Mommies Magazine

Declutter Your Home

Posted on 07. Jul, 2008 by Nanette in Life As A Mom

Keeing a neat and tidy home isn’t always easy when you’ve got children. I’m sure you can relate especially during the summer. You want two different things, the kids want legos and toys all over so they can play, you want a nice, clean calm home. So how do you both win?

With a little thought and some careful planning you both can. Try these tips and work towards creating a peaceful yet playful home.

First and foremost, make a plan of what needs to be done. Scan the rooms and decide which rooms need more storage and what type. Investing in a few storage and space saving items can be a worthwhile investment toward reaching your goal. Inexpensive bookcases, under bed storage units, hanging storage (for kid’s rooms), and shelves are all great space saving ideas for clutter free rooms.

Organizing furniture and storage in a practical order it will make it easier to stay organized and keep things tidy. If the kids are constantly leaving clothes on their bedroom floors, give them each a laundry hamper they can keep in a corner of their rooms or closet to make it easy and accessible for them to quickly throw the laundry in the basket rather than the floor.

Color code their bedroom drawers or toy boxes will make it easier for them to put their things away. For example try color coded boxes, cars and trains can go in a yellow box while legos go in the blue box. You can do this for the sock drawer or tshirts drawer by placing a color sticker on each one or you can even label it with a picture of the items meant to go in there. This will even allow younger aged children to help out and keep thier rooms tidy.

It’s little steps like that make the overall task of staying organized much easier.

Once you have your storage sorted you can start organizing one room at a time. Make three piles, one for charity, one for keeping and one for the trash. Set a rule before you start, if you haven’t used it within the last month and unless it has sentimental value then you can either store it or give it away. Think of how much better you’ll feel coming home to a clutter free house.