Last Updated on March 18, 2016
I don’t know about you, but I hate coming home at the end of the day and finding my property looking like a dumping ground. It literally looks like someone has set a cluster bomb off and pulled everything into a cramped space. I can’t find anything; it looks a mess. I can only imagine how bad it would be if I had kids, as I’m sure some of my readers to. The problem is clutter, and it’s an easy issue to solve. You just need to know how to get rid of the clutter in your home so that you can make it look beautiful again. I’ve got some great tips on how to do this.
Try A Minimalist Design
If you don’t know a minimalist design just means that you have as little in each room as possible without it looking bare. By doing this, you won’t have enough furniture and accessories in a room to make it look cluttered. This can be quite hard to do if, like me, you tend to pick up knick-knacks and while delightful, useless, pieces of furniture for your home. But you just need to start being a little more conservative with the space in your house. You should put some of the most useless pieces of furniture out of the way, in the attic or the basement. Don’t throw them away as one day you might buy a bigger home with more room.
For a minimalist design, you should have a few decorations, accessories and several pieces of furniture. That’s all that should be in the room, and you can see an example of this style choice below.
Buy Some Cabinets
Usually, I find that clutter builds in the home because people often don’t have any storage space. I’ve just told you to put your extra items in the attic or basement. But what is you don’t have space in either. You might choose to fill up your garage but then where does your car go in the winter? You see the problem and the solution is a simple one. You just need to buy some storage containers and cabinets. If you do this, you’ll avoid clutter because you won’t have things lying around out of place. A cabinet can still be part of a minimalist design as long as it compliments the rest of the furniture in the room and doesn’t stand out.
Top To Bottom
Lastly, I suggest you clean your home from top to bottom. You might think that clutter has built up because you have too many belongings. More often than not, though, home clutter is due to the fact people aren’t cleaning their houses often enough. I know I’m guilty of this, and I’m sure on occasion, you are too. You can find some great, quick cleaning tips online that I’m sure will help you a great deal with this task. But you should be completing a full clean of your home, at least once every fortnight.