How to organize, organize, organize
How I did it: A lot of organizing my apartment took planning - what goes where and what have you.
Another battle is with my super unorganized boyfriend. He loves to have piles of stuff (which I guess is a valid organizing system) but never knows where anything is...and they're a bit of an eyesore. We got him a free filing cabinet from craigslist and are in the process of organizing him piles into folders and putting them in there.
The rest of the apartment just came together slowly and over the course of many cleaning and organizing binges...
It's not PERFECT but it looks great, feels comfortable, etc. Unfortunately I'm kind of messy so I have to put everything away again every couple weeks but at least now most everything has a place. ;)
Lessons & tips: Don't rush it. Don't give up.
Resources: Craigslist is great for finding stuff for free to help you in your mission to get organized but don't feel afraid to buy something if you know it'll help.
