Review: Great Strategies for Organizing Your Home
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 19, 2012
In this book the author takes you through every room in a typical house.  She explains some basic strategies:  clear out anything in the room you don't want and need.  Look at what's left and store it in an optimal place.  She points out that something as simple as a hassock can be used for storing items.  Also, if you're just buying furniture you can pick tables with built-in storage.  You can get corner cabinets.  Another strategy is to look at how you use your rooms.  Do you always eat in your kitchen and rarely use your dining room?  Maybe you should re-purpose the dining room into a game room for the kids, a mediation room, a home office etc etc.  You can also clear out and clean your attic and basement and perhaps re-purpose those two areas.  If you decide to use them for storage then the game plan is pull everything out, discard what you don't need and then store the remaining items in a logical way.  Corner shelves, drawer units, taller wall shelves can also be used to neatly organize attics or garages.  There are a LOT of great ideas in this book.  This is also a great book to give to your kids who are moving out on their own.  If you furnish a place with storage in mind you'll end up ahead of the game.