How To Declutter Your Home, Ways To Declutter Fast

Some people get their home decor thrills in white slip covers.  For others, it’s all about the thrift shops.  Me?  It’s handmade.  Today Robin at Well of Creations shop and blog is here to talk to us a little about her handmade journey mixed with motherhood and life abroad.  Incredible stuff!

I hope you find it inspiring to pick up your knitting needles or whatever materials strike your fancy in creating a handmade home and something for yourself.  Don’t forget to enter the fabulous giveaway she’s offering at the end!

Take it away, Robin.

I know you want to know if DeClutter Fast is a real deal or not and if it really works? I completely understand how you feel because just a few weeks ago, I was looking for a review of DeClutter Fast myself. But I didn’t find anything genuine and that’s why I created this website to help people like you make an informed decision before buying. 

To get more decluttering done during a specific period of time is a very good thing to want. No one seems to have extra time on their hands these days, so it’s a good thing if you are able to get the most out of your time. If you are searching for ways to get more decluttering done, here are four helpful hints that will assist you with decluttering and organizing or cleaning up your rooms.

Avoid any interruptions so that you are able to concentrate on decluttering. Put your phone on voice-mail, turn off your TV, say “no” to distractions! You might even consider closing yourself within the room you are cleaning and placing a sign saying something like “Hard at Work: Interrupt Only With EMERGENCIES.” Make sure your children have something to keep them occupied for the whole time you plan to declutter!Give yourself a break. If you decide to designate a full Decluttering Day, remember to plan some stress breaks for throughout the day. Remember, working to the point of total brain fatigue and muscle tension will never do you any good. Plan little treats for yourself! If you’d like, why not schedule the little breaks as rewards for whenever you’ve finished a particular chore.Realize that you will have your own approach! Just as we are all different in other ways, we all have diverse organizational styles. There are countless ways to get more decluttering done, so before you get started, do some quick research and find out which ways will work best for you! Check out some of the ideas in the links below. If you want to get more decluttering done, your best chance is to find tricks that enhance your personal style, not change it. Getting organized should make you feel good, not burdened.Follow your plan. The best-laid plans often fall victim to their makers. While spontaneity is great, plans are made to be followed! There is a fine line between being spontaneous and jumping from small task to small task… and plain procrastination. Once you’ve come up with a good plan for tackling a task, stay with it. Only you can prevent yourself from wavering.

Getting and keeping a clutter-free house can be a huge challenge! Want some quick, interesting, and helpful decluttering tips? Check out http://www.squidoo.com/want-to-declutter-fast today! It will save time if you learn the secrets that have have received overwhelming raves from former pack-rats, former clutter-bugs, and former people like you! 

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8 Incredible Declutter Tips For Moms… just what you need!

If you’re a mom, you know how busy your life can get running after your child/children, keeping your house tidy, carrying a part-time-job (or full time), preparing varied yet delicious meals, and the list goes on and on. It’s amazing, isn’t it, how quickly your house can look like tornado went through it! You told yourself before your first child was born that your house would NEVER become one of

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Lately you simply hate your clutter! Organizing the chaos and getting rid of clutter in your house has become a nightmare for you! No matter how hard you try, it grows and grows, and it’s getting embarrassing to have guests over. You need some help with your clutter. Organizing tips and ideas on how to get your house neat and tidy again are numerous, but here are my personal Top 3 Tips On Clearing The Clutter and Organizing Your House!

Fight emotional and psychological attachment to items you never use, and probably never will.   An example? In the back of my jam-packed kitchen cupboards was a collection of brand new Tupperware bowls I bought years ago (the kind with the lids that are super kid-friendly). They are lovely and practical, and above all, I knew I had paid some nice coin for them. BUT, they didn’t match my dishes set, so I never used them.  (I know, silly, isn’t it?) As I was decluttering the other day, I came across them and tried to justify keeping them.  I couldn’t.  Even though I had paid quite a bit for them, they were not doing me any good; if fact, they were wasting my precious storage space.  My sister was overjoyed to take them off my hands when I offered them to her, as they were perfect for her young daughter’s meals.  I felt so proud of myself!  I made my sister happy, and, I convinced myself to part with some of the clutter that I really didn’t need!Use a system to clear the clutter. Organizing your desk, your home office, your kitchen, your closet

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If it is true that the state of your house says a lot about you as a person, does your home say that you are a hopeless pack rat? Are you wondering how on earth you are going to declutter and organize your home and how you can kick the bad habit of keeping EVERYTHING once and for all? Perhaps you have read some of the decluttering tips on the internet or in a magazine somewhere, and liked a few of the tips enough to fill up one (or maybe two) bags with

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Getting your home organized is not the easiest thing in the world, especially if you are a bit of a pack rat to begin with. But, doing so can hugely sky-rocket your productivity in all areas of life, so it’s worth the effort. Use this advice on the MOST IMPORTANT STEP to help you get back on track with decluttering and organizing!

The most important step for when you want to be getting your home organized is to make a plan. This is an energizing and important step, and it is crucial that you don’t make your plan unreasonable. Unattainable goals only cause discouragement.  Think both long term and short term.  Your long term goal could be getting your home organized in a year’s time.  Your short term goal could be getting one room in your house in order within a month.

After you have your goals figured out, write them down on paper, share them with someone close to you, and tack your goal sheet in a place you can view it often.  Visual reminders help keep you motivated!

Then, get started getting your home organized according to your plan! But, never forget WHY you want to do this in the first place. Don’t lose track of your dream house… rather, keep the dream alive and burning!

It is amazing how many people set out to achieve a target without any plan in place. The truth is that the simplest and yet most potent force in achieving your goals is that you know where you are going and why you are going in that direction.  Decluttering and organizing your home is not the hardest thing to do if you approach it properly

One of the hardest things to do when you want to declutter your home is actually beginning. The house looks so overwhelming, you feel like you’ll never get anywhere with it, and often that overwhelming feeling causes you to not get started at all. It’s time to face the facts and get in gear. Here are some tips to help you mentally prepare for the challenge ahead.  Each one will help you .

Clearly define your goal. What are you willing to give up to achieve this goal? What does your dream house look like? Why do you want a de-cluttered house?Remind yourself of all those old sayings that are cliché but true:

Posted by Karen Biko in Declutter Challenge

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Congratulations!!!

If you’ve been following the 31 Day Challenge.  You should be able to sit back and smile at your accomplishment!  Take time to enjoy your new space and reward yourself for a job well done.

But don’t give up on this site yet.  We have more things coming for you.  Stay tuned as we offer up tips to organizing areas of your home, cleaning tips and tricks, and don’t forget how to pull together a great garage sale.

I will also be giving you a look at the pile of stuff that left my house.  In retrospect it would have been great to have counted the containers of recycle, and bags of garbage that went out too.  Maybe we will save that for if we ever do a big declutter challenge in a client’s home….

Also keep tuned for the e-book of 31 Days to Declutter Your Home.  We’ve been working feverishly on it.  To be published before the end of June…so watch for it!

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Although we’ve already gone through the 31 days to declutter, it is now available for you to start on your own.    We’ve created pages for each of the sections of the Declutter Challenge.  Each section will link you directly to the post for each particular day.  We have broken it down into five weeks, plus some preparation posts.  On the left side of this post you will find them all listed.

Preparing to Declutter Your HomeWeek 1 of DeclutteringWeek 2 of DeclutteringWeek 3 of DeclutteringWeek 4 of DeclutteringWeek 5 of Decluttering (Last One!!)

The important thing to remember is that the Challenge starts on the weekend.  Whether your

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I’ve been working my bunz off getting all the stuff I purged from my house organized for a garage sale.  We’ve had a bit of fun with this, so check out the Garage Sale page that’s been added to this site.

We have some video, so you can now watch me blather on about getting it all organized.  More tips and hints to come not only on the garage sale stuff, but other parts of this blog.

Garage Sale!

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I’ve watched a few of those hoarding shows that they show on TV.  It draws you in and sometimes it’s amazing to think that people actually live with that much clutter in their lives.  These are generally extreme cases and take a lot of work to not only clean up the clutter, but deal with the issues that the hoarder has.

I don’t like waste, and that is one of the things that puts me into the category of hoarder.  I feel that someone might be able to use it and I don’t like to see stuff go into the garbage that shouldn’t.  Then often I hold on to things in case they “might come in handy”…and sometimes that is very true.  Other times I will hold on to things and not even remember that I have them.  The funniest part is when I actually get rid of stuff and then  all of  a sudden need the thing that I just got rid of.

But that’s life.  I’ve done the garage sale, I’ve donated things to charity, I’ve sold things on Kijiji, and I’ve given things away on Kijiji.  I still have things to remove from my life, and that happens slowly sometimes.  When you are working through the declutter and getting back into organizing your life keep in mind your reasons for doing this…

Making my life simplerCleaning out for Health reasonsLooking for something in particular (you’ll find it eventually)Moving to a new location

You may have more reasons to be working through decluttering or organizing your life, keep your eye on them…put them down on paper to hang around the house so you have reminders of what you are trying to accomplish.

And DON’T forget to reward yourself.  When you have completed something, take some time to pat yourself on the back.

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Sandy James

The beauty of a home is not measured by its size alone. Would you rather have a house the size of a mansion that looks like it was just hit by a hurricane hit or a modest-sized house where everything is neatly organized? The choice is yours. They say the home and everything about it speaks volumes about the ones who live there. So, if your home is as cluttered as a dumpsite, people may have a negative impression of you. But, if in the other hand, you have an immaculately tidy and pleasant house, your visitors will likely view you in a positive manner.  With that in mind, here are some suggestions to help you declutter your home.

First, make a detailed plan of attack. Decide which part of the house to clean first.  The

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Sandy James

Stand in the middle of your living room. Get a feel for the area. But before you start to imagine nice things, your thoughts get interrupted by the alarmingly growing clutter that is threatening to swallow your house whole. You look over to your left, and you see books, piles of books, some dating back to your elementary school days.  There are piles of papers and magazines but you aren’t exactly sure what they are about or the last time you read them.

Now you glance to your right and you see your children’s toys sprawled all over the place, the empty pizza box from last night’s late movie marathon, or maybe the accumulated pizza boxes of many movie night marathons.  There’s trash, maybe some odds and ends, candy, hair brush, miscellaneous pieces of clothing.  And is that the corner of the wrapped baby gift (for your best friend that you thought you sent 4 months ago) sticking out from under heaped piles of the unfolded laundry in a chair?

You might wonder what to do first.  Burn down the house? Hold your head and cry? Sadly, there is no easy way out.  Burning down your house or crying won’t help you accomplish anything.  As long as you don’t burn down the house, there will still be clothes to put away, books and papers and mail to sort through, trash to be thrown away.  You made the mess.  You have to clean it up.

As daunting as it may seem, clutter clearing is not that hard.  The first thing that you have to do is to stay focused. Failing to prepare to succeed is like preparing to fail.  If possible, send the kids to the house of a friend or family member so that you can work in peace and without interruption.

Next, list all the clutter that you see, prioritize the list from most to least.  Where is the most clutter?  Where is the least?  This will help give you an idea about what you need to focus on first.  Before you know it, you’ll have cleared much of your clutter, you just need to put your mind to it and stay on task.

After you’re done with your list, take out everything. Place items no longer desired or needed into large bins for later sale, donation, or trash.  Next, gather all your cleaning materials. Once the area is clear of items, sweep or vacuum the floor, dust the cabinets or shelving, use glass cleaner on any mirrors or glass surfaces.

Clearing the clutter from your home or a room may be a tough practice, but it’s a good one.  Once you’ve experienced the positive results of having a well-organized, clean and tidy home, the better you will feel about the room and your home, and even yourself.  You’ll be happy you took the time to clear the clutter.

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Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sandy James

The kitchen is one of the most important areas of the house. You make three meals a day, plus snacks, in your kitchen. This is why your kitchen needs to be regularly cleaned, put in order and kept in order.  The most common problem with kitchen organization is the ineffective use of valuable space within the cabinets and any other available storage. Cupboards and shelves are sometimes placed too far apart, leaving wasted space between that could have been used for storage, storage which could help prevent clutter. Luckily, there are many kitchen organizers available today that can be of tremendous help when attempting to maximize the storage and organization within your kitchen.

Like any other area you want to organize, you always start by assessing what you have and determining of those items, which you would like to keep or get rid of.  If you have items that you no longer use, consider getting rid of it.  Examples of these types of items could be cooking or baking utensils, dishes or appliances. Unnecessary items that you don’t need and don’t use will only accumulate and become the clutter in the kitchen you can’t stand and want to get rid of, so you might as well just go ahead and get rid of it now.  Sell, throw out, or donate items these items.

Using a standing kitchen organizer to store your cooking utensils near the stove is not only convenient but an excellent way to free of valuable counter or drawer space.  There are a lot of kitchen organizers you can use such as cabinet organizers that have wires with drawers and adjustable shelves to store dishes and bowls; there are also pull-out or slide-out organizers for your lower kitchen cabinets for easy access to your pots and pans. Aside from these, there are organizers that fit into your drawers that can help you organize your medications so that you can remember to take them regularly.  Similar organizers are useful with spices.  You should also remember to have a separate organizer for your sharp utensils, sprays and cleaners, and electric appliances that are best kept out of the reach of your children for safety reasons.

The large items that you regularly use in your kitchen such as the toaster, coffee maker, coffee bean grinder, or juicer can be placed on an appliance barn or Lazy-Susan for convenient access while keeping the counter free during times the items are not being used.  The silverware and dining utensils can be kept in drawer organizers or moveable caddies that can be left on the countertop or stowed in the pantry or Lazy-Susan when not in use.

These tips are relatively easy to follow and when applied, you’ll find that by using kitchen organizers you can enhance your work space and made effective use of the counter and storage space within your kitchen, improving functionality and effectiveness. Investing in kitchen organizers will help ensure you enjoy the full benefits of your kitchen.

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Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sandy James

Do boxes, clothing, or hangers tumble down the moment you reach for something in your closet? If so, it’s time to organize your closet. Since getting dressed is a part of daily life, wouldn’t it be nice to begin each day in a stress-free manner, not having to rush around and panic or become frustrated because you can’t find what you are looking for?  Wouldn’t it be easier to decide which shoes, shirt, pants, skirt or etc. to wear and which top or shoes goes best with this or that if you could view all like items at the same time? Organizing your closet can make all this possible.

The first thing you need to do when starting a closet makeover is purge.  Get rid of all the items you don’t wear or want or no longer fit you.  Some people go by the One Year Rule:  if you haven’t worn it in one year, throw it out.  Some will hold onto clothing they haven’t worn or items they haven’t used for a little longer than one year, but this time frame is a good rule of thumb that works for many, but not all.  For example, if you take a major ski trip every two or three years and thus need to hold onto your ski equipment for those future events even though you haven’t used the clothing and equipment in the last year, it clearly makes sense to do that.  Use your head here and do what works best for you and your lifestyle.

Next, you need to assess each area of the closet that you want to organize and make a plan about which items you want placed in which area. You can make a list of all the things you are keeping, place them in certain sections and add labels if you like.  Labels can be added to both shelving and boxes/bins to help you get organized and stay that way.  Next you might segregate your things into three piles: things/clothing you presently use in a regular basis, things/clothing reserved for future use, things/clothing to sell, donate, or discard.

Once you have sorted everything out, you can start putting them back into your closet and categorize them in a way that makes the most sense to you.  For example you can arrange your clothes by season, by garment type and color or by practicality such as having a grab-and-go section. The items found in this section are those that can be worn everyday; your favorite pair of jeans, a plain white shirt that can be mixed and matched with anything. Then another section could be allotted for items you will wear for special occasions such as ruffled or beaded blouses.

If you do not have enough closet space, it might be nice to invest on shelving or storage bins to help organize and store shoes, sweaters, workout clothing, or other items you don’t use on a regular basis.  You may also use the back of your closet door for hanging your ties, scarves, belts, purses or other accessories. You can also change your hanging clothes rod placement.  For example, instead of one rod, you might be better off with two parallel rods at different heights to accommodate more clothes in your newly organized closet.

Having a new closet can help you save time and money and lower your stress. You will know exactly where to locate things and where to put them back. You might also find you save money by buying less new items, since you won’t buy identical items by mistake and can give new life to the old classics in your wardrobe by accessorizing with newer trends.  Best of all, your new and organized closet will make it a pleasure to get dressed every morning, it’s like having a private little boutique right in your own home that’s open 24 hours a day!

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Posted on August 23, 2010 by Sandy James

Whether you own a luxurious walk-in closet or a simple one, one thing is for sure, everyone enjoys having a clean and organized closet.  Who doesn’t like being able to find what you want, when you want? Organizing closets is not as hard as people think it is.  In fact, it’s really as easy as 1-2-3.

Group like items with like items.  Take everything out of your closet and place shoes with shoes, belts with belts, coats with coats, pants with pants, skirts with skirts, shirts with shirts, sweaters with sweaters, purses with purses, etc.Arrange.  Now that you’ve grouped your items, you can further arrange them in numerous ways.  You can arrange by color, by season, by fit (tight, fitted, loose), by length (long, medium, short), by material (silks, linens, wool, cotton, denim, etc.), or by purpose (every day wear, evening wear, formal wear.)  For shoes, arranging by color and heel height tends to be a rather effective method.Improve storage.  If you are finding it difficult to fit everything in and actually be able to browse the items, you might consider investing in some additional storage.  Use clear plastic bins with lids to stack and store off-season clothing or clothing that doesn’t fold cleanly and effectively.  Bulky clothing like sweats and hoodies and sweaters are often best stored in bins.  Remember you can stack bins.  This extends your storage vertically, which is highly important when dealing with small closets.  Shoes are another item that can be effectively and efficiently stored in clear plastic bins or even shoe boxes (if you saved them.)  Label your bins, even though they are clear, sometimes having a quick description written as well saves you from having to open the wrong box.

Cabinet, drawer, and shelving systems are additional options available to maximize your closet space and organization.  Items like undergarments and socks and stockings are best stored in drawers or bins.  Purses, hats, belts, scarves and ties can all effectively be managed with hanging or wall mounted organizers and dividers.

Whatever the case, whether your closet is tiny, average, or as big as most people’s bedrooms, taking the time to organize will lead to many benefits.  You will enjoy being able to see the full contents of your closet with a quick glance and be able to locate what you want in a quick and efficient manner.  With little effort, you can take charge of your cluttered closet and start enjoying it today!

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Posted by Cynthia Ewer on June 15, 2010

Free PrintablesGarage Sales

It's June! Flowers are blooming, birds are singing ... and the voice of the yard sale shopper is heard in the land.

Thinking of holding a garage sale or yard sale this year? We've got everything you need to cut your clutter and score some cash with our garage sale tips--but if you're looking for more help, try these free printables for yard sale success:

Printable Yard Sale Checklist

Guide To Planning A Garage Sale (.pdf format) from SuddathRelocation.com

Printable Garage Sale Signs from PaperPrintouts.com

Free Printable Garage Sale Sign from Hoover Web Design

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