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Clutter can build up when we get busy regardless of how organized we are. When this happens, it is good to declutter as soon as possible before your house becomes overwhelmed with clutter. Clear the clutter early enough when the chore is less daunting. Would you like to organize your messy home? If so, read on to find out how. That said, here are 5 tips to effectively declutter your home:

1. Ensure That Everything Has a Home

Ensuring that everything in your house has a home is very important as it will make it easy for you to know where to find anything in your house. It also helps you know the right place to put anything. Keep in mind that everything including bobby pins and dinner plates should have a home.

2. Use Space Efficiently

Having enough storage space can make it easy for you to find everything in your home. Transform those nooks and crannies in your house into extra storage. You can also use space efficiently by looking for storage bins that can fit under your bed, getting multipurpose pieces of furniture that can also be used to store items, and using your vertical space with hooks. To use space efficiently, get creative.

3. Store Similar or Related Items Together

Storing similar or related items together will make it easy for you to remember where you stored them. Avoid storing pens with spoons. Keep similar items or those that serve the same purpose in one place to make it easy for you to find them easily.

4. Get Rid Of Some of Your Stuff

There comes a time when you realize that you store some things that are no longer useful and not need in the future and you wonder why you kept them. It can be clothes that you don’t fit anymore or movie stubs from high school. If you don’t get rid of such stuff, they can pile up and eventually become a huge headache.

Avoid keeping those items that you don’t use on a regular basis, those that don’t fit anymore and those that you will not use in the future. You can give them away, donate them or trash them. There is no need to keep stuff that you don’t have room for or stuff that are not useful to you in any way.

5. Use the 15 Minute Clean Up

It is a good idea to integrate cleaning into your daily routine by taking only 15 minutes a day to clean your house. Doing this will reduce the housework you need to do on Cleaning Day. Getting your dishes into the sink, putting your clothes in the hamper and making your bed take a few minutes. So, incorporate them into your daily routine to cut clutter in your home. You can also opt to have Think Maids do it for you. Give us a call for a quote today!