40 best home organisation tips of all time (part one)

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We realise we've made a pretty bold statement there but we stand by it, as some of the tips we'll be sharing with you today and tomorrow border on genius, even if we do say so ourselves! 

If you have a bad habit that simply makes everyday life a little harder, or consistently forget to tackle something, we think you'll have renewed vigour after reading this article. 

It could even mean you don't need to try to work out how you could afford a professional cleaner to come in and organise your home for you. That's how confident we are these tips will help you.

Let's get organised now!

1. Make storage more fun

Storage can be functional as well as attractive and fun.

2. Instigate an 'eat me first' food labelling system

Post-it notes will be more than adequate.

3. Use ice trays to store little items that can get lost

Pop the ice somewhere else and use those trays for fiddly jewellery.

4. Segment a wall clock to show kids their schedules

Colour-code time segments to show 'bedtime', 'homework time' and so on.

5. Store things in a more tessellated way.

See items as shapes that can tessellate and fit them together more efficiently on shelves.

6. Give up on Pinterest projects

Have you ever done one that was worth the hot glue gun burns?

7. Add clothes hooks to your hallway

Kids use hooks at schoolbso will be naturally more inclined to hang their coats up on them. A clutter-free hallway at last!

8. Ditch traditional dressers

Instead of bulky dressers with hard to open drawers, choose cubbyhole storage that allows you to add baskets.

9. Accept that a shoe rack is a bad idea

Nobody ever uses them properly and they make your hallway smell of feet and look untidy.

10. Get a head start by unsubscribing to junk mail

Don't just bin it, actually call up and stop it arriving.

11. Keep a jar for loose change on your washing machine

Every penny counts and as you're doing the washing, it's yours, right?

12. Have a digital de-clutter

Unsubscribe from all those newsletters you never remember requesting!

13. Have a charging point in every room

Colour-code everything so there's no confusion. Red for phones, blue for tablets and so on.

14. Get rid of duplicate items

If you have more than two of anything, get rid of the least useful version.

15. Choose one of four locations for your clothes

Trash, store, recycle or donate. There are no other options, so get ruthless!

16. Decide what's really important to you

If it's free time, get rid of all the trinkets you have to dust. If it's trinkets, accept you'll have to clean them regularly.

17. Remember that freebies come with a cost

Even if you snag some free paper, notebooks or little wooden pencils from a certain flat-pack furniture company, they all need to be housed. If you don't need them, don't take them!

18. Audit your fridge every week

Do this like clockwork. You'll soon see what you can stop buying!

19. Align proximity with necessity

If you use your bike everyday, have it near the door. If not, get it out of the house and into the garage!

20. Create aesthetics with purpose

Rustic vibes are cool but give them some functionality by creating shelves from old wine boxes.

Come back tomorrow for part two but in the meantime, take a look at this Ideabook: 15 clever storage ideas that'll make you say I'll try that!

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