Organizing Tips
Get simple organizing tips to declutter your space, maximize storage and keep your home running smoothly.
How To Store A Bike In Your Apartment
Bikes are great for getting around the city — they’re an inexpensive, eco-friendly form of transportation, and they allow you to squeeze in some extra cardio. If you’re living in a small apartment — as is often the case in large urban areas — storing the bike can be a challenge. Some lucky people have safe, indoor areas in their buildings dedicated to bike storage.
How To Organize Pots And Pans In Your Kitchen
A set of good quality pots and pans of various sizes — and their respective lids — are indispensable in any kitchen and will stimulate you to cook more often and try ambitious recipes. However, storing pots and pans efficiently comes with some challenges. We’re talking about items with different shapes and sizes, which oftentimes can’t be nestled one inside the other, so they take up a lot of space inside your kitchen cabinets.
7 Easy Steps For Winter Proofing Your Home And Garden
Most of us will be nesting at home this winter, so it’s more important than ever to make sure that the house is ready for the challenges of the cold season. If you’re working or studying from home, that means you’ll have to keep your space nice and warm.
Organization Tips For New Renters And Homeowners
If you live by yourself, you’ve likely dealt with clutter. Clothes are strewn across your bed, floor and chair as if your room has just been hit by a laundry hurricane. Your desk is piled high with papers, notebooks and stray pens that never seem to stay in order. Drowning in a sea of belongings that you didn’t know you had, you wonder “how can I fix this?”
The 4‑Box Decluttering Strategy: What To Sell, Donate, Store, or Toss
Decluttering strategies are simply the different methods people use to decide what stays and what goes. Some focus on categories, like the KonMari method; others focus on rules or time limits. This article walks you through a simple 4‑box decluttering strategy that works especially well if you are busy, overwhelmed, and not sure what to sell, donate, store, or toss.
Closet Organization Ideas: 7 Tips To Restore Your Closet Zen
Is there a bigger victim of disorganization in any home than the good old closet? When we want to hide our home’s clutter from our guests, the closet stands as the most obvious target. And after a tiring day, who among us has not thrown in a bunch of clothes without stopping to fold them nicely first? Then, there are all the clothes there are still there, despite us not having worn them in some years. While we may only see it when we open the closet door, all this clutter can still take a toll, even at a psychological level. Worry not. You’re in safe hands. Here are 7 closet organization ideas to help you keep your clothes sorted and tidy.
11 Storage Ideas to Make Your Small Bedroom Amazing
Your bedroom needs to be the most relaxing room in your home. Even if space is not on your side, you can still get creative with the furniture setup and the organization of your belongings to turn your bedroom into a functional yet pleasing room. Here are some storage ideas for your small bedroom:
How To Pack Your Garage When Moving In 5 Easy Steps
Moving to a new house is no easy thing. In particular, the garage tends to take the fun out of moving, even for the most courageous people. Many of us use the garage as a dumping ground for stuff that’s too inconvenient to store inside or for items that we’re not sure we’ll use again. It’s no wonder that packing the garage seems like a huge, time-consuming chore. However, there is hope. As always, organization is key. With a clear plan in mind, you can get it done hassle-free and in no time.
Useful Tips For Storing Business Documents And Files In Self Storage
All businesses must keep some records on paper for certain periods mandated by state or local laws. Businesses like accounting or legal firms deal with a huge volume of paper documents due to the nature of their work.
Here Are The Things You Should NOT Store In Your Garage, Basement Or Attic
Homeowners put a lot of emphasis on large garages and spacious basements and attics when deciding where to live — and rightly so. Having enough storage space at home is a great advantage and helps you enjoy a neat, tidy, clutter-free home, while also holding on to your possessions.
5 Categories Of Clothing It’s Simply Better To Keep In Self Storage
Closet space is precious in most households. Most of us simply do not have enough space for all our clothes, accessories, shoes and other home textiles, leading to messy closets where it’s hard to find what you need when you need it.
What to Pack First and Last When Moving
The most difficult part of the moving process is when you begin to pack. It may sound easy, but when you’re surrounded by dozens of empty boxes and your whole house is upside down, you’ll realize it’s trickier than it seems. However, by planning the order in which you’ll pack your belongings ahead of time, you can avoid procrastination and any unnecessary chaos. To help you get started, we compiled a guide with the main things you want to pack first and last for a stress-free move: