It’s a new year! An exciting time when we make resolutions, set new goals, and try new things! If one of your hopes is to get your home organized, we can help you! Join the Winter Home Organization Challenge now!
Would you believe me if I told you that you could organize your entire home this year?
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Sound too good to be true?
Well, it’s not!
I used to get excited at the beginning of the year and think that I could organize my entire home during the Winter and be done with it.
Guess what??
I never succeeded.
It was too much to do all at once.
But, I was able to turn things around, when I decided to divide the tasks into smaller chunks.
I made a goal to organize a few spaces each season of the year.
The thought of organizing my whole house didn’t seem so overwhelming when I divided it up over time!
Why organize your home by the season
Decide what areas of your home you want to organize.
Assign each area to a season of the year.
I have divided my home into four zones and tackle one zone each season.
You are welcome to follow my plan or organize any rooms that you want.
Here are the four zones I have created:
- Working: These are the rooms that I work in, on a regular basis-the office, kitchen, and laundry room. The kitchen is a big job, so I separate it from the pantry. I do the same in my office by organizing the paper clutter on a different day.
- Personal living: These are the rooms that are personal to each individual who lives in our home. Master bedroom, additional bedrooms, closets (bedroom, linen, cleaning), master bathroom, additional bathrooms.
- Entertaining: The main rooms a guest would frequent when coming to our home. Entryway, living room, dining room, family/playroom, guest room.
- Outdoor: All outdoor spaces of our home. Garage (shed), Porch (patio, deck), Attic (unfinished basement), Cars (camper, boat), Yard.
the Winter Home Organization Challenge
What will you organize this Winter?
Will it be an entire room, say your kitchen?
Or will you organize your cabinets?
Maybe you need to start with just one drawer?
The good news is, you get to decide!
Here at our house, we will organize the working zone I mentioned above.
WINTER Home Organization Challenge: WORKING ZONE
- Kitchen
- Pantry
- Laundry room
- Office
- Paper
How to Get Started
Are you ready to join the challenge and set some goals?
We hope so!
The first thing you need to do is make a Home Organization binder!
Make a binder
We designed printables that you can use to set goals and organize every room in your home!
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- Put your printables in a home organization binder!
- Fill out the sheets!
- Start organizing!
BE ACCOUNTABLE
Choose an accountability partner
You will be more likely to succeed if you have someone holding you accountable to follow through on your goals.
So contact a friend or a relative that can go on this journey with you.
I’m sure you know someone who can use help in this area!
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Organize any space with the 6/P Strategy
Hopefully, at this point, you’ve decided what you will organize and when you will do the work.
Now you might wonder, “How do I start organizing a room?”
We developed a simple strategy to help you organize a drawer or an entire room!
It’s called the 6/P Strategy and consists of six steps that start with the letter “P”!
When you’re ready to start organizing, click here to learn how to implement the strategy!
COMMIT TO THE CHALLENGE
Are you ready to commit and join the Winter Home Organization Challenge??
Will you organize one space (or two, or three, etc.) in your home this season??
Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
Then, get that binder put together, set your goals, and get started on the challenge today!!!
Happy organizing!
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Blessings, Donna and Rich
More Home Organization Inspiration
Want more organizing inspiration? Check out the posts below:
- Simple Ways to Organize Kitchen Drawers
- Clever Ways to Organize Your Pantry
- Practical Laundry Room Organization Ideas
- Great Ideas to Organize a Desk
- Best Ideas to Organize a Craft Space
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I had never thought about organizing according to the season! We moved 6 months ago, so I’ve already done tons of purging before the big move. My biggest thing to tackle now is just finding new homes for everything that actually work how we use the space. I’ve already rearranged the kitchen cabinets a few times as I’ve figured out what is a more natural home for things based off how we use the space.
Hi Brooke! People ask me why I organize my whole home every year, and that’s because it takes a while to figure out the best place to put everything, just like you talked about in your kitchen! I hope my seasonal plan can help you organize the rest of your house! Have fun organizing!
Love that you break things down into seasons, Donna, it’s so helpful! Thank you for always passing your best organizing advice on to us. I’m a fairly organized person and we keep our house pretty tidy (the garage is a nightmare right now though) and I always learn something new from you every time I read one of your posts. I can’t wait to learn more from you this year too! Cheers to creating simple systems that work in every season. Hugs, CoCo
Breaking things down by the season was a huge key to success for me! I’m so glad my organizing posts have been helpful to you! Here’s to getting the whole house organized in 2023!!
Thank you for sharing Donna with Whimsy Home Wednesday, I love your organization ideas. I always try to take it all in the winter too and then fall flat and short of my goal.
Everyone is different, but I could never manage to organize my entire house in a couple of months! Glad to hear I’m not the only one, lol! Good luck with your organizing goals this year!
These are wonderful ideas! I love the way everything is organized in small doable steps.
Thank you, Susan! Breaking things down into small manageable steps has really helped me! Glad you found it helpful!
This post is so helpful Donna, soooo many great ideas! I’m excited to tell you this post will be featured in this week’s Tuesday Turn About Link Party! Thanks for sharing your creativity and we hope to see you at the party this week! Pinned!
Hi Cindy! That is such great news! I know many people want to get organized at this time of year and hopefully, it can help them! Thanks for sharing the post with your readers! See you at the party!!