5 Easy Ways To Reduce + Maintain Clutter In Your Home

Is clutter taking over your home and life? Does your mental health suffer when you have too much lying around? Today I will be sharing how we avoid clutter in our home, as well as some other resources for you. I hope these 5 easy ways to reduce + maintain clutter in your home give you some good ideas on how to keep it away.

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I want to start by saying that I am in no way a professional or even have our clutter under control most of the time. But I have found tried and true ways to help keep it under control. With my anxiety, which you can read more about in my Essential Oils for Anxiety post, I don’t do well or even function properly when there is too much clutter.

Rearranging our home happens a lot of the time because it is sometimes the only way I can deal with it in a healthy way. When I started to purge our home of all the clutter, it helped a ton. And I really hope it can help you as well. But my number one tip for success is to start small.

I’m gonna say that again. Start with the smallest area and go from there. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. You cannot successfully purge and organize a space by attempting to do it all at one time. You will burn out and give up.

Start small and go from there.

5 Easy Ways To Reduce + Maintain Clutter In Your Home

Here are a few tips when it comes to purging a space. These have really helped me out, so let me know down below which step is most helpful to you.

• Before anything else, PURGE, PURGE, PURGE
• Keep a space in your home where you can gather all the donatable items. Once a month. take them all to the donation place of your choosing. But get it out!
• Before you organize anything, make sure you have finished decluttering. There is nothing worse than buying organizing items and realizing you don’t plan on keeping half the items you had. This will save you lots of money
• YOU are the gatekeeper of your home. YOU choose what stays and what goes

Organizing Systems

In our home, bins and baskets are the best way to maintain the clutter. Recently, I purchased this awesome shelving unit that lives under our stairs and that is where the downstairs toys and upstairs clutter lives until we bring it upstairs. That way it is out of sight and still contained. The kiddos both have their own bins that they are responsible for putting away.

Upstairs, the kids both have cubicle storage in their rooms that help keep their toys concealed. They aren’t organized by bin, as it’s easier to simply throw everything in them for quick clean up. Eventually, we will get them all organized, but for now, this is what works.

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Vertical Storage | Square Storage | Plastic Bins

We have a closet in the playroom that my dad and I recently installed two extra shelves into. Now the board games, barbie accessories, and things have a home and are easy to be put away.

Simple is the name of the game, people. When I overthink things, that’s when they tend to fall apart.

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Resources

Here are a few amazing resources for you that truly helps me to maintain the clutter in our home. My husband can always tell when I am struggling with my mental health because our house is cluttered. but once I start clearing it out, I am like a whole different person.

IG Accounts

• Morganized_living
• Struggle Care

Books

• How to Manage Your Home Without Losing Your Mind– Dana K White
• Unstuffed– Ruth Soukup
• Let It Go– Peter Walsh
• The Joy of Less– Francine Jay

Blogs

• My Stay at Home Adventures- How to Eliminate Clutter From Your Home
• Happy Simple Mom- 12 Brilliant Tips on How To Keep a Clutter-Free Home
• The (Mostly) Simple Life- Keep Your Home Clutter-Free By Setting Space Limits

What is your favorite way to help maintain clutter in your home? Let me know down below. I’d love to learn new ways as well!

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Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out Kelsey Farley! If you have ways that help you to maintain clutter I’d love to hear about them. Share your experience on Instagram with hashtag #kelseyfarleyblog and tag me @kelseycfarley so I can follow along and share your photos on my page/stories. Make sure you subscribe before you leave so you can snag your FREE Daily Plan Tracker. I hope it inspires you to take control of your day and make sure to tag me when you use it! I love you guys, and I’ll talk to you soon.

Xoxo, Kelsey