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How to Make Your Apartment More Homey - Part 6


Thank you for joining me on this short journey through my apartment. I've enjoyed sharing my ideas on "How to Make Your Apartment More Homey". This is part 6 and the last post from this mini series.

Today we will close with the topic of - The Largeness of Cleanliness.

I tip toed into this topic a little bit in part 2 already but I find it to be too important and neglected that I've dedicated a whole post to it. A clean and tidy apartment can be more inviting, homey and spacious than a large home full of clutter and chaos.

"There are two ways to be Rich, one is by acquiring much and the other is by desiring little." - Jackie French Koller

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." - William Morris

 Do yourself a favor and at least think through the following list and see how it might change the way you live.

1) Purge
Purge [v]
1. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleanse; purify
2. to rid, clear, or free: (ex: to purge a political party of disloyal members)

What items in your house are disloyal to your work at home? What things do you have that hinder you from what you really want to do? What are consistently tripping over? What do you move back and forth from one dusty spot to another?

2) Organize 
It doesn't need to be picture perfect; just findable! Use whatever you have, a cardboard box with a sticky note stuck to the front will work great!

3) Put It Back
Once you go through the unlovely task of throwing out items and finally organizing them into sensible places the last thing  you want to do is undo it all by not sticking with it. Just put it back when you are done. It will only take a second. 

Now I don't want you to read this list like this. 
1) Purge - Kick my husband out because he's the "disloyal" member who makes the mess in the first place.
2) Organize what's not yours to organize without permission so the owner can't find anything. 
3) Yelling at your kids who want to play with legos all over the living room floor for a few days. (putting back doesn't have to be immediately, just within reason.) 

When you have a party or family for the weekend things can get a little messy and crazy. It's always nice ( no matter how much you love them) to see them go and put things back to normal. Having a cluttered and messy apartment is like never telling those pesky in-laws to go home. It's like inviting your best friend to live with you on your couch for ever. Be the boss of your space. Give everything a home and keep it there when you are not using it or enjoying it.  

I would love to hear any additional ideas about how to make your apartment more homey. Do you live and apartment? What have you done to feel at home?

Till next time,
Sarah


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