We have plenty of customers – so they tell us – who are incredibly well-organized at work. After all, why make things harder for yourself when efficiency is the name of the game. And yet many of these same people don’t rate themselves quite so well when it comes home organization.  Clothes here and there, cereal boxes and other food items that are hard to reach, keys and gloves that can’t be found…the list goes on and on.

So, what’s a true neatnik like you going to do about it?  Here’s a good head start:

Bins: Storage bins come in many different sizes and colors, but stackable bins enable you to make the most of available space. Use them in the kitchen, bathroom, under beds for off-season clothing, and more.

Hanging shoe bag: Here’s an exchange from an old Three Stooges short:

“Hey, what’s behind that door?”

“The other side of the door!”

Take one of your closet doors, for example? Could you hand a shoe bag on its back side? If so, you’ll free up a bunch of floor space. Put on the back of your linen closet door, and you have a ready-made space for cleaning supplies.     

Lazy Susan: A Lazy Susan not only helps you organize under-cabinet items for ease of access and so you remember what’ back there!

Stepped shelving:  Here’s another convenient way to reach items in the back spaces of a pantry, closet or cabinet shelves. With stepped shelving, you can turn one shelf into two or more to maximize the height of the space available to you.     

Pegboard: A peg board is a great addition to any pantry.  With a few S hooks attached to it, you can hang kitchen utensils and cookware and gain more drawer at the same time. Where else could you use a peg board? How about your garage of work shop?

A well-organized home can only simplify things for you and give you more time to enjoy friends and family, or simply being alone.