Home Organization Tips

Find helpful tips and ideas to declutter your home while organizing your home, closets and kitchen. Organize your home not just to get rid of clutter, but for quick and seasonal access to your belongings. These decluttering tips come courtesy of Farmington Valley Organizing, a professional organizer in Connecticut. If you need professional help with home organization see Farmington Valley Organizing of CT for help.

Closet Organization Ideas

Cluttered Closet in Need of Organization

Is your closet a mess, full of clutter and in need of organization? Organizing your clothes closets can be fun and easy. Here are a few closet organization ideas to get you started:

The very first thing you should do is get rid of all colored hangers. Using as few colors as possible will make an amazing improvement! Use wood, white, metal, clear, etc.
Sort all your long clothes and hang them on one side.
Sort all your short clothes like-with-like such as dressy, casual, pants, jackets and shirts.
While you are sorting, donate any item you haven't worn this year and anything that does not fit. If you must keep smaller clothes, store them in a bin labeled with the size and store them with off-season items.
When you hang your short clothes together, you will find lots of space underneath them. If you have many more short items, then add another 3/4 length pole in that space. If you have many more shoes, then add a shoe cubby.
If you have extra room on your poles, consider adding a 13" wide cubby tower on one side for folded items like sweaters.
Tip: When you change seasons, hang all your hangers backwards. When you wear an item, hang it correctly. Any item with a backwards hanger at the end of the season gets donated.

In Need of More Closet Space?

If you are out of closet space and have no storage for seasonal clothes and belongings, then All-Star Storage and Stor-It-All of Connecticut can help. We offer a variety of home storage solutions to help declutter your house.

If you need to rent a storage unit, we provide a variety of self storage units with 24/7 access. Find out more about our Household Self Storage solutions.
Our climate controlled storage, providing no exposure to the elements, is perfect for your clothes.
Get all the boxes and wardrobe boxes you need with our packing and moving supplies.
For your convenience, we offer Uhaul truck rentals or free move-in trucks at some of our self storage facilities.

Kitchen Organization Tips

Organizing your kitchen utensils:

If you have one monster utensil drawer, you need to rethink it. Kitchen utensils come in several categories:

Stove top Utensils: Wooden spoons, spatulas, ladles, etc.
Baking Utensils: rubber spatulas, whisks, measuring spoons, etc.
Knives and Peelers: Knives, sharpeners, peelers, etc.
Flatware: daily spoons, forks, butter knives, etc.
Other: corkscrews, garlic press, corn on the cob holders.

If you separate these kitchen utensils and store them in the area where you use them, you will save countless steps finding and using them:

Knives and peelers in prep area with cutting boards
Stove top utensils next to stove
Baking utensils in baking area near canisters and mixer
Flatware near dishwasher
Other, corkscrews, garlic press, anywhere

For More Information

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Garage Organization Ideas - for ideas and tips on organizing your home garage.
Moving Tips - for tips on how best to pack and move your belongings.
Storage Unit Size Estimator - to help determine the size of a storage unit if you need additional household storage space.
FAQs - to get answers to your self storage questions.
Forms - to understand the rules and regulations of renting self storage units from us.