From AsktheDecorator.com

Home Organization Checklist

By Meghan Carter

Steps for Organizing Your Home:

  • Start with the area of your home that causes the most stress
  • Lay the contents out and group like things together
  • Purge duplicate, old, worn-out or broken items and other clutter
  • Determine your organization style by reflecting on how you like items arranged
  • Purchase organizers that suit your organization style
  • Return items into their places utilizing the organizers and the Theory of Prime Real Estate
  • Eliminate the Excess

Purge if...:

  • It is a duplicate
  • It is broken or unusable
  • It is out of style
  • You haven't used it in the last year
  • It isn't useful or doesn't bring you happiness


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