One of the wonderful things that you can finally do once you have finished a bout of decluttering, is to put things into order and organise items into the newly available spaces.

But wait: just putting things onto those empty shelves or into large drawers won’t do! That would be a recipe for disaster as it would just start a new cycle of putting things there and slowly, but surely, have them pile up again. You need a system…

Have you ever felt that your space – be it an office, a flat or a whole house – never quite manages to look right? Or do you feel overwhelmed by the size of a tidying up or organising project?  If that is you, maybe what you need is a way to get your mind aligned with the space you are looking at, and the space divided into more manageable zones?

That is exactly what ‘zoning’ is about. It goes further, though: zoning is about setting up invisible areas in your home or office that allow you to make the best use of the available space, without turning into an overly perfectionist maniac…