Houzz Call: Show Us How You're Getting Organized
If you’ve found successful ways to declutter and create order at home, we want to hear about it. Share your ideas and photos!
It’s a month or so into the new year, and you’ve made some progress on your resolution to get organized at home. Maybe you’ve cleared out a closet, edited your bookshelves or pared back the contents of a crowded room. You may even have tackled your laundry room, office or garage.
Homeowners: Have you found an ingenious way of getting rid of clutter or revamping a storage area? Share your creative ideas, helpful hints and lightbulb moments in the Comments, or post a picture of your tidied-up space. We may use your contributions in a future story.
Designers: How are you helping your clients get organized? Do you have any tricks you use in your own home? Share your tips and solutions along with a picture — especially of modest-size spaces — in the Comments. We may include them in a story.
Homeowners: Have you found an ingenious way of getting rid of clutter or revamping a storage area? Share your creative ideas, helpful hints and lightbulb moments in the Comments, or post a picture of your tidied-up space. We may use your contributions in a future story.
Designers: How are you helping your clients get organized? Do you have any tricks you use in your own home? Share your tips and solutions along with a picture — especially of modest-size spaces — in the Comments. We may include them in a story.
Kitchen. A well-organized kitchen makes meal prep more enjoyable. Some people like their cooking tools out in the open, as above, while others like stashing everything away in well-designed drawers and cupboards.
Your turn: Have you found smart solutions for organizing your kitchen work area, tools and storage? Have you made your small kitchen more functional with a streamlined design or better layout? Share your tips and photos in the Comments.
Your turn: Have you found smart solutions for organizing your kitchen work area, tools and storage? Have you made your small kitchen more functional with a streamlined design or better layout? Share your tips and photos in the Comments.
Closet. You can minimize those “I have nothing to wear” mornings with a closet and drawers that let you see exactly what you have at a glance. And you don’t need a big walk-in closet; a good setup can make the most of the space you have.
Your turn: What has helped you get your clothes, scarves, ties, shoes, belts and purses in better order? How have you gotten more storage space out of a small closet? Tell or show us in the Comments.
Your turn: What has helped you get your clothes, scarves, ties, shoes, belts and purses in better order? How have you gotten more storage space out of a small closet? Tell or show us in the Comments.
Jewelry. It’s easy for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings to end up in a tangled pile on the dresser. How much nicer instead to have a dedicated storage space that helps keep everything sorted and easily viewed.
Your turn: Tell or show us how you’ve organized your jewelry and accessories.
Your turn: Tell or show us how you’ve organized your jewelry and accessories.
Kids’ rooms and play areas. Children’s clothes, toys, projects and gear multiply quickly, and without organization and regular pruning, they can eventually take over the house. An easy-to-use storage system helps keep the chaos at bay.
Your turn: What storage solutions have helped you and your kids keep their rooms neater? How do you decide what to keep and what to let go of as they grow up? Share your thoughts and pictures in the Comments.
Your turn: What storage solutions have helped you and your kids keep their rooms neater? How do you decide what to keep and what to let go of as they grow up? Share your thoughts and pictures in the Comments.
Laundry room, mudroom, office, craft area. Hardworking utility rooms often get short shrift when it comes to aesthetics. But good design can result in spaces that are both smart and smart-looking.
Your turn: Have you found ways to better organize your laundry room, office, command center, pets area, craft cupboards, gift wrap drawers, linen closet or mudroom? Share your solutions and pictures in the Comments.
Your turn: Have you found ways to better organize your laundry room, office, command center, pets area, craft cupboards, gift wrap drawers, linen closet or mudroom? Share your solutions and pictures in the Comments.
Shed and garage. A place for everything and everything in its place. Those principles can be just as important in the potting shed and garage as in other areas of the home.
Your turn: How do you keep your garden shed or garage from becoming a magnet for clutter? Share your organizing ideas and pictures in the Comments!
Read stories and get advice about decluttering and organizing your home
Your turn: How do you keep your garden shed or garage from becoming a magnet for clutter? Share your organizing ideas and pictures in the Comments!
Read stories and get advice about decluttering and organizing your home
Your turn: How have you organized your bookshelves, media areas, picture walls and display counters? Share your advice and pictures in the Comments.