Tidy Tuesday Tips

Good afternoon friends!

Today's Tidy Tuesday will focus on tips to create and maintain an organized living room for everyone to enjoy. Let's get started!

1. Create Stations or Zones

Yes, the living room is a zone within the house, as a whole, but create space within that area for specified activities. A few stations, include: entertainment, games, reading, arts and crafts.


2. Keep the Living Room Common

The living room is a common area for everyone to come together and enjoy family activities, whether it be watching TV, playing a board game, or reading. With this in mind, there is no place for other items, such as shoes, toys, and other personal belongings that do not have a specific zone in the living room.

If you have childrem and enjoy playing with them in the living room, create an organized play station for a few toys and make sure they put them away before they move on to another part of the house. However, the majority of the toys should remain in the children's room or gameroom, if one exists.


Photo Retrieved from Target.com

 3. Utilize Storage Baskets

Storage baskets are great for storing newspapers and magazines. What doesn't fit in the basket must be recycled. If you are an avid magazine reader, be sure to keep your magazines up-to-date with new issues. There is no need to keep magazines and newspapers from 2 years ago. If there is and article that stood out to you in an old issue, invest in a photo album or scrap book and begin to save them in a less cluttered fashion.


4. Invest in Furniture With Storage Capability

Furniture, such as benches, ottomans, coffee tables with shelving, or even an entertainment center with plenty of shelving and drawers gives you greater flexibility in displaying and storing items throughout the living room. Placing a decorative storage bench underneat the window is great for additional seating and storage for blankets, board games, and photo albums. Entertainment centers, similar to the photo presented below from The Room Store are great for displaying family photos, a few collectibles, and storage for movies and music.

Photo Retrieved from RoomStore.com

I hope these ideas helped your organizational wheels to turn and create a more functional living room for the entire family. Stay tuned for next Tuesday's tips! I have much more to share with you!

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