how do you make a deep declutter

10 Essential Decluttering Tips for the Home

• 1. Follow the 80/20 Rule
• 2. Forget About Sunk Costs
• 3. Check if the Item Works
• 4. Think of the Last Time You Needed It
• 5. Track Which Items You Actually Use
• 6. Ask Yourself if You Love It
• 7. Sleep On It
• 8. Start With Small Projects That Feel Big

Full Answer

How do I declutter my home?

You can create your own declutter your home checklist or save yourself a ton of time by getting the Your Home Decluttered Workbook where it’s all done for you! It makes for one less stress in the decluttering process as I guide you through it.

What is the first step in decluttering?

The first step you should take with decluttering is to spend some time thinking about your goals for your home. How do you want your home to look, feel, and function? The more clear you are on your end goal and why you want that for your home, the more likely you are to get there.

How to declutter clothes and shoes?

Here are some basic rules to follow when decluttering clothes and shoes: You must get rid of all clothing that’s more than one size too big or one size too small. Get rid of everything with stains, holes, and an unflattering fit. Remove any casual clothes that haven’t been worn more in than six months.

How to Declutter Your Wardrobe to flatter you?

When you declutter your wardrobe and keep only the items that fit and flatter you, you’ll actually enjoy opening your closet doors. Here are some basic rules to follow when decluttering clothes and shoes: You must get rid of all clothing that’s more than one size too big or one size too small.

Learn How to Declutter Your Home With Professional Organization Tips

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Part 2: Room-by-Room Decluttering & Organizing Tips

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Organize Your Home With These Professional Decluttering Tips

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How to Start Decluttering in 3 Steps

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10 Essential Decluttering Tips for the Home

For most people, it’s difficult to get rid of things you’ve spent hard-earned money on, which you once used or loved. Beyond monetary considerations, many things stir up memories and have sentimental value. These are real and valid feelings, which can make it challenging to part with belongings.

Room-By-Room Organizing and Decluttering Tips

You have the tools you need to tackle any decluttering project in the home – now it’s time to move onto our step-by-step decluttering tips for every room. Planning it out room-by-room is the most efficient way to organize and declutter, and most rooms can be completed in the span of a weekend.

Keep Your Home Decluttered for Good

After all the effort you’ve put into decluttering your home, be sure to keep these simple tips in mind to prevent clutter from returning in the future.

1. Move on From the Past

Decluttering our homes can help us move on from the past — processing previous relationships, old jobs, and ideas that didn't work. While there's certainly nothing wrong with a bit of sentimentality, holding on to everything can sometimes hold us back.

2. Gain Good Karma

Most of our homes are filled with very useful things that we have no use for ourselves. Free up space by freeing up objects. Donate clothes, cookware, tools, and toys to charities for a tax write-off and good karma points.

3. Clear Some Mental Space

It's difficult to feel at peace in a disordered environment. Too much stuff clutters our homes and muddies our minds. If you're in need of a mental or emotional reset, try a bit of declutter therapy.

4. Reorganize

Decluttering is the first step to getting organized. A deep declutter can set the stage for redefining spaces, establishing new habits, getting control of bill paying or budgeting, or setting up a home office.

5. Find What You Already Have

Do you know what's hiding in the back of your closets or the darkest recesses of your basement? Maybe there's a few things back there you could actually use. Avoid buying duplicates or triplicates by rediscovering what you already own.

6. Make Space to Pursue Hobbies

Decluttering our homes can create new space to pursue those hobbies we've put off for so long. Clear out an area in the garage for a woodworking shop, turn the attic into a craft studio, or remake a bedroom into a home office.

7. Make Some Extra Cash

Decluttering can be a cash cow if you're willing to sell on eBay, to a consignment shop, or at a well-planned yard sale. Somehow, cleaning closets doesn't seem so daunting when there's a few bucks to be made.

Declutter 101 – A Step-By-Step Decluttering Checklist

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Download the Declutter 101 Process Printable

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Why We Declutter

Sometimes, we just feel tired of organizing stuff. In fact, we spend so much time organizing and re-organizing stuff that it uses up our time, and then we can’t use that time to do the things we really love. Purging our home of unnecessary things is important.

30 Day Declutter Challenge

This 30-day Declutter Challenge is simply a month-long plan to help you get into each room of your house to clean it up, a little at a time. I also have a whole-home declutter course that you can purchase if you want to really dive in.

How to Declutter Your Home

This 30-day Declutter Challenge is going to help you clear out the stuff that makes your house feel cluttered. When you learn how to declutter and you do it on a daily basis, it creates a habit that sticks.

Why Do a 30-Day Declutter Challenge?

You probably want to reclaim your home and get your home back on track. You can do it with this challenge. It only takes a few weeks to create a habit, so this decluttering challenge is sure to help you achieve that. We want to show you how and why you should get rid of the clutter in your house.

When you declutter, you feel better

If you feel like clutter makes you feel overwhelmed, anxious, or upset… it’s not in your mind. Studies prove that it has this impact on us.

Questions to Ask Yourself When You Declutter

It is essential to know what to keep and what to donate or throw away, so these questions will help you understand where to begin.

Declutter Tips

When decluttering, it is important to sort your items and then decide if you need to donate or toss them. Take a look at the following six categories where each object could go.

How to Start Decluttering Your House for a Happier Life

The question I am asked more often than any other is how do I get started decluttering? People expect that I am going to tell them a place or room to begin, but that’s not my answer.

Why you should declutter your life

Hopefully you are starting to see all of the reasons to declutter if you weren’t sold on it already. When you let go of the excess, you get more time back for what matters most to you. What could be better than that?

What are the steps to decluttering your house?

Hopefully you are now motivated and ready to declutter your house. Take the following five steps and see how much progress you can make!

The ultimate decluttering printable checklist (PDF)

To help walk you through the 5 steps mentioned above, I created the Your Home Decluttered Workbook. It’s the ultimate decluttering checklist for your home!

Decluttering tips to help make your journey easier

As a professional declutterer who has been through the decluttering process myself as well as helped clients, I’ve discovered some tips that will help make your journey easier.

The bottom line: You CAN declutter and get organized and using a printable checklist can take some of the stress off of you

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed with clutter, I want to encourage you that you CAN do this!