4 Organizing Tips To Make Room For Everything In Your Home

Messy rooms, disorganized closets and jumbled junk drawers (I think of them as resource drawers) add unneeded hassle to our already hectic days and lives.

Organizing our possessions, treasures, and 'stuff' does give us peace of mind and a feeling that we can accomplish other things in our lives. It also helps us in time management as we can find what we need faster without having to search when we need something. Can you use some organizing tips to find room for your "stuff"?

Do you ever feel you just don't have enough space to put things? If you had a bigger place you would be organized? Even small spaces and homes can be organized. Here are some organizing tips of places to use for storage.

Under the bed: If the bed is low, buy (for around $10.00) raisers that raise the bed up about 8 inches. Or you can use cinder blocks and raise it about 12 inches. Then under the bed plastic storage boxes made for this purpose are perfect. Some come on wheels.

In the closet: Plastic boxes can hold out of season clothes and be placed on the top shelf. If the closet is deep they can be stored on the floor. A doublet, which is a two tiered rod, can maximize space in a closet. Many organizing stores carry these, including The Container Store. Use tie racks that can also be used to hang jewelry or scarves. Shoe racks come in a variety of models. Over the door, on the floor, and hanging racks.

Under the sink: There are racks that fit around pipes or removable shelves that can hold twice the amount of things to go under the sink. On the other side of the sink the kitchen trash bin can be placed. When it isn't in plain sight it reduces both visual and floor space clutter.

Donating useful but no longer needed items; getting rid of unwanted things and organizing what you do need to keep makes our personal spaces free of clutter. Our homes are then welcoming havens instead of uninviting places that make us want to stay away. n