At a time when many people are working from home, it’s become apparent that productivity requires your home spaces to be better organized. It can simply be that you now have more “stuff” in general because you have work stuff as well as personal, or the reality that you waste a lot of time shuffling clutter around looking for things. Either way, organizing the spaces in your home to maximise productivity is vital.
The good news is that functional doesn’t have to mean ugly. The other good news is that if you put your mind to it, you can create storage areas is spaces that you might never have considered before. All it takes is a little bit of creativity and an understanding of what kind of storage is needed.
While it might take a bit of practice to recognise them, the first step is to really stop and examine the space you have available.
Bare Walls
Do you have large blank wall spaces? These can be a perfect place to put that storage cabinet or storage cube combination. Mix up drawers, baskets, open spaces and decorative items, and suddenly your new storage space can become a beautiful part of your home.
Junk Drawers
We all have a drawer full of useful stuff, possibly more than one of them! Trying to find anything in them is a nightmare. Add some drawer dividers to section up the space, or a range of small containers, and combine like items together. Both these solutions make the drawer contents more visible, and so easier to find.
Floor Space
Do you have some areas next to sofas or other furniture that are basically unused? Buy some attractive baskets with lids, and use them for storing bigger items. Or make sure your coffee table and end tables incorporate a drawer, shelves or small cupboard.
These are just a few ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Don’t restrict yourself to standard solutions – it’s possible to utilize a lot of items and products that may not have the primary purpose of storage.
With a bit of thought and planning, you will find opportunities to increase storage around your home. And by finding ways to get organized, you will be able to save yourself time and become more productive.