CLUTTER - Top Tip - Everything needs a Home.

Everything needs a home.  Now this may sound simple enough but think about your home and what that means to you.
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Do not plunk items down on any surface and then walk away!!

Everything needs a home does not mean: plunked on a counter or table, stuffed in a closet, shoved under your bed, behind the closed door of the spare room...It means everything has a home that makes sense for the items and keeps your home clutter free and organized.  Some examples are:

• Paperwork - get yourself a file folder, or inbox tray for paperwork that you still have to deal with and pick one day a week that you go through it and take care of business.  Have a filing cabinet or file folder for papers that you need to save and USE IT.
• Kid's Toys - pick up some large bins, baskets, totes with lids, and or shelving and have your children learn to put their belongings away at the end of the day.
• Craft Items - go to a dollar store and pick up some smaller containers for the variety of items within your craft/art supplies and have them contained within a 3 or 5 drawer rolling tote or a book shelf.  It will make it much easier to find what you need and at the same time will keep items contained instead of throughout the house.

These are just a few examples of everything having a home, but you can apply the same principals throughout your house.  

Dee CLUTTERS next blog will be about if  items don't have a home...what should you do.