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Monday, January 3, 2022

Organising me casa

Earlier last year, i was into home organising.

It was a point in my life when i felt so rimas with the things and stuff i have all over the house.

Toys.
Tissue boxes.
Shoes.
Bags.
Books.
Clothes.
Boxes.
Gadgets.
CONTAINERS.

Living in a condominium means that we don't have a store room (we have utility room), so as you can imagine, our stuff were kinda all over the place. There wasn't a designated area where we can put our not-so-often-used (tools, gadget boxes, meds, bandages) stuff, and also our important stuff (school books, documents, bags, bottles).

That was how i got into organising and claiming back our house.

I kept watching videos on youtube on home organising, but got annoyed after a while because these people are telling me to buy more stuff just to organise my stuff.

Ehem. No thanks.
It does look nice with all the aesthetics & 'personality', but it just wasn't practical. There will be more wastage as there was no room to reuse products like containers.
Especially containers. Kalau beli food via grab/foodpanda memang this is to be expected kan... huhu..


These are the steps i took when i organised my home:

1. Start out by areas. I started at the Utility room first. And then move to the rooms, then the living room, then the kitchen.

2. Start Marie Kondo-ing my things. If it doesn't spark joy nor have purpose, i put them in a pile. And then from the pile, i will sort out whether they're recyclable, can be donated, can be repurposed, or thrown.

3. Most used stuff, put them at places where i can see them so that i don't keep buying them because i don't remember if i have them or not. Biasanya "out of sight, out of mind", so keep them in sight.

4. Reuse boxes, containers, for storage. I used paper bags to make small boxes, and cereal boxes or any rectangle boxes to put papers, stationeries, all those bits and pieces of things...



They look messier in pictures 😅 but they're organised!
Senang nak cari barang.

5. Reuse or repurpose old furniture
It was an outdoor coffee table but we never used it since... years ago. 

So i made them into the kids' vehicles parking rack. The tyres go into the gap so that they'll stand. Dulu, all of these were lying around on the balcony. Imagine how merimaskan it was.

6. Stop buying more stuff. I think that's self explanatory 😂

7. MUST GET FAMILY ON BOARD TOO. They don't have to do much. Just have to put things back, not put it away. Back to their original place, not just stuff it wherever. This requires some orientation la, i guess, because they don't know where we put the stuff kan. So kena gradually show them where things are and make them know that they should always put it back so that anyone else can find it back.


Now alhamdulillah, things are easier to find, we don't spend excessively and we have more space. We still are trying to figure out the best ways to make our home feel more open and manageable but we're taking our sweet time.
Masa i overhaul our house ni, it took me weeks. One day to take out everything in one area each, and then nak arrange arrange lagi, nak kena fikir nak buang ke apa ke, nak kena consider future things. 

So my advice for people/newlyweds is to not be influenced by pinterest homes. They look good, but consider practicality first. Look at your things. Look at your space. Look at your affordability. 

Don't be like me. Noob sangat. 😅
Nak rumah cantik, tapi rumah tak organised. Ye la... first time duduk rumah sendiri kan. 
It is fun to beautify the house, but it becomes such a burden when there's too much stuff.

Happy Marie Kondo-ing!

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