As time passes, certain activities are demanded of us. The yard has to get mowed. The tax receipts have to get organized by tax day. But then other things have no deadline. There’s no outside pressure to clean out the closet. No one from the government is going to call you about painting the house or getting kitchen dividers so you can find your utensils with ease.

These are the type of tips I want to address in this hub, while sharing some useful advice on how to make it easier to accomplish the task.

Organizing Kitchen Drawers and The Pantry

It takes hardly any time to organize the kitchen pantry and any often accessed kitchen drawers. For the drawers, I suggest getting some dividers to sort out the space in each drawer, creating little pockets of space to help better organize your kitchen items.For the pantry, it’s easy enough to sort things out first by throwing out any super old or expired foods. I suggest you then take all the least often accessed items and place them at either the very bottom of the very top. If you have any heavy food items, such as 20 pound bags of rice, save the bottom area for them to make it easier (and safer for kids) to help out in the kitchen. If you feel so inclined, go to Target or any home store and grab a couple air tight tupperware containers and move in your cereals, grains, flours, and so into them. Label them with a date. If it’s not obvious what it is (such is the case at times with different types of flour, sugar, spices, etc) then be sure to label it with a name too!

Organizing the Garage

Oh boy, this is a biggie right. Or at least, for many people it is. How crazy is your garage right now? Probably not the most organized room in the house, I would dare to venture without even seeing it! The good news is that you can get things into shape in a single afternoon with some extra hands, sweat, and of course, with the help of some organizer or storage tools. Because garage storage systems are big business, it’s easy to find all sorts of useful storage items for the garage. But first, clean it out. Yep, I’m sorry, but it has to be done! Clean out the garage of all trash and items taking up space. Get rid of as much as possible. Then, with the addition of storage bins, sports racks, and if needed, a good set of garage shelves, re-organize your items. Sports gear and children’s toys make an excellent pair for over sized storage bins. If you’ve got bikes, spend a few dollars and get a bike rack to keep it in place.

Also, while you’re at it, sweep the garage floor!

Getting The Attic under Control

I don’t even want to touch this one. But…

Do you have an attic? Awesome. Can you use it for anything other than massly disorganized storage? Well, you can, so I will give it a shot in one sentence on how to do so. I will actually reduce it to words.

LABEL EVERYTHING.

Moving on…

Organizing the Closet

Cheap closet organizers are a man best friend. Or a couples best friend, or a woman’s best friend! The point is that closet organizers make life easier. They’re also not very expensive at all, unless you shoot for a custom install or something. Throw up a few closet organizer shelves, get a shoe rack, get hangers that can hold weight and won’t break – all these things will make a huge difference.

If you still don’t have enough room, consider buying what’s known as a portable closet for extra storage and keeping it in the guest room. If you’d like to get something sweeter, check out a nice wooden wardrobe closet. They’re pricey, but they last forever and of course will give you a second closet to work with.

Also, as mentioned in nearly all these tips, if you go through all your clothes and assorted related items that are in your closet, and get rid of things you don’t wear, need, or use, it will make organizing the rest of your things much, much easier!