February 20, 2010

Simple Ways to Declutter Your Home

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Making your home free of clutter can seen a daunting task, but it is well worth your time in the end.  Although you may be intimidated by the project, living in an organized house can be refreshing and very rewarding if done right.

Start off by picking just one room to work on.  Pick a room that you spend a lot of time, like a living room, to motivate you to finish in a timely manner.  You can even create an enticing reward if you do complete your task by a certain date.   Setting a deadline is important to ensure you stay on track and remain focused.

Go through items in your room and decide what stays, what can be thrown out and what can go into storage.  Focus on keeping items that serve real purposes or are very meaningful to you.  Everything else can be stored outside of the living area.  Once you have determined what stays, make sure everything has a specific place and commit yourself to keeping items where they belong.  If need be, purchase a wall unit from The Roomplace to store items in an elegant setting.

Organizing a room and making it clutter-free is only half of the battle.  Keeping it that way is just as challenging.  It takes a real commitment if you are prone to collecting.  Try to incorporate the concept of getting rid of something everytime you bring something new into the environment.  If you fall in love with a lamp buy it, but remove a vase or picture frame to keep your room feeling fresh.

And speaking of cleaning up, seems like everyone’s doing it:

Oprah to Declutter and Help A Favorite Charity
Oprah cleans out her closet and will give proceeds of auction to charity
Publish Date: 02/17/2010 12:32
http://blogs.suntimes.com/oprah/

Instructions for decluttering your home (in less than 500 words …
How do you make the decisions to get rid of things?
Publish Date: 02/17/2009 10:30
http://unclutterer.com/

YinTeing’s Life Blog » Blog Archive » Declutter your bedroom and …
The lives of a few of my friends changes after they’ve learn to declutter. It is a step by step process- you cannot force the letting go process… it is gradual. But again, it is something that you have to get started, little by little. …
Publish Date: 02/19/2010 19:15
http://life.yinteing.com/

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