November 4, 2007 | Organizing, Cleaning tips
In only 15 short days, my in-laws will be moving in with us. That brings all sorts of joys and trials, but in the meantime it means I need to get my home organized - and quick! So at this point, I’m going to enlist your help. Please! Give me (and all the Broom Huggers readers) your best tips for organizing. The key for me is finding a place for everything without spending oodles of money at places like The Container Store (which I love, but my pocketbook doesn’t).
I am by no means an organizing guru. But let me tell you the tips I’m starting with.
- Go through the house, room by room, separating into 3 piles - Put away, throw away, and give away.
- Toss the throw-away pile immediately.
- Bag or box up the give away pile, and take it straight out to the car. It’s more likely to find its way to Goodwill if it’s taking up all your trunk space!
The put away pile is the one that stumps me. But maybe if my give away and throw away piles were bigger I wouldn’t have so much to put away… Food for thought.
I found some tips here and here, but that’s all I’ve got. So now it’s your turn. Tell me your secrets!
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