DNAinfo.com: 4 Tips for Creating a 'Mud Room' in Your Apartment Before Winter Hits
Looking to create a mudroom before winter? Maeve offers tips to DNAinfo.com.
Looking to create a mudroom in your apartment before winter? Check out Maeve's top tips, as shared with DNAinfo.com in their post, 4 Tips for Creating a 'Mud Room' in Your Apartment Before Winter Hits.
Create a “drop zone”
Instead of changing the habit of flinging stuff off when you come home, create a space to contain these things and prevent them from spreading into other rooms.
Professional organizer Maeve Richmond, of Maeve’s Method, which teaches home organization through coaching, advocates for a “drop zone,” preferably near the front door, whether it’s at a table, a chair, a strong shelf, a hook or a piece of furniture. #dropzone
“What it is matters less than where you place it, and if it’s large enough to hold all the things you need to put down,” Richmond wrote in a blog post about drop zones. “When you enter your home give yourself permission to dump whatever you want in your drop zone.”
To figure out what sort of drop zone makes sense, Richmond advises you to observe what you do when you come home: What do you carry and what spreads to other parts of the home?
Get cubbies
For families, Richmond suggests a drop zone that includes a cubby space near your entrance, similar to those you might see at school.
"Teach your children that the drop zone is the place where they can store anything they bring into the house, or need to take back out for play or for school," she said. "A drop zone will help to curb that chaotic time when you are getting your kids out of the home and will prevent things from being dropped into the middle of the floor when they return home."
Having cubbies is especially helpful for kids, she said, because "it helps your child realize that home life matches school life, and vice versa." #cubbiesforkids
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