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Where do you store things in your house that you are not using during most of the year? Do you keep everything extra in an attic or in a basement, maybe in a closet or even a storage room? Are some things haphazardly stowed away in the backs of drawers, cabinets, and closets which have other purposes? How long does it take you to find something you’re looking for? Did you find all your holiday décor this year, or do you have a feeling you won’t find some of it until next summer?

Coming up with a plan for your household storage can really make life easier. How do you organize your storage space? For every home, the plan will be different, based on your needs, but that’s why it’s a great idea to start out with an assessment. You should purchase a binder or a notebook and denote it as your household organization planner. In this planner, you can start making a list of what you have to organize, and what locations are available to you to store things. Make a list of storage areas you are using as well as potential storage spaces that you are not currently using. Take notes about the spaces which are already over-cluttered.

Here are items which commonly go into storage areas in your home:

• Seasonal or rejected clothing that you haven’t yet decided to thrift.
• Holiday décor and party supplies.
• Old tax information and receipts.
• Keepsakes.
• Luggage cases.
• Tools and household appliances that you do not use very often.
• Old packaging for products you have purchase din the past (warranties and so on).

Start pulling together items you know you don’t need or want anymore, and get ready to have a yard sale or thrift them. Just getting this clutter out of the way will go a long ways toward making your job of sorting the rest easier and it will also create space in your home. Now, come up with a plan for storing the remaining items. One good idea is to plan right from the start to keep most items in roughly the areas they are already in, if those areas are logical. This reduces the mess you will make as well as your workload. Take on each area of the house a little bit at a time so you don’t overwhelm yourself by pulling everything apart at once. Use clear plastic containers for storage and label them neatly.

Finally, nothing is more annoying than misplacing an item you need by putting it somewhere clever. The new, more “clever” choice may be totally unintuitive to you. You can reduce this problem in part by improving your existing storage model instead of shuffling everything completely around. But you can also prevent it entirely by writing down in your planner notebook the new locations of all your items. That way next time you need something, you can look in your planner, then go to the appropriate storage area, and find the right labeled box. Organizing your storage areas is a time-consuming task, but it’s a worthwhile one, and you’ll be glad you did it!