How to Organize Clutter in Your Home
No matter what your personal style preferences are, we all have clutter in a room and we all want to get rid of it.
The thought of going through everything in your home can be overwhelming but it doesn’t have to be. Use these simple steps to help you get started and to conquer that mountain of clutter.
Start With One Room:
The key to organizing your clutter is to begin with a single room and finish it to completion. This will help keep you motivated and it can be easier especially if you have a lot of clutter.
Once you commit to one room and finish it, you’ll get the much needed rush of pride and adrenaline that will encourage you to keep going.
Keep or Not to Keep:
The best way to sort through the items you are keeping or not keeping is to separate them.
As you're going through the clutter make one pile for the things that will stay in the room and one pile for the items you will be getting rid of.
You can buy large storage bins for this purpose, it will make it easier to move the stuff you're not keeping when you are done organizing the clutter. The goal here is to establish what you need and what you don’t.
It is important that you don’t second guess yourself at this stage. You put it in this bin for a reason.
Everything Has a Place:
When you have completed the sorting process it's time to put things back and get everything organized.
Think about the types of items you’re keeping and organize them appropriately. Buy decorative baskets or purchase storage containers, whatever is appropriate for the room you are organizing then start putting things back - in it's proper place.
Make sure you let others in the house know the way to keep clutter out of any particular room.
Give Away or Throw Away:
For the clutter you've removed from a room that you don't need, want, or is damaged, decide what can be given to charity and what is garbage then take the appropriate action.
Moving On:
When you've finished with the first room, I'm sure you're feeling pretty good about what you've done.
Now that you have completed the first room you can move on to the next room and repeat the process.
With each room you clean and organize, this process will get easier and you will start to develop better organizational skills.
Once everything is organized and your clutter is at a manageable level, keeping things in their place will be much easier.
Follow the Six Month Rule:
Hopefully you and your family have been able to keep your home clutter free.
For this process you need to walk through each room with small bins. With your bins in hand, start at one area of the room and assess everything that’s not nailed down.
The items you use daily will be easy to keep and the ones that you didn’t know you had will be easy to get rid of.
But what about the items in between? One easy rule of thumb is this – if you haven’t used it in six months, get rid of it. “But I just might need it someday!” you declare.
You may need a lot of things someday, but remember that what you definitely need right now is a clutter free home.
