These Home Organizing Hacks Will Transform Your Home

 

Is your messy home or apartment stressing you out? We’ve all been there. Keep reading to learn these home organizing hacks that will transform your home. 

 

Whatever we do, clutter finds a way to gather and sit around in random places. Receipts, bags, boxes, and everyday items can all make your home messy if they don’t have a home in your home. 

 

While buying and owning less stuff is one way to reduce clutter, it won’t entirely stop clutter from entering your house. We all need things, and they require space in your home. 

 

With the right design, storage space, and some creativity, you can always organize your home to look neat and make it a place that makes you feel calm and peaceful. 

 

30 Home Organizing Hacks to Transform Your Life

 

1. Get a large shoe rack 

 

Most of us own multiple shoes. And not all of us have the space to store all of them in our wardrobes. And let’s be honest, shoes bring home dirt from the streets or wherever you’ve been to. 

 

By keeping a large shoe rack by the door, you can ensure no shoes are lying around in your home and that the dirt doesn’t make it any further into your home.

2. Have a keyholder

 

Keys. We all have them and some of us too many of them. And if you lose them you’re late or screwed. And it’s one of the easiest things to leave in a random place in the house.

 

Solution? Get a key holder. One that can be mounted to the wall with multiple hooks for different keys. It’s easy to keep organized because you can’t store anything else there unless it has a key ring or hook.  

 

3. Add a shelf near the main door

 

Keep a spacious free-standing shelf near the main door to store things you often use outside such as helmets, umbrellas, raincoats, or any other fitness gear such as yoga mats, gym bags, etc. 

 

4. Add plenty of wall shelves

 

A lot of us don’t utilize our walls enough. Adding plenty of wall shelves to your living room, kitchen, bedroom, and bathroom can create additional storage space. 

 

Remember, when everything has a home in your home, there will be less clutter. Books, lights, decor items, etc will all have the space to add beauty to your home.

5. Add plenty of wall hooks

 

Another great addition to your home organizing hacks is wall hooks. Wall hooks can be used to hang jackets, hats, scarves, bags, etc making sure these do not end up on your sofa, dining table, or anywhere else it doesn’t belong. 

 

6. Buy a coffee table with storage compartments 

 

Our living room coffee table is one of those spaces that gets cluttered very easily. Remotes, keys, magazines, receipts, etc can easily end up there. 

 

By investing in a coffee table with some storage compartments such as a drawer, you can keep the surface of the table empty and store things like remotes easily. 

 

7. Get a TV rack with multiple drawers

 

When choosing a TV rack, get one with multiple drawers. Without drawers, things like remotes, magazines, cables, etc can end up on the surface.

 

It also gives you additional storage to store some tech gadgets you usually use in the living room such as tablets and spare batteries. 

8. Get Cable organizers

 

Cables and wires create such a mess when there are so many of them. You don’t wanna throw them out cause you never know when you might need them. 

 

By getting a cable organizer, you can keep them rolled or clipped neatly and access them when you need to. 

 

9. Dedicate a specific cabinet for junk

 

No matter how much you organize, there’ll always be some junk that doesn’t belong anywhere or something you need to keep temporarily. 

 

For all the stuff without a home, have a dedicated cabinet so that you can easily throw it away once you don’t need it. 

 

10. Utilize vertical space in the kitchen

 

Our kitchen can take up a lot of space. How can you best utilize the available space? Add wall shelves and hooks to store things like pots, pans, mugs, cutting boards, etc.  

11. Add plenty of kitchen cabinets

 

Adding adequate kitchen cabinets is the best way to ensure storage for all your kitchen equipment, cookware, tableware, and cutlery. 

 

Without enough kitchen cabinets, all these things end up on your counter, making the prep area messy.  

 

12. Categorize your kitchen by zones

 

Categorize your kitchen by zones such as the cooking/prep area, dishwasher/dryer, tea/coffee station, etc. 

 

This makes it easier for you to come into a habit of using and storing certain things in the designated zone. 

 

13. Have dividers inside cabins and drawers

 

Adding dividers inside your cabins and drawers is a great way to keep things such as cutlery and other small kitchen utensils neatly. 

 

14. Have a medicine holder

 

Use a medicine holder to store your prescription and over-the-counter medicine organized and easy to access. 

15. Have a command station

 

Managing a household is not easy and requires planning, especially with kids. You have chores, shopping lists, and any other important information of all family members. 

 

Having a designated area with a small whiteboard and sticky pad is usually sufficient. 

 

16. Get a spice rack

 

A kitchen is incomplete without a spice rack. Or at least your food is incomplete without some spices. To cook amazing food, you need spices. And a variety of spices can create a mess if not stored properly. 

 

Invest in a spice rack or build one into one of your kitchen cabinets and label the bottles to own a spice rack you’re proud of. 

 

17. Get a hanging plastic bag holder

 

If you use a lot of plastic bags, they can start gathering in random places or even create a mess inside a cabinet. 

 

By getting a hanging plastic bag holder, you can easily store them and access them when you need to. 

 

18. Invest in clear jars and containers

 

You can pretty much store anything in clear jars and containers. Dry food such as nuts, and cookies, and even when storing food in the fridge, jars and containers can keep them clean and fresh for longer periods. 

 

Without jars and containers, you end up with a lot of plastic and paper food packaging boxes. 

 

19. Have a separate cabinet for cleaning supplies

 

Store all your cleaning supplies in one separate cabinet. It will make it much easier to find them and make sure you’re not keeping them in random places. 

20. Invest in a linen cabinet

 

Linen such as bedsheets and towels can take up so much space. And you don’t want them to make your wardrobe messy. 

 

Add a separate cabinet just for linen and you’ll no longer have to worry about it.  

 

21. Add a separate shelf for all washing supplies

 

To keep things extra organized and make your life easier, it’s very ideal to add a separate wall shelf just above the washer for washing supplies such as detergent, softener, stain removers, etc.  

 

22. Add a work desk and ergonomic chair

 

If you do any sort of computer work at home, it’s important to have a work desk and an ergonomic chair to keep things organized as well as to prevent bad posture and for overall good health. 

23. Get a desk organizer

 

Another important organizing tool for any workspace is a desk organizer. This will help you keep important files, sticky notes, pens, and other office supplies centralized and your desk free of clutter. 

 

24. Get a wardrobe with multiple shelves, dividers, and drawers

 

This is a major one. Wardrobes are one of the easiest to get messy. Getting a wardrobe with multiple shelves, dividers, and drawers will help you categorize all the stuff you own and keep it neat and organized.

 

We have written an entire post on decluttering your wardrobe to help you master the art of keeping a wardrobe organized.  

 

25. Add clothing storage bins

 

Some compartments in your wardrobe may be large, making it difficult to keep things neatly. Worry not. With storage bins, you can easily categorize them and prevent them from getting jumbled.   

 

26. Have a dedicated storage space for luggage

 

Luggage can take up a lot of space. If you put it in a place like under your bed, it can be difficult to access and gather dust. 

 

Add a dedicated storage unit above your wardrobe to store luggage or if you have a store room, you can store it there. 

27. Add a freestanding shelf in your bedroom for additional storage

 

Apart from your clothes, all the other stuff you use still needs proper storage. By adding a freestanding shelf in your bedroom, you can easily store additional stuff like stationary, books, amenities, etc that you might need more often. 

 

28. Add a bedside table 

 

Every room needs a bedside table. Anything you use after you get into bed needs a home too. 

Think about water, a book, and a sleep mask that can conveniently be stored on a bedside table. 

 

29. Add a towel rack

 

Towels that you are currently using or next in line to be used can neatly be hung on a towel rack. Without a towel rack, it can end up in the bedroom and make it messy. 

 

30. Adopt the file-folding method

 

If you haven’t tried this, you should try it now. Folding your clothes neatly into a package and vertically stacking them up against each other, utilizes wardrobe space better and makes it much easier to view all options without making a mess. 

 

We hope you found the above home organizing hacks useful. Of course, there are so many more creative ways to keep your home organized. 

 

Let us know what home organizing skills work best for you in the comments below.