New Year Home Reset: Declutter Hotspots + the Storage Pieces That Fix Them (January Organizing Surge)
In wishing you a joyful New Year, here are our best declutter/reset tips and a few great pieces to help you get organized. You’ll first find a great resource for organizing, then we’ll go through the house room by room and share how to get it sorted, with our best products for the job along the way.
1. The Entryway Drop Zone
Now, for the pieces you’ll use to get organized. We start in the Foyer. This place has keys, mail, hoodies and sweaters and shoes and maybe even packages you’ve received or have yet to return. It’s an important area, it’s a landing pad of reception and leaving.
Here’s the solution -
- A storage bench is elegant, sleek, and gives a place for blankets or boots or books – your choice.
- Something SO classy, SO chic – a hat rack / bag rack! Think about it. Convenient, classic but it takes up vertical space so it’s a super easy win. Take a look at our options at the link – you’ll love.
2. The Living Room “Orbit Pile”
There may be some “I’ll handle that later” piles laying around the biggest rooms, a nuisance generally, but not unimportant enough to just take care of it all at once. The one upside being that you do know exactly what the hot spots are – the places where stuff coagulates, bunches up.
In keeping good energy in your house, we believe that, often, these hot spots are actually markers of areas that aren’t used for other things – but could be used for – you guessed it … storage! (That’s what you’re using it for anyway!)
The Fix:
- A closed cabinet hides the chaos.
- A slim bookcase keeps things clean and relatively vertical.
Even better? A basket inside the cabinet for random tech or baubles galore.
Bonus: A Philosophy on Organization Skills
If Organization strategies are what you need, this blog “The 5S Method: Mastering the Japanese System for Organization and Efficiency“ on improvemuse.com discusses five principles of organization:
- Eliminate the unneeded
- Organize what is needed
- Keep the space clean
- Standardize a routine to maintain order
- Maintain and improve continually
We love this system, and if it’s a help to you, we’re glad to share it.
3. The Kitchen Counter Black Hole
Holiday spices, snacks, mail, and favorite pantry ingredients all /somewhere/ on the counter.
It’s not you—the counter is just doing too many jobs at once.
What to do?
- Lots of kitchen storage options, big and small here in our Kitchen Storage collection. Browse around, it’s all great stuff, get inspired.
- A tip: keep only those “daily use” items out; everything else goes up, away, or in a kitchen cupboard.
An open kitchen feels much more sanitary and welcoming, and it leaves availability for wine bottle display or other fun decorative pieces.
4. Bedroom Chair (aka The Laundry Mountain)
Everyone has this chair. The “not dirty, not clean, but definitely not getting hung up” chair.
Fix it:
- An ottoman for the foot of the bed to absorb the in-between stuff without tucking it away.
- Dressers and dressers galore – wide, tall, cabinet, wardrobe – are all available at Casagear! If you need an upgrade, take a peek.
5. Last, Not Least, The Bathroom Chaos Shelf
Hair tools, skincare you don’t even remember buying, and towels that never stay folded.
Fix it with:
Options like small storage baskets, tall but slim shelving racks, over-the-toilet shelves if that’s what you prefer, and even a new bathroom sink vanity if you’re in the market or want a real interior makeover.
The January Mindset
No need for an overhaul. Keep calm, remember the 5 rules of organization if that resonated with you, and go room by room.
It doesn’t have to all be done in January – it’s just the best time to get started. Let us know if you loved our content, find us on social media and let us know! If you want to see our expert blogs on any other topics – send us a message. We love to hear from our Casagear Community!
