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If you’re looking for the best way to manage home organization and declutter your home, you need to know the most efficient ways to approach it. Every home has some clutter, and you might find it difficult to say goodbye to things you haven’t used in years but still mean something to you. Clinging to the past makes your home too crowded and makes mess more common, so here is a quick guide to decluttering your home for good.
Approach It The Right Way
Decluttering is never easy, and many people get it wrong because they don’t approach it the right way. They do not follow a logical approach to decluttering and so they end up making more of a mess than when they began.
Going room-by-room and decluttering the entire space before moving on to the next is the best place to start, yet even this isn’t enough. You may take a stroll down memory lane or feel like there’s nothing you can get rid of. This isn’t the case, though. You must be ruthless if you want to clear your home correctly.
Find Second-Hand Selling Services
Even after you know what to get rid of, things might still sit in boxes in your garage, which doesn’t achieve the decluttering you wanted.
You can avoid this by identifying second-hand selling services. These services include thrift stores but also apps that will happily take your stuff and hopefully send them to a happy home. Some services will even collect the items for you so that you can get rid of everything from the comfort of your sofa.
Digitize Important Documents
If you have a home office, you may also have cabinets, drawers, and shelves full of paper. You know this paper is important, so you can’t get rid of it just yet. However, it presents a fire hazard, and you could also lose it in a disaster.
Digitizing all your papers allows you to keep important documents safe and ensure everything is easily accessible and organized on an encrypted hard drive. You may still need to keep some physical documents, such as the house deed, passports, and birth and wedding certificates but you can shred other documents to secure sensitive information.
Downsize
If you are still struggling to declutter effectively, downsizing is a fantastic way to force yourself to get rid of the endless clutter within your home.
Downsizing is popular for older homeowners whose kids have moved out, and they can find ways to sell property easily, reducing the storage space within the home. You can use selling services to get rid of larger pieces like furniture or use a temporary self-storage facility to keep hold of things you or your kids can use later on or while you’re waiting for the sale to go through.
Neat and Tidy
Decluttering feels like a mammoth task that puts many people off. But, if you feel your home is bursting at the seams, this guide can help you get started and hopefully give your home the refresh it has needed for such a long time.