Home decluttering: 10 best practices for tidy environments

Home decluttering: here are some good practices to get rid of useless objects, make daily activities easier and free up space at home.

You have a family, children, maybe even a dog or a cat, you go to work and you have to take care of the house. However, you are realizing that you have many things at home that you don’t need and that the order is out of control. Do you feel overwhelmed by the thought of having to clean and organize your living space and you don’t know how to do it? You need a good decluttering operation!

Decluttering is a neologism of the English language that has also been adopted by the Italian language. It is used to indicate all those actions that are used to get rid of the useless things we have at home , thus eliminating confusion and restoring order. The ultimate goal therefore is to live freer, have more space and a more organized and easy-to-clean home.

Below you will find some simple decluttering tips that will give you the right motivation and perhaps the desire to take on the challenge of organizing your home with more momentum.

Top 10 tips for decluttering

There are hundreds of tips on how to declutter and everyone faces the task a little according to the practices that are most comfortable for them.
These, for example, are the top 10 tips I’ve discovered:

1. Find the time.  One of the key tips to decluttering effectively is to set aside time to clean and organize. In short, never say, “I’ll think about it later,” because in most cases you simply won’t.
2. Have no mercy.  The more sentimental you are, the more junk and useless stuff you tend to keep, so learn to be strict in choosing what you decide to keep and what should be thrown away!
3. Give it a second chance. Discarding is not the same as “throwing away”: if you really want, give a second chance to what you no longer want to keep but which is still in good condition. You can sell it, give it away, recycle it or donate it!
4. Start throwing out the things you are least attached to. You could immediately throw out old magazines, stale food, old medicines and cosmetics, knick-knacks you don’t like, pens that don’t work, unused shopping bags, broken kitchen utensils, old toys, stained clothes, and so on.
5. Find a place for everything and put everything in its place. Finding the right place to store what you want to keep is one of the best tips. If you can’t find a place for this or that thing chances are you don’t need to keep it.
6. Start small and work your way up. Start your decluttering with small tasks like clearing out a drawer, nightstand or wall unit. You build confidence there and then you can get started on bigger decluttering projects.
7. Create a ritual that you enjoy. Every time you clean up and tidy up, to make you enjoy it even more, do something you like: listen to music, a podcast, an audio book, sing, light an incense stick.
8. Take something away. If you feel that a deep cleaning and tidying operation is not for you, this is one of the easiest decluttering tips to apply: every time you leave the room you want to empty or clear, take something with you and throw it away. Be consistent about this and before you know it you’ll start seeing more emptiness and you’ll want to clean and organize like you never have before.
9. Shop smarter. As? Next time you need to buy something, take a good look at the various aspects: do I need it? where will i keep it? can i do without it? This will help you be more selective when you go shopping.
10. Set limits. If something new comes in, something old comes out. Take this phrase as a mantra and make it your own. This way you will force yourself to throw away and keep less useless things.

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Decluttering practices for environments

Have you read the tips to “declutter”? Know that it is not enough to know these precious rules but it is necessary to put them into practice!
Being motivated and having all the good intentions won’t help if you don’t start doing something about it.

Below you will find all the references with links at the end of the paragraph for decluttering in the areas where it is most needed: pantry , bedroom , bathroom , medicine cabinet , toys

1. Decluttering in the Pantry

One of the rooms in the house that more than any other needs frequent tidying up is the pantry. Do you know that a well organized pantry helps you save space, time and money?
To better organize your shopping and your supplies and declutter, these are the steps to take:

• Empty all and select what you need to delete
• Do a proper cleaning
• Sort the pantry by product categories
• Organize and make use of all the pantry space
• Make the content visible or readable
• Learn to choose and limit your purchases
• Check the pantry regularly

Below is the link to learn more about the steps and tips to keep the pantry clean and tidy.

 Keeping the children’s wardrobe in order and renewing it is not difficult but it is necessary to commit to decluttering operations quite often since children grow up and things that are no longer needed accumulate quickly.

That’s why  clearing your closet of unnecessary clothes should become a regular routine. This will save us a lot of time and energy in the future and will also help us keep our wardrobe “up to date”. These are the steps:

• Empty the bedroom wardrobe and clean the spaces well
• Separate your old clothes from those you don’t want to keep
• Organize your closet so you have more space
• Sort the clothes according to a criterion
• Arrange your clothes in your closet in an organized manner
• Use labels
• Declutter on a regular basis without having too many things to dispose of.

To find out in detail how to do it, read the link below.

To keep the toys in order you can always organize yourself with creative and simple solutions  such as baskets, containers and various organizers and  clean the bedroom , but sometimes it is also good to resort to decluttering.

In fact, toys often break or become no longer suitable for growing children. But how to proceed to eliminate toys that are no longer needed?  Where to start? How to do it painlessly and without crying? Here are some helpful tips.

• Identify which toys to get rid of
• Involve the children in choosing toys to discard
• Give precise rules to choose the games to eliminate and seek compromises with the child
• Separate the toys to discard from those to give away
• Donate toys in good condition
• Involve the child in all operations

To find out in detail how to do it, read the link below.

4. Decluttering in the bathroom

The bathroom is used regularly every day by every member of the family. If there is a child in the family then, it is extremely likely that it is often in a mess. To keep your daily cleaning tasks from taking up a lot of time, you need to take control of the clutter once and for all. Where to start decluttering? These are the steps:

• remove everything from shelves and cabinets
• choose what to throw away
• do a deep cleaning
• organize things and products into categories
• manage spaces with useful organizers
• involve the whole family in maintaining order

To find out in detail how to do it, read the link below.