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Organizing Your Home: The Dining Room |
by:
Hana Lee |
An organized dining room adds extra comfort to a home. If you�re like me, sometimes it�s the only organized room in the house! Let�s take a quick look around. Do you eat in here often or is it only for guests? If you don�t use it often, you may just have some simple organizing and dusting to do.
1. Are there papers on your table? Is this table a collection spot for things you want out of your way and then forget about? If so, take the bite out of the Law of Flat Surfaces! Use the �laundry basket� method we talked about in the family room here: if there are things that don�t belong in this room, put them in baskets and take those baskets to the appropriate rooms.
2. Do you have a china cabinet or other means of storing fine dishes? If so, how does the cabinet look? If it�s stuffed to the gills, start by taking a hard look at what you have, how many place settings you have, and how many you need. If you want a guideline, take one from the line in �Sleepless in Seattle�: �12 is too many, 8 is too few. 10 is just right.� How many creamers, sugar bowls, and teacups do you have? Are they collecting dust and never getting used? Pare down and give them a quick dusting with your duster. When you open the doors to your cabinet, do you grit your teeth and wonder what�s going to jump out and kill itself at your feet? Consider giving your surplus to a newly-married couple that can use it, or donate it to a women�s shelter or other worthy charity. Dust down (or use furniture polish�whatever is applicable here) the front of your cabinet.
3. What about your lighting source? Dusty? Grab your duster�hit the table, the chairs (rungs and bottom of the table, too!), and the lighting source. You don�t have to take it down and scrub it clean�just dust it, and if necessary, shake the dead bugs from it.
4. As the final step, run the vacuum in here�not the edges, just the �middles� where you walk. Move the chairs but not the table�don�t even think about pulling out the china cabinet! If there are things behind there, they�re small and no one else is going to see them.
Congratulations�your dining room is done! Happily, it�s often one of the easiest rooms to keep looking nice and neat!
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