You can have the most beautifully designed home but, face it, if it’s cluttered and disorganized, you probably aren’t going to enjoy it as much as if it were organized. It’s good to know where things are – even if you swear there’s an order to those piles of paper and things.
Whether organizing your house or apartment is a small project or a big one, it helps to have some expert advice and tips. Here are several books on getting – and staying – organized.
1) Remodelista: The Organized Home: Simple, Stylish Storage Ideas for All Over the House by Julie Carlson and Margot Guralnick, published by Artisan. This book is brought to you by the team that creates the design site Remodelista.com.
The more than 100 simple and stylish ideas will appeal to minimalists as well as people who love to collect things. The authors share strategies for problem zones like bedroom closets & medicine chests and also provide tips that can be used in every room of the house. There are also interviews with experts who provide even more clever ideas to inspire readers.
2) Real Life Organizing: Clean and Clutter-Free in 15 Minutes a Day by Cassandra Aarssen, published by Mango. Aarssen believes you don’t have to be an organized person in order to live like one. Her book walks readers through the steps to create an organized, clutter free house in just minutes a day.
3) Cluttered Mess to Organized Success Workbook: Declutter and Organize your Home and Life by Cassandra Aarssen, published by Mango. In the above book, the author tells readers how to create a clutter-free, organized home. She takes it a step further in this book by providing tools to help get you there in the form of checklists, worksheets and downloads.
4) How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind: Dealing with Your House's Dirty Little Secrets by Dana K. White, published by Thomas Nelson. Readers will laugh their way through this book while learning tips to keep their home clean and organized. As the author says, she didn’t write it for people who get a kick out of cleaning or are thrilled by organizing. So if you want to keep it light while tackling a subject that’s far down you list of fun things to do, check this book out.
These volumes are all available on Amazon.