Organizing Your Home: The Master Bedroom (Part One)

We have been going through the house, room by room, to get organized. Next on the list is the master bedroom. As we address this room, keep in mind it is more than just a room in which you sleep! This is also a place to view as a haven and place to escape.

Okay, let’s take a walk into your bedroom. Now, take a good look around and be honest; does it appear messy and cluttered? If so, let’s get started. First on the list is getting the bed made. This includes the possibility that you may change the bedding to start fresh.

Next on the list is picking up all those clothes lying around or draped on the back of a chair. Hang up clothing that goes in the closet, fold and place all clothing that belongs in the dresser and place the rest in a laundry basket for washing.

Once that is done, let’s get going on clearing off the top of your dresser(s) and the headboard of your bed. Sort through whatever is there, be it papers, jewelry, etc. and return all those items to their proper locations. Now that you can see the tops of the dressers and headboard, take a duster or dust cloth and thoroughly wipe down all surfaces.

Now that that has been accomplished, let’s take inventory of all those ‘extra items’. For example, do you have too many jewelry boxes? How about all those baskets that are supposed to be used to organize things? It is even a good idea to go through your clothes to see what is and what is no longer being worn. If the extra items are in good shape, consider donating them to charity or placing them in a neutral corner to be sold in a future garage sale. Keep in mind, the idea here is to de-clutter your room!

Go through your perfume bottles to determine which ones are your favorites and which ones you just don’t use anymore. Let’s face it: there’s no sense (scents?) in keeping 35 partially used perfume bottles on your dresser if all they do is collect dust and make things look messy.

The next place to clean is the floor area. Are you able to walk freely in your room or are you tripping over items? If so, use the laundry-basket method and pick up the things on your floor and return them to their correct location. Now give the floor a good sweeping or vacuuming! Don’t worry about moving the bed or dressers—just sweep or vacuum where you can easily walk.

One final thing to address today is your windows. Are they difficult to see out of? And, what about those window ledges? Go and get your rag and window cleaner and give them a quick once-over. You’ll be amazed at how much dust you pick up and how clean your window glass and ledges will look after that!

There! That wasn’t so bad was it? In part two, we’re going to go inside the closets and dressers!