Storage

For many city dwellers living in small apartments, the battle to keep clutter under control can be a losing one. However, creating a calm, ordered environment in your home need not be an overwhelming task.

When considering reorganising your home it can be difficult to know where to start. The key to creating order from chaos is to start small. Pick one small area of your home to begin your decluttering process and tackle that first. This area might be a single room, or even somewhere as small as a drawer. It doesn’t really matter what you tackle first, it is more important that you start at all.

Having chosen one area to begin decluttering, you should first look at everything that is in that area. Create three piles. One for things that are used regularly and should be kept, one for things that are not frequently used but that you would like to keep, and one for things that you no longer need or want.

Look through the things that you no longer want or need and divide them between those that can be sent to charity and those that can be sold to provide money for purchasing storage for the things that you do wish to keep.

Having removed everything from the area that you are organising, think about how you want this space to work for you. In the case of a room, think about what you use the room for and how things can be most efficiently stored so that you can use the room to its full potential. Please remember that storage containers do not have to be unattractive; old wooden trunks, beautiful brightly colored storage boxes and leather files and folders can all add character to a room as well as providing useful storage. Similarly, think about whether any of your clutter can be used for a new purpose. Old glass bottles and jars can make attractive storage containers for paper clips, rubber bands and other small items. Group like items together as visually this is more appealing and looks more artistic than single objects placed randomly.

The key to this process is to ensure that once you have decluttered one area you are meticulous about keeping it ordered and never allow it to become cluttered again. You are then free to work through your home stage by stage until you have created the calm, well organised oasis that you desire.

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