Have a small bedroom? Check out these tips from Sarah Beckman on how to make your small space work for you.

Your bedroom should be a peaceful place where your mind and body can relax and rejuvenate. Unfortunately, for many, the bedroom area becomes a cluttered storage space for clothes, accessories, knick knacks — and the rest of the family’s stuff. If you have a small bedroom and closet, clutter becomes 10 times worse. For the sake of cleanliness, aesthetics, and your health, you should declutter, clean, and organize your bedroom. Here’s how in 5 easy steps.

1. Overhaul – The first step to organizing your bedroom is throwing away excess stuff. Get a garbage bag and begin by throwing away anything that is trash. You’ll be surprised how much garbage accumulates in a place where it doesn’t belong. Throw away anything that is of no use to you — and is of no use to anyone else. Create a “donate” pile for items you can’t use, but someone else might need.

2. Reassign – Grab some plastic tubs and label them with different areas of the house: kitchen, bathroom, garage, laundry, kids’ bedrooms, etc. Anything that you want to keep, but does not belong in the bedroom, add to its respective tub. You will make the most of your possessions if they are located in the correct room.

3. Sort through your clothes – People (especially the ladies!) have trouble parting with clothes. Use these tips to declutter and take advantage of your closet space:

• Get rid of any items of clothing you haven’t worn in the past year — no exceptions. Donate wearable clothes to charity, and throw away the rest.

• Get rid of any clothes with holes, tears, rips, missing buttons, stains, etc. You’re better than wearing damaged clothes.

• Get rid of clothes that don’t fit. Too small or big, there’s no use holding onto ill-fitting clothes. Also, don’t keep small clothes as a motivator to lose weight — it’s added clutter and a negative reminder.

• All clothes that remain need to be folded in a drawer, hanging in the closet, or in the laundry basket.

• Out-of-season clothes should be properly stored in under-the-bed tubs or sealed bags. Only store them once they’re clean.

4. Sort through your knick knacks – A bedroom often becomes cluttered with decorations, candles, photos, etc. — items that have no obvious place in the house. Keep bedroom decorations minimal. Put photos in an album, and start a memory box for all those treasures that you want to keep, but don’t want displayed. Throw away or donate anything with no sentimental value to you — or that you forget you own.

5. Tame those handbags and shoes – Use the same clothes standards with your handbags and shoes. Keep quality purses in dust bags in an under-the-bed tub, or display them on a hall tree. Get an over-the-door shoe organizer to take advantage of vertical space. You will enjoy your bedroom so much more once you tackle the clutter. It will become a place where you can truly relax.

About the Author

Sarah Beckman is a writer and editor at Affordable Scarves where she develops content on celebrity style. As a lover of fashion, she must keep her closet organized at all times!

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