When clutter starts to pile up, discarding it can seem challenging. But if your rental home is commencing to overflow with clutter, you should not delay tackling the problem. More clutter will accumulate, and decluttering will become more of a chore the longer you put it off!
Try breaking down your decluttering into smaller portions rather than attempting to declutter your entire house or apartment all at once. Regardless of whether you have just 10 minutes each day, you can start to gradually clear away unsightly clutter. If you desire a tidy and organized home, decluttering is the first step.
Tackle One Room at a Time
One helpful approach to decluttering a rental home is to do it one room at a time. One piece of advice from professional organizers is to focus on one room in your house to completely clear of clutter. Creating separate bins or boxes for things you need to store, give away, or discard is one option. After that, sort and place each piece of clutter into its own containers.
Put anything that isn’t in its right location in the “put away” bin while tossing out broken items. Once you’ve emptied each bin, either put the goods away, dispose of them, or donating them to a local thrift shop. In this manner, you can rapidly clear off counters, floors, and tabletops and promptly see visible improvement.
Keep it Short and Sweet
Another effective approach to decluttering is allocating just a few minutes at a time decluttering one single space, such as a drawer or cabinet. Using this approach, you first give yourself a time limit, such as 10 minutes. The next step is to check the drawer or cabinet, pulling everything out. Throw away broken or expired items or donate things you haven’t used in the past year.
You must always 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 thrown away in the garbage. Countertops are another trouble spot that can be effortlessly cleared of clutter in just a few minutes.
As soon as you’ve cleared the space, organize and replace the things you are keeping there. This is a great occasion to create a system for that spice cabinet or group items in your pantry for faster access. Even though organizing a closet is a more involved process that will take longer than 10 minutes, you can still use the same systematic approach. Just be certain to have plenty of boxes or bins handy to accumulate anything you think you no longer need 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 amass things, sometimes we accumulate items that don’t seem to belong anywhere in the house. However, to keep clutter under control, assigning a permanent home for your things and returning belongings to their appropriate place after using them is critical.
If you have too many things for the available space, it may be necessary to downsize or simplify. Reflect on donating unused items to a charity or thrift store. Another option, if weather permits, is to sell some of your extra stuff online or hold a garage sale. Place them carefully in clearly labeled plastic tubs or bins for anything you can’t bear to let go of. In this manner, you can keep your things and your home clean and organized.
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