365NEWSX
365NEWSX
Subscribe

Welcome

The mopping mistake that is making your home DIRTIER - Daily Mail

The mopping mistake that is making your home DIRTIER - Daily Mail

The mopping mistake that is making your home DIRTIER - Daily Mail
Jan 21, 2021 4 mins, 38 secs

'I don't want to see anybody going against the grain,' she said.

'Whenever I watch your videos I feel like you're telling me off,' one woman said.

Mother Stephanie Pase has offered her ultimate home organisation guide for 2021.

'I want to really stress to you guys that being organised isn't about being perfect, it's about not feeling like you're a slave to your own home and your own life - and this is what I'm all about,' she said.

Before you organise your home, Stephanie - who blogs under Just Another Mummy - said you need to declutter everything?

'You don't want to be organising junk in your house that you don't need and you will learn along the way what you actually need.' ?

Stephanie noted that once your home has been decluttered, you still need a system that works for you so you can keep on top of every room.

You're still going to get messy spaces, the bench is going to get cluttered every day,' she said. .

'It's just something that you need to know that you need to implement these habits every single day and you're just looking after your future self.' .

'The kitchen is the heart of the home and I feel that place can become messy really fast and I know a lot of us feel like we're constantly cleaning the kitchen,' she said.

To keep on top of the kitchen, Stephanie said the magnet planners on her fridge have been a 'lifesaver' for organising their weekly meals and shopping list.

To keep on top of the kitchen, Stephanie said the magnet planners on her fridge have been a 'lifesaver' for organising their weekly meals and shopping list.

'Our fridge is basically like our family command centre, it has everything we need to know for the month ahead and it has all our meals planned out,' she said.

'Planning is a really good tool for anyone, it helps you save a lot of money, you know exactly what you need from the shops and you're not going to the shops and just buying random stuff that ends up not being eaten and it goes off.

'It really does help with communication so you don't feel like you're always chasing each other down trying to figure out what's going on.

So I definitely recommend having a family command centre like this,' she explained?

Alongside her planners, she also has a 'don't forget' list where she writes down any household chores she or her husband Ryan needs to do like do the laundry or clean up the play room.

'Having everything that you need laid out in the fridge in a certain way and having certain systems like this can stop wastage and you don't end up finding things in the back of the fridge [weeks or months later,' she explained

Stephanie said having a well organised pantry helps her save a fortune on her grocery bills because she can exactly which ingredients runs low or empty

Stephanie said having a well organised pantry helps her save a fortune on her grocery bills because she can exactly which ingredients runs low or empty

'Having an organised pantry is going to make your house run smoother and stop food wastage because you always know what you've got especially when you're doing your shopping list,' she said

'Coming up with the categories for your pantry is going to be handy when you're making your shopping list so you don't end up repurchasing things you already have,' she said

Instead of leaving things out in plain sight, Stephanie created a 'junk drawer' for her family so they can store away loose items like coins, chargers, hair ties, pens and any other knick knacks that they don't want lying around the home

Instead of leaving things out in plain sight, Stephanie created a 'junk drawer' (pictured) for her family so they can store away loose items like coins, chargers, hair ties, pens and any other knick knacks that they don't want lying around the home

The key to having a well organised home starts at the entrance of your home, Stephanie explained

'Another part of the home that tends to get really cluttered and messy and can just be chaotic is the entryway - this is what I call the drop off zone,' she said

It's super easy for it to go out of hand and if you can nail your entryway, the rest of the house is going to flow.'

The key to having a well organised home starts at the entrance of your home, Stephanie explained. She uses a $19.99 wall newspaper rack (left) from Ikea to store all the mail and notes and a cabinet (right) to keep all their shoes in one place

'I absolutely love it, I use it in the office as well - it's perfect for kids school notes and just stuff you can throw in there and it doesn't have to take up your whole kitchen bench,' she said

To determine whether or not to keep an item, Stephanie said there's three questions she always asks herself. 

'You don't have to break the bank to be organised,' she said

'You don't need a million towels and a million sheets,' she said, adding her family only has no more than two to three fitted sheets each. 

Just like the rest of her home, Stephanie categorises her toiletries and places them into tubs

Just like the rest of her home, Stephanie also categorises her toiletries and places them into $4 boxes from Ikea

Summarized by 365NEWSX ROBOTS

RECENT NEWS

SUBSCRIBE

Get monthly updates and free resources.

CONNECT WITH US

© Copyright 2024 365NEWSX - All RIGHTS RESERVED