This post is sharing with you the best 7 ideas for organizing your small home.
This month inside of my membership community, we are diving deep into the topic ‘creating calm’, so I’ve been focused on paying more attention to the things that bring me calm AND the things that don’t.
Cars, toys, soccer balls, swimming gear, games, ninja turtles, water bottles and all of the little boy accoutrements can be one of the most incredibly frustrating aspects of mom life. So, as you can imagine, it is so important for me to focus on creating calm in my space and doing my best to come up with clever solutions for storage and organizing without feeling like our home is too ‘stale’. These are 6 of my favorite organizing tips of all time.
I can remember not being able to go into certain rooms in our home as children so as to keep the home more “tidy” but like, I never wanted to be THAT mom. I want a home that feels cozy and comfortable but at the same time organized and stress free.
So, I thought it would be a good idea to document some places in my home that organizing has been helpful, easy and effective.
7 genius home organizing ideas:
01 | Color coding your books.
I have always been into color coding. I like to color code notes in my journal and color code my calendar. So, its no surprise that I also color code my bookcase.
Whenever anyone comes into my home, one of the first things they notice, besides the beautiful smell of course, is my bookcase. “Ooooh. I love the way that looks”. It ends up becoming a topic of conversation for about 15 minutes, where I thoroughly explain the calming effects of organizing anything by color.
It’s visually appealing, calm and just soothing to the soul. So, if you don’t have a bookcase and your books are just stacked up or scattered around the home, I highly recommend getting a beautiful bookshelf and putting all of your books together in a color coded system. It will force you to get rid of books you really don’t want AND create a whole little vignette in your home that just looks tidier.
Before I had a built in bookcase, I had this white and gold bookshelf in my office. It is my absolute favorite for organizing books. It fits everything and looks beautiful.
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Here’s a little peek at my cookbooks in my kitchen, also organized by color.
02 | Matching baskets.
Now speaking of bookshelves and storage, I am absolutely obsessed with the look of matching bins and baskets for nearly every area of the home. In my own home office, I had a horizontal shelf installed up high on the wall and matching baskets line the top where I put all of my office supplies that I don’t need daily access too like stationary, camera accessories, power cords and cables, extra pens and random things.
I decided to do the baskets and shelf in black because it sits on a black accent wall and when you monocrome a dark cool color like that, it makes the room for more spacious. I love how it doesn’t feel overwhelming just a beautiful place that hides all of the things.
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03 | Large storage baskets.
Now another type of basket I like to use around the home are large, round baskets that hold a lot. In a small space there isn’t always enough storage for things like extra blankets or towels, toys, things that don’t really have a specific home. I even use them for laundry.
I have two of these large round baskets for my entryway and this is where soccer balls, swim toys and extra sports equipment go. It’s basically a genius catch all idea and allows my entryway to not be a total disaster.
A few baskets I really like:
Here’s a peek at the basket in my bathroom, it holds towels that won’t fit in the cabinets perfectly and hides underneath the vanity for easy access.
04 | Door hanging shoe storage.
The amount of shoes us women have sometimes it just unbelievable. Especially when in Texas, there really is not much of a need for closed toed shoes yet I have a closet full of boots. So, hanging shoe storage is literally one of the most helpful things that I have in my home. It creates so much wall space!
Plus, you can also use these door hanging shoe storage pieces for some any other things like toys, kitchen supplies and crafts. Also, belts, bras, underwear and more! I also adore the pop of pink.
05 | Use wall hooks for hanging bags.
Because we live in a townhome, sometimes we enter through the back and sometimes we enter through the front. So we placed wall hooks in the hallway so we can hang purses, backpacks, bags, keys, hats, etc. It acts as a catchall and command center for the home.
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06 | Drawer storage organizers.
There is nothing more annoying than opening up a drawer and feeling overwhelmed by whats in it. And in my small townhome, there isn’t even that much drawer storage. So, for the storage I do have, having drawer organizers is a god-send. It makes having things feel not so overwhelming. I am in the middle of doing this with every single drawer of mine.
HOT TIP: Be sure to measure your drawer out before you order so that what you order fits inside the drawers.
07 | Fill empty cabinets with organizers
My kitchen is very small. Like, very small. It’s like one of those old British kitchens that even has the laundry units inside the kitchen. Needless to say, I don’t have a lot of space. However, where I do have space, I try to fill it with organizer units so that I can group my cleaning products and keep them looking pulled together.
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