Decluttering can be defined as the art of tidying up your home and getting rid of unused items. Decluttering your home is easy. However, you must be consistent to make your home tidier and cleaner according to your expectations. Let’s try these practical decluttering tips and steps to make your home tidier.

Sorting Valuable Documents Carefully
The first thing you should pay attention to when decluttering your home is to sort valuable documents carefully. Don’t let any valuable documents get scattered and thrown away because you are not careful. Read each document carefully before you separate and get rid of them.

Starting Decluttering from the Bedroom
The bedroom is one of the most important rooms in the house. Therefore, you should start from the bedroom. Get rid of items that have not been used for six months and that you will probably not use again. Don’t forget to prepare a container to store small items such as pens, glasses, hair accessories, and nail clippers.

Check the Closet Carefully
Your closet should also be clean. Start by selecting and getting rid of vintage clothes, that don’t fit, or won’t be worn anymore. You should also separate the closet based on the type of clothing. Create several groups of clothes to fill each closet compartment, for example, underwear, home clothes, and work clothes.

Tidying Up the Entire Kitchen
Once the bedroom is finished tidying up, you can move on to the kitchen. Get rid of expired food so that the kitchen cupboard and refrigerator are not full. Don’t forget to store kitchen furniture based on size and function to make it easy to find. Kitchen items that are often used should be stored in an easy-to-reach place. You also have to clean all parts of the kitchen, starting from the cupboard, hanging shelves, stove, and sink, to the kitchen backsplash.

Getting Rid of Unused Items in the Bathroom
Used hygiene products such as shampoo bottles and toothpaste packaging often fill the bathroom. Get rid of unused objects in the bathroom. Put a trash can in the bathroom and empty it regularly, at least once a week. You also have to clean the floor, toilet, mirror, and other bathroom elements.

Emptying Drawers
Closed drawers are often used to store unused items. When decluttering at home, you should empty the drawers. Throw away the items inside the drawer like letters and other useful small items. Empty drawers can be used to store items in an orderly manner according to their type.

Cleaning Hard-to-Reach Parts of the House
Hard-to-reach parts of the house often need to be cleaned. Examples of hard-to-reach parts of the house are the ceiling, the top of the cupboard, and under the bed. Clean all hard-to-reach parts of the house. You can use the right cleaning tools to reach various corners of the house practically.

Put Aside Unnecessary Display Items
Memorable items are often a shame to throw away. These display items make your storage space narrower. It would be better if you put aside useless display items. If your display items are still good, you can donate them. Then your house will not look stuffy and dirty.

Closed Storage Containers
Closed storage containers are one of the solutions you need in your home. These closed containers will make your home neat. You can add labels containing information about the contents of each container so that later you will not have difficulty finding the items you need.

Implementing Decluttering Regularly
Declutter at home will not be successful if you only do it once. Instead, you should make decluttering a part of your lifestyle. Take the time to clean and tidy up the entire house regularly, at least once a month. Thus, your house will always be clean.

Decluttering will not burden you if you do it with the whole family.

–sh