If you’re looking to declutter, organize, and simplify your home/life, you’ve come to the right place! Here at Uncluttered Simplicity, we believe a simple life begins at home. Introducing: the best of Uncluttered Simplicity. Here, you’ll find the top 10 posts from Uncluttered Simplicity (updated monthly) as chosen by our readers.
BEST OF UNCLUTTERED SIMPLICITY
Before we get started, I wanted to let you know I’ve created a free guide to help you declutter your entire home in just 15-minutes a day. Because…you’re busy. I get it! I want you to know that you can make significant progress decluttering your home even if you can only spend 15-minutes at a time doing so. Download Jumpstart Declutter: How to Declutter Your Entire Home in Just 15-Minutes A Day and start kicking unwanted clutter to the curb!
1) 40 THINGS I DO NOT BUY SINCE SIMPLIFYING MY LIFE
Since I began simplifying my life, I’ve discovered that I do not buy many of the things I once thought were essential. A welcome side-effect of simplifying my life has been that I have also been able to simplify my shopping list! Here’s a list of 40 things I no longer buy (and I can’t believe I ever did). (PIN IT FOR LATER)
2) COULD YOU BE A HOARDER AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT?
For the longest time, I was worried I had hoarding tendencies. I would spend hours watching shows like Hoarders and Hoarding: Buried Alive. Watching these shows would (temporarily) make me feel better about myself. After all, my clutter was bad; but not that bad. I frantically Googled, “symptoms of hoarding disorders”. And read everything I could find on the subject. After discovering that at least two of my family members had hoarding tendencies, I began to research whether hoarding was hereditary. What I discovered shocked me. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
3) HOW TO DECLUTTER ONE THING AT A TIME WITH THE SLOW AND STEADY DECLUTTERING METHOD
The Slow and Steady Decluttering Method is about celebrating the small wins as you declutter one drawer, one closet, and one room at a time. It’s about giving small chunks of time, little by little each day, month, and year until you’ve achieved your decluttering goals. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
4) THE SHOCK TREATMENT DECLUTTERING METHOD: A CRASH COURSE IN DECLUTTERING QUICKLY
If you are currently fighting the battle to keep clutter from overtaking your life, you’ve probably researched popular methods for decluttering. Maybe you’ve even tried a few of them with varying degrees of success. But, have you considered the Shock Treatment Declutter Method? Probably not, because it’s a method designed by me and I have not shared it with anyone else. Until now. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
5) 21 BRILLIANT WAYS TO ORGANIZE KITCHEN CABINETS-YOU’LL KICK YOURSELF FOR NOT KNOWING SOONER
Chances are, you probably have a lot more storage in your kitchen cabinets than you think you do. The fact is, many of us just cram and stack stuff into our kitchen cabinets willy-nilly. I know this from experience. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
6) THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO DECLUTTERING CLOTHES
I will forewarn you, decluttering your wardrobe will take time, especially if you have a lot of clothing. Plan for 2-6 hours (for some people, it takes longer). Don’t let the time it will take scare you off. After all, it took you a lot longer than 2-6 hours to accumulate your over-stuffed wardrobe. Trust me, the effort will be worth it in the end and you will be ready to tackle your accessories, handbags, and shoes. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
7) BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT ORGANIZING…READ THIS!
Do you love to stalk The Container Store and Ikea looking for the perfect bin, basket, or sleek storage system to organize your stuff once and for all? Or maybe you spend hours on Pinterest drooling over thousands of perfectly organized kitchens and closets? Before you spend money on custom organizational systems, ask yourself this one question. Have you decluttered yet? (PIN IT FOR LATER)
8) THREE THINGS THAT WILL SABOTAGE YOUR DECLUTTERING EFFORTS
Are you currently in a decluttering “slump”? Maybe you started your journey to a clutter-free life full of energy and ambition. Somewhere along the way, though, things went horribly awry. Have you fallen prey to circumstances that seek to undermine your vision of a decluttered home? Here are 3 things that will sabotage even the best decluttering efforts (and what you can do about them). (PIN IT FOR LATER)
9) DECLUTTER AND ORGANIZE PAPERWORK IN 4 SIMPLE STEPS
Are you drowning in paper clutter? Are you sick of all of the junk mail, school papers, manuals, arts & crafts from the kids, receipts, bills and more that are slowly taking over your home? Have you been searching for an easy-peasy way to declutter paper?
I will share with you the four steps I have taken in my own home to declutter paper. Think of these 4 steps as your emergency floatation device when you are drowning in paper clutter. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
10) DECLUTTER AND ORGANIZE YOUR CRAFT SUPPLIES WITH THESE HANDY TIPS
I have a confession to make. I am not a crafty person. But I used to be. You could say I’m a “recovering” crafter. The only reason I tell you this is to reassure you that I used to be that person. You know, the one with fifty unfinished projects, multiple skeins of yarn, tons of tubes of paint, and decorative paper coming out my ears. {Plus, I had extras of everything…just in case}. (PIN IT FOR LATER)
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