No matter what the size of your home is, you may always need more space to store your things. It seems that people adapt to the space we have and that the more we have, the more things we want to keep, so it is always important have storage strategies that help us keep everything in order. Plastic boxes can be a great ally for you.
Although it is true that it is also important to know how to prioritize the things that you want to keep, the necessary and essential, those that are totally expendable and that you do not need to keep at home, that is, that you can give, give away or sell. But for those things that you do want to keep in your home, plastic boxes can be of great help.
Prioritize what you want or need in your home
The first thing before you start thinking about all the plastic boxes you want to have to store your things, is what you have to do with everything you want to store. There is a simple rule that you can use in your daily life: If there is something that you have not used in more than two years, now is the time to get rid of it. You can give it to someone who does need it or sell it at a cheap price, Especially if it is in good condition and another person can agree to pay for this item that no longer serves you.
In this way, you will only need specific plastic boxes to keep everything you really need, no more, no less. On the other hand, if you store more than you need you could accumulate too many plastic boxes and this could also be a problem for you. If you have too many plastic boxes, you will have to store too many and you will also need large spaces for this. What's more, You could add to chaos and disorder by having too many objects inside them.
It is not worth having boxes and boxes with objects inside them if you are never going to use them. It is a waste of money, of your time and also, you will be wasting space that you could possibly use for other purposes and that would be more practical.
Keep them in an accessible place
For the plastic boxes in your home to really serve you to store, you should keep them in an accessible place so that you can have them on hand whenever you need them. For example, if they are items that you need to have in your bedroom, you can store the plastic boxes on top of the closet or under the bed. If they are necessary items in the kitchen, choose boxes with appropriate sizes to store in this space, for example in a cupboard that you have in your kitchen. If they are things that you may not use very often but that you need to keep because you can use at any time as blankets, electrical appliances or other objects, you can keep them in a room that you have as a warehouse or storage room.
What matters is that when you store your plastic boxes, you can know where they are at the precise moment you need them. So you can access them whenever necessary.
Name all the boxes
If you do not want to have too much trouble when you want to recover an object and you do not find yourself opening all the plastic boxes that you have stored in your home, then the most practical thing is to keep things in order and label the boxes to know what is inside.
In this way, even if the plastic boxes are transparent and you can see what is inside, you will be able to know with greater certainty what is inside each one of them. Therefore, when you need any element of your plastic boxes, you will be able to know exactly which box it is in and thus be able to open only that one and put everything in order again. without spending too much energy and time searching for the necessary object.
The capacity of plastic boxes
When you go to buy plastic boxes you will realize that there are many kinds, types and designs. But what really matters besides this is that they are practical for you. In this sense, it is important that you measure the size of the plastic boxes before buying them and that you make sure that they will go well in your home and that they will fulfill the purpose you want.
There are plastic boxes with different capacities (in liters). Look for those that suit you, that fit with the space you have available and also with the objects you want to put inside. Once you have all this clear, then you can buy those that best suit you and give them the storage use for which they are intended. With all this in mind, you can have a much more orderly home, without elements that are of no use to you.