No matter what size your apartment is, it's important to keep it organized so that you don't become overwhelmed by clutter. Fortunately, many apartment units offer multiple basic storage areas to help you get started. How you use those storage areas, though, will make a big difference in the overall organization of your apartment. Fortunately, with these areas properly utilized and a few other storage solutions in place, your apartment will feel roomy and look spectacular.
Try Different Arrangements
The arrangement of your furniture is absolutely critical to the success of your apartment's overall organization. Therefore, when you first move in, it's a good idea to try your furniture in different arrangements to see which arrangement makes the best use of the space. Although some rooms will make it quite obvious where certain pieces of furniture should go, there will be other rooms where you can get creative and do some experimenting.
Start With the Unseen Parts
One critical mistake when trying to organize your apartment is trying to organize the common areas without organizing areas like closets and under-bed spaces first. To be able to contain your belongings effectively, these storage areas need to be carefully organized from the beginning to ensure that everything else falls into place. If you don't have exactly what you need to get these areas organized, it's okay to drop what you're doing and run to the store to ensure you can start your organization on the right foot.
Double-Check Every Box
As you begin to unpack, it's a good idea to go through every box to ensure it ended up where it was supposed to be. While your moving company will work hard to place boxes where they're needed, there's always a chance that you mislabeled a box, causing it to end up in the wrong room. By searching through all of your belongings at the start, you will make sure that you don't get a space organized only to later discover a large number of items that also belong in that space and have to be integrated into the available storage.
Create a "Maybe" Pile
During the unpacking process, you're likely to come across some items that you packed "just in case" you would need them in your new apartment. In many cases, though, you'll find that these items are totally unnecessary. Therefore, to prevent these excess items from cluttering your apartment, create a "maybe" pile of items that aren't likely to stick around. Then, when your apartment is completely organized, take one last look through the "maybe" pile and then get rid of everything that doesn't have a home.
A key to properly organizing your new apartment is to stay focused. In other words, do your best to complete one room before you begin working in another room. Assuming that your belongings are in the rooms where they belong, you won't have a lot of back and forth that will slow you down. Therefore, by staying focused, you allow everything to find its perfect place without being distracted by all the work that's left to be done.
