{"id":1717,"date":"2023-06-19T21:41:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nancyorganizes.com\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:41:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T04:41:11","slug":"smart-bedroom-organization-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyorganizes.com\/blog\/smart-bedroom-organization-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Bedroom Organization Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: this weeks blog is geared towards the master bedroom. Kids rooms and closet organizing ideas will be tackled in future blogs. And as always, we are here to give you help in person when you need it. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ah, the bedroom\u2014a place to unwind, relax, kick back\u2026Our bedrooms are supposed to be a comforting space, right?\u00a0When you look at your bedroom, what do you see? Is it uncluttered and inviting? Or has it become a dumping ground? It seems like this time of year I get a LOT of requests for bedroom organization help. It\u2019s easy to understand why: most of the time the bedroom is not on the beaten path and easy to use it as a place to stuff things that don\u2019t belong elsewhere. Company coming? Toss the extra stuff in the bedroom quickly to get it out of the way, Family helping you to pick up? \u201cI don\u2019t know where it goes Mom\/honey, so I put it in the bedroom\u201d\u2026you\u2019ve heard this before, right? If your home is small, sometimes the bedroom is the easiest place to put things, even if they don\u2019t belong there because you don\u2019t know where else to put it. It becomes the drop zone\u2026Pretty soon the end result is that your bedroom winds up being anything BUT relaxing and inviting.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the tips and steps I take when helping my clients organize their bedrooms:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Before I break out the cute bins and baskets to store stuff in a bedroom, we declutter like crazy. Items that are clearly trash need to be disposed of.\u00a0\u00a0Getting rid of things is hard sometimes, I know. But I tell my clients, it\u2019s just physics: you can either have stuff or you can have space, but not both. Keeping things \u201cjust in case\u201d is not realistic sometimes. It\u2019s not worth overloading space with things we don\u2019t use all the time.\u00a0This is especially true with clothes and (gulp) shoes.<\/strong>\u00a0I often suggest to my clients that we isolate and sort items into 3 categories: 1)<\/strong> Absolutely love it and wear it all the time. 2)<\/strong> Haven\u2019t worn it in at least 6 months but can\u2019t bring myself to get rid of it quite yet, and 3)<\/strong> don\u2019t wear because it doesn\u2019t fit, is out of style, and I\u2019m ready to bless someone else with it. This is also true of grooming and toiletry items (except we don\u2019t donate those items in the last category\u2014we toss em).\u00a0Hint<\/strong>: keeping an inexpensive laundry basket in your closet marked \u201cdonate\u201d is a great way to be realistic about what you really don\u2019t want or need any longer. When it\u2019s full, bag the items up and donate them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Electronics <\/strong> are often a big source of clutter, too. We all use them and have them in our bedrooms, but having a place to store them and charge them can be as easy as a nightstand with drawers (Hint<\/strong>: drill a hole or two in the back of the drawer and run a power bar or charging station inside the drawer with the cord coming out the back and you automatically have a place to charge everything. I have my Phone, Ipad, Air pods and Kindle all charging in the drawer out of sight, leaving my nightstand for whatever I am reading at night). Other items that I want to keep close at hand are right there when I need them but not cluttering up the surfaces. Small bins inside those drawers keep smaller items easier to find and makes it easier to see what you need when you need it.\u00a0Hint<\/strong>: keep a small flashlight in your nightstand drawer. In case of a power outage you always have one handy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clothes management<\/strong>: Get into the habit of hanging up your clothes EVERY NIGHT. I know, it\u2019s so easy after along day to just toss things on the floor or the foot of the bed.\u00a0Hint<\/strong>: In the morning, when I pull my outfit out of the closet for the day I bring the hangers with me and place them in a small fabric bin (available everywhere). At the end of the day I grab those same hangers and use them to rehang the clothes and hand them back in the closet. Item dirty or stained? A cute hamper makes it more inviting to toss them in and not on the floor. It can even be decorative, making it much more attractive than the old plastic one you used as a kid. Shoes that you wear all the time can easily be kept at the foot of the bed in a simple cubby system that doubles as an ottoman. Overflow shoes (those you don\u2019t wear all the time), can be stored in the closet or on the back of a door.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, remember this: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keep the extraneous clutter to a minimum with these ideas:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0A cute large basket<\/strong> can fit in a corner or at the foot of the bed to store extra pillows and blankets.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jewelry<\/strong> can be organized so many different ways: there are hanging jewelry organizers,(you can even use a simple cute curtain rod to hold them)\u00a0\u00a0cute vertical storage ideas, and even your grandmothers idea of jewelry boxes can work! I use a combination of hanging organizers for necklaces and a cute free-standing jewelry chest for everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Books and reading materials<\/strong>: a small basket can hold what you are currently reading. If you are not reading it currently, it belongs somewhere else.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dressers<\/strong> are places to store things IN not ON. Make it a habit to clean off your dresser each night before you go to bed to keep clutter at bay. Small containers for items can be decorative and make things much neater, but be disciplined to use them ONLY for items that truly belong there.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not an exhaustive list at all, just some ideas to make it so much easier. Your bedroom will be much more inviting and relaxing if you don\u2019t have to shuffle everything around just to find a place to sit down and put your shoes on.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have any of your own bedroom organizing tips? Comment below and share them with all of us!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re here to help if you need it\u2014we are patient and calm, as well as  non- judgemental. Extra hands make the job go faster! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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