What's the best way to keep your house organized?

Question

I asked this yesterday, but only got 2 responses. I need SO MUCH help please.

Answer 1

I love baskets.

I use them for my purses, nail polish and supplies, hair accessories, and bath products. I also use hat boxes for my scarves, gloves, and of course hats.

I store my baskets and hat boxes in my closet on wire shelves and i have a few in my bathroom cabinet lined on  shelves. These are totally convenient when i want to polish

my nails i grab that one and i return it when i'm done.

I always store like-items together and give everything there

own place in a closet or cabinet.

Answer 2

u jus ask da right person dat question. i keep my house clean from top 2 bottom, everyday.. wut u do is everything u use or anybody else use, put it back where it belongs, get da pine sol and get da moppin, but sweep first dem mop. if u have childrens tell dem 2 help u, cause u didnt do da mess by urself... and if u need xtra help, u can always count on me

Answer 3

To keep a house organized, always have a place in the house for everything. If you become lazy, you might just leave a book or magazine somewhere it doesn't belong. TO keep an organized house, you can't be too lazy. Leaving things in random places looks disorganized. So always keep a place for something. Examples: All DVDS on this shelf, magazines in one pile, toys only in one room, paper in one pile. This has helped for me because whenever I take some items to a different part of the house, if you leave them there that place become more trashy. Also, leaving items in one place can help when you're looking for simething you lost.

Answer 4

Probably the most important thing is to make the mental adjustment that this (keeping clean & organized) is important to you.  I say this b/c for most messy people they haven't been shown or explained the importance of this habit, i.e., when you are organized you will have more time to spend sewing, going to the park, cooking, reading whatever you like b/c everything will be in it's place and you won't have to run around trying to locate it, wasting valuable time of your day--we all only get 24 hrs. o.k. so with that being said:

When you start to clean a room start at one corner and work your way around. It doesn't matter left or right and do each area.  Put on some music for company.  If the bed is in the center do it last, b/c you'll probably put things on it as you move around. Keep all things pertaining to that room, in that room or a shelf in a nearby closet. For instance, keep all the sheets for the bed of that room in a bottom draweer of the dresser of that room or on a closet shelf in that room. You can take the sheets and pillowcase and put them all into one of the pillowcases of that set so the entire set is together.



If you have pets you have to step up the cleaning more, b/c of the hair.  Make it a rule to vacuum/sweep every other day, at least, especially if you have a cat or dog. And don't forget the furniture either at least once a week.

Bathroom: Clean the sink and toilet every week. Professional cleaners spray scrubbing bubbles onto paper towel and wipe the outside of the bowl and the top rim. Then then use the a toilet cleaner and the brush for the inside.  You can use the scrubbing bubles on the sink and counter top.  With the shower get that stuff that you spray after the shower that keep the bath scum down. Every two wks clean the shower stall, unless you have the time to do it each wk. you can also use the scrubbing bubbles on the floor. But don't mix the bubbles with a "bleachy" mop.

The real key which a lot of people DON'T get is that if you stay on top on keeping clean, you really don't have much to do. I can do my whole bathroom in an hour. Make a place for everything and keep them there. Often people take something out of a cabinet and then don't put it back, b/c they're only gonna use it again (I have a bro like this and his place is a disaster).  

Wash your dishes each day or every other if you're using a dishwasher that won't get full right away. Have your kids help you with this. MOST IMPORTANT is to teach your children so they don't contribute to the mess.

This website is very helpful:

http://www.flylady.net

and you can email me.

I know this is a lot but I hope it helps.

Oh and if you're moving toss stuff BEFORE you go, b/c a friend told me that you pay for the weight of a truck so why move things you're going to throw away anyway?!!