I Literally Wrote the Book on Small-Space Living—and Here Are the Top 5 Organizing Lessons I Learned.For a clutter-free life, adopt these storage strategies, no matter the size of your home:.1. Invest your time and money into planning how to use each inch of your closets, and you will be rewarded.2. While an abundance of storage space is usually a good thing, large bins, oversized baskets, and undivided cabinets can be a recipe for disorder. .3. If you think about what’s cluttering your spaces, a good chunk of it will be things that don’t have a place. Try to find a specific place for every single item in your home.4. In the kitchen, the key is paring back, avoiding single-use tools, and culling the rarely-used gear to free up some space.5. Everyone has trouble letting go of books, but the secret to keeping books organized is culling your collection. Fortunately, donating books is an easy thing to do in most communities