Organize Your Home With Help from Truro’s Best Professional Organizers

January 14, 2023 By Truro Buzz Leave a Comment

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Organize your home. In many places it’s tradition to start the new year with a clean, organized house but if you’re anything like me, you struggle with keeping it clean the rest of the year. Home cleaning and organization are often made easier with extra help. Professional cleaners and organizers can give us an outside, unbiased perspective about the spaces we see and use every day, a perspective built by their experience and expertise. We have gathered together some advice and ideas from Colchester’s top residential cleaners and organizers to help you get and stay organized any time of year.

Images of Logos; Sylliboy Projects written in black on a yellow background and a stylized black square. Queen of Clean written in dark purple on a light purple background with dark purple crown above the word queen. Clutter Free Living written in white on a light blue background with a medium blue line drawing of a house. Behind the logos is a picture of a clean, modern kitchen with organized dishes on three wooden shelves.

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Do you feel overwhelmed looking for clothes in your closet? Are the kid’s toys driving you bonkers? Do you feel exhausted looking for items in your kitchen like Tupperware lids and bottoms? Do you feel anxious when you go into your garage? If you answered yes to any of these then it is time to ORGANIZE, but with organizing comes PURGING. Yahoo!!

If you are brave enough to tackle this process on your own, that’s awesome. My advice is to start small; that way you don’t feel overwhelmed, angry, cry or just give up! Start with something as simple as a kitchen drawer or bathroom medicine cabinet. Starting small is a good way to stay focused and build yourself up for bigger projects; the toy room, your closet and then you can even tackle the basement!!

As I mentioned before, when it comes to organizing you need to start by purging. This means pulling EVERYTHING out of the drawer/cupboard/closet. And I mean everything! This way you can go through each item and decide whether to keep it or let it go. Things to keep in mind when deciding this:

Have I used it within the last 6 months? 1 year?
Does it fit?
Do I need 10 of the same thing?
Do I like It?
Does it have a home?

If you answered no to any of the above questions then it is more than likely time to let it go. Keep in mind to donate items you don’t need when possible. Once this part of the process is done then you can clean the area (because what’s the point of putting things back if it’s dirty) and then start putting things back into the space. Keep like items together and use bins and baskets to keep things contained. It’s also a great idea to label the baskets, that way the whole family is aware of your plan. I like using clear containers as much as possible, especially in the pantry. It makes it easier to see when it is time to restock an item.

Image of a well-organized drawer with items easy to access in a divided container.

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When it comes to memories, I like to designate a nice storage box for these items. Each one of my kids has a decorative box that I store their memories in. I picked something large enough so items can be added throughout their school years. This is also a great idea for adults with pictures, medals, and other awards if you aren’t able to display them.

Keep in mind organizing doesn’t necessarily have to be storing things in cupboards and drawers alone. It could be creating a hanging display to showcase your medals from races, shelves to display your Alexander Keith’s collection in the man cave or a china cabinet to showcase your china collection. Not everything needs to be hidden.

If you think organizing is just for people that want things to look pretty…. you’re partially right but it’s also for people that want to be happier in their living and work spaces. You will have more free time since you will know exactly where everything is and it will save you money since you won’t be buying doubles of items since you can visually see what you have. Organizing does take time and effort but once you get in the routine of it, it will seem like second nature.

I would recommend calling in a professional when you become too overwhelmed and just want to give up. It is not worth your sanity to try and tackle it alone. Having someone to talk you through the steps and be a sounding board can do wonders. A professional can see things and make suggestions you might not think of. They look at a space and instantly can see what the space can become. They can help you stick with a budget that you may have. By working with a professional, the key word is with. It is your home and together WE can make it work for you!

On the right of the text are two images, one above the other. Top image is decorative storage boxes with wooden handles. Bottom image is an organized drinks station with a red Soda Stream, a variety of syrups for drinks and a two-tiered caddy with ingredients for hot chocolate in glass containers.

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