How do you keep your house organized?

That sounds like quite an elaborate system you have there. I hope it proves effective for you. :) I never keep my house organized. My "finding the lost object" instincts works best when things are messy or just in a random order. I have tried before to keep things up in a logical fashion, but I lack the dedication and patience to keep it up for long. Plus, for some reason I find it harder to find things when they are all organized into impeccable orderliness. And finally, Having things just laying about in whatever position I left them in just gives home a nicer feel. To be organized reminds me of a cold, trap like office. I do have a limit though. I have never gotten to the point of not being able to see my floors. I have an avid fear of bugs and this motivates me to avoid leaving food and clothes lying around. Plus, the overboard junky look irritates me to the point of going through the roof!

I am not exactly super-organized. However I have found that basic routines like deciding what absolutely needs to get done once a day/week,... and absolutely sticking with that decision goes a long way. I have things that are done no matter what, like dishes for example and whenever these basic things are done, 95% of the days I take some time to do "more". The duration of that "more"time varies according to my other workload and may go from just 10 minutes to an hour or so. In the end what that gives me are the basics done, which goes a long way, plus the possibility for all those extra things to get done as well. If I work like that I have found that I don't need things to be super-organized because they are organized enoiugh, so that I can find my way through the day quite easily.

wow! i just dont have that kind of time to get that organized but until i read your post i thought i was!

i don't live in a house, im just renting a room so i dont have that much of a bigger space for everything. in my closet, of course my clothes are folded and filed according to their colors. my shoes are always put where they belong every after use. my laundry/used clothes are folded so it would still look tidy. i always fix my bed before leaving. well basically i just put everything where its supposed to so i know where to find it the next time i need it.

To the best of my abilities actually. I think that everything does remain organized enough where it is not a problem. I mean I can find mostly everything, every now and again. At least enough where I am not trying to rip the house apart and upside down, where everything is really found in a way that does not burn up too much time. Granted some people might be appalled, but I don't want things too organized, because its harder to find everything. I do have all my summer clothes in the front of my closet during the summer months. Then obviously the reverse for the winter. In the spring, I try to have a little of each accessible, the same for the fall months really. There is a number of ways where I can remain organized in that way. There is really no complex system for me. However if the system works, than that is more than okay as far as I am concerned.

I also love a clean and organized house but I dont do color coding. I do labelling though especially with files. I have an organized closet and I think I dont need to color code either. I just have a unified design of hangers and i make sure they hangers have a common spacing inside the closet. I make labels for shoes and i make a catalogue to easily find them. I take pictures of new shoes and paste it in the box at the same time add it on my catalogue. I arrange pants and shorts accordingly and according to size and i arrange t shirt and dresses from darkest colors to the lightest. I always make sure everything is in place.

This sounds very radical and very tidy. in a word everyone knows where things are what are its effects. fixed so your house is pretty tidy naisitna. A big bravo to you. I organize my time so to clear everything at least once a week mainly inavsyakade. but at other times everything has its place and put it there. I think it all depends on educating people around us our family. Have a nice day!

I find that the little things really help. We had a lot of crap in our bedroom that really didn't need to be out 24/7. We ended up getting something that could slide under the bed. Out of site out of mind! As for your color coding, it will only work if you're not doing it alone. I think family is really a team effort and without out it you're screwed. They have stack-able bins as well, they have different colors for you too! It might help you with something small?