(Newswire.net — January 26, 2017) — Do you merely crave a clutter-free home without the hope of ever having one, because you think it’s impossible? Do you see pictures of clutter-free spaces and wonder if your home could ever come near them? Then this article is for you, and yes, you can have a clutter-free home. All it requires is determination and commitment to some simple principles.
By the time you get to the end of this article, my aim for you is to have gotten ideas you can use to make your home clutter-free.
Now let’s jump right into it.
Here are 6 tips for keeping your home clutter-free:
1. Believe
No matter your background and how cluttered your spaces might have been all your life, living a clutter-free life starts from believing it’s possible. You need to know it’s possible to have a clutter-free space, and you need to believe in yourself that you can achieve it. More than believing it’s possible, you also need to desire it – I guess that’s why you’re reading this in the first place.
2. Regular ridding of excesses
Sure this seems like the obvious first step (though second here). It just makes sense to start decluttering your life by first doing away with those things you don’t really need.
Old clothes, shoes, toys, work equipment, utensils, gadgets and electronics, cutleries, outdated decorations, and every other item you no longer need or have an excess of should be given out – or thrown away if not presentable.
You, however, want to make this a regular exercise, instead of something you do once in years, because clutter attracts clutter.
3. Maintain cleanliness
Keeping your environment clean automatically reduces clusters, and it also makes it easy for you to see unused or misplaced objects that would start clutters if not removed. So, do the dishes immediately after every meal, sweep out rooms regularly, do your laundry as soon as possible, and ensure you hire a reliable rubbish removal service.
4. Be conscientious in buying
Buying on impulse makes it easy for clutters to creep into your home, and buying only those things you absolutely need helps you control the growth of clutters. To avoid buying things you don’t need, have a strict budget for everything you buy, and make sure you stay within that budget whenever you’re shopping.
5. Learn to put things away
You brought that shirt out but later didn’t wear it, then hang it back in the closet. Put the thread back in the drawer. When you have the habit of putting things away after use or when you no longer need them, clutters would find no place in your home. And the only way to develop this habit is by actually putting things away, till it becomes part of you – automated.
6. Establish a declutter ground rule
Finally, you don’t want to walk the decluttering road alone. You want everybody at home and close friends to know your rules so people wouldn’t frustrate your efforts at creating a clutter-free life.
Here are some good rules you can start with:
- If you get it out, put it away.
- If you open it, close it.
- If you finish it, replace it.
- If it’s full, empty it.
- If you take it off, hang it up.
- If it’s dirty, wash it.
- If it’s garbage, trash it.