Arg!!! I don't know where to start!!!

One of the biggest complaints I hear from clients is...But I don't know where to start.  They walk into the room, look at their closet or open the garage door...and it hits them.  There is a lot of work ahead to downsize and or organize the space.

So what I tell them is this:  Stop looking at all of it!!!  Pick a small corner.  Narrow your focus.  Tell yourself that the rest of it doesn't matter...your only thing you should be concerned with is one small piece of the area.

The reason I say this is because when most people start even thinking of clearing up a space in their home, they immediatly get overwhelmed by even just the thought.  I would too.  Narrowing your focus is going to help you stay on task.  It is hard to learn but you can do it.  You need to constantly remind yourself that the only thing you are going to do is the one small space you are looking at.

If you can do this it makes the whole job seem much easier.  Once you get through that small amount of items, pick another small area to clear.  You don't have to do it all at once.  Your home, closet, or room did not get cluttered in one day...so why stress yourself out by thinking that it all needs to get cleared out at once.

Practising narrowing your focus makes the job much less daunting and you will soon find yourself able to get through the task and start seeing the organization and space that you want.

The Hidden Storage Wonder in your Home

One of the most underutilized storage spaces in peoples homes is: UNDER THE BEDS!!

Now when I say Under the Bed...I do not mean like when you were a child and kicked everything from your floor to under your bed, before your Mom came in to check on how your room cleaning was going!

I am talking about getting yourself some flat totes that are readily available at your local department store.  These do not have to be expensive, that is up to you.  I am also not saying just shove everything into these totes and hide them under the bed!  I am refering to utilizing the space in a way that makes sense to help organize the bedrooms in your home.

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• Children's Rooms - use for putting away seasonal clothes, storing craft projects, storing their keepsakes, art supplies, etc.  Check how many totes can be stored under their beds and use seperate totes for different items.
• Teen Rooms - put away seasonal clothes, store keepsakes, sporting equipment and uniforms, hobbie supplies, etc.
• Your Bedroom - photo albums, seasonal clothes, keepsakes from your life, keepsakes from your childrens lives, linens, etc.

This is such an easy way to free up floor space, closet space, drawer space and so on...so you and your children can have clutter free bedrooms and it also makes for easy cleanup!!