Home Organization Tips for the New Year

Lockly home organization tips.

No matter how busy you are, you should always find time to organize everything within your home. In addition to making your home more appealing, it will also create a relaxing ambiance and peace of mind. Besides, it’s the new year! Time to fix that clutter!

If you successfully organize your living space, you will have more free space and find things more easily. On the other hand, home organization can feel like a daunting challenge, especially when there’s a lot of things and you don’t know where to start.

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Good thing, there are several home organization tips that you can consider. These pointers can help you save an amount of space, and at the same time, you can make your home look aesthetically beautiful.

Install a Rack Under Sink for More Storage Space

One of the main reasons why it is difficult for you to keep your home organized and free from messes is that you lack storage area. To solve this issue, you might like to consider a rack under your sink to add storage space.

If you have low ceilings, you can install a rack under the kitchen sink which you can use in storing your pans and other kitchen tools. A rack essentially doubles your under-the-sink storage space. Take advantage of your vertical space by converting it into a useful storage area and avoid loading your countertop with different kitchen items.

Use a Rotating Caddy in Cabinets for Spices

Do you find it hard to find the spices you’re looking for when you are cooking quickly? Are the spices you need always at the back of the cabinet, out of reach? Sometimes, you even forget they’re there because out of sight, out of mind. Try a rotating spice caddy to quickly show you all the spices you have (we recommend the two-tiered caddy for even more space saving).

A Rotating Caddy in Cabinets for Spices

Investing a rotating caddy to keep your spices can help you keep your counterspace free of clutter. It will also help you easily access them when you need them. Thus, you do not need to panic while you are cooking since you already know where to find them.

Add Bins to Pull Out Freezer Drawers

Pull out freezer drawers are great—they can hold a ton of frozen goodies—but, because there are no shelves, you end up stacking everything on top of each other and everything ends being impossible to find.

Bins to Pull Out Freezer Drawers

The solution to this is to add bins to your freezer drawers and organize your frozen food by type. That way, the next time you have a hankering for ice cream, you’ll be able to find a whole bin full of it, instead of having to pull out a bunch of frozen peas and hamburger patties first.

Use Soda Tabs to Double Up Hangers

If you think soda tabs are useless after enjoying your favorite beverage, you will be surprised at what they can do for home organization.

Soda Tabs to Double Up Hangers

Regardless of the size of your closet, you could always use the extra space—and you can do so with soda tabs.  All you have to do is to put the detached soda tabs on the neck of the hanger, and you can start doubling up by hanging another hanger to the other loop. You are not just saving space, but you are also helping the environment by upcycling used tabs.

There you have it! The next time that you clean your home, make sure to consider organizing your items too. If you cannot get rid of the clutter, then at least keep it neat and organized!