Group Things Together
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There are many ways to organize, but a foundational principle is to group things in a like-with-like manner. The pantry for example: Cereal with cereal. Snacks with snacks. Baking supplies with baking supplies. Canned goods with canned goods.
Like-with-like applies to all areas of your home and office. Here are some other examples of storing items that “belong” together:
Linen closet: Towels and sheets
Bathroom: Medicine, first aid supplies, overflow bathroom supplies
Pantry: Food and ingredients for cooking, canned goods, small appliances that are not used on a daily basis, plastic wrap, foil, plastic containers.
Office: Paperwork, bills, insurance documents, permanent files, paper supplies, crafts and supplies, greeting cards, gift wrap
Laundry room: Detergent, spot removers, softeners, iron, starch, ironing board, extra hangers, small indoor tools, small supply of nails, batteries, etc
Holiday decorations: Store holiday decorations in clear, labeled bins. Attics and/or basements are great places for these bins. To be even more effective, store them top to bottoms based on the month you will need them and rotate them to the bottom as each holiday passes. For example, Christmas should be placed on the bottom in January when they are put away. That would mean that the bin with President’s Day or Valentine’s decorations would be on top, and then rotated to the bottom when the holiday is over.
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