Home Sanctuary: Declutter, Simplify, and Relax the Natural Way by Nicole Diyana

Author:Nicole, Diyana [Nicole, Diyana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-06-21T18:30:00+00:00

Let’s Get Rid of Clutter

At first glance, the very thought of decluttering your home might make you feel discouraged. But if you complete the task in steps, watching your house transform will spur you on to make more progress. In fact, there are many ways to declutter a home; you don’t have to stick to one method.

Let’s take a look at three different ways you can manage clutter.

3 categories. Get a trashcan and try piling your items into three separate categories: put away, donate/sell, and storage. As you move through each item, determine its value. Do you really need that extra pair of slippers? If the answer is no, drop it into the donation box. After you’ve spent some time decluttering the room, spend an extra 15 minutes organizing the items that you placed in the "put away" bin, setting them in their appropriate places. You can store the donation box in the garage or trunk of your car so that it’s out of sight.

Out of sight. In this method, clutter is moved someplace out of sight (like a garage, basement, or attic) until you're ready to organize your items later. Gather your clutter, removing everything from tabletops, inside cabinets and drawers, on shelves, and randomly strewn around the floor. Put your items in plastic bags or bins. See each room of your house transformed instantly as you quickly take the clutter out of sight. Now, gather a few helpers and sift through the items. Separate them into two different piles, one pile for items you'll keep and the other for items you'll throw away or donate. Put the essentials away and donate the leftovers.

No turning back. Slowly clear up small areas in your house one at a time. Once you clear a particular area, clutter isn’t permitted to reappear there. No matter how cluttered other rooms are in your house, that one area that you organized can’t be allowed to get cluttered. Move on to other rooms in your house, making sure that the areas you clean remain clutter-free. Soon, you’ll declutter the whole house with this method.

Take baby steps. If you start small, you’ll make steady progress.

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