· Try not to use the bedroom as an office, a gift wrap room, a storage room, or for anything that causes noise or distractions. It  should only be used for dressing, sleeping and relaxing. It should be a safe haven that is always clean and comfortable a place you can retreat to and feel at peace.

 

· Keep it as clutter free as possible and you will be assured of a good night’s sleep. Make sure you change the sheets often for that fresh feeling, and put on enough blankets so that you are comfortable all night.

 

· A night table will hide all kinds of things and can be made inexpensively by recycling (use your imagination) and covered with a nice piece of fabric.

Text Box: Clothes Closet If there is unused space at the top, add shelves for storing off season clothes. Don’t use it for storing toys, papers, presents, photographs, mementos, or anything but clothes and accessories. The only clothes in your closet should be ones that fit, that you like, and that make you look good. Take pictures of your shoes and glue them to the ends of the shoe boxes they came in. This way you can stack the ones you don’t wear every day, and know what is in each box. Stacking baskets are great for sweaters. Consider keeping a laundry basket on the closet floor for dirty clothes. Install a bar at the proper height for your child to reach in his/her closet. Place the clothes and shoes you wear most often in the easiest to reach location. Group the others according to type and colour (e.g. blouses dark to light). Pieces that are worn together should stay together. e.g. jacket and pants. Belts and scarves can be hung on hooks on the wall, on specialty hangers or rolled and kept in baskets or boxes.

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Bedroom Organizing

Dressers/Bureaus

 

· Decide what will go in each drawer. For example you may have a pyjama drawer, a Tshirt drawer, a sock drawer. If this is something new for you, go ahead and stick labels on the outside of the drawers until you get used to the arrangement. It is better to assign specific items for each drawer, rather than having a bit of everything in every drawer.

 

· You can make dividers out of cardboard – or buy dividers– to keep small things in their separate areas.

 

· Drawers should be weeded out with each season. There are probably things you didn’t wear once in the last six months. Figure out why not and why you should allow them to take up valuable space. Give them to somebody else to enjoy.