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3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home

3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home

Has clutter become a problem in your home?  Are you feeling overwhelmed because your pantry, closet, and office areas are overloaded with unnecessary items?  I have 3 tidy tips to tackle potential clutter as it enters your home.

We call it, 3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home.  Watch Teresa Strasser and I apply my techniques in our The List TV segment, The List TV – 3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home

I.  Mail Management  – Managing your mail as soon as it enters your home  is key to preventing clutter.

Mail can create clutter daily

I quickly divide my mail into categories:

  1. Junk Mail
  2. Important
  3. Magazines

Junk mail will be catalogues, weekly saving newspapers, and advertisement.  Junk mail should be sorted immediately.

Important Mail – Important mail will be personal letters and bills.  I use a sticky note to label important mail and assign due dates when necessary.  This creates a call to action on bills, invitations, and important documents.

Once your mail enters your home, divide into categories

Set aside coupons that you plan to use and store in a designated area.  I use a coupon envelope and keep it in the glove box of my car.  Remaining junk mail should be used for R3 – Repurpose Recycled Reuse.

Use a folder or envelope to store coupons for future use

II. Organize Dry Cleaning – Returning home from the Dry Cleaners can create clutter.  Here are quick and simple techniques to eliminate clutter caused your Dry Cleaning.

The Dry Cleaning can clutter your home, here are some Tidy Tips to manage and organize dry cleaning items

Upon arriving home remove the plastic packaging and remove wire hangers.  My favorite hangers are Huggable Hangers by Joy, Huggable Hangers.

3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home - Dry Cleaning and Huggable Hangers
Huggable Hangers by Joy provide more space, prevent items from slipping, and are stylish

Organize and hang your clean items.  This helps to maintain a tidy space while preserving your wardrobe.

3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home - Dry cleaning and closet

III.  Grocery Storage – Please be kind and take the time to properly storage fresh groceries upon arriving at home.   Once I return home with my groceries I begin to clean and prepare my fresh produce for refrigeration.

Prep fresh produce once you return home

By cleaning and storing my fresh produce in advance I save time during meal preparations. I find fresh clean produce easily available, for my family to enjoy, encourages healthy eating habits.

By cleaning and storing my fresh produce in advance I save time during meal preparations.

Take dry goods out of boxes and store in air tight containers.  

Take the time to store dry goods in canisters

Remove packaging from drinks and store in an organized manner.

 

3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home beverages
Unpack beverages and arrange by category, color and size

Take the time to consider expired items that need to be purged.

Purge expired items from the pantry and refrigerator when returning from the grocery store

The benefit of apply these tips can reduce stress and the feeling of being overwhelmed.  Clutter free space improves mental clarity and focus.  An organized home can inspire creativity and reduce distractions.

Watch Teresa Strasser and I apply my techniques in our The List TV segment, The List TV – 3 Hacks to Declutter Your Home

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