Do You Have Enough Room to Roam?
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Do You Have Enough Room to Roam?
Do you have room in your home to live the life you want? Nowadays, finding a place to cook, play, and work can be a challenge. In this post, To have a functional bedroom, you need a sufficient amount of space.
In my book “Get Organized Today” I wrote a chapter about staging your home. It’s not about staging to sell, but staging to live. Look at your surroundings and see how a positive change can affect your life.
Do you have enough space to move around in your bedroom?
To move around easily without stumbling over toes or bruising knees, the average adult needs 19 inches of clearance on either side and 24 inches on either side of the bed.
In the same manner, you must have 30 inches of space at the front of a dresser in order to comfortably pull out drawers and access the contents.
While dressing, the average adult needs a space of 42 inches in diameter.
Therefore, get out your measuring tape and see if your bedroom can accommodate you.
In addition, you’ll find more information like this about other rooms in your home so please read the book.
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In conclusion, look for my chapter Staging Your Home – Transforming Your Space to Eliminate Clutter and Fit Your Lifestyle. Purchase the book today, receive it right off the presses, and signed by the co-author here.
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Basic Organization is a professional home organizing company based in Centreville, Virginia serving families, busy professionals, seniors, and home-based business owners in the Washington DC area. Our passion is helping people achieve peace and simplicity in their lives by organizing homes, routines, and lifestyles. Our team of personal organizers will help you regain control of your environment by helping to organize the living and storage areas of your home, including the garage, kitchen, basement, office, bedrooms, and closets.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Wow! I had no idea about the actual dimensions (inches) that we needed to feel comfortable in our bedrooms. For me it’s a more visceral experience, but it sure is helpful to have some facts to back it up. Thank you for the education.
Thanks Linda. It’s interesting that people want to create a calm sleeping space, but then clutter it help, which is not calm.
I love rules of thumb like these! They are so handy when you are laying out a room. I remember decorator Christopher Lowell giving guidelines like these back in the day. It is so important to have “breathing room” in our spaces, especially in the bedroom. What’s worse than getting up at night and ramming your toe into the corner of a dresser? I’m just helping someone now to set up a bedroom so I will pass these suggestions on:)
I loved watching Chris Lowell!
One of the best things about our apartment is that the master bedroom is huge! Queen size bed with a nightstand on both sides, a dresser, a chest of drawers, a crate large enough for a 60 pound dog, and lots of floor space to boot!
Sounds great Janet!