30 Clever Solutions for How to Organize Your Home

Organize your home with these awesome tips and DIY storage projects!

Almost every day, I get an email from someone asking for tips on how to organize your home. Whether it's toys, the kitchen, or just all that stuff, we all have areas in our homes that need to be organized.

Organizing your home isn't just about making it look nice. Studies have shown a strong link between clutter and despression, and I think it's especially tough for us moms who spend a lot of time inside our homes. Plus we are often dealing with even more clutter with kids in the house (how do they accumulate so much stuff?).  That's why I am a firm believer in getting organized so that we can all enjoy our homes and our family time even more.

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The First Step to an Organized Home

Before you start any organizing project, make sure that you actually need to keep all the things you are finding a place for. Your first step should always be decluttering your space - throwing away things that you don't use, don't fit or work properly, or that your kids have outgrown. Need help? Here are 75 things you can throw away today (with a free printable declutter checklist).

I'm also a big fan of involving my kids in decluttering their things, and this genius toy purge idea works great any time of year. 

Once you've done a thorough decluttering you are ready to organize your home. I've pulled together 30 clever ideas to help you organize all of your trouble spots, including some awesome DIY storage projects too!

30 Clever Solutions for How to Organize Your Home

In the Kitchen
2 Quick Tips For Organizing Food Storage Areas In Your Kitchen (Living Well Mom)
Storage Solution: Simple Open Kitchen Shelves (The Shabby Creek Cottage)
Clever Kitchen Organising Ideas (The Organised Housewife)
Farmhouse Pantry Organization Tips (Cherished Bliss)
An Organized Pantry (I Heart Organizing)
Kitchen Gadget Alert: Spice Storage (Infarrantly Creative)
Organize Your Kitchen Cabinet Pantry (Playground Parkbench)


Laundry Room/Mud Room

Mudroom Organization Made Easy

Laundry Room Makeover (Simply Designing)
DIY Laundry Room Shelving & Storage Ideas (Fantabulosity)

For the Kids
10 Genius Toy Storage Solutions Every Mom Needs
5 Ways to Organize Your Playroom
Train Table to a Lego Table with Color Coded Storage
Lego Minifigures Storage (Clean and Scentsible)
Children's Book Storage (Homemade by Carmona)
DIY: Pillow Fort Box Hack  (Farm Fresh Therapy)
10 Genius Ways to Organize Kid's Books
DIY Kid's Clothes Organizer

Craft Room
How to Organize Art Supplies in a Small Space
4 Kids Craft Storage Ideas (The Organised Housewife)
Craft Room Makeover - Workstation (The 36th Avenue)
How To Create A Dream Art Space From The Art Pantry (Hello Wonderful)
Craft Room Tour (In My Own Style)

Bed & Bath

Organizing a Kid's Bathroom

Jewelry Storage Mirror DIY (A Beautiful Mess)
How To Make A Rustic Bathroom Shelf With Horseshoes (Mountain Modern Life)
Makeup Organization Tips (I Heart Organizing)

Anywhere Storage

DIY Plastic Bag Holder

DIY Hanging Organizer (The Lovely Drawer)
DIY Painted Storage Box (Tell Love and Party)


Want even more organizing tips and tricks? Click here for ideas on how to organize your life with kids and check out all my organizing printables here!