Organizing your room will make you calmer and feel more in control of your life. Living your daily life will be easier for you if you don't have to spend a long time looking for the things you need. If you want to know how to organize your room, follow these steps.
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Method 1 of 3: Group Your Stuff
Step 1. Remove all your belongings from their current place
This may seem exhausting because you will make your room look a lot less cluttered. But if you really want to make your room look like new, you have to start from scratch. While you may be overwhelmed with piles of things on the floor, table or bed, trust that you will soon find the right place for it all.
- Take everything out of your closet – clothes, shoes, and whatever else you have in your closet, and put it all on the floor in front of the closet.
- Remove all items from your desk. You can place paper and other things you find on the table.
- Remove all items from your drawer. If your room is getting too cluttered with it, empty out the drawers one by one.
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Take all the other items in your room and place them on the bed or on the floor.
If removing everything at once is too overwhelming and takes up too much space, you can organize your room by tidying up each section of your room
Step 2. Organize Your Stuff
Before you start looking for a place for all your stuff, you'll need to stock up on a few boxes and label them with different uses. You can also use plastic containers for this, but it would be better if you use a box because once you're done arranging things, you can throw away the things you don't need right away. Here's how to label boxes:
- "Use." Contains items that you still use regularly. If you are still using these items in the last two or three months, you should keep them.
- Save." Contains items that you can't throw away, for example items that have sentimental value even though you rarely use them. You can keep your thick jacket, but if it's the rainy season then you can keep the shoes that you don't use when it rains.
- Sell or donate." Contains items that other people can still use or sell, but don't need anymore. You may have a nice sweater that doesn't fit anymore so you can donate it, or sell it.
- Throw it away." Contains items that no one else needs – including you. If you need to spend some time determining what an item is, or when you last saw it, then it's time to throw it away.
Step 3. Try to get rid of as many items as possible
This step is an important step. While you may want to put everything in the “Use” box, or put other items in the “Keep” box, this won't help you organize your room. You need to determine what you really need. Remember that less is better. The less you have, the easier it will be to organize your room.
- Try the twenty second rule. If it takes you longer than twenty seconds to determine if the item is still for you to use, then the answer is no.
- If you have something that you know you don't need but don't want to throw away, then try giving it to friends or family so you'll feel better.
Step 4. Align all boxes except the “Use” boxes in the right places
Now that you've got your room organized, it's time to get rid of the stuff you don't need anymore. The sooner you get rid of or put away other boxes, the easier it will be to move on to organizing your room. The following are things to do:
- The first part is easy. Just throw away everything in the "Discard" box.
- Find a charitable organization near your home and take everything in the “Donate” box there. Be prepared if they don't want to accept some of the stuff. You can donate to another place, or just throw it away.
- Sell the items in the "Sell" box. Offer it to your friends or place an ad in an online store.
- Save the box labeled “Save.” If you have a storage area or warehouse in your home, keep it there. But if not, place the box in a part of the room that you rarely use, such as under your bed or behind your closet. Remember where you saved it so you know where to look when you need it.
Method 2 of 3: Rearrange Your Stuff
Step 1. Organize your closet
Having a neat and clean wardrobe is the main key to having a clean room. You should try to keep your closet as tidy as possible and organize your clothes by season and color. If you have a larger closet, maybe you can also use it to store your shoes and accessories. Here's how to organize your closet:
- The first thing you should do after sorting your clothes into the “Wear” and “Save” boxes is to take another look at your clothes. If you haven't worn them for more than a year, then it's time to get rid of them. The only exception to this rule is if you have a dress or shirt that is so formal that you haven't had a chance to wear it.
- Organize your clothes by season. Keep rainy and dry season clothes in the same section. If you have storage space in your closet, keep last season's clothes in the back of your closet.
- Hang up as many of your clothes as you can. Try styling your clothes by type of fabric. For example, when you hang your summer clothes, store tank tops, shirts and dresses in separate places.
- Use the space under your clothes. If you hang your clothes, there will still be some free space underneath. Don't waste this empty space. Use it to store accessories or shoes.
- If you have a wardrobe with doors opening, hang a shoe rack or jewelry hanger on your door. That way you can take advantage of it. But if your closet has sliding doors, try to hang those items on your bedroom door.
- If you have a place in your closet to put your make-up drawer, then put your drawer in it.
Step 2. Organize your drawers
Drawers are places where you usually store other clothes or accessories, so they need to be arranged as neatly as possible so they don't fall apart easily if you're looking for something. Here's how to organize your drawers:
- Arrange the tops of your drawers. Take everything that is in the top of your drawer and put everything in the plastic bag in the corner of the drawer. If there are other places that are more suitable for these items, such as bathrooms, desks, etc., put them there.
- Determine the main use of the top drawer. Don't just use the top drawer to store all the obscure stuff. Determine the use, whether for socks, books, or your collection card.
- Organize all your drawers. Define drawers for underwear, pajamas, exercise equipment, and clothes you use every day.
Step 3. Arrange your table
If you have a table in your room, you should arrange it as well as possible. Make a plan to separate and organize all the important items so you can avoid cluttering your room. Here's how to do it:
- Decide on a place for scissors, staples and other office supplies. You can use the corner area of the table or the top table drawer so that it will be easy for you to take it. Promise to put everything that is on the table stays on the table. If you use staples, put them back on the table to prevent them from being lost.
- Determine a place for writing utensils. Use a cup or small holder to store writing utensils, so you don't have to spend a lot of time looking for a pen. Throw away your pen when it is no longer usable for writing.
- Set up a file storage system to organize your papers. Make folders or drawers for different types of paper. One drawer can be used for important papers that you rarely use, such as car papers, house contracts, work contracts, and other important papers. You can use the other drawers for your work papers, for example. Do not mix these two types of paper.
- Minimize the number of items on your desk. Try to keep as few photos and other memorable items as possible so you have more space to work.
Step 4. Arrange the rest of your room
Once you've organized your cupboards, drawers and desks, your room should start looking tidy. However, you are not done yet. Before you can say that your room is tidy, there are still a few things you should do:
- Make your bed. One part of an organized room is putting everything in its place, and so should your pillows and bolsters. If your bed is filled with so many pillows or dolls that you have trouble sleeping on it, then it may be time to throw away or keep some of those items.
- Remove things from the walls of the room. Some of the posters and paintings might still be good. A whiteboard or calendar can still help you. However, get rid of the old posters, throw away any blurry photos or other papers you have pasted on your desk. Thus your room will feel more spacious.
- Arrange other furniture in the room. If you have a nightstand, file drawer, or bookshelf, make sure it's clean and tidy and organized like any other place in your room.
- Put the items that are still in their place. If you still have other items in your room, find the right place for them.
Method 3 of 3: Clean Your Room After Styling
Step 1. Clean the floor
Now that you have everything in place, your floor should be empty. Take time to clean it. You will not get a neatly arranged room if it is not clean.
- Play some music or ask a friend to help clean the room to make the process more enjoyable.
- If your bedroom floor is made of hardwood, wash it or sweep it. If the floor of your room is covered with carpet then it's time to vacuum it.
Step 2. Clean all surfaces in your room
Take a damp cloth and wipe it over your desk, drawer, nightlight and other items in your room. Get rid of the dust you neglected when your room was too cluttered.
Make a schedule to clean your room at least once a week
Step 3. Make a plan to keep your room clean and tidy
You certainly don't want all your efforts to organize your room to go to waste. If you go back to your messy habits within a week, your room will be a mess again. Here's how to make sure your room stays clean and tidy in the future:
- Try to leave 5-10 minutes each night to organize the room before bed. Now that everything is in order, you have to keep it tidy.
- Try to clean your room for 5-10 minutes every day. This includes removing trash, leftovers, unused mail, or items you no longer need.
Tips
- Make a list of important areas that need tidying up first. Otherwise, you could end up spending a lot of time tidying up the little things. Follow the order of the list that you have made in order of priority and you will be relieved with the results.
- You can put small items in candy cans and still look good. Such as lip balm, hand sanitizer, etc.
- Remember to clean under your bed. This area can get very dirty easily.
- Remember how you want your room to be laid out before you start, so it will be easier to do it from start to finish.
- There's no need to rush. Do it slowly so the results are good.
- If you're styling an entire room, don't go beyond your means!
- Make your bed every morning. This will encourage you to keep your room tidy.
- If you're cleaning clothes, try them on before deciding which box to put in. If it doesn't fit anymore, don't keep it (or save it for your sister, maybe).
- Don't procrastinate. Because this will only make your room more messy.
- If your room is small, move some items elsewhere in the house. So that your room will not be easily messy again.
- Place everything other than furniture on the bed to vacuum and clean the bedroom floor.
- Make sure your parents have approved you. Because after cleaning the room of course you don't want to get into trouble.
- If you have a lot of colored clothes, group them by color.
- Arrange the books, CDs, DVDs in alphabetical order so that it will be easier for you to find them.
- Clean your room every night.
- Change your bedroom paint. You will feel better.
- Sign up for online banking and pay bills online so you will have less paper bills.
