DECLUTTER - LET'S GET STARTED
Decluttering takes on a different meaning if your purpose is to organize your home. In this case you are decluttering to list your house. Remember that you will be packing up anyway for your move, so get started in the decluttering process.
- Start Small
- Choose one room to work in
- Don't work for more than 2 hours at a time...after that you will lose focus
- Set up 4 boxes...Keep, Discard, Sell, Donate...
- If items are too large for a box, use sticky notes on them to know where they are going
- Try not to handle any one item more than once
- Apply the "one-year" rule for clothing and other items
- Consider digitizing important documents and photos
- Discard multiple items...you don't need 5 spatulas
- If you have a room that is not used, that makes a perfect staging space...
- use it to store the boxes until you have time to remove them or for boxes you have packed to take
- Remove family photos and personal items
- Empty closets as much as you can to make them look larger
