2012-04-20 06:00:00 by SMARTBRIDE

How to Successfully Share Your Space

TAGS: CLOSET, SPRING CLEANING, ORGANIZATION


One of the joys of starting a life together is sharing your living space. Ideally, it means choosing a new place to live together that respects the way both people like to live. Often though, it means one partner carving out space from an already filled abode to accommodate their loved one, and all their earthly possessions. Sometimes this is easier said than done!



Photo Courtesy Christina Gapic Photography


What looked quaint or quirky in ‘their’ apartment, now suddenly requires a home in yours. And it’s not just the ‘stuff’. While it didn’t really matter that the lid wasn’t ever put back on her toothpaste, or the toilet roll didn’t roll the ‘right’ way at his place, all of sudden it gets in your way in your shared home.


That’s why we’ve enlisted Clare Kumar, from Streamlife, an organizing company, to share 3 tips and 2 pieces of advice when it comes to successfully sharing space.