Garage space organized by Affordable Closets. Photo courtesy of the company.

We all have those days when life seems to be more of a junk drawer than a filing cabinet. Mornings when you open the kitchen cabinets like you’re playing dodge ball to avoid the falling debris. Evenings when hanging up a blouse is just too much to ask and the closet floor turns into a minefield of maybe-it’s-dirty-well-it-smells-clean-enough laundry. The house falls into mayhem and disgraces your Zoom background as you think to yourself in infomercial style: there has to be a better way. And now there is!

Enter the minimalist movement of 2021 or—at the very least—the appearance of minimalism, which may be even better. Once the pandemic hit and people couldn’t run away from the everyday chaos anymore, everything from extra storage to organization techniques, purging and donations skyrocketed into one of the few trends that practically guarantee the feeling of aahhh once you’ve completed your organization station. Professional organizers like Affordable Closets, the family-owned and operated custom storage company since 1999, will design storage solutions for your specific flavor of chaos, while also blogging ideas to keep up your organization momentum, like “3 Ways to Keep Your Laundry Room Organized” or “5 Simple and Affordable Ways to Update Your Office.” So whether it’s that pesky guest bedroom where visitors are forced to live out of their suitcases or the pantry that might be haunted with the rate things are falling off the shelves—it might be time to join in on the trend and whip that mess into shape. 

Affordable Closets, 6320 Danner Dr., Sarasota, 941-926-7674, affordableclosetsinc.com, @affordableclosetsinc.

Garage space organized by Affordable Closets. Photo courtesy of the company.