Home Organization Challenge For Winter

Is your home a cluttered mess? Winter is the perfect season to tackle your home organization challenge goals! Since the weather is colder and we spend more time indoors, we can create cozy, clutter-free spaces that bring peace and order to your home.

White cubes in an office, organized during the Winter Home Organization Challenge that hold craft supplies.

Whether you need to declutter your cabinets, organize your pantry, or clear out your laundry room, this challenge will guide you step-by-step toward a more organized and inviting home.

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We know organizing a home can feel overwhelming, so to simplify the process, we divide our home into zones and spread the work over four seasons.

Ready to turn your winter downtime into a season of transformation?

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ORGANIZE BY THE SEASON

Shelves holding organized wood beads in mason jars, pictures in black photo boxes, and file-folded material pieces.

Each season, we organize one zone of our home!

Here are the zones:

Working Zone (Winter): We regularly work in the office, kitchen, and laundry rooms. The kitchen is a big job, so we separate it from the pantry. We do the same in my office by organizing the paper clutter and craft supplies on different days.
Outdoor Zone (Spring): When the weather is nice, we tackle the outdoor spaces of our home, including the garage (shed), porch (patio, deck), attic (unfinished basement), cars (camper, boat), and yard.
Personal Living Zone (Summer): These rooms are personal to each individual who lives in our home: primary bedroom, additional bedrooms, closets (bedroom, linen, cleaning), primary bathroom, and extra bathrooms.
Entertaining Zone (Fall): The main rooms a guest would frequent when coming to our home: entryway, living room, dining room, family/playroom, and guest bedroom/bathroom.

Now that you know how our seasonal challenges work, let’s discuss what’s happening this winter!

Join THE Winter HOME ORGANIZATION CHALLENGE

Spices organized on a rack during the Winter Home Organization Challenge.

We will be tackling the working zone of our home during winter, but this is a self-guided challenge, so you can work at your own pace and tackle any space you like.

You don’t need to officially “sign up” for the challenge, but if you’d like to use our free printable guide and goal sheets, you need to sign up for our email list here to gain access to our free resource library.

To actively participate, do these steps:

Get a binder.
Access the Home Organization Challenge Binder sheets by clicking on the Free Resources link at the top of the page. Then, type in the password you received when you signed up for our email list.
Print and fill out the goal, calendar, and seasonal room sheets.
Organize at your own pace.
Find a partner- You will more likely succeed if someone holds you accountable for following your goals. Contact a friend or a relative who can go on this journey with you.
Search the blog for tips and pictures of how we organized our home to inspire you.
Open our Seasonal Sentiments Rewind Newsletter on the last day of each month. We share weekly organizational tasks to keep you motivated throughout the year.
Follow us on social media: Pinterest, Instagram, and Facebook.

Did We Meet Our Goals For The Last Challenge?

White and brown dishes organized in a china cabinet.

Did we meet our goals for the Fall Home Organization Challenge?

I wish I could say yes, but we fell a bit short!

Since we didn’t meet every goal, I must remind myself that progress, not perfection, leads to long-term success.

It’s better to set a goal and not meet it than not even try!

Here’s how it played out!

Goals we met

First, we organized our small butler’s pantry.
We shared our best tips to organize and style a china cabinet just in time for the holidays!
Advised on how to host the best Thanksgiving with our free Thanksgiving planner.
And last, we counted down to Christmas with a four-week checklist and planner!

Goals we did not meet

We had big plans to finish organizing our primary closet but never got around to it.
There’s a sitting room off our guest bedroom, where I store home decor items, and it is out of control. I’m not sure how I thought there would be time to tackle it with the coming holidays, but it didn’t happen either!

We’re in a new season, and it’s time to make new goals!