6 Organising Tips for Every Home

Struggling to keep all the clutter at bay?

In this era of busy modern adults where you hardly have enough time to think where to put things, the struggle is understandable. However, a disorganised home can actually cost you more time. When you are in a rush, you’ll find yourself in distress for minutes trying to find where that key went.

Here are some tips you can bear in mind to keep your home in order to gain more quality time:

1. Invest in Furniture which Doubles as Storage

Your sofa and your bed already take up much of your living space. So utilise their huge volume as storage for those extra sheets, throw pillows, or other things that only needs to be taken out a few times a month.

2. Consider Built-In Shelves / Open Wall Cabinet

A built-in shelf in your living room is not only nice to look at but it helps you find things easily also. You can allocate photo frames on one shelf or showcase a collection on another. Put wires, cords and chargers in a tray and allot a shelf for these items

3. Have Fun Colour-Coding

A great visual treat to the eyes, colour-coding also aids in remembering things. Play with your book covers or your clothing. There’s a reason why fashion outlets also use this colour-coding concept. Once you get used to this, you will find it hard to mix a tint of blue to a hue of yellow outfits. Besides, if you urgently need to look for a specific “outfit of the day” (OOTD) or a specific book, you know exactly where to look!

4. Utilise Staircase as Storage

Make use of the extra space under your stair’s riser as storage. You can either utilise the whole space below as storage/utility space or make horizontal shelving for each step.

5. Consider Having a Transforming Furniture

A bed that can transform into a sofa, a foldable table that transforms from a 4-seater to 8, or a bunk bed transforming into a cool workspace – the ideas are almost infinite! Save yourself some space with clever ideas of transforming furniture.

6. Label It!

Don’t mistake sugar for salt again! Labelling works best for organising kitchen spices and tools and it adds a “personal touch” to you as a homeowner. Be creative and you can even put relevant photos on top of the lids.

Bonus Tip: Consider putting a trinket for keys, coins, earring locks, hairpins, and other loose stuff. You may place it on your TV console or somewhere easily accessible.

Effective organising starts with something small and doing it consistently. Follow above steps and in time, you will reap the benefits of having a clutter-free home such as enjoying more quality time with your family, impressed guests, being more organised at work, and even reduced stress.