by Madison Ogashi

Created on: November 14, 2008   Last Updated: August 01, 2010

We all have it... in corners, in hallways, on the stairs. Clutter is everywhere it seems. How do you tackle it. One room at a time! First, learn to love storage containers. They come in all sorts of sizes,shapes and colors. You can store everyday items in them, stack same sized containers then cover them when not in use, wherever you have useable clutter and need it out of the way when not using, stack and cover they blend right in with the surroundings, and they can double as a small table. Here are a few ideas' to get you going.

Bathroom

Most bathrooms have a little shelf/closet thing for towels and washcloths'...use it for towels and washcloths', throw in a couple unopened bars of soap or bottles of body-wash on the side. Why here? You're more likely to see the extra there, than under the sink in a bathroom, and in turn...get used. If you're a stocker-upper, and have room in the bathroom.... Stock a few bottles of shampoo/conditioner on a shelf too. The Dollar Store has these items for about $1 to $1.50 for one bottle. Depending on how much you wash your hair, 4 bottles can last about a month before you need more. If you can, place a small trash can either under the sink, or beside it.

Kitchen

Most of us should know that the best place for cooking spoons, dippers and such, go in a drawer nearest to the stove. Cupboards need organized too. Spaghetti, bags of noodles, and rice can go into these plastic storage containers... check Wal-Mart or somewhere for some that fit in cupboards. Most of these are airtight when the lid is on them. (like Rubbermaid or Tupperware.) Cans can be in order too. Most of us use more than 1 cupboard door for the canned and boxed food.

Line up the cans; make 2 rows, back to front of each veg, fruits and assorted cans. If you have more, it's considered extra, and put somewhere else for now. (if there's not the room for 2 rows, make 1 row and think of the others as extra.) Some cupboards have enough room to put 1 row of cans, with 2 cans stacked on each other.... That is the same as 2 rows.

Boxed foods get a black marker and mark on the side facing the door as to what it is. Most of us just throw the box in, without looking to see which side is facing the door. If you write on the side with a marker, and put that side to the door, you can see at a glance what it is when you open the door. It don't matter how you put or lay the boxes in... you will always have a side to the door.

Living Room/Family room

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