Kitchens and Closets Organizing Tips

Kitchens and Closets

• Put a shoe rack in your hall closet. It will keep the floor of your closet neat, reduce the amount of dirt tracked through your house, and free up space in your bedroom closet.
  
  
• Keep linens in the room where you use them, rather than in the hall closet. Each room should only have 2-3 sets of sheets. Keep a box labeled "linens" in each closet to hold them. No more searching for linens for the beds!
  
  
• Many people store their shoes in shoeboxes. Take photos of each shoe and attach to the end of the box. Now you can easily see what is in each box, and you don't have to invest in expensive clear plastic shoe storage boxes. No more guessing which box you are looking for! No more pulling multiple boxes down!
  
  
• If your closet is packed, but you can't decide what to get rid of, try arranging your clothes by color. Items that don't match anything else will immediately stand out. Get rid of them! Now that your clothing is grouped by color, it will also be much faster to locate items that go together, making getting dressed in the morning a snap.
  
  
• Keep as many appliances off of your counter as possible. Only things used multiple times EACH WEEK should be out.
  
  
• Have a dish rack for drying dishes. Many people have done away with these now that they have dishwashers. There are always some dishes to wash by hand, though. Without a specific place to put them, your counter and sink quickly become cluttered.