How To Declutter Your Home, Ways To Declutter Fast

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

Tags: Declutter, How to Get Organized, organization tips, organize your home, organize your life, organizing tips, organizing your home

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!

Posted by Karen Biko in Declutter Challenge

Tags: Declutter, How to Get Organized, living organized, organization tips, organize your home, organize your life, organizing tips, organizing your home

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

Posted by Karen Biko in Declutter Challenge

Tags: Declutter, Garage Sale, How to Get Organized, , organization tips, organizing your home

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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