Where Clutter Collects: A Room-by-Room Guide to Decluttering Your Home

Clutter has a way of migrating and accumulating throughout your home. Fall is the perfect time to tackle those long-ignored hot spots.

Where should you start decluttering?

Walk through your home and notice where things tend to pile up. These common clutter spots give you a practical room-by-room starting point:

• Entryway: Sort the mail, shoes, bags, and other things that land there when everyone comes home. Give everyday items a place to go.
• Kitchen: Check drawers and cabinets for duplicate gadgets and tools you rarely use. Keep the ones you reach for.
• Living room: Look at shelves and surfaces crowded with knickknacks. Leave room for the pieces you enjoy seeing.
• Bedrooms: Go through out-of-season clothes and anything that no longer fits or gets worn.
• Bathrooms: Check toiletries and products that have accumulated in cabinets and drawers.
• Dining room: Revisit serving pieces you haven’t used in years.
• Garage and storage areas: Sort duplicate tools and unopened boxes. If you have a basement, include it in this pass.
• Yard: Clear out broken planters and other outdoor items you’ve been meaning to deal with.

 

 

 

 

 

You don’t need to tackle every room in a weekend. Choose one drawer, shelf, or closet and finish that space first.

Become a Decluttering Pro

Follow these simple tips and you’ll be living clutter-free before you know it!

• Determine your needs/wants (more organized, items disposed of, minimalist design, etc.)
• Get trusted feedback from a friend or family member
• Be honest with yourself- why are you keeping something?
• Let AI inspire you with possible outcomes.
• Start small (a closet, one room, etc.)
• Call in the pros (organizers, haul-away services) to help.

 

 

 

 

 

Have trouble letting go of certain items?

Here are five great reasons to donate them:

1. Help someone in need
2. Possible tax deductions
3. Reduces stress/anxiety
4. Encourages others to donate as well
5. Keep items out of landfills

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