I live with someone who is very organized.  If you can relate, it’s no secret that this can be a somewhat stressful endeavor.  The benefits of living around such individuals though is that it provides a constant drive to find more easy ways to get and keep your home orderly. 

And have we ever. 

The season provides great inspiration to get organized as well, with kids setting off for school and schedules filling up, making the aspects of your home more streamlined will add up to more leisure moments during a time of year where play is generally at a premium. 

I’m personally a big fan of hooks because they can be handy in any room in the house:

Use them next to your front door to house keys, pet leashes, hats, and coats.  Mount them in your closet to organize belts, necklaces, ties, scarves, hats, or ribbons.  In the kitchen, hang dishtowels, measuring cups, and large utensils. For the bathroom, mount them on the wall or behind the door for more places to tuck drying towels, robes, brushes and scrubbers. 

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Pegboard is another way to create more unique storage and order in your home.  Frame it for a more sophisticated look, and get started placing organizer boxes and bins, note pads and pens.  This element is particularly useful and appropriate for a laundry room or garage entry space. 

Get your home office buzzing with efficiency using magnetic strips to hold ‘to-do’ items, reminders, and calendars.  Also, never underestimate the power of new shelving.  If you’re running low on space, shelves can be mounted higher walls to add an interesting visual element, as well as an out of way place to store less frequently used items.

Owning your own home is a major milestone and a pretty fun undertaking.  However, chances are your new home will also need continual work, especially if you live in an older home.  The good news is, working on your house can be fun, provided you’ve got the right tools and you’ve taken the time to organize yourself. 

So, whether you’ve just moved into your house, or even if you’ve been there a while, it’s never too late to get your go to home repair kit together.  Key items you’ll need for this kit will include mostly tools, but you might want to have some first aid components close by as well in case you’re an accident prone repair person such as myself.

Get Organized to Get Going on Your House

What are the basic tools you’ll need as a homeowner? Take a look at our list to see what you’ve already got on hand, and what you might need to purchase:

• Hammer
• Screw driver
• Pliers
• Tape measure
• Wrenches
• Fasteners (nails, screws, etc.)
• Glue (think epoxy, wood glue and the like)
• Duct Tape
• Flashlight
• Stud finder
• Drill
• Ladder
• Saw
• Level
• Extension cords

This is just a place to start, and once you’ve got all these basics covered, it might be time to go over your house and make a list of the items you’ll need that will cover potential problems specific to your house.  For example, if you’ve got a tile roof, think about the special materials and tools you might need to address any issues that come up with your roof. 

Organizing all your tools and resources in one place will make handling the hiccups of homeownership that much easier, and if you’ve got the right mindset, pretty fun too.