Keep Your New Year's Resolution To Get Organized

Every year, one of the most popular New Years Resolutions is to get organized. This resolution is one of our favorite resolutions, because it is a resolution that is achievable. The experts at The Shelving Store can help you achieve organizational bliss and cross off one of the resolutions on your list.

Many people do not know where to begin when it comes to getting organized, which is why we offer custom design services to take the guesswork out of home organization. Our experts can design a storage unit for your home to help you organize just one, or all the areas of your home. Once your unit is in place, it is easy to stay organized.

If you feel like taking on the job yourself, we offer the most comprehensive line of home storage products to help you get your home organization project accomplished. We carry several shelving lines, including versatile Chrome Wire Shelving, fully customizable Schulte Shelving, and eight lines of Decorative Shelving. Plus we offer all kinds of storage accessories, such as stackable plastic boxes and bins, lockers, kitchen carts and more.

On our website, you will also find comprehensive articles and tips on how to get organized, and stay organized. On our You Tube channel, we also have instructional videos to help you assemble your shelving units. In 2010 our mission, as always is to help everyone get organized!

Keep Your Home Organized
-The Shelving Guy

Effectively Storing Seasonal Decor

No one likes this time of year, when the dreaded chore of taking down holiday decorations must be done.

This year, putting your seasonal decor away properly, and in an organized manner will ease the stress of unpacking and repacking it in future years, making holiday decorating a much more enjoyable activity.

To pack your holiday decor most effectively, eliminate all those odd shaped cardboard boxes that your outdoor lights, and other bulky decorations came in. Instead, purchase plastic storage boxes. Our Akro Storage Boxes and Bins are a good choice. By using plastic boxes, many items can be placed in one box and labeled, so everyone knows which items belong where. Plastic boxes of the same size are easy to stack and arrange, making the most of your storage space. The use of plastic storage bins instead of cardboard boxes also protects the contents from water damage and other environmental hazards in storage areas.

Sort your items in an organized manner, such as all lights in the same box, all ornaments in one box, exc. You can also sort the decorations by room, for example, living room decor or foyer decor. Finally, label contents of each box and ensure you return the correct items to their proper box each year.

These techniques can be used to store seasonal decor from all holiday celebrations. You can even further your decoration organization by color coding your holiday storage boxes. For instance, store all your Christmas decor in red or green boxes, use orange boxes for Halloween decor, and perhaps purple or blue boxes for Easter.

Keep Your Seasonal Decor Organized
-The Shelving Guy

New Linon Products

Just in time for the holiday season, The Shelving Store is debuting a new line of creative storage products from Linon! Linon offers a stylish selection of modern bookcases and kitchen islands to help bring beauty and storage space into your home.

Linon bookcases feature modern designs with small details to best display your most treasured possessions, such as yearbooks, decorative vases and photo frames. Just think how wonderful a new bookcase to display your favorite holiday decorations would look in your living area. Bookcases are also ideal storage for a number of rooms in your home, such as the home office or even a study or bedroom.

If it’s more stylish kitchen storage you seek, look no further than Linon kitchen islands. Available in a variety of finishes to match your existing kitchen, these kitchen islands offer additional storage space for your kitchen, that can come in handy this holiday season. Kitchen islands are mobile, giving you the ability to easily transport holiday food from room to room, and can be used throughout the year for outdoor entertaining.

This holiday season, give your home a additional touch of warmth and beauty with a Linon Bookcase or Kitchen Island.

Keep Your Home Organized
-The Shelving Guy

National Get Organized Week

This week is National Get Organized Week in America, and we at The Shelving Store couldn't be more excited- organization is our specialty after all!

Did you know that studies show that disorganization causes counter-productivity at home and in the workplace? Yes, it's true. Many people spend too much time locating items, documents and files instead of actually working on a project! Being organized has many benefits; you'll be able to complete tasks more quickly and efficiently, leaving you with more time to yourself to do things you enjoy and time to tackle other incomplete tasks.

This week, help yourself out and set aside some time to organize- you may feel like you don't have time, but it will save you tons of time in the long run! Even if you organized one closet, or file away one pile of old bills- clearing the clutter will make you feel like you've accomplished something. Any unwanted items you may discover while cleaning can always be donated, so you'll be helping others in the process too, and that's something everyone can feel good about! Plus, that positive attitude may even inspire you to organized more!

If you feel like tackling a bigger organization project, such as your kitchen or garage, let The Shelving Store help. We've got tons of organizational products, including new Catskill & Art of Storage Products, to help you get organized and stay organized! There's no time like the present, and no excuses to not get organized this week!

Celebrate National Get Organized Week & Keep Your Home Organized
- The Shelving Guy

Organize Your Closet

Searching for an outfit every morning should be a breeze, not a constant struggle with your messy closet. Organizing your closet is necessary in order to simplify your morning routine and clear your room of the mess that is supposed to act as your clothing storage space.

To start organizing your closet, remove all items so you can see exactly what you have. Remove items that do not belong and get rid of clothes that you have not worn within a year. Donate these clothing items to organizations such as Goodwill Industries or the Salvation Army so others can benefit from them.

Separate items that you wear everyday from clothing items that are only worn on special occasions. For example, Christmas sweaters, party dresses, and other seasonal items should be kept in another closet or in storage until you need them.

Before returning clothing to your closet, add some storage solutions to help keep it organized:

• Free standing chrome wire shelves can store items that need to be hung as well as larger items that are folded or too bulky for normal shelving.

• elfa® two drawer units are short and simple but work great for extra storage under longer hanging items. Clothing items that can be folded will fit perfectly into these drawers.

• Contemporary Umbra hooks can be placed on your closet door to hang belts, coats, or other accessories that normally get in your way.

• elfa® solid or ventilated wire shelves are perfect for the extra shelf space that you are looking for. Shoes and purses can be placed on these shelves while remaining convenient for you to reach.

When returning clothes to your now organized closet space, separate them by color, design, style, or season so you can quickly find what you need. Choose ways that you can stick with and remember to keep your newly organized closet clean and manageable.

January is Get Organized Month

Getting organized this new year is a resolution that will be effortless to keep! It is GO Month and The Shelving Store offers solutions to home organization problems. Getting organized is easy with the help of storage solutions that fit your needs. Many home storage needs are offered by The Shelving Store:

• Boxes and bins that stack and nest are offered in many colors and varieties to keep your children interested in cleaning up their messes. By giving children a way to get organized, you are contributing to their organization skills. Children who know how to clean and organize are likely to continue the trend as adults.

• Organizing the garage will be easy using bulk storage shelving, chrome wire shelving, or storage kits to fill the whole wall. Separating tools, garden gear, and athletic equipment will create a better garage space.

• Closets can be organized using chrome wire shelving, Umbra hooks, or clothing storage kits. Elfa ® offers storage kits for walk-in or reach-in closets that provide visibility of the contents, accessibility to the things that you need most, and flexibility to change as your needs do. Elfa ® is a storage system that offers different components that can be combined in a countless number of ways which allows you to create your own custom storage solutions.

• Kitchen organization can be completed with chrome wire shelves placed in a pantry, storage racks to hang on doors, or Easy Gliders that create space in just about any deep cabinet environment.

Let The Shelving Store help you organize your home and office and keep your life in order. Having clutter can create stressful situations at home or work and may intensify exhaustion. Remove clutter and stay organized with The Shelving Store. It is time to create a better you!

Get Organized for the New Year

The new year is just around the corner! January is Get Organized month which is dedicated to raising awareness of the benefits of getting organized. It is the perfect month to get organized and start your new year off right. January became GO Month because getting organized is one of the top New Year's resolutions.

One purpose of GO Month is to help those who have Chronic Disorganization, which can be caused by neurologically-based conditions, but most of us can just use GO month as a great time to get organized. Being disorganized is not a hopeless situation since organization is a skill that can be obtained with practice. From Piles to Smiles, a Professional Organizing Service, says to figure out the causes of your disorganization then take the steps to improve it. Most causes are:

• Not having a place for something

• Inconvenient storage areas

• Having more items than storage space

The National Association of Professional Organizers gives four tips to organize your home:

• Organize the Children's Place by having bins and boxes on lower shelves so they can be reached. Providing low hooks to hang jackets and book bags will also help with clutter.

• Make the garage work for you by deciding how you want to use the space, getting rid of things that do not work, and considering floor-to-ceiling possibilities for shelving and racks.

• Love your closets. Pull out everything you do not wear, decide what you want available and what you want in storage, choose good lighting, and hang items together.

• Customize your kitchen by storing things that work together in the same area, using draw dividers, placing glasses near the sink or refrigerator, and putting snacks in a convenient drawer or cupboard.

Do not wait any longer to organize your life. GO Month is the perfect time to start a new you. Create storage spaces in your home and office now and and start the new year organized.

Metro Detroiters: Organize your Homes Quickly, Effortlessly and Affordably with The Shelving Store!

Home storage is one of the fastest growing trends in home improvement, however Southeast Michigan has been lacking in these specialty stores…Not Any More!

One of the few U.S. retailers to offer the elfa® shelving and storage systems, The Shelving Store provides home storage solutions to Metro Detroit through our extensive online e-store and the convenience of our brand new show room in Madison Heights--offering in-home customized installations!

Visit our 1,800 square foot new home storage showroom offering a unique and visually pleasing, boutique shopping experience. The user-friendly layout of the showroom is divided into specific lifestyle sections for each room in your home including the closet, kitchen, office, laundry room, living space, kid’s space and garage.

The Shelving Store designers will come directly to your home and do all the measuring, as well as the complete customized installation. This is a distinctive advantage to our Metro Detroit customers!

Come by and see for yourself! The showroom (in the front space of the Madison Heights distribution center) is located at:
1444 East 11 Mile Road
Madison Heights, MI 48071
800.637.9508

TheShelvingStore.com Launch

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