Decluttering gives your home and your life a whole new experience—wherein you can breath freely, move more, and maximize every square inch of your living space.
Storage and organization retailer Makeroom and More shares these four tips that will help you free up more space in your closet, bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, office, garage, and even your luggage.
Determine the clutter
Clutter is subjective and depends entirely on the person. The first step to living an uncluttered life is learning to recognize what clutter really is, and how your space came to be cluttered in the first place. Clutter can be made up of things you buy because you want to be the type of person who uses them, but never do. It can also be those perfectly reasonable household products that simply lack a proper storage system. Some people love to shop so much that they buy more than they can use, and it piles up.
Once you understand why you personally accumulate clutter, you’ll be well on the way toward cutting it out of your life. Getting stackable drawers that can be placed inside a closet or your bedside can be more beneficial than buying a drawer that is too big or bulky and takes up a lot of good space in your room.
Get storage shelves and boxes
If your desk has a lot of stuff all over it, all your good decluttering intentions will be meaningless if you don’t have a file cabinet or box to sort them into. Before you start an organizing project, make sure you have the proper tools. It would be better if you choose a box that is clear so that you can easily see what is inside.
The flip-side to this rule is that simply buying too many shelves and stacking boxes won’t force you to declutter, and buying too many organizing products that you don’t really need can become clutter itself. So, shop carefully.
Find the best storage solution
The quest for finding the best storage solutions led to many unconventional ways that aim to save space, but while these are truly innovative, some solutions don’t actually apply to all situations. A good storage solution helps create more space, reorganizes your items by grouping them together, and makes things easier to find by creating their proper “home.”
Professional organizers recommend using clear plastic containers, as these allow you to see inside the container more easily, thus saving you precious time when trying to retrieve an item from storage. Make sure you label these containers for easy retrieval. A more decorative basket is great for your living spaces like dens and bedrooms.
Maximize easy to reach areas
Maximize the areas that can be easily seen and effortlessly reached to make the most out of these busy spaces. If you have a lot of things for everyday use, keep them within your primal real estate, that way you will easily remember that you have those specific things lying around. Don’t forget to use clear containers.
Makeroom and More helps keep every home and space clutter-free with its wide range of space saving solutions. It is located at B5 Bonifacio High Street, Estancia Capitol Commons, Glorietta 4, Rustan’s Tower Shangri-La, and Power Plant Mall.
