In the mind of a home stager, miscellaneous says nothing. The “extra room” that becomes a catch all, with out of season clothes, boxes of stuff, a desk…it says nothing but chaos to the potential buyer. That dumping spot on the kitchen counter says, there isn’t enough room for an office, keys, hat…
Way back in the early part of this century (2000) I considered myself an organizational consultant. You see whether it is cleaning, organizing or staging, I have always been interested in efficient, pleasing use of space. A very common organizational disaster area is the catch-all in the kitchen for mail…bills, school notices, personal…you name it, we all have it coming in. So where do you put it and how do you keep it from taking over. My solution to this problem is three-fold. Sort by job (i.e., pay, respond, etc.); Store where you perform job (i.e. if you pay your bills at the kitchen table, store your bills in the kitchen along with stamps, checkbook, etc.); and don’t let that miscellaneous pile grow! In general, miscellaneous means disorganization, chaos and lost items. So take a little time every day to sort and store so that you don’t spend a lot of time looking for that lost item. Store your things in close proximity to where you use them so that putting them away is convenient.
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