How To Declutter Your Home

Create A Home Inventory

Before you begin decluttering; it's a good idea to understand what you own. Creating a home inventory is an excellent first step. A home inventory app can help you create an item list and calculate the total value of your items.

• It can help you identify rooms in your home that are overly cluttered with items you no longer need.
• It helps you identify valuable items for content insurance purposes.
• You can identify duplicate items you may own.

Create An Item List for Each Room

Once you have a basic home inventory, you should break it down into separate item lists for each room. This allows you to focus on one room at a time making the decluttering process less overwhelming.

Your item list should include but not limited to:

• Furniture.
• Electronics.
• Clothes.
• Books.
• DVDs.
• Anything else.

As you create your home inventory, you will start noticing items that you no longer need or use. Congratulations this is the first step in decluttering your home or office.

The 4 Box Method for Decluttering

Seperate items within each room into 4 different boxes or piles.

• Keep Box: These are the items you use regularly or hold significant value.
• Donate Box: Your items that are in good condition that you no longer use that someone else could use.
• Sell Box: Items you no longer need.
• Discard Box: Items that are broken, outdated, or no longer usable.

Use your home inventory app to track items in each category. This will help you keep a record of donated or sold items and keeps your home inventory up-to-date as you declutter your home or office.

Maintaining A Clutter Free Home

You have now decluttered your home.

Here are some tips to maintain it:

• Use the "one in, one out" rule for new items you bring into your home.
• Keep your home inventory upto date. This will help you keep track of new purchases and what you already own.
• Before buying something new, consider if you need it and where it will be stored.

A clutter-free home looks better, reduces stress and increases productivity. By using a home inventory app like Belongings you can streamline the decluttering process and maintain an organised living space long-term.