We spoke with professional organizers about keeping your home organized while quarantined for coronavirus.
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If you live in one of the many cities advocating for (or mandating) a self-quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, you?re suddenly spending a lot more time at home. Whether you?re working from home, homeschooling your kids, or just need to arrange your space for staying in, it?s a good time to organize. 

After consulting with some top-tier organizing influencers and the president-elect of the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals (NAPO), we?ve compiled a list of ways you can organize your home for quarantine. 
1. Organize your pantry

As you?re prepping your home for quarantine, going through your pantry and shelf-stable items is a great first step. 

?Shoved way back in a corner of your pantry might be food that?s about to expire. What a great time to use up those older items rather than letting them go to waste. Since grocery store shelves are more empty than ever, I would suggest organizing your pantry and fridge/freezer before anything else in your home. It?s important, especially under the current circumstances, to rotate your food, consuming the oldest first ? so that nothing goes to waste!? Shalae Price, Professional Organizer

Start by pulling everything out and marking expiration dates. Take an i...