How the Japanese Store Everything in Half the Space — 12 Rules for American Homes

How do the Japanese store everything in half the space? The average Japanese home is about a thousand square feet, less than half the size of a new American house, and the secret isn't more storage. Here are 12 Japanese storage rules for American homes, from sorting before you store to the one rule that stops a house from getting messy again. Big house, still cluttered? You don't need another closet or a storage unit. You need a job for the basement, a rule for the attic, a place for things to wait, and storage that makes putting things back easier than taking them out. CHAPTERS 0:00 Your house, tonight 0:56 Big house, still cluttered? 1:40 1. Sort before you store 2:57 2. Store it where you use it 4:14 3. First team in front 5:24 4. Keep families together 6:32 5. More storage won't fix it 7:44 6. Label the box and the shelf 8:51 Save this for later 9:10 7. Give the storeroom one job 10:20 8. Once a year goes up 11:35 9. A place for things to wait 12:46 10. What Japan gets wrong 13:55 11. Cardboard is for moving 15:01 12. Make putting back easy 16:30 All 12 in one breath 17:03 Your turn #japanesehome #homeorganization #storageideas