Is clutter taking over your home? Peter Walsh has 10 easy ways you can de-clutter your home and your life today.







How to Keep Your House Clutter-Free
  • Tackle messes one room at a time.
  • When you buy something new, practice the "in-out rule:" For every one new item, get rid of an old one.
  • Create intimacy in the master bedroom. Remember that improvements in one room can spread to the rest of the house.
  • Make cleaning up fun for your kids.
  • Create a vision for the room you're cleaning.
  • Teach your kids how to sort.
  • Use a hanger system to determine which clothes you wear most.
  • Ask yourself if you really need something. If you hesitate, you don't.
  • Establish a "magic triangle" in your kitchen between the stove, refrigerator and the sink. Keep the items you use most in that area.
  • Identify useful utensils with the cardboard box test.

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Published 02/07/2007

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