Get some peace by creating a chaos free environment. Use these 7 storage essentials to make it happen! Here are 7 essential clutter minimizes for an organized home.
When you walk into your house after a long day, you should get a general feeling of peace and relief. Your home is your personal refuge. It shouldn’t barrage you with overwhelming tasks and stress.
But if you have a lot of clutter taking up space everywhere, it’s just as pesky as pests. Worse, it’s harmful to your brain.
Research has proven that a disorganized environment leads to stressful feelings. Depression and inadequacy are often traced to a cluttered home. Messy rooms can result in poor sleeping conditions and physical illness.
Knowing why you need to declutter is one thing. How to do it when the idea of getting your home under control is mentally exhausting and another thing entirely.
Minimizing clutter doesn’t have to be painful, though.
Sometimes all it takes are some minor adjustments in each room, and the rest falls into place.
If you’re ready to get your home and health under control, these are the seven storage essentials you need to grab, fast.
1. A Recycle Bin
Having a recycle bin where you can store items until it’s time to donate them helps you to feel better about decluttering.
This doesn’t mean you’ll use the big, ugly garbage can that your sanitation service might provide for you. That’s strictly for outdoor trash.
Instead, get a plastic tote or a large bin. Keep it out of the way of your typical daily traffic, but near enough that you can toss unwanted items in it easily.
Since nothing in there is going to rot, there’s probably not an urgency to emptying it. To ensure it doesn’t sit there and collect dust, set a routine in your calendar.
Schedule a monthly or bi-monthly day to donate your goods regularly at your favorite charity of choice.
2. An Entryway System
What do you do when you first walk into your home?
If you’re like most people, you immediately kick off your shoes and drop your purse or bag on the nearest flat space. You’re home; it’s time to relax the second you step foot in the door.
There’s nothing wrong with this, but having an organized entryway system can change the results of those actions from chaos to calm.
Create an entryway where you can walk in the door and leave your shoes and clutter in a set area. This way, you get to relax and keep your home clean at the same time.
It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. You can use a storage bench to rest on as you remove your shoes. Then your footwear can be tucked away in hidden areas under the bench.
Not all entryways have room for a full storage bench. Instead, try a stylish coat rack with shelves or hanging wall rack.
If you’re lucky enough to have a hall closet, make the most of it by keeping your jackets, gloves, and hats hung in there.
3. A Coffee Table with Drawers
Coffee tables are frequently used in the wrong way or overlooked completely. But you need hidden storage in your living room without shoving things behind and under your couch, and that’s where these furnishings come in.
A coffee table with drawers lets you store remotes, a laptop, reading material, and other items that don’t need to be left out.
It’s also nice to have a flat surface in the living room so you can eat while you relax or play games with loved ones.
4. The Right Nightstand
When your nightstand is used correctly, it makes your day run more efficiently. Everything you need when you first wake up and when you go to sleep is at your fingertips.
Find a bedside table that has enough drawers and shelves for your priorities. Run through these questions as you decide what nightstand you should choose:
- Do you have a lot of medications that are an AM/PM must-have?
- Would your phone and other gadgets benefit from a charging station?
- Do you enjoy reading at night?
- Are you frequently finding yourself waking up in the middle of the night to get up for a drink? Or with restless thoughts?
If any or all of these apply to you, a nightstand with drawers and mini-compartments will help you.
5. A Closet System
It takes more than hangers and a rack to make a closet organized. You need an organizational system, from top to bottom, to store your clothes effectively.
Start with decluttering your closet completely. Separate your clothes and accessories into what needs to be hung, what should go in drawers, and the extra items.
This knowledge is important to have before you choose an organizational system. That way, you’ll know whether you need a lot of hanging space, extra drawers, or a variety of bins for your shelves.
6. Kitchen Cupboard Space Savers
Like the closet, your kitchen cupboards need a system for organizing them, too. Shoving boxes, dishes, and spices randomly tempt you to collect clutter. If you don’t know what’s in your cupboards, how can you keep it straight?
Cabinet space savers are essentials to decluttering the kitchen. With canned food organizers, lazy susans, and shelf extenders, you can see what you have and what you’re running low on.
Goods that are expiring or expired are visible, and you’ll never run out of that essential ingredient when you’re cooking again.
7. Bathroom Caddies
Bathroom storage is notoriously minimal, especially in apartments and efficiencies. You can make the most of what you do have with a few strategic storage essentials.
Caddies for your shower can hold more than your soap and razor. You can find standalone corner shelves or over-the-showerhead hanging caddies to suit your preference.
Storage under the sink can be awkward if there are plumbing fixtures in the way. There are a few options for tight spaces, like over-the-door caddies to hold your hair tools or convertible shelves. You can work around those annoying pipes!
Conclusion
Clutter is one of the top complaints of homeowners and renters everywhere. It can creep up on you before you know it. And once it’s there, it’s difficult to get rid of.
Investing in storage essentials minimizes your risk of clutter contamination. Containing your things in orderly places helps you to go about your daily life without the stress of a messy house!
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