17 of My Favorite Methods for Decluttering a Home Need a gentle approach, or something a little more ruthless?

Eight Questions You Should Ask Yourself When Decluttering And “does this spark joy?” isn’t one of them.

Meet Japan’s Original Decluttering Guru (No, Not That One) Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces.

The Swedish phenomenon of de-cluttering before you die | ITV News (2019) submitted by /u/br-rand

Do an Immediate ‘Trash Sweep’ to Make You Feel Better About Your Decluttering A trash sweep is the starting point for a cleaner home—but it’s great on its own, too.

LPT : Emotional attachment getting in the way of decluttering? Try taking photos I like to hoard ephemeral things like receipts, tickets, travel brochures, and occasionally other less-conventional things like food packaging with interesting designs and random objects that I just have an attachment to. With the items I couldn’t give away, I started taking pictures of them when it was getting out of hand: Have an old can of so…

The Best Workbooks for Decluttering and Organizing If you need a little push to keep you on track, maybe a workbook will help.

Try ‘Micro-Decluttering’ When Cleaning Is Too Overwhelming Try this when cleaning the whole house is simply too daunting.