Week 7: Bedroom Organization
/This week we focus on a space where we spend almost half our lifetime. Our bedrooms.
The bedroom should be a space where we go to relax and unwind. Having a cluttered bedroom does nothing to help with those feelings. Outer order brings inner calm. So if your bedroom is out of order, how can you expect inner calm?
Let’s break our bedrooms up into zones, just like we did with the kitchen (insert link here).
Nightstand for personal items.
Clothing (closets/drawers)
Memorabilia and Sentimental items typically also go in the bedroom.
Before starting, look around and focus on the area which is giving you that heavy feeling. Are there piles of clutter anywhere? Is a zone being used for something that shouldn’t really be there?
If that heavy area is not really obvious to you, let’s start with the nightstand. It’s small, easy to accomplish, and will help motivate you to tackle the other areas.
Empty out your night table and keep only the items you would need while you’re in bed or preparing to go to bed.
Phone charger, tissues, hand lotion, lip balm, a book/journal, pens/pencils for taking notes, cream etc. Avoid keeping odds and ends in this drawer, or it will soon turn into a junk drawer.
Drawer dividers are great for keeping the categories separate.
Moving on to the next category: The closet. Yes, technically the closet is still a bigger space than your sentimental items: But that can be a little tricky. We might get caught in a rabbit hole and start reminiscing, and the task will just take longer than we thought. So lets’ knock out the closet first.
Organizing your clothes can be tricky. Let’s break down the steps. Create mini zones within our closet. (Again, this depends on the size of your closet, but still achievable)
Here are some of the different categories:
Workout clothes
Work clothes
Pj’s/Lounge wear
Undergarments
Formal wear
Seasonal clothes
Everyday clothes
Now working with what you already have, figure out the best space for these zones.
In my closets, I like to group by category, and then within the category group by colour.
Now for the sentimental items. I don’t actually have physical steps on how to store your sentimental items. Everyone’s situation and items will be different. So I will only offer you this piece of advice: our memories are within us, not within our things. Now, repeat that. You don’t need to keep the physical item to keep those memories. If you do feel the need to keep the object to remember the moment, how about taking a picture of it? It will take up less space and the memories will always be there!
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Now let’s move on to some of my favourite items for organizing the bedroom.
These fabric bins are pretty sturdy and can keep things contained in your closet.
No closet organizing job is complete without matching velvet hangers. Keeps things from falling off and gives a more streamlined look.
Drawer dividers for the win! These keep your categories separate and help keep your drawers from getting messy.
