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DECLUTTER AND ORGANIZE FULL

For example, if one piece of furniture is a desk, then go through and organize the draws. This is the best time to organize the room, as well. While working your way around the room you are decluttering, do not skip things like furniture, shelves or drawers. Do it right, now then you can move on to the next task. You know that you will never get around to doing later. Do not put it in a closet, the basement or the attic and think that you will get to it later.

DECLUTTER AND ORGANIZE FULL

Once this box is full then stop your decluttering and put these items away now. You may not have realized how many items were out of place in your home until your see your “put way” box after you begin to declutter a room. As soon as your “give away” box is full, you can either take it to your local thrift store or you might consider listing the items for sale on eBay or craigslist. These are all good reasons you may want to get rid of a particular item. Ask yourself if it is broken, in bad condition or if you have another one that might be better. Another thing to ask yourself is if the item has been used in the past year. Do you love it? Does the item have sentimental value? Does it make you feel sad or guilty? You should not feel guilty about getting rid of something that was given to you, if it is just cluttering up your home. Begin by asking yourself how you feel about each item. You should ask yourself several questions when determining what you will do with a specific item. It may be difficult to determine what items are important to keep and which ones are ready for the trash or for the give away box. Be sure that you do not skip any part of the room. Start at the entrance of the room and continue to work your way clockwise around the room. Keep in mind that the goal is to organize therefore you will want to do your cleaning in an organized way. The “throw away” box should be lined with a garbage bag, making it easier to throw out the trash.īegin by doing one room of your home at a time. Start out by getting three boxes put labels on them indicating items to “give away”, “throw away” and “put away”. You may consider setting aside a specific amount of time every day to tackle this problem.

Once you have everything sorted, decluttered, and organized, remember to take time at the end of your day to reset your workspace so it is neat and orderly for the next day.The fact of the matter is, your home did not become disorganized in just one day so it is not going to only take one day to declutter and organize your house.

Store things for occasional use on higher shelves or cabinets.

Now, look at the piles that you have and think of where you want each category to “live.” Organize the area you work in according to what you need to use most.

* If you are doing this task in two different days, this is a good place to stop.

Put anything that belongs in a different place where it belongs and get rid of anything that you are going to throw away.

Once everything is empty wipe out drawers, cabinets, and surfaces.

If this is too much to tackle in one day, choose one area to sort at a time, but do not replace or organize anything until all the areas have been emptied out, decluttered, and sorted. Mixed in will also be office supplies, such as staplers, pens, tape, post-it notes, paper, files-you name it! Keep sorting until every drawer and cabinet are empty. You will likely have piles of bills, house-related paperwork, insurance paperwork, and tax documents.

Next, empty your desk and cabinet drawers and sort your items into like piles.

This will give you a visual clean slate and will also give you an area to sort on.

First, begin by clearing the top of your desk.This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. Some of the links in this post are affiliate links.