The following is a nightmare
for all housewives: left overs from yesterdays dinner in the kitchen,
clothes thrown onto the floor, the sink looking yellow and greasy, the
patio covered in fallen leaves, drink stains on the floor, dirty
mirrors, a pile of dirty clothes waiting to be washed, toys all over
the house, etc. All of this without mentioning the effect of pets in
your house.
If you observe all of these
things at once, you could feel a little down, but don't worry, later we
will give you some advice so that you can put everything in order
quickly and efficiently.
Order
is the main element that will help us with this arduous
task. How often have we said that we will tidy everything
up at the same time? and when it's time, we can't be bothered...and we
leave it for later! Delaying this task means more work builds up and in
the end we are going to have to organize the whole house.
You can buy numerous things to
store your belongings in. For example, with our children we can have a
deposit system or different coloured storing boxes for each of our
children - with the aim of keeping their belongings separate - you can
do this with clothes, toys and their personal items. Doing this you are
helping to keep your house in order.
Finding a place for everything
is fundamental. If your kids leave their school bags anywhere we should
ask ourselves, have we given them a specific place to keep their bags?
When things are NOT clear it
is difficult to organize.
A system that may also
function is placing dirty laundry into a basket or separate box, this
way at the end of the day you will know what needs to be washed. This
way, both children and adults will know where to put their dirty
laundry. Later, before placing clothes into the washing machine, you
can separate the clothes that are white, coloured, different materials,
etc to avoid the clothes getting damanged or stained in the cleaning
process.
I also recommend that you
separate certain clothes like socks, handkerchiefs and underwear, so
that when you are looking for a determined pair of socks, you find it
immediately.
What do you do with empty
boxes? These constitute an important element when we talk about order,
as we can use them to store important documents, books, magazines or
bills that you would like to save for some reason. Every box can be
labelled according to its contents, for example, bills and receipts,
magazines, books, etc. Doing this you will achieve storing your
documents and you will have them at hand when you need them in the
future.
Nowadays, something that has
turned into a bit of a headache is storing CD's and DVD's. If you are
not careful, you will find outselves with a mountain of these things
and you won't know what to do with them.
There are CD or
DVD organizers, we can clasify films, music and pictures. Besides, it
is important to remember that we can label each CD or DVD with
permanent marker, in such a way that if you loose the original CD or
DVD holder, you will know the contents of the CD or Dvd. Personally I
prefer CD holders which are like folders, this way you can see your CD
or Dvd's without having to take them out of the case, this also
protects them against damage.
