Getting Your Home Organized: Are You Putting the Cart Before the Horse?
Some people have so much clutter and so much stuff all over the place, they think all it’s going to take is some fancy storage system they have in the home improvement store and everything will be fine.
A few shelves here and a few more drawers there… and presto!
Everything is organized.
But it’s usually not the case.
I used to have clients call me up because all they wanted was a “system” for their closet or garage.
But when I get to their home, I realize the problem is much deeper and extremely common.
TO MUCH STUFF!
And usually, adding storage only masks a bigger problem.
See, some people think just by putting in storage they can keep more stuff, when in fact all that’s happening is you’re moving things around, making you think you are more organized, but in reality you still have the same amount of clutter … it’s just a little neater.
Which brings me to the point of “putting the cart before the horse.”
Before you even think about storage, you have to do a real,...