When clutter starts to pile up, discarding it can seem burdensome. But if your rental home is starting to overflow with clutter, you need to start the task right away. The more time you sit, the more clutter will accumulate, making decluttering even more challenging!
In place of attempting to declutter your entire house or apartment right away, try separating up your decluttering into tiny portions. Although you have just 10 minutes each day, you can commence to clear away unsightly clutter step by step. This will help you to declutter your path toward the desired tidy and organized home you want.
Tackle One Room at a Time
One focused approach to decluttering a rental home is to tackle one room at a time. For example, many professional organizers suggest choosing one room in your house to completely clear of clutter. One approach is to create separate bins or boxes for things you need to store, donate, or throw out. Then, go through and place each piece of clutter in one of the bins.
Anything wrongly positioned should be thrown away in the “put away” container while tossing out broken items. Subsequently, clear each bin by putting the things away, tossing them out, or donating them to a local thrift shop. This allows you to rapidly clear off counters, floors, and tabletops and instantly see visible improvement.
Keep it Short and Sweet
Another effective approach to decluttering is giving just a few minutes at a time to declutter one single space, such as a drawer or cabinet. Adopting this approach, you first give yourself a time limit, such as 10 minutes. Afterward, you examine the drawer or cabinet, pulling everything out. Throw away broken or expired items or donate things you haven’t used in the past year.
It’s always an excellent idea to go through your pantry and medicine cabinet at least once a year and remove any expired or unused items. Be sure to properly dispose of expired medications, as they cannot simply be tossed in the garbage. Countertops are another trouble spot that can be speedily cleared of clutter in just a few minutes.
Once you’ve cleared the space, organize and replace the things you want to keep there. This is a great chance to create a system for that spice cabinet or group items in your pantry for easier reach. Closets could be an additional task needing more than 10 minutes, but the same systematic approach will also work on them. Just remember you have plenty of boxes or bins handy to gather whatever you believe you no longer like and put away clothing items as you go.
A Place for Everything
Keeping your rental home free of clutter is more controllable if everything you own has a proper place. As we treasure things, sometimes we accumulate items that don’t seem to belong anywhere in the house. Nevertheless, to keep clutter under control, having a permanent home for your things and returning stuff to their correct place after use is essential.
If you have too many things for the available space, it may be time to downsize or simplify. Consider donating unused items to a charity or thrift store. Or, if climate permits, you could sell some of your extra stuff online or hold a garage sale. Store them neatly in clearly labeled plastic tubs or bins for anything you can’t stand to let go of. Like this, you can keep your things and your home clean and organized.
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Originally Published on April 2, 2021
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