Winter Home Organization Tips!

Most have heard about Spring Cleaning buthow about Winter Organizing? Extensive home cleaning and reorganization doesn’t have to take place only once per year, in fact everything will stay organized and well kept longer if you spread your home organization projects to twice per year. We end up spending a lot more time indoors in the winter and what better time to tackle a bit of home clean up then when the cold weather has your trapped inside. Throw a pot of apple cider on the stove to give your a house that holiday home feel and tackle your clutter with these easy tips!

• Add To Your Storage Collection- You can really never have too many storage solutions. Take advantage of pre holiday sales and pick up some totes and clear plastic containers. These will come in handy for storing clutter that has accumulated during the weather change and doing so in an organized way.
• Take On One Room At  A Time, One Rainy Day At A Time- Stuck inside and looking for something to do? Spread out your cleaning, reorganizing and decluttering. Tackle one room at a time to not feel overwhelmed. Start with living areas that you will be sharing with others during the holidays, then attack room by room.
• Don’t Wait For Garage Sale Season, Donate Donate Donate- Sure your could set aside all the items you no longer need in a tote for garage sale season to come around again but you could take this opportunity to get rid of items now and donate them to your local Salvation Army or Thrift Shop and make someone elses day!
• Make Indoor Family Activities Readily Available- Have boardgames, cards, arts and craft projects, and puzzles readily available. No quicker can a mess be made then someone climbing to the top of a closet pulling down everything in their way of the Monopoly Board. Make designated space in your living area so everyone knows where to find their favorite rainy day activity and where to put it back when they are finished.
• Make Room For That Winter Gear- Get ready for jackets, scarves, wet boots and rosey cheeks! Even if you don’t have a mudroom large enough for all your storage needs you can still keep your winter gear organized and cleaned up even in small spaces. Invest in a shoe rack, some hooks for coats, scarves and gloves, and designate spaces to keep order. Multiple people in the family? Get a stackable drawer organizer and give each person their own drawer for their gear.

Get to organizing for the best home enjoyment this winter!

 

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