If you have a tendency to collect things, you probably have some issues with space and clutter. This is especially true if you live in a small space. A room or a studio apartment can easily become overrun with Elvis tribute records, Beatles songbooks, or Tori Amos cd singles.
Maybe your collecting tastes are musical like the ones mentioned above, or maybe you lean toward action figures or rare books. Whatever your particular preference, the same problems with space and clutter apply. This can be true even if your collections are more accidental than deliberate, like dvds or old magazines that you just happen to accumulate.
You often hear people jokingly warning each other not to become "Hoarders" like the people on the tv show. Your home is a window into your personality, and when people visit you, they make assumptions based on what they see. No one likes coming into a completely disorganized space, especially when they are seeing the home of a significant other for the first time. Here are some ideas for decreasing the amount of clutter.
1. Get rid of things you do not need. Be brutal about this. Even as far as your collections go, there are inevitably things that you can afford to get rid of. Perhaps you bought something that you thought was more valuable than it turned out to be. Or maybe something is damaged, and no longer hold the value it once did. Scan your collection for these items, and throw them away.
2. Put things up for sale. If you are honest with yourself, you might find that you could benefit more from those Tori Amos singles if you sold them on the internet than you can by keeping them. You will get rid of some of your clutter, and you can still keep the music itself- just rip the cds to a computer and/or store them on your iPod. It's a win/win situation.
3. Place some stuff in storage. There might come a time when you really do have the space for all of your stuff. For this reason, it is worthwhile to keep things that really are important to you. However, they do not have to be in your immediate living space. You can reduce your clutter by storing them in a rented storage locker or an attic or basement. You can always bring them back out when you have the space to deal with them.
4. Display what you keep in an organized fashion. Regardless of what you store, sell, or throw away, you will probably still have a small excess of stuff. Find creative ways to display it on shelves. Get it off the floor and out of the way. This way, when people come into your home, they will see a purposeful display rather than a jumbled mess.
Do not let your Princess Leia action figures, Elvis tribute records, or collection of first edition poetry books doom you to a cluttered, disorganized apartment. The smaller your living space, the more minimal your collections (or at least the parts of them that you display) should be. Follow the tips above, and take steps to get your stuff in order, so that you can enjoy your things and still have a neat, welcoming place to live.
Maybe your collecting tastes are musical like the ones mentioned above, or maybe you lean toward action figures or rare books. Whatever your particular preference, the same problems with space and clutter apply. This can be true even if your collections are more accidental than deliberate, like dvds or old magazines that you just happen to accumulate.
You often hear people jokingly warning each other not to become "Hoarders" like the people on the tv show. Your home is a window into your personality, and when people visit you, they make assumptions based on what they see. No one likes coming into a completely disorganized space, especially when they are seeing the home of a significant other for the first time. Here are some ideas for decreasing the amount of clutter.
1. Get rid of things you do not need. Be brutal about this. Even as far as your collections go, there are inevitably things that you can afford to get rid of. Perhaps you bought something that you thought was more valuable than it turned out to be. Or maybe something is damaged, and no longer hold the value it once did. Scan your collection for these items, and throw them away.
2. Put things up for sale. If you are honest with yourself, you might find that you could benefit more from those Tori Amos singles if you sold them on the internet than you can by keeping them. You will get rid of some of your clutter, and you can still keep the music itself- just rip the cds to a computer and/or store them on your iPod. It's a win/win situation.
3. Place some stuff in storage. There might come a time when you really do have the space for all of your stuff. For this reason, it is worthwhile to keep things that really are important to you. However, they do not have to be in your immediate living space. You can reduce your clutter by storing them in a rented storage locker or an attic or basement. You can always bring them back out when you have the space to deal with them.
4. Display what you keep in an organized fashion. Regardless of what you store, sell, or throw away, you will probably still have a small excess of stuff. Find creative ways to display it on shelves. Get it off the floor and out of the way. This way, when people come into your home, they will see a purposeful display rather than a jumbled mess.
Do not let your Princess Leia action figures, Elvis tribute records, or collection of first edition poetry books doom you to a cluttered, disorganized apartment. The smaller your living space, the more minimal your collections (or at least the parts of them that you display) should be. Follow the tips above, and take steps to get your stuff in order, so that you can enjoy your things and still have a neat, welcoming place to live.
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