Living in a home that’s limited in size certainly creates unique organizational challenges. Rooms in a small living space can easily become cluttered if you’re not particularly careful about it. The key to avoiding clutter in a small home is to create as much usable space for your belongings as possible. Here are a few practical ways to make that happen:
Make Purging a Habit
The hard reality is, the less space you have at home, the fewerthings you’re able to keep & store.
Anytime you bring something new into your home, make efforts to get rid of something old. A helpful guide might be considering items that you haven’t used in the past four months and items you have no intention of using in the next four months.
Take a good look at all the furniture you have in your home. Could you replace your large sofa with a loveseat or switch out the queen bed in the guest room with a twin? The smaller your furniture is, the more space you’ll have to store other household items in an organized manner.
Shelves are a great place to store photos, books, DVDs, and decorations. As an added bonus, shelves don’t use up any of your valuable floor space, as a cabinet would.
A flat screen TV that you mount to your living room wall takes up a lot less space than a TV that rests on a large entertainment center. Additionally, a laptop takes up a lot less room than a personal computer that must be stored on an immovable desk or workspace. So, when it’s time for an upgrade, make intentional space-saving purchases.
Putting forth some intentional effort to create more space in a small living area will go a long way to enable you to enjoy and appreciate your cozy home.
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The best way to tackle any seemingly HUGE project {like planning a party or special event} is to make attempts at breaking it down into smaller easy to manage individual tasks.
Begin with the end result in mind, then start listing tasks you’ll need to do in order to achieve that end goal.
Once you’ve listed each task, you can then begin prioritizing what needs to be done first, next, etc.
You can then create a timeline checklist to complete each task on it’s own thereby hopefully avoiding feeling overwhelmed by the over-all goal in the process. Instead, you’ll feel peace by being prepared and mostly likely won’t feel completely frazzled by the time the actual event finally takes place.
I designed a fun timeline checklist to utilize when planning annual parties for my two boys who both have May birthdays:
Perhaps you’re currently feeling completely overwhelmed by your clutter & mounting personal organizing goals?? Or, maybe there is a space or two in your home that simply needs a fresh set of objective eyes to to bring to its fullest organized potential?
Maybe having an organizing buddy, cheerleader and coach that could encourage you one-on-one would be just the solution you need to achieve the success you need and deserve – to allow you to live a more peaceful life you LOVE with more time and energy to fully and freely participate in activities and hobbies you enjoy!
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Use storage containers that are uniform in form and color.
What if you don’t have the extra funds to go out and buy coordinating containers? Why not change up the look of a container you already have or that you could find on the ultra cheap at a local dollar or thrift store!
The easiest way to change up the look of any container is simply to cover it:
The majority of the containers on the shelving in this sewing room (from Sew Many Ways) are simple cardboard boxes covered in fabric!
Magazine files are made from cereal boxes. Drawer boxes were once packaging from water bottles!
It’s hard to believe that this stunning display of colorful containers {featured by makeit-loveit.com} are also simple cardboard boxes with a handle cut out!
( *note* the uniformity of size of boxmakes a huge difference in presentation as well)
“Perfect for stashing all sorts of supplies, tools, and odds and ends.”
Covering the inside of clear plastic containers with craft or wrapping paper is a clever way to hide what’s stored inside while adding some color and style to your creative space.
What are storage supplies are you now planning to cover in order to inject some pretty organized style in your space?? Have you created some stylish storage lately? Share with us!
Have you ever wondered how to achieve that lovely stylized look that seems so effortlessly displayed on the catalog and web pages from some your favorite organizing stores and designers?
Here’s a few tips ~
One main rule to stylish storage solutions is to keep things the same.
Display containers and organizational supplies with repetition in uniform size, color, and material:
When storage containers will be in plain view, make efforts to get similar styles and colors (try to use no more than 3 colors and make sure they compliment each other) to not add visual clutter.
Keep like colors with like colors in little color coordinated storage families:
If you have viewed or used any of my Home Management planning printables, chances are you’ve noticed that there are not only check boxes for general home maintenance, but also to remind one to spend special time with children in the home.
Spending intentional un-interrupted time with your child has infinite rewards. No matter the quantity or quality of the toys they may have, it will never compare to simply being with you.
Do I spend every waking moment engaging with my two young boys? No – far from it. I believe in the value of teaching a child to have independent play as well. After all, I’ve got a house to maintain, adult relationships to foster, as well as a drive pursue my individual interests and business pursuits. I do, however, make an intentional effort to spend several regular slots of time with them daily.
