Does your home suffer from dumping grounds? Areas that constantly end up messy?
It innocently starts off with a sock on the floor and grows into a pile of clothing!
The clutter spreads around the home from area to area until you can't find the things you've put down!
Fed up of hearing "Where are my keys? Where is my other shoe? Have you seen my phone?"
It can get so tiring. Here is my advice....
You are in need of landing places!
If you recognise there is an area where things naturally get thrown like coats, keys, shoes, mail etc then you can create a little home for those items. It can be as simple as putting a laundry basket in your sons room where there is usually a pile of clothes, or a tray for mail. Once these baskets are full... then its time to sort... wash, throw, recycle, put away.
Another example from our home is a must! A key bowl!!! I was so fed up with people in the house (not naming names) placing the keys somewhere, forgetting where they are and then asking me if I have seen them, or where did I move them!
The key bowl is great for our keys, passport and Euro purse (Which needs to be somewhere accessible living close to Spain), even sunglasses. See the before and after below.
It doesn't take much to simplify your life. A basket for slippers, a tray for mail, a tub for all sports bottles, a bag for all shopping bags, a box for all medical supplies, a bowl for keys and an over the door hanger for coats.
Walk in the door, shoes off, slippers on and everything in its home where it belongs. No complicated system or time consuming finding things or sorting and putting things away. Easy as pie!
