It’s funny how the place where you live and spend most of your time can sometimes feel overwhelming, disorganized and a little bit stressful. We all want our home to be our sanctuary. But with busy schedules, kids and too much work, it’s often the last place we think about organizing. An efficiently run house, however, makes life go a little more smoothly. Here’re some ideas on how to bring more efficiency into your home, so you can sit back and relax as well.
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Kitchen
To make a kitchen great, you don’t have to have a lot of space; you just have to know how to organize it. Invest in good storage such as a full length pull out larder, and you’ll find it much easier to locate things. Before you organize your kitchen, make sure to go through it and purge. Get rid of all the food that is past its sell by date and all the appliances and utensils you just don’t use. There is no point keeping them if they are taking up valuable space. Hang aprons, dish cloths and oven gloves on pegs out of the way. Make sure your kids have a cupboard to put their lunchboxes and snacks in. Keep the things you use every day at eye level and store special occasion items higher up. Make sure to keep like for like items all in one place. So store all your tinfoil, clingfilm and sandwich bags together. And all your baking goods in one place too. Invest in sliding rack shelves for things like pots, pans and colanders. And keep them near the oven. Keep a list on the pantry door of things you are running low or out of.
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Laundry Room
Make sure your laundry room is well stocked and organized. Install shelves for clean folded laundry and for all your washing liquids and fabric softeners. Make sure you are always stocked with extra toilet roll, vacuum bags and detergent. You can buy things such as miele vacuum bags and stain remover in bulk so you never have a mad dash to the shops. Keep three large hampers in your laundry room. Use one for dirty whites, one for dirty colors and one for soccer kits etc. And keep a glass jar for all the loose change you find in pockets before you do the wash. Also keep a big jar for lost socks. Family members can then search through here to find their missing pair!
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Living Room
It’s a really good idea to try and keep your living room clutter-free as this where most of the family will spend their time. And you can’t relax in clutter. Invest in a large shelving unit and designate different shelves to each family member. A child may want to keep a box of toys on theirs. An adult may want to keep books, and a teenager may keep all their technology on theirs. Make a harsh rule that if it doesn’t go back on the shelf by the end of the day, it goes in the bin. Ouch! But effective! Be brutal with old magazines and papers. Chances are no one is going to read them again, and they just look messy. Hide extra blankets and cushions in a decorative chest that can also be used a piece of furniture. And lastly, consider investing in other multi-functional pieces for your living room. You can get hidden workstations, under seat storage and sliding top coffee tables, all to hide a multitude of ‘mess’.
