7 Easy Organization Tips

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The longer you live in your house or apartment, the more stuff you will probably collect, and the more cluttered or crowded it will feel -- unless you have the organizing gene. For those rare few, that ‘where is my stuff’ moment almost never happens. For everyone else, knowing a few tricks lets you bring home the adage ‘a place for everything and everything in its place.’

Baskets work in every house, whether it is contemporary, traditional, casual or formal. They are a decorative way to store a range of items, such as, pens, pads, or crayons. Regardless of your style, these charming and inexpensive containers hold a huge variety of items neatly and efficiently.

Just about everyone longs for more kitchen storage space. One key solution: Use containers to store food staples, such as cereal, pasta, sugar, flour, coffee and tea. These range from the utilitarian variety to classy-looking ones made of glass, tin or ceramic. The pretty ones get bonus points for taking up your kitchen decor a notch.

An entertainment center works magic with all the necessary items that accompany a TV these days. Remotes, DVD players, movies and video game consoles can add up to major clutter if not housed well. Add a few decor items, and the entertainment center becomes a focal point that is pulling serious storage duty.

The closet is a major location of clutter and disarray. All right, mess. With shoes, handbags, shirts, pants, jeans, skirts, dresses, hats, ties and daily use, it's no wonder. Say goodbye to all that with built-in drawers, shelves at various levels, double-hung rods, hooks for hats, tie bars and cubbies for shoes. You can have this done professionally or find the necessary pieces to transform your closet at a home improvement store. You and your clothes will be much happier.

Before computers, most homes had big desks with drawers deep enough to hold household files for all the papers, warranties and instruction manuals that must be saved. Storage issues are easily and afford ably fixed with a few simple files and a file cabinet.

Get creative with your furniture choices. Many contemporary designers create pieces that are as stylish as they are functional. Look for decorative items intended to make a bold design statement while still keeping your items on full display. Sometimes the best way to hide something is by stylishly keeping it in plain sight.