With 28 days, 4 weeks, and 672 hours, February marks the shortest (but sweetest) month of the year. Make the most with what little time we have by streamlining in-home convenience and outsourcing disruptive nuisances for a later date.
How to Make an Entrance Without Really Trying
Making your foyer more convenient is all about decluttering. From hats and coats to odds and ends, it’s easy to get organized when you implore the streamlined stylings of a mudroom.
Now, this isn’t an invitation to undertake a total home renovation, but rather one of inspiration. The keypoint of any good mudroom is the one-two punch of cubby holes and hooks, two things that can easily give your home not just a point of entry but a portal of passage to the rest of your home.
You’re the Ottoman!
Small, large, round, square… the possibilities are endless for ottomans. Which one is right for your living room? Well, that’s up to you. In order to determine what kind of ottoman is the right fit, you should consider:
- Design
- Function
- Size
- Shape
- Color
- Material
Pro Tip: A storage ottoman covers the basics of lounging, but also provides discreet organization for blankets, books, board games, and more.
Rec Time
A house is not a home without a quality entertainment center. Can’t figure out which cord goes where, which remote works with what? Untangle your web of confusion and cut clutter’s cord by making your entertainment center work for you.
Kicking back and relaxing shouldn’t feel like a chore. That’s why it’s best to get the hard part out of the way once and for all. That might very well mean unplugging your set and color coding your cords with remotes, streaming devices, and auxiliary devices for ease and convenience.
You’re so Fresh
Eating healthy isn’t so hard when it’s accessible to you. Battle the bulge by keeping your kitchen inventory nutritious and fresh. It’s infinitely more convenient to have a fresh apple handy than making a trip to your favorite drive-thru.
Four-Legged Love Story
It was love at first bark and the rest was history. You and your four legged friend are thick as thieves, so why not strive to make their life a continuous lap of luxury? Improving your dog’s health and well being can actually be as convenient as making a food swap or even taking them on a stroll around the block.
Harness Your Power
Convenience costing you on your utilities bill? Think again. Reducing your carbon footprint can fit within the cost of your means when it comes to making smart and simple switches that can improve the convenience of your household.
Being consistent is the first step in reducing costs without inconveniencing you and your household. This can be as simple as turning the water off when you’re brushing your teeth or shutting off a light as you step out of the room.
Brains & Beauty
Bringing your home into the age of today is a lot easier than you think. Gidgets, gadgets, and stupendously simple smart fixes are the way to go when contemplating treating your home with intelligence.
Between smart bulbs you can control with your phone and robotic motor vacuums that are capable of learning your home’s floor plans, the tech uprising just may very well be upon us.
Bathroom Bargaining
Bathrooms are a place of comfort and privacy, but are they a place of convenience? That’s the question you should ask yourself when reassessing how you have your bathroom organized. Skip to the loo and focus on what matters most in the lonliest room in your house: accessibility.
Pro Tip: Remember, toilet paper should always be within arms reach.
Hack, Line, & Sinker
That’s not a scary monster under your sink. It’s just the ghosts of chemical cleaners past, pipes, and maybe even a few items you tossed in and forgot about. Hacking under the sink organization isn’t rocket science, but it is about precision and convenience.
With a few simple tricks, you can implement a system that provides ease of access to everything under your sink. And the best part? Once you get it down pat, it can be adapted across all sinks, kitchen, bathroom, or otherwise.
Sleepy Time
According to a survey conducted by the ASAA, “70% of adults report that they obtain insufficient sleep at least one night a month, and 11% report insufficient sleep every night.” Do you have anything in common with that 70%?
If you do, chances are your sleep space might be the cause. There’s no right way to organize your bedroom. There is; however, an amazingly easy way to figure out what’s right for you. It all starts with reorganizing and decluttering.
Wardrobe Malfunction
Our closets always start out so nice. Clothes in their place, shoes on the rack, everything where it needs to be. We keep that go-getting organizational discipline for as long as the charade lasts, then lapse to a point of no return until we’re back at square one to do it all over again.
The time has officially come to never reorganize again. With simple hangers, wracks, shelving, and storage bags, you can transform your closet clutter once and for all.
Zooming
There’s a lot of debate when it comes to working from home. Can work be leisurely? Separating these two things might seem like a challenge without the right place to maintain productivity.
If you haven’t yet designated that space, it might be time to consider a home office. Think about a room in your house or an area that’s partitioned away from distraction. All it takes is one afternoon, whatever tables and chairs you have in your house, and the mental image of a dream home office to get the job done.
Raise the Dead
Dead space is ideal for a home office, but can also be used in more inventive ways. Whether it be the basement or the attic, your dead space is full of so much potential. All you have to do is brainstorm and get to work on raising your space from the dead.
Above the Basement
Attics aren’t just for storing Christmas decorations and collecting dust. The trick to making this space useful and convenient? 3 words: Early Spring Cleaning.
A light afternoon of dusting can help you take inventory of your attic, sort out what you don’t need and make room for new things that need to be stored out of the way. Fit custom covers for your items you plan on storing there.
Car Portal
Like attics, garages aren’t meant for just one thing. Get your garage organized in order to take full advantage of its versatile space. Garages can easily house all of your family’s recreational essentials, cleaning supplies, extra food provisions, insulated covers, and so much more.
Trending Now
Yard work is a necessary inconvenience, one that should be done in a “work smarter, not harder” type of manner. Case-and-point: a riding lawn mower vs. a push mower. Want another example? Blowing leaves onto custom tarps instead of raking your afternoon away.
These simple, convenient fixes are easy to implement and even easier to follow through on in order to maintain your lawn. Don’t be afraid of lawn tools that will make your life easier and lawn look better.
Swing for the Fences
Tender pushes on a summer’s day are just one fond memory most of us have if we’ve ever had the delight of swinging on a porch in our youth. Nowadays, porch swings are out of modern fashion, making it all the more pressing that you preserve the one you have or else risk losing the possibility of a porch swing forever.
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