Reduce prime clutter areas

You don’t always have to totally declutter to create the idea of a decluttered home. You can fake it by attacking only prime clutter areas. Aim to declutter the following —— areas:

Closets: Get rid of clothing that’s ripped, stained or otherwise ruined, plus item that don’t fit anymore.Additionally get rid of hangers that aren’t your norm. I mean, if you use all wooden, toss the wire hangers you get from the dry cleaners.

Linen closets: Follow the rule above – stains, rips, outdated tablecloths, linens, napkins and more can be made in to dust rags or gotten rid of.

Garage & attic: Go through and get rid of items that are broken, forever unused (old paint), and things that you feel serve no purpose.

Broken gear: Any broken gear should go into one box. If you haven’t had time within six months or so to fix it, odds are you never will. I’m talking ripped skirts, broken picture frames, and radio control cars. You know.

Piles of paper and magazines: Recycle read magazines and place all papers you don’t want to sort in a nice box with a lid. While you’re at it, recycle all those phone books and take-out menus from three years past.

Kid art and homework: Go through, save anything significant, toss the rest.

Mail: Speed deal with any current mail – i.e. pay bills, place items you may need in that paper box, then set up to pay bills online and stop all the incoming mail.

These above are pretty big clutter areas for most families. If you can tackle these areas, your home will be less cluttered, more organized, and feel better, without doing a complete decluttering session.