{"id":63890,"date":"2025-11-12T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-tackle-a-room-when-all-of-the-doors-cabinets-are-basically-full-but-you-still-have-things-sitting-on-the-countertops-or-tables-also-when-you-are-cleaning-and-you-find-things-in-a-room\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:02:26","slug":"how-do-you-tackle-a-room-when-all-of-the-doors-cabinets-are-basically-full-but-you-still-have-things-sitting-on-the-countertops-or-tables-also-when-you-are-cleaning-and-you-find-things-in-a-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefabulous.co\/qa\/how-do-you-tackle-a-room-when-all-of-the-doors-cabinets-are-basically-full-but-you-still-have-things-sitting-on-the-countertops-or-tables-also-when-you-are-cleaning-and-you-find-things-in-a-room\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you tackle a room when all of the doors\/cabinets are basically full, but you still have things sitting on the countertops or tables? \n\nAlso, when you are cleaning and you find things in a room that need to go to a different room, do you take them immediately or wait until you are done cleaning the room you are in?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"single-answer\">\n<div class=\"who-answered\">Amanda N.<\/div>\n<div class=\"detailed-answer\">I struggle with this too. What works for me in.. let&#8217;s say the kitchen. Put everything on the counters in their cabinet or drawer (just fit them in) then once you do that start with ONE cabinet or drawer. Take everything out of the selected ONE and organize it on the floor then start placing it back in the cabinet or drawer neatly. <\/p>\n<p>Now when you find something that belongs in another room, just place it to the side for after you complete one task<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"thefa-test2 thefa-entity-placement\" id=\"thefa-847537509\"><div id=\"thefa-878820234\"><style>.thefa-test2 {margin-bottom: 24px;}<\/style>\r\n<div class=\"banner-content-position light-viol\">\r\n<div class=\"banner-text max400\">Start making your days count<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/start.thefabulous.co\/onboarding\/fabulous-initial?utm_source=community-qa&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=afterfirstquestionoranswer-purple-achievegoals\" class=\"banner-cta red w-inline-block\">\r\n<div>Try now<\/div><\/a>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda N. I struggle with this too. What works for me in.. let&#8217;s say the kitchen. 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