home. This is an easy way
for families to communicate and it saves a bundle on post it notes. You can also place a calendar
in the same place for all family members to use to record upcoming events.
4. Roll your towels instead of folding them to make more room and they look neater, too.
Roll facecloths and store them in a basket in the bathroom on the vanity.
5. Keep all of your cleaning products and tools in a caddy so you can easily carry them
from room to room.
6. For the living room or family room, use an ottoman that has hidden storage under the
seat where you can put magazines, DVDs, etc.
7. Use large plastic bins to store kids toys. There are different colours of bins that you can
allocate for things like Lego, action figures and cars.
8. Do not hold onto magazines you have read. Rip out the pages you want and recycle the
rest.
9. Use small, decorative storage boxes to store small items such as sewing needs and craft
supplies. You can stand them upright and disguise them as books in a book case or stack them on
a shelf.
10. A peg board in the garage is a super way to store items and get them off the floor. If
you have room in your closet, a peg board can be used for easy access to your jewellery.
11. If desk space is an issue, wall mount your computer monitor. The same goes for your
flat screen TV.
12. Use see through labeled containers to store thins like flour, sugar, pasta and cereal.
You can get containers that have a flip top that open on one end. These will give you more space
and the flip tops are great because there is no mess like when you fold down a bag of flour and
some of it inevitably spills onto the counter. There are also two tier units and other designs
available that make more room in the cupboard to store spice bottles.
13. Divide flatware and utensils within drawers using separate components to fill a
drawer or use expandable one piece units. You can do this with any drawers in the house to keep
things tidy.
14. Lazy Susan's come in a variety of sizes and are a super way to store spices,
condiments or medications. You should not store medicines in your bathroom as the humidity
will cause them to lose potency before their expiry date. Instead, store them in the linen closet.
15. When organizing your cosmetic and skin care products, toss out any that do not have
an expiration date and are more than one year old. Purchase a plastic cosmetics case that have lift
out compartments to store your cosmetics. As an added bonus, all of your makeup is in one place

2. so you can just pack the case for travel. You may find that a fishing tackle box is cheaper and
works better for your needs. All you need to do is decorate it with pretty stickers.
16. Throughout the year, toss sentimental paper items such as concert ticket stubs or a
child's art work and printed pictures, into a bin. At the end of the year, you have all the items to
make a scrapbook documenting your family's year. Whenever you are at the dollar store, pick up
a few scrapbook supplies as they are a great source for inexpensive materials.
17. Hang a wood shelf with pegs underneath close to the outside door you use most often.
The shelf is a great place to put outgoing mail and your keys can hang on the pegs.
18. Use compartmentalized boxes to store Christmas decorations. You can wrap lights
around sheets of cardboard to keep them from tangling.
19. In your children's rooms, hang a mesh hammock from the ceiling to store stuffed
animals.
20. Put waste baskets in every room and put a few unused garbage bags in the bottom of
each can for easy changing.
21. Paste a magnetic strip in your medicine cabinet to hang tweezers, nail clippers, etc.
22. Attach jar lids to the underside of shelves or cabinets to organize things like craft
items, hair accessories and nuts and bolts. The jars easily screw on and off.
23. Pin the flap on your plastic bag boxes to the inside wall of your pantry to free up
space.
24. Use paper towel and toilet paper rolls to neatly store extra cords. They can easily be
labeled as to the type and length on the cardboard.
25. Most importantly, when an area starts to look cluttered, take a few minutes to clean it
up. You will be thankful that you spent a few minutes organizing instead of waiting until you
have several chores that take up most of your day.
The secret to being organized is to stay organized. If you make keeping the clutter away a
habit, you will find keeping things neat and tidy is a breeze.
Pauline Milner