Fastest Way to Make Your Room Look Cleaner

This week I have some Top Tips to Start Getting Organized! I will share a few of my favorite tips and tricks in my next few posts.

Tip Number One:

Clear off the Floor

You may have one of those rooms that is simply too cluttered to walk across. The solution to this issue? Get things off the floor and onto shelves, tables, or other surfaces. Do not just grab armfuls of things and shove them in your closet. Instead, pick up each item individually. You are giving yourself the chance to see each one instead of seeing one collective mess. I realize your shelves, tables, and other surfaces might already be on item overload. In this case, if you truly do not have space to squeeze your items in, do the next few steps:

1. Pick a starting point in the room. Grab a bag/box/bin for items that belong in the room, another for trash, and another for items that belong in other rooms. I actually like to have a fourth bag/box/bin of items I want to donate. If you do not have enough containers, push things over to create floor space on which to organize.
2. Make your way across the room by picking up each item and filing it in one of these three (or four) boxes. You might find that a lot of the stuff on your floor is just trash, old mail, obsolete items, and otherwise unnecessary stuff. Separating out the items that belong either in the trash, in another room, or at your nearest donation center should help in clearing space for the items that do belong in that room.
3. Do not stop at just your floor. Do Step 2 for all of your shelfs, tables, and other surfaces. Now you will have space for the items that belong in the room to rest on someplace other than the floor.
4. Throw out the trash bag(s) and leave the donation bag next to your front door or even on the front passenger seat of your car.
5. Grab the bag/box/bin of items that belong in other rooms. Make a trip around your place and leave these items right at the entrance to each room. Each time you walk into that room, grab another item and place it in an appropriate spot in that room.

Hopefully you will be able to pair down the clutter using the bag/box/bin method. It is the quickest efficient way to deal with a large mess. Do not let the sheer volume of stuff stop you from trying this technique. Do parts of a very busy room at a time. And remember that you will be rewarded at the end with peace of mind and a clean space.

Don't forget to stay tuned for more tips and tricks!