HOME ORGANIZATION – STEPS TO DECLUTTER

Once you become a mommy, home organization becomes more difficult. Kids keep you busy and you can forget to put things back where they belong, saying I’ll do it later. “I’ll do it later” can turn into one huge cluttered mess! Try these simple steps to begin to get your home organization program underway and stay that way.

1. Make sure everything has a proper place. Everything in your house has to have a place to go. Laundry baskets, cabinets, drawers, etc. If you need to, invest in some plastic storage containers to put things away and stack in closets out of sight.

2. Check mail as soon as you get it and shred it if you don’t need to hold onto it. Consider making all your bills paperless. Trash all junk circulars before they make it inside the house from the mailbox. Make sure the mail has a specific basket to go in, in your kitchen or home office.

3. Junk drawers! We all have them! That one drawer in the kitchen or bathroom you throw everything in. Don’t! Throw out what you don’t need and get dividers from IKEA, Target or Walmart that fit inside and can keep everything tidy until you need it.

4. Laundry! Make sure there are hampers in the bathrooms and closets. Laundry has to go in a specific place. I know there is one special person in every family that throws laundry on the floor. Everyone has to do their part in putting their dirty laundry in a specific place. After doing laundry don’t live out of the clothes basket. Make sure all of the clothes are put away in their proper places.

5. Toys! Most kids have more toys than they can ever play with in life. Consider giving away toys your kids have outgrown and trash any broken ones. Make sure they all have separate containers. Legos, race cars, dolls, building blocks, etc all need their own space. Consider labeling them so the kids can easily put each thing back where it belongs when they are done.

What are some ways you stay organized? Lets connect! Leave a comment or find me on Instagram and Twitter @mommyweek #mommyweek or on Facebook

Ashley ❤