Organize Your House Daily

Need to organize your house? The first thing you should realize is that there are two different kinds of clutter, physical and mental. If you get your mind organized, it will be a lot easier to organize your space.

Now let's get organized!

Has this ever happend to you? The doorbell rings. Unexpected company has stopped by for a visit. You are mortified but you let them in because you will be even more embarrassed having to explain to them why you don't want to let them in. You try to visit with your friends but all you can focus on is what a mess your home is and what your friends must think of you.

You are not alone. Embarrassing moments in home organization have happened to even the best of us. Click here for some real life embarrasing moment stories. Laugh a little and know you are in good company. Learn from others. Share your own story and see how many people can relate.

With the simple tips to organize your house that you will find here, you will never have to feel ashamed when your doorbell rings unexpectedly! Make your friends and family welcome in your home - no matter when they stop by.

A little a day goes a long way!

Deep cleaning aside, there are several things that can cause your home to look messy:

• toys or other items out of place and on the floors
• dishes in the sink or on the counters
• laundry piled up

These are probably the biggest offenders.

The first step is to do a clean sweep through the house. Clear your clutter, put everything away and start with a clean slate. Really organize your house.

Need help getting started? Follow my room-by-room guide. I recommend you start with your master bedroom because waking up every morning in a clean, well-organized room will put you in the right state of mind to get the rest of your house looking that way.

First, learn how to use Clutter Central to your advantage. Then go through each room of your house:

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Organize your bedroom

Organize your child's bedroom

Organize your guestroom

Organize your bathroom

Organize your laundry room

Organize your kitchen

Organize your dining room

Organize your living room

Organize your office

Organize your garage

Once you have completed a clean sweep of each room get organized for a garage sale to get rid of your clutter.

If you still want more, here is a list of 52 small organizing projects with big impact.

The next step to organize your house is to begin a new routine of small, daily chores to continually keep the cleaning cycle going.

Promise yourself that you will never spend another entire weekend cleaning when you should be out enjoying life.

Here is what I did:

I really took some time to think about my daily schedule. It didn't take long to realize that there were some pockets of unused time that I could fill with a few small chores.

5 minutes in the morning before I wake my son up for school is all it takes to sort and throw a load of laundry into the washer.

If I ask my husband to put it in the dryer when he gets home it is ready to be folded and put away before I go to bed that night.

I no longer do laundry on the weekends because I keep up with it throughout the week.

Trust me, I know what it's like to be tired at the end of a long, busy day and not feel like washing the dishes after dinner.

I also know what it feels like to be mortified when an unexpected visitor drops by and my kitchen sink is full of dirty dishes.

I have learned that taking the 10 minutes to clean up the dishes is far less painful than the alternative.

Make a rule for yourself to never leave a room empty-handed.

As you are walking through the living room on your way to the bedroom, pick up anything that you see laying around that needs to be put away in the bedroom and bring it with you. This is an amazing way to organize your house without even realizing that you are doing it!

I put a large basket in my living room for all of my son's toys. Each night we put the toys that have made their way into the living room in the basket. When the basket gets full we carry the whole thing down to the play room and put them away.

Enlist the help of your family.

Don't let yourself be the slave of your home. Explain to all members of your family that you are going to keep your house organized. Tell them that the reward for all of you will be more free time on the weekends to go out and have fun!

Make a chore chart for your kids and provide a small reward every week if they accomplish all of their goals.

Take the time to think about your schedule. Are you using your time wisely? Can you find 10 minutes to get a jump start on organization?

If your goal is to keep the weekends free for fun, check out my errands page for ways to incorporate all that running around into your daily schedule.

Also, check out my seasonal page for some ideas of things you can do at the change of each season to organize your house and keep it running smoothly.

Want to see a list of time-saving cleaning products that I use? Check out these household cleaning product recommendations.

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