I can admit that the DIY organizational videos with all the cool amazon products or organizational shelving units created can eat up a good amount of my day - if I let it that is. So yes I happen to follow those types of videos on instagram and YouTube BUT you know what I don't like about all those videos and companies that do the organizing for you? It's the fact that they don't provide organizational solutions that either don't impede your life and the functionality of your space but they also dont demonstrate or provide you with solutions to organize that won't go affecting your pocket book in drastic ways!
For example, after moving I'm the type of person that I will leave my closet (every time) as the last thing to sort through/organize or put together the way I need it to be, because I feel that as long as my kiddos spaces and the house overall is set up to run efficiently and smoothly with everything in order, the day will go without a hitch. My space - aka my closet (for example) can easily be shuffled around until I get to organizing it. So after literally six weeks of just functioning in my master bathroom and master bedroom closet, I feel more at home and now have not only a truly functional space but now I have everything in order so that I can now spend the rest of my life organizing this home how I see fit and how I want :)
I mean I was doing laundry but I was continuing to wash the items I was consecutively wearing or putting on to save me time BECAUSE I hadn't unpacked or organized my closet. So after I decided to downsize my kids things and mine, I wanted my closet to be more functional for what I knew I didn't get at my previous home. So I put all my fall and winter clothes to the left side of my closet as you enter, whereas to the right you will find the spring and summer clothes. Then so the space didn't look crowded I put basically "laundry central" underneath the right side of the coset because all of the spring and summer clothes being short, wouldn't crowd or have me forgetting to my my laundry. The top most shelf on the left hand side serves as literally just a storage area for things I wont ever use but keep in addition to items that serve as memories and I'm going to eventually share them with my kids when they're older. The top right side of the closet is where things I use not daily but frequently are placed for my ease of access. Items in the center of the closet, from bottom to top, are items that are necessary and items that I know I'm always using as some point and time, whether that be daily or monthly. I've stored specific backpacks behind the closet door and they are not affecting my space nor are they being forgotten items to not be used.
With the whole mishap of the amazon chair purchased, well I need somewhere to sit where I'm comfortable and lathering up after a shower and getting dressed, so it was repurposed into my closet...now to purchase my large floor mirror for the bedroom!...
So what are some cheap or creative ways that you organize your spaces without costing an arm and a leg?
Sincerely,
A Distinct Woman
No comments:
Post a Comment