Clutter is every household's constant battle. You look at the floor and see a sea of kid's toys, a menagerie of weird knick-knacks collecting dust on bookcases, or random hairclips and toiletries in your bathroom shelving.
The key to a clutter free home is prevention - and there are lots of benefits to maintaining a tidier, more streamlined household. Who wouldn't love to come home to a stress free environment?
Here are guaranteed tricks for a clutter free home according to About Home:
Find a spot for everything
Make sure to find your appliances, housewares, and other items a home where you can put them at the end of every day. If you have to install some shelving or invest on some serious storage solutions, do it; you will find how much this could help you maintain a clutter free home.
Don't put off your mail
We all cringe at opening the mailbox by the end of a long day's work and see that it's full of letters - but you have to realize that dealing with mails is part of adult life. Layout your mails on the coffee table and open those letters - you should recycle your junk mails immediately and file away important documents. By doing this, you will not only monitor your monthly budget and not miss out on important mails, you also minimize paper clutter that is (honestly) a common household eyesore.
Go digital
If you love collecting CD/DVD for your favorite movies and music, maybe you should consider keeping up with the 21st century trends and start digitizing. You can still play The Sound of Music or The Beatle's first album minus the unnecessary wiring and wasting a lot of precious storage space. Imagine a clutter free home without all of those extra electronics.
Unsubscribe from magazines and newspapers
Ever heard of online monthly subscriptions? Not only will your support Mother Nature by saving on paper use, your coffee table will also look more polished and refined without the pile of magazines that you don't really intend to read.
Shop smart
Avoid impulse spending and you will minimize bringing unnecessary items in your home that just take space and don't really serve a clear purpose. You would not only maintain a clutter free home, your bank account will also thank you for it.
Throw out expired medications and makeup
Maybe it's hard to let go of expired medications and makeup since they are on the pricier side, but unless you plan to use anything expired on your body, it's time to toss them in the bin. And, this is also why (refer to previous tip).
Get rid of duplicates
Go through your kitchen and bathroom cabinets and you will surely find a multitude of different things that have duplicates. Do you really need 6 kinds of hairspray and hair brush? By removing duplicates, you can free up an amazing amount of space and maintain a clutter free home.
