As much as I like being organised, there are moments where it gets out of hand and I end up going back to square one and restarting all over again. Most of the time it’s because I haven’t decluttered for a while and that goes wrong real quick and doing it after a while does help to feel that you’re getting a hand on what’s in your home. Plus once you remove all the clutter, it does feel good and makes your home cleaner and your life much more easier. That’s why today, I am here to tell you how to declutter your home.
1. ANALYSE
The first thing you need to do is analyse what you have around your house, go into each room see what you have and know which room to start with. If you were organised before and you just declutter once in a while, then you probably already know what’s in every room. I showed you a while back how I get organised and how it has made my life so much better. Once you’ve perused through each room, we now get into the nitty gritty and here are questions you will have to answer in the process.
2. WHEN DID I LAST USE/WEAR IT?
This is where your brain may play tricks on you and tell you that you may wear it or use it in the next month or if you lose the last ten pounds. Please do not listen to your brain at this point if you haven’t used/worn it in the past 3 months get rid of it and don’t second guess yourself. Onto the next question
3. DO I NEED IT?
Maybe you bought it impulsively and thought that you may need it but just as the previous question asked, if you haven’t used it, that means that you never needed it and it’s just taking up space for no reason. If you don’t need it, do yourself a favour and out it goes. If you feel bad about throwing it away, then make yourself feel better by donating the items and you will not feel that bad about it.
4. DO I THINK I MIGHT USE/WEAR IT?
Your brain will try you again and tell you that there is something you can do with it, well there isn’t because if you needed it, you would have used it and so there’s no point in thinking that you just might later on. So you see, it will be like a mind game but you can do it and just imagine how your house will be without all that clutter that has been hanging around and not helping you in any way.
5. HOW MANY OF THE SAME DO I HAVE?
In my last post here, I talked about how impulse buying just costs you too much money and you will notice this when decluttering where you start finding multiples of the same thing, and then you even wonder when you get it. If you can count three of the same thing, you must get it together and keep one. Honestly, I found three sweaters of the same kind just in different colours and I denied that I was the one who bought them, but once I got rid of two, it created space to get a different item. If you find multiples, keep one and that’s it.
6. ORGANISE FREQUENTLY
After all that, the last thing to declutter your home is to organise frequently. I don’t think you would want to return to how it was once you finish. So try and organise yourself and your home after every month or more depending on how long you can keep it that way. To make your home more welcoming go here. Once you get that done, your life will be much better.
So that’s it, go ahead and start because you now know how to declutter your home. I hope this was helpful and If you have anything else to add to this list do share and tell me in the comments below. For my other posts and news, find them on my Facebook page here.
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Very informative and simple to follow. I will declutter my home
Thank you, glad you liked it
Informative
Hi, I always use the when did I last use something when I have a good old fashioned declutter. Im an organised person so if I have a good clear out with at least they tend to be in organised piles.
That’s great clutter can be a nuisance sometimes.
I am terrible for hoarding things, but we live in a tiny house. Things need to go!
Sometimes it’s for the better.
I do not function well when I have to be near clutter, but still I manage to get clutter in my home. Thank you for the reminders!
You’re welcome, it can end up driving one crazy at times.
This has motivated me to declutter my garage lol… Thanks for sharing!
You’re welcome
I feel like I am always cluttering. If youn haven’t used it get rid of it.
‘Organize frequently” I think is the key. I am trying to follow the idea of “throw 5 things away or give 5 things away every month”. A friend suggested to do this once a week. That turned out to be too much. But doing a small monthly “organizing party” actually works. 🙂
Yes it works well for me I usually wait for the donating bags that come monthly and make sure to totally remove anything that I know is no longer of use to me.
This is such a great theme of a blog post as I need to do a fall cleaning and, indeed, declutter my home. I am like a hamster, and I save anything and everything, I just dont have the space to keep everything. I know I should organize frequently, like you also pointed out, but I just dont have time to do it during the weekdays, so I end up with loads of “rubbish” around the house.
Oh no I know how overwhelming it can be, try and find a weekend where you just decide to tackle organising everything before it goes out of control.
oh my this is so timely, i need to declutter! when i buy clothes or shoes i often buy two if i really like them so i have a replacement but it is also easily piling up, thanks for the tips!
Yes I know how that can be tempting but it finally piles up and you end up wondering and asking yourself when exactly you bought specific items.
Great post! I love it, short and simple….and straight to the point.
Thank you very much.
I can’t stand clutter. Most of the clutter around my house is freaking junk mail or the weekly ads. Pair that with my hubby’s clothes all over the house and I feel like my world is caving in. He really needs to look at this list! LOL
LOL, I also get lots of junk mail and my main problem now is my son’s toys which are trying to take over but the only way is to try and explain to him what donating is and why it’s good.
This is such a practical post! I use some of these ideas in my life but as I live in quite a small flat I have gotten to the point that I stop myself from even buying the clutter as it won’t fit! Happy organizing 🙂
Thank you
Very useful tips! I usually do decluttering every weekends. It maintains the cleanliness of my home.
Wow what a motivational post. I normally get lazy when its time to declutter, but i’m pumped now!
Thank you
I’m in the process of moving and I’m trying to go through everything and get rid of all the things we don’t need before moving. These are great tips!
I have been in process of clearing out some of my clutter so this is perfect. The hardest thing for me to do is get rid of things that I think might be useful later….like those little bread tabs haha I have almost an entire drawer full. I think i’ts about time to let them go 🙂
I know how tempting it is but they just end up going way out of hand.
LOL your brain really does play tricks on you when it’s time to clean. I can excuse myself into keeping something I haven’t worn for SIX YEARS if I try hard enough. 😉
Always happens, but you just have to fight it.
I am on a cleaning kick and so this will be helpful advise when I tackle some of the things around the house. I really need to get things done.
Good luck and make sure to get rid of all and not fall for the temptation of keeping anything you don’t need.
Haha I’m guilty of keeping things I no longer use. And now I am reading this blog, I think I might have to declutter again.
LOL, there’s always something we keep yet we no longer use.
These are all great tips for decluttering your home. It is so important to ask yourself if you are going to use and when was the last time you did to determine if you need to keep the item or not. Thanks for sharing the tips.
You’re welcome
All these tips are really valuable.Decluttering the home is really essential.I also do decluttering home as a routine.
Thank you.
These are really great tips. I need to do this to my house!
I need to put together a plan of attack as it’s been a while since I declutter properly but I have cleared most of the clothing it’s my apartment that’s left
I fail in this area in the clothing department. Anywhere else I can declutter half way decent. In the livingroom, my child’s room or the kitchen but not so much in my closet. I am going to work harder on this this year. I know I will feel better with a cleaner more organized space.
Always helps at the end.
I guess decluttering is a good way to start 2017! I should do it but I just moved into a new flat so I might have to tidy up first. Great tips though!
Thank you very much.
Great tips and timely as the new year is a great time to start fresh. Why wait for spring?? We’ve been decluttering over the past month and have two rooms done. It really does feel great when it’s done!
I love decluttering and I agree that organizing frequently is key. Otherwise it builds up and becomes overwhelming. The new year is a great time to start!
I’ve never really been into decorating, but these are some great tips to decorate your home!
It’s about decluttering not decorating.
I do need to work on decluttering. I’m slowly doing this so I don’t have piles of stuff everywhere. Thank you for the tips!
I tend to do that rule of ‘do I need it’ with clothes I have not worn in years so I either give it to charity or to family/both. It is a great way to declutter your home, especially mine which is full to the brim haha!
Always works as much as it can sometimes be difficult to even start getting rid of them.
It really is a perfect time of year to get and stay organized. I love the start of a new calendar year.
These are some really good tips. I am all about decluttering as I don’t like having too much stuff and not a lot of closet space.
It’s time for me to declutter right now. I do well with clothes but not that well with papers. I usually pack up clothes every six months to give away.
This is right on time! One of my objectives for 2018 is to declutter and get more organized. I am not a hoarder, but I noticed that many of my clothes still have the tags on them. I am going to sort through and determine what I really need, and the likelihood of my wearing an item, and then donate what I know I wont wear.
This is on my list of things to do this month. I have so many things that I no longer use.
I need to apply this list to the junk drawers I have. I’m pretty good at making sure I have a spot for everything and making sure everything is in its spot but its mostly steps 3 and 4 that make it end up in the junk drawer and not in the trash, I’ll have to work on this!
i am such a neat freak, i a declutter every three months. I have a declutter schedule.I love your tips and will add them to my routine.
This is great! I have a declutter schedule. I am such a neat freak,i declutter every 3 months.
This is perfect! I’ll be saving this and revisiting it often.
Your 5 questions to ask, are perfection. I LOVE decluttering because I like everything to be simple.
Thank you so much.
Great tips! I ll sure be using them soon! And I love your writing style!
Thank you so much.
I am really horrible when it comes to organising anything. These seem like good tips.
Thank you for this post! I will be sure to share it with my girlfriend next time she says she has nothing to wear, haha! 🙂
I am horrbile at decluttering. I always think that maybe someday I will need everything. But at the end, I will have to follow your tips.
Sometimes I wonder how it gets so messy. Thanks for the tips i will try to use them next time
I am a cleanliness freak and I got it from my mother who is probably the living version of Monica Geller from F.R.I.E.N.D.S!! 😀 Thankfully I never need to declutter but yes, these tips are what go into making your home clutter free!
You know Joan I need to overhaul my wardrobe but there a few things I can’t part with. I need to add some new stuff to my wardrobe but there a few pieces that I cannot part with. As you mentioned I used to say when I lose 5 lbs I will wear “it” again and I have lost the 5lbs. However, I still need to get rid of somethings. I think the next question I need to ask as you again suggested is “Have I worn it in the last three months?” That may the final settling question I have to ask myself. Thanks for sharing these useful insights
It’s always difficult but it’s necessary in order to make room for new stuff.
It’s just so hard for me to let go of things I already had since then but I too always make sure to organize though. I think I have to get rid of some this time lol
Great tips. I’m a frequent organizer. I hate clutter, even in my car where the back seat sometimes gets used for storage, I will at least once a week declutter the car too.
Frequent organizing is the thing I need to learn. I always think I have no time but it gets much more difficult when I do not do it often.
Wow! Loved all the tips. you made it very simple by breaking it down. I trying it right away. Obviously my home needs a clean up as my toddler says.
Since moving into our home, I’ve had to declutter often. With growing children, you learn that getting rid of things early on makes a HUGE difference. Thanks for these tips.
This was a great read!! I am now trying t figure out decluttering my home as well. Thanks for this
Ah this is right on time for spring cleaning. I’m getting better is getting rid of things but you article is very helpful.
Thank you very much.
Great tips! I am terrible for keeping clutter, I really need to go more minimalist but find it hard to let go!
This is so great! We are in the middle of moving and purging so much. I love all of these tips!
I love a good house unclutter tip! I try to keep my house uncluttered, but there are always certain spots that manage to find everything sometimes. Thanks for the tips!
this is a must to do at least every year! I’m a big fan of going through my stuff periodically and getting rid of it. it has such a great cleansing feeling 🙂
In fact, at home how many things are there to throw away? A lot of useless things to think about, understand what you really need and what not!
These are some really great tips! My flat needs to be decluttered every spring! Hope these tips will help me a little bit! 🙂
Spring cleaning needs to happen here for sure. I just need to start cleaning.
I desperately need to declutter my house, it is a complete mess now. Thanks a lot for the awesome tips.
Chad
I won’t mention any names but some people in my house don’t know how to throw out mail. So my theory is if you haven’t opened it in a month it’s not important and it gets disposed of.
I love these tip and the questions 3, do I really need it is useful for me. I should ask myself do I need it or wear it at all. This will vacant a lot of spaces when I donate to the charity and a good cause too.
I usually do this about once a year…for my closets I turned all hangers backwards and anything I haven’t worn in a year and isn’t a special occasion outfit will be donated at the end.
These are some amazing tips for de cluttering house. We fixed the particular day in a month for decluttering and it is necessary for us. Our house is not that much big.
I make sure that I re-organizing my things every weekend and throw out the things that I no longer need. Will use other tips from you as well now
Oh my! This really helps us and I love those ideas you share with us. Thanks for this!
I am one of the most oldest reader of your blogs. HOW TO DECLUTTER YOUR HOME made me realise that you are improving your content day by day. Surely reorganise my room this weekend 🙂
We have moved home so many times in the past 8 years we are the masters at throwing stuff out
It can be a pain to get it decluttered. However, it’s worth all the effort because it’s less stressful!
I have been decluttering at the onset of spring. It has been doing on for 3 weeks now because I cannot really do it everyday. But I am happy that our home has less stuff.
Frequently organizing the home is just so important because it ensures no much clutter is in the house. I definitely throw or give away what I don’t use.
Frequently organizing the house is so important to ensure no clutter just hangs around the house. I definitely give or throw away what I no longer use.
Yes frequent organizing is important one item if we are not using and put it in storage means we are not going use it ever again. I will try my best keep my home clutter free.
I’m in the process to start my spring cleaning so this article was sent to me by God! Love it! Pinned!
This is something amazing to read, well twice a year I do this process and mostly I give away the things that I don’t use anymore. I’m sure your blog will inspire many to follow this process. Thanks a lot for sharing it.
This is really a great post with useful information. Thanks for sharing this post.