Category Archives: Organization Tips

An Organized Home Can Help Reduce Stress

Work. Bills. A busy schedule. These are just a few common and well-known stressors that people experience.

While some people can find sanctuary in their home after a long and hectic day, others continue to feel stressed into the evening because of clutter.

If your home is somewhat disorganized, it could be causing you to feel stressed. If your home was clean and clutter-free you would notice a significant change in yourself.

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An organized home can help give you more energy, calm your mind, reduce arguments with family members or roommates, and prevent important belongings from getting lost.

Try these simple tips for getting organized and you’ll reduce the stress in your life. After experiencing what it’s like to live in a restorative space, you’ll never want to live with clutter again.

Divvy up tasks among family or roommates to make organizing your home more manageable. If everyone is pulling equal weight, you’ll notice that cleaning your home feels like a lot less work than it has in the past.
Clean up after yourself during the day and have everyone in your home do the same. A clean home can easily become messy when dirty dishes, laundry, or toys pile up throughout the week.
Have a designated place for everything. If you know where items should go in your home, it will be much easier to pick up after yourself. You can make this process even easier by labeling storage boxes and bins.
Keep your closets organized, too. Even though you can shut the closet door to hide the clutter, a disorganized closet can make belongings difficult to find and will soon leave you feeling frustrated.

No one enjoys being stressed, so why not feel relaxed and rejuvenated instead? With an organized home, you can reduce stress and start to relax.

If you’re interested in learning more about ways to organize your home, visit our showroom in Vaughan.

Talk to a design consultant about your clutter issues or simply get inspired by some of the products on display.

Linen Closet Organization Tips

The next time you have guests over, wouldn’t it be nice if you could quickly grab them an extra blanket, without having to search your entire closet?

A messy linen closet is not only an eyesore, but it can also make sheets, towels and blankets difficult to find.

The solution? Simple! Just follow these three linen closet organization tips.

1. Get rid of what you don’t use

If you’re still storing old blankets that you’re too embarrassed to hand over to friends and family, why not get rid of them?

Go through your closet and decide which items you want to keep and use and which linens you could either donate or throw away.

This will give you more room to work with and prevent you from having to stuff your closet to the point where you can barely shut your door.

2. Group similar items and sets together

Rather than just placing linens wherever there is an open spot, group similar items together so that you know exactly where each item goes and where to find it later.

Towels, blankets and sheets can all be separated and put into there own designated spaces. You can also group sheet sets together, so that it’s easy to make the bed before guests arrive.

3. Take advantage of open shelves, pull-out drawers and storage bins

Even if you store linens in closets where you store clothes, toys or outdoor equipment, you can easily make room for your bedding with custom solutions.

Closet solutions like the SmartLine and Classic organizers from Organized Interiors have open shelves and pullout drawers that you can use to store bins and organize linen.

Every home has unique space challenges when it comes to organization. If you’re stuck and need help with your linen closet or any closet in your home, talk to us!

We have amazing design consultants with proven solutions that can help you get organized. Schedule a free in-home design consultation to meet with one of them.

Reduce Your Time Spent On Laundry With These Tips

When people hear you say the word “laundry,” they often assume you’re referring to washing and drying clothes.

However, this step is only a part of the laundry cycle, which actually begins and ends in the closet.

Here’s a quick breakdown:

You select an outfit from your wardrobe to wear.
After changing, you place dirty clothes in the hamper.
When the laundry bin is full, you sort clothes and separate colours.
Dirty clothes are washed, dried and folded.
Clean laundry is put away.

The cycle seems simple, but you know full well that it doesn’t always go smoothly or quickly. Prevent laundry gridlock and make this process more efficient.

13 hours of free time

What if you could save 15 minutes every week from your laundry cycle? That adds up to 780 minutes a year or 13 hours of free time.

Small changes in your daily routine can lead to big savings in time. Try to reduce your time spent on laundry with these simple tips.

Place dirty clothes into three separate bins

If you separate colours at the very beginning of the cycle, you’ll be able to skip an entire step later on in the process.

Add built-in laundry hampers to your closet cabinetry

Built-in laundry hampers help you stay organized without taking up space. They are also a great way to conceal mess and odour.

Consider customized laundry closets and cabinetry

If you often misplace the dryer sheets or your laundry area always seems cluttered, custom laundry cabinetry is a great way to help you stay organized.

Organize your bedroom closets

Putting away laundry is the last step in the cycle and it’s a very important part of the overall process.

If your bedroom closet isn’t organized and you put clothes away in random places, you are wasting valuable time every morning when you get dressed for work.

A closet organizer makes it easier to know where everything belongs. You’ll speed up your morning routine and putting away laundry will be less of a chore.

3 Storage Ideas To Keep Your Kid’s Room Organized

Kids might be messy, but that doesn’t mean you can’t teach them a thing or two about organization.

The key to helping your children keep a tidy room is to find storage solutions that are easy to use.

Here are a few ideas you might consider for your child’s bedroom or play area.

Open shelves in the closet

If your kids are new to organization and cleaning, open shelves are a great place to start. With open shelves, your kids can see where items go, and they’ll have easy access to their stuff.

Closets with open shelves can be used for shoes, books, backpacks, clothes and storage bins. All your kids have to do is place a particular item back on the shelf where they first removed it to keep their space tidy.

Easy reach storage

Kids can’t be expected to keep a room tidy if they can’t reach the shelves or drawers. Organized Interiors offers custom closet solutions that make storage spaces accessible to your children.

Ensure that your child’s bedroom cabinetry is kid-friendly with easy reach storage. If you share a hallway closet with the kids, you can place their belongings on lower shelves and your items on the hard-to-reach upper shelves.

Sort with labels

A great way to keep toys from cluttering a room is to store them in bins. This, however, can also make toys harder to find. If your kids are old enough to read, try using labels to help your kids keep their toys organized.

Use label categories like “lego”, “dolls” and “games” to keep things sorted. If your children aren’t reading yet you can try using different colour bins to group toys.

Do you want your children to start learning practical organization skills? Provide them with a storage solutions that will make it easier to keep a room tidy and organized.

If your interested in more storage ideas for your children’s rooms then contact us and we’ll put you in touch with one of our design consultants.

Organization Tips for Front Door Closets

Front door closets can be tricky to organize – especially when you have large coats, shoes, sports equipment and more household items that need to be stored.

If you’re having a hard time keeping your closet tidy (and resorting to stuffing everything into one chaotic pile), try out some of these handy organization tips.

Combine your hanging rod with shelving to accommodate for more than just coats.
Instead of throwing all of your shoes on the closet floor, keep them tidy with a shoe organizer. There are various kinds of shoe organizers you can choose from, including hanging organizers and shoe racks. This will make it easier for everyone in the family to find their shoes in the morning.
Storage boxes are an easy way to prevent your closet from looking cluttered and allow you to sort and categorize items to keep everything organized.
In the winter, why hang your spring and fall coats in the entryway closet? If you have space somewhere else (such as the basement or attic), store items and seasonal clothes you don’t need elsewhere to keep your closet tidy and functional. Ask about garment racks available at Organized Interiors.
Invest in a custom mudroom closet to keep your entryway always organized. The experts at Organized Interiors are skilled in transforming closet spaces to match your needs and space. With a custom solution, you can have your closet doors removed, add a built-in bench and turn an ordinary closet into a stylish storage area.

If a custom solution sounds like the right plan for your entryway, request a free in-home design consultation with Organized Interiors.