Q&A for How to Organize Your Room

If you want to keep your room clean and organized, you need to have a routine! Make sure everything has a place, then put everything back in its home before the end of each night. Also, always put items like your keys and bags in the same spot.

Start in one small area at a time. Take breaks. Come back to it often.

Buy some containers and sort everything out. Things that you don't use frequently can be put in containers under your bed or on a shelf in your closet. Things you use a lot can be kept closer at hand.

Try to get a stack of shelves that are quite thin but tall that will allow you to organise things into different sections with very little floor space needed.

Tell your friends nicely that you want to keep your room looking neat and tidy. If you don't want to do that, then as soon as your people come over, tell them as you are pulling stuff out that it all has to be put back when you're all finished doing things. That was just a long way of telling you that all you need to do and let them know, because, hopefully, they will respect your space. If they don't, then don't take them to your room and just stay in areas where they need to respect the space. Or, go to their rooms and mess up their space instead.

You can get containers and boxes from most stores including Target, Hobby Lobby, Walmart, and The Container Store. For specific sizes, you might want to shop online. You should also check out Craigslist for people giving away boxes after a move, or check with stores you visit to see if they throw out their perfectly good boxes.

If your room is clean, then just find new "homes"/ places to put the things away, and if your room is a mess then the first thing you have to do is clean it. Recycle anything rather than throwing away decorations, etc.

Get bins or organization boxes, but mostly think of things you could get rid of. You could put up a shelf to help with the clutter too.

Find bins and organize yourself. Recycle things that need to go, but keep things that you will use again in the future.

You can get a small dresser for your dad's clothes and baby clothes, and hang up your mother's dresses. You could also ask them if they would mind putting these things back in their own rooms, as you're finding it hard to enjoy your own space.

Sliding doors are usually removable, so get someone who's handy to help you take them down so you can organize.

Some people leave the room of a deceased loved one exactly as it was, as a kind of shrine. This is a personal choice, but quite unhealthy emotionally. It stops the grieving process from completing its cycle, prevents closure, and keeps the living trapped in the past permanently. Wait until you feel comfortable. Don't rush in to sort out their belongings (this can be a response to distress and you may give away things and then regret it later). Let a few weeks or months go by and then calmly begin to sort out their things and clear the room.

Just make sure you straighten it up a little bit every day, this way you'll hardly ever have to do a big cleaning job. Just pick up after yourself and put your things back where they belong.

If you know or suspect that your parents would totally freak at the sight of your work in progress, tell them of your plan beforehand so they either don't come in until you're finished, or they are prepared for the mess if they do decide to take a look. Another solution is to wait until you're alone in the house and know you won't be disturbed for an hour or so (or however long it takes you to organize).

It's the same thing. Just organize everything in bins and buckets in your closet or under you bed.

Tell her you're in the process and that as soon as you're done your room will look so neat and tidy, she won't even know you had the capacity to be so nicely organized.

Try cleaning your own side or ask them to clean their side too. You can even clean together, and have fun to make time fly by.

You can fold them, or ask a family member if you can hang your dresses in their closet.

Try wetting the clay with a spray bottle. It should come off easily when wet.

You can always put some of your clothes in a drawer and put your dresses or suits in your closet instead. That may free up some space.

You can put them in containers and either put them in storage or in your closet. You could also look into investing in shelves.

Definitely find a way to use vertical space better. For example, use non-decorative shelving (something that actually fits things, unlike the single shelves you'd get for an accent or for displaying things). Also try to find things in your room that can double as storage space (for example, store things under your bed in boxes (could be cardboard) or use any wall with niches to put shelves in).

That's okay, it's your room now. If possible, move anything that was left behind into a basement, attic, or other room. See if you can paint it, or put up posters to make the room feel more like it's yours. Think creatively.

I would recommend storing your dresses in a closet if you have one. If not, you could lay them gently in a box and keep that under your bed.

Encourage her. If your sibling is young, around 4-8, set up small “games” in each area of her room to make her exited (“shooting” dirty clothes into dirty hamper “hoops”, put the items where they belong, etc.). Talk to her about keeping her room organized so she can feel better about herself and her room.

You could draw on it, write your to-do list or your schedule for the week, jot down notes or reminders, or even write down some motivational quotes.

Keep it where people are unlikely to look, such as a shoebox in your closet or under your bed, or in a bin under or inside of other bins.

Like the author said, you can organize everything into boxes. Boxes can easily be stored under the bed or in closets.

If the objects you're speaking of are trinkets/figures/etc., you can probably sell them at your next neighborhood yard sale (if you have one). People love getting their hands on collectibles. If you don't want to sell them, then look on websites like Etsy for creative or unique storage options. You might be able to find a cool shelf or storage bin to keep them in.

Maybe you could try and separate the room into sections using tape. You can also ask your parents about getting your own room.