Thrifty Organizational Ideas

Disorganization may cause additional stress in your life. It may also affect your finances. According to the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), it costs an average of $10 per square foot to store items in your home and disorganization may cause "crisis" purchases, which involves buying duplicates of misplaced or broken items and last-minute shopping at premium prices. This does not help in reducing your debt. If your bills and mail are disorganized piles of paperwork, this could result in missed due dates and late fees.

Controlling your clutter does not always have to entail hiring a professional organizer or buying expensive bins and furniture. You may be able to use containers and objects that you already have in your home if you follow some of the tips listed below. Keep in mind that as you begin to organize, you will more than likely come across things that you no longer use. Try to sell them and make extra cash.

Is that really trash? Your family may throw away many boxes and household items each week. Before you toss something, consider if it will help organize clutter. For example, you could use empty cereal boxes to make magazine holders. (Detailed instructions are listed on this site: www.allfreecrafts.com/recycling-crafts/magazine-holder.shtml ). Empty tissue boxes can also be a solution to hold all of those plastic grocery bags. Wash empty glass jars and cans and use them to store a variety of small objects such as office supplies, craft beads, nails, or screws. Kids also can have fun decorating these types of objects. In addition to saving money and organizing your home, reusing items can also help the environment. Using a tin can as a pen holder is better on your desk than in a landfill.