With the New Year right around the corner, many of us are probably reflecting on the past year and thinking about what we'd like to change in 2016. New year, new resolutions, right? If you struggle with getting and staying organized, these simple tips will help you keep your resolution going strong well through the new year.
Create A Clutter-Free Bathroom
Hang a wooden peg rack in your bathroom for easy storage of brushes, hair dryers and curlers. You'll never have to worry about tangled cords and lost tools again.
Keep Your Sheets Together
Instead of running the risk of losing a pillow case in the depths of you closet, use ribbon you've received on gifts to tie the bed sheet set together. You'll never have to hunt down a missing pillow case again.
Plan Out Your Outfits
Hanging collapsible shelves are huge lifesavers and space savers. Hang them from your closet rod and put an outfit in each cubby for each day of the week. It will save you loads of time in the morning.
Create Drawer Dividers
Easily separate socks and underwear by using old shoe boxes and lids to create dividers in your drawers. You could also put a lid in a desk drawer to keep your pens and other things in place.
Find Medicine With Ease
Whenever you're sick the last thing you want to do is rummage through a bunch of medicine bottles to find the one you need. Create bags of medicine that go together for easy access. Put all your cold medicine in one bag and all your headache medicine in another.
Get Rid Of Closet Clutter
In that empty corner of your closet that doesn't get much use, put a three-tiered wire kitchen basket for extra storage. You can throw socks, flip flops and even t-shirts in there!
Keep Your Manuals Handy
One of the worst things about buying new electronics is all the instruction manuals that come with them. Most of the time they get lost in a drawer somewhere and when you really need them, you can't find them. Keep them all together in a three ring binder that way you'll always know where they are.
Store All Your Necessities In One Place
Use a desktop organizer for a different reason. You can use it to hold all your bathroom essentials, from makeup to cotton swabs and hair ties.
Keep Your Board Games And Books In Place
Whenever you store board games or books make sure the binding or edge with the name is facing out. It may seem like such a trivial task, but you won't have to pull out every game or book to find the one you want.
De-Junk Drawers
Let's be honest, we all hold onto stuff we will probably never use. Clean out drawers by dumping all the contents onto a table, sort through what you want and don't want, then put similar items together.
Organize Your Pantry
Put all foods that go together in one place. Canned goods can all go on one shelf and baking needs on another. You can also use labels to make sure everything goes in place.
Get Rid Of Cluttered Electronics
Stray cords can be one of the ugliest things. Keep all unused electronic cords in a basket so they aren't lying around the house.
Create Drop Zones
When you walk in the door after a long day it is easy to just drop all your stuff on the floor. Instead, put cute storage boxes or baskets by the door so everything goes in its place.
Hang Up Your Necklaces
Place silver nails or hooks on the wall of your closet to hang up all your necklaces. It's an easy way to prevent tangling and it will add some charm to your walls.
Create A Tidy Bookshelf
An old rustic ladder is a perfect piece for any living room. You can use it to hang magazines, newspapers, books or blankets.
Tidy Up Your Sewing
If you love to sew attach a cork board near your sewing machine. Place pins in the cork board to hang up extra buttons and thread. They will always be handy, but they won't look cluttered.
Organize Your Sweaters
Use shelf dividers to keep stacks of shirts and sweaters neat and organized.
Store All Your Magazines With Ease
If you're low on wine (which may never be the case), use your wine rack to store magazines and newspapers in the cubbies.
Party Box
Instead of having candles in one drawer and ribbon in another, keep all your party supplies in one box in a cabinet or closet. You'll know just where everything is next time you throw an awesome birthday party.
Organize Your Movies
Put all you DVDs in a box with plastic sleeves. You can sort them by genre for an easy find whenever you want to watch a scary or funny movie.