If you’ve got a big move coming up, now’s the perfect time to leave behind the things in your life that weren’t working before and start some new habits that will improve your life. One area that you might want to consider starting with is becoming more organized.
But while starting with the clean slate of a new home can be great for getting organized, dealing with reorganization on top of all the stress of moving, home loans, and everything else can be extremely challenging. So to help you in meeting both of these issues head-on, here are three tips for getting organized when moving into a brand new home.
Pack Based On Where Things Will Go In Your New Home
To give yourself the best chance of getting things organized in your new home, you’ve got to get the organization started as you’re packing up your old home.
Ideally, you should try to pack up everything in your old house based on where you imagine putting everything in your new house. While this will likely mean packing things from each room into their own boxes, you may find that certain rooms need a bit of editing before just blindly packing everything all together. Then, once you get all the right items packed with items going into the same room at your new house, Marian White, a contributor to Moving.com, advises that you color code your moving boxes based on which room they’ll end up in to make the unpacking process go much smoother.
Set Up All Storage Beforehand
Before you start unpacking the first box in your new house, you should first take the time to set up any and all storage items that you’ll be using to store and organize your belongings once they come out of their boxes. According to Laura Gaskill, a contributor to Forbes.com, this includes any storage that you’ll be using in the garage or other areas of the house.
By setting up all of your storage spaces before you begin unpacking, you’ll ensure that you have room enough for everything coming out of boxes so you can put everything away where it belongs from the get-go.
Start With The Hardest Rooms
Once you’re ready to start unpacking the boxes of all of your stuff, it’s wise to begin in the room that’s going to be the hardest to organize, which is usually the kitchen. The reasoning behind this is that you want to tackle the biggest projects while you have the most energy, which you might find dwindling as you go through rooms and rooms of boxes. Additionally, once you have the kitchen unpacked, Madison Wetherill, a contributor to LifeStorage.com, shares that it will be much easier to feel like your home is a functional space.
If you’re going to be moving into a new home soon, consider using the tips mentioned above to help you organize your new space as you move in.
