Fall Organization Tips: Suggestions for organizing things around the house during the autumn months
Summer has come to an end, a distinct chill is in the air, leaves are
falling...and certain areas of your home could use a little tidying up.
Fall is a great time to get organized around the house, preparing you
for the holidays and also for the longer amounts of time you’ll spend
inside during the winter.
:Here are some fall organization tips for tidying up your living
space right now:
Fall Organization Tip #1: Go through your clothes drawers, and
the kids’ clothing drawers, to remove any items you or they no longer
wear. You might be startled to discover just how many articles of
clothing that amounts to! Place the no-longer-used clothing in clearly
marked boxes and store them away in the attic or another storage space.
Better yet, give them to charity.
Fall Organization Tip #2: During the summer months, the workbench
area in the basement was largely ignored, and it might have been used as
a “stacking spot” for inflatable water toys or other outside stuff. Now
that you’ll be indoors more, you may want to actually use the workbench
for home improvement projects. Store loose nuts, bolts, screws, washers
and other items in empty coffee cans or jelly jars. Be sure to clearly
mark each can or jar in terms of its contents.
Fall Organization Tip #3: Begin getting winter-wear items ready,
for example boots. A great tip: keep your boot tops from toppling offer,
getting wrinkled and becoming untidy by inserting a clean (and empty)
1-litre soda bottle into each boot.
Fall Organization Tip #4: If you’re thinking ahead to the holiday
season, you might want to start organizing ornaments right now. Here’s
another terrific tip: many ornaments can be stored and protected in egg
cartons, making them easily accessible and helping to prevent breakage
or loss not only this year but also in years to come.
