key points
- Give everything a house, and only place heavy items of daily use on countertops.
- After every use, or at least daily, clear countertops to keep the clutter accumulated.
- Create a stand zone for diverse objects, throw things away because they are disposable, and act like a guest in their home.
As soon as you reach home, what you want to do is to remove all your things. These usually end on tables and countertops, which is fine; This becomes only a problem when these things go beyond their reception, which many of them do.
Learn more about how professional organizers are closing their countertops so that you can do the same.
Meet experts
- Sharon Lownheim He is a professional organizer and Devi is the owner of organizing the event service.
- Julie Oliver A professional organizer and founder of Ogringeny.
Limit countertop items
The biggest key to Underdeveloped countertops There is a lot of things not to put on them. When your countertops are home appliances, candles, decorations, and all the catches for your home, it is no wonder they stop quickly. Only here should be here.
Professional organizer Sharon Loenhem says, “These should be things that you use a lot, but it is too heavy to go somewhere else.”
She lists a knife block, drying racks and equipment, which receive close-lived usage like coffee manufacturers as some of these exceptions.
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Create a Stash Zone
By creating a specified area where items are dropped, your counters stop catching for any disorder entering your house.
Professional organizer Julie Oliver says, “(Gate) Gadate Dores and Accessories, Sanglasses, Lipstick, Mint and Miscellaneous items get a place.” “Note item to stay in one Decorative bin or drawer To maintain chaos. ,
Give everything a house
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When everything is a specified place, it is very easy to see those things that are outside the place. Whether it is a cabinet, drawer, or completely in separate rooms, everything should be a house that is not countertops.
This makes it easier to note what is disorganizing your countertops, making it easier to keep away instead of finding a temporary house, and it becomes simple for you and other people in your house to find out when the item is needed later.
As you go
Before you set the mail down, go through all spasm and filter; Why allow it to make it all the way for your countertops when it can go directly into garbage?
“If you get into your habit Disposal of those things As you go, you will stop a lot of chaos, which will be cleaned later, “Loenhem, to apply the same argument to the cooking process.” Make sure you can do a garbage, a recycle bin, and a Compost bin HandyAnd when you prepare your food, keep the garbage moving. ,
Look with fresh eyes
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It is so easy to be blind to our own small dirt: we know what is really in them, as well as the timeline for the timeline when it will move. But this does not mean that it is not actively making chaos.
Oliver suggested, “Show your location as if this is the first time you are walking inside and you are a guest,” Oliver suggestions.
This will give you an opportunity to notice what should be kept somewhere else.
Apparent countertops daily
Things will essentially go here and there during the day, but before you go to bed, make sure everything comes back where it should happen. Better yet, once you are done with countertops, do it.
“After every meal, return your countertop to your normal, unpublished position,” says Lowenehem. “One last sweep at the end of the day, before bedtime, will ensure that nothing is left.”
