My Tips on How to Organize Your Home in 2020
Today I am sharing tips on how to organize your home for the new year. I can’t wait for you to see all of the organizing tips I have put together.
Organizing.
You know, it’s that thing we are supposed to do in January to start out the year with our lives in order.
It involves cleaning out all the cabinets, closets, and drawers in your home to start the year off fresh.
For years I struggled as I was not the type to spend the entire week between Christmas and New Year’s organizing.
Did I want an organized home? Yes.
It is just wasn’t one of my favorite things to do.
And then I found the book Organizing For the Creative Person.
If you struggle with organizing and are what is often called, a “creative person” then you need to read this book. It changed my life!
The book is described as “Organizing for the Creative Person is the first book on organization and time management to draw on the startling discoveries made in recent years about right-brain and left-brain dominance. Creative people – whether they are artists, homemakers, or executives – often have particular problems with organization. As scientific studies have shown, creativity resides in the right hemisphere of the brain. However, the right hemisphere lacks any concept of time, structure, or detail, and has no analytic ability; these traits reside in the left brain. If you’re the kind of person for whom conventional checklists and filing systems don’t feel natural, you’re probably right-brain dominant. Organizing for the Creative Person offers dozens of practical, down-to-earth techniques to help you find the organizing style that works for you. And since opposites attract, the book has a special section on how to deal with left-brained spouses or coworkers (and how they can deal with you).”
You really should get this book. It explains the way creative people should organize their homes. It also explained to me why I didn’t like to file things away. The explanation is not only brilliant, it is so true!
Ok, enough said.
Even though we are creative, we still need to organize our homes.
I actually enjoy organizing now. Now that I know how to do it the right way!
It shouldn’t be a surprise that this past year I have written a lot of blog posts about organizing your home.
Let’s check them out together.
Of course, I did want to mention that my friends Janine at Happy Happy Nester and Karianne at Thistlewood Farms have also shared their favorite Organizing blog posts.
Nothing is worse than having a craft room with stuff everywhere. I have always found that when there is clutter, creativity suffers. Keeping a craft room organized is important because it can actually affect your productivity. I have to organize our pantry a few times a year. As a busy cook, there is a lot of "stuff" in our pantry and it gets unorganized. This year we went gluten-free and I frequently find items that need to be tossed since we don't eat them anymore. This is the post where I shared what happens behind closed doors in our home. As in cabinet doors. The problem with Instagram is that pictures make everything look “perfect in our home. But in real life, my kitchen cabinets have gotten a bit out of control. We have a small pantry in our home in Ventura and I really needed to reorganize it. When you have a second home, you tend to find items with expiration dates more often than you would imagine. So I emptied out the pantry in its entirety and started over. I love how it turned out. Two years ago I broke my foot in seven places a week before Christmas. My family was kind enough to put all of the Christmas decor away for me. But the organization was kind of a mess and I decided it was time to organize all of my Christmas decor once and for all. Now that I had an organized and beautiful pantry, and I decided it was time to tackle the refrigerator. Not only was I frustrated that there were too many things in our refrigerator, I also wanted to make some healthy snacks more accessible. I love using unique and often vintage items to organize our home. Today I am sharing my favorite ones with you. We have a small home at the beach in Ventura, Ca. and every room is used. Our garage has always been a very popular place for our grown boys as it hosts a bar, TV, ping pong table, and dartboard. It’s also a laundry room and storage for surfboards, wetsuits, bikes, crafts, and lots of supplies. We have needed a garage makeover for a very long time. I can't wait to share with you what we did,My Blog Posts on How to Organize Your Home (even if you are a creative person)
Putting together this blog post sure got me inspired.
Be sure to check out the tips also shared by my blogging friends Janine and Karianne.
Happy Happy Nester
Thistlewood Farms
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Love your blogs. So many great ideas for home and crafts. I am a new follower.
Can you please tell me where you bought the white canisters ( cookies,flour) and butter dish? Thanks so much!