Moving house unpacking tips8/31/2023 ![]() You'll get a shoe rack that fits over your door. You'll find a little rack that holds your hair dryer and has a shelf for your hair creams on top. You will get organizers that FIT your bathroom. You'll have a big crock that holds the tools you use and you'll let go of the ones you don't that kept it too full. You'll get the weird spice rack cards with bottle clips. You'll find the trash can that holds a lot but also fits in that weird space under the fold down ironing board. ![]() You won't get 100% perfect, but you will get 90% there, and work on odds and ends over time. DO NOT FILL SPACES JUST TO FILL THEM.įocus on knocking each issue in the notebook off by the end of the at least writing down a solution, ordering or buying what you need, and finishing as possible. The trick is to edit out what you don't need or use. ![]() BUT, nearly any problem you have will have been shared by someone else and they will make a solution. It was amazing! Solutions depend on what you have the space you are in. When I did a search, I found a neat solution that clipped spices to a plastic "card" that slid in and out from under a shelf. They were a huge jumble and hard to see and use. I had a very narrow cabinet in one kitchen and a medium number of spices. It is AMAZING what ideas you can find for organizing and storying with a short google search (include an image search). Then you can really see the space and problem solve.Ĥ) You will need to store things that don't fit a space. Get it OUT of the home so it's out of the way. Keep moving!ģ) Donate and trash what remains. Keep moving!Ģ) Are there things you really need or use that don't fit in a space. If something really needs a drawer organizer or other solution, and that's obvious to you, jot it down in your notebook. If there are obvious drawers or cabinets or shelves for things, clean and use those spaces. The space will tell you how it was designed to be used. You will need to jot down a few things.ġ) Put things away as you need and use them. Usually I measure and pick that up right away (or order next day from Amazon, now that it's a thing). I clean the spaces where things go, and put the liners in them. I often get the plastic liners for kitchen and bathroom drawers and selves that are wipeable. It is keeping things that you don't need, won't use, or don't work for the new home. It's not poor organization, usually, at the heart of the problem. I've lived in very big and very small places. I am usually mostly done unpacking in a week or less. And I had a system that allowed for quick unpacking and offloading of clutter.
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