How to Organize a Teen Room and Make It Your Own

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Starting from the door to the far wall and from the floor up

   Vacuum the floor and your mattress, and with a cloth dampened with water or cleaning agent, dust your desk, the blinds, your bookcase, and anything else you can possibly dust.
   
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   Step 2: get everything off the floor

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   Step 3: and perhaps shove it outside your room for the time being.

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   Step 4: Once everything is off of the floor

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   Step 5: sort it into five piles (or boxes/containers); donate

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   Step 6: recycle

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   Step 7: belongs elsewhere

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   Step 8: and keep.

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   Step 9: If you have a lot of loose

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    Step 10: unorganized papers in your room

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    Step 11: then also make a pile just for paper

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    Step 12: throw it in a wastebasket

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    Step 13: or put it in a box to sort later.

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    Step 14: Put any dirty clothes in the wash.

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    Step 15: Make sure to clean out your closet and under your bed- use a trash bag to throw away outright garbage hiding before you vacuum.

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    Step 16: Eliminate the dust in your room.

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    Step 17: Review your basic organization system and make improvements so it will be easier to keep your room tidy in the future.

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    Step 18: Put everything that you want to keep back in your room.

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    Step 19: Paint the walls an interesting color/pattern

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    Step 20: but keep in mind that as a teenager

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    Step 21: you may not like the colour/pattern in a year's time.

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    Step 22: Put up art

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    Step 23: posters

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    Step 24: or some cool prints that you like.

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    Step 25: Get new bed linens that fit your personality.

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    Step 26: Make collages with pictures of you and your friends

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    Step 27: ticket stubs

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    Step 28: notes you passed.

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    Step 29: Make sure that you like the way your room looks.

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