Are you frustrated that despite all your efforts, you can't keep your house clean and tidy? If so, this article can help you.
Kelly Shearer and Joanna Taplin work together and are best known for their show Get Organized with the Home Editor on Netflix. In the show, she visits the homes of Hollywood stars and ordinary people and helps them beautifully organize and functionalize their cluttered rooms and homes.
Apart from the TV series, 'The Home Edit' is also a lifestyle brand that offers 'full organizing services' in several US cities and was bought by actress Reese's 'Hello Sunshine' company earlier this year.
Kelly Shearer and Joanna Taplin are the authors of the best-selling book The Home Edit Life, as well as the creators of several product lines. Kelly and Joanna on BBC Radio Four's 'Women's Hour' give some tips you can follow to keep your home tidy.
Edit your stuff
"Editing is the most important part of our system," says Joanna. We have made the word edit part of our program name because it is not only very important but also the first step towards cleanliness.
Editing is a process that does not cost you anything. Take out as many things as you have in your house so you can see what you have filled up the house or room. Make a list of the things you use to meet your daily needs, the things you need or the things you love. Now see what all the things are that are of no use, or that you don't need or that you don't have an emotional attachment to and get rid of them as soon as possible.
Keep your system simple
“Everybody has their own method,” says Joanna. But our aim is simplicity and setting up a system that is sustainable and easy to maintain.
And while doing this, don't just think about yourself, don't set up the system in such a way that people connected to you or other members of the household can't operate it properly, that is, the system you have built is only understood by others. I don't come or they find it difficult to follow. If the system is simple, it will be easy for everyone to follow it.
"Systems are better when they are simplified," says Kelly Shearer. An example is if we put a shoe rack next to the door for people who want to put their shoes in it. Do visitors need to keep their shoes perfectly straight and in order? No, if it matters to you, then it's your problem and it's up to you to take care of it.'
A system is something in which everyone should be able to participate. If you find that no one else does it, it's probably because the system you've built is too complicated.'
Use containers/boxes
"Use containers and boxes to organize your things," says Joanna. The basic rule is to label the container or box with what is inside. Label everything, especially the things you can't see inside the box.'
"It's important to store your belongings in a way and in an order that makes sense for the space (such as the closet where things are stored), your belongings, and your daily routine."
Measure the drawers regularly and divide them into small and large boxes. It may not work for you at first, so the trick is to tweak it and keep switching things around until you feel comfortable and happy with your new setting.'
20% vacancy rule
"If you want to maintain an organized home for the long term, you should never have a space in your entire home that is more than 80 percent full," says Kelly. In other words, leave 20 percent of the space empty in every cupboard, drawer and box.
Giving an example, she explains that 'it's like when you eat, you shouldn't fill your stomach 100% because doing so will take a toll on your body and make you anxious and You won't have room in your stomach for sweets.'
'So a place that is not more than 80% full gives you a break in life. And if something new comes into the closet or kitchen, you won't need to immediately remove anything to accommodate it.
Make it beautiful
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