Declutter Your Home
Welcome to the Declutter Your Home guide, where we show you step by step directions to declutter each and every area of your house! I specially crafted this very thorough decluttering guide to teach you how to simplify your life by getting rid of all the extra stuff you really don’t need.
And it won’t be stuff I decide you don’t need, which is where I find that a lot of advice and information about decluttering and minimalism go wrong. My list of essentials and things my family needs and uses will never exactly match anyone else’s!
With the Home Ever After decluttering method, you will decide what you want to keep, with all the information and guidance you need to make good choices.
But Why Declutter in the First Place?
Do you ever feel like you are drowning in your own house? Maybe you feel like the things you own really own you and take up all your time. It’s no secret that the more material possessions you own, the more complicated things get. The more stuff you have, the more time you have to spend on your stuff: losing things, finding things, cleaning things, organizing things… you get the picture!
Whether you’re just a little overwhelmed with your cluttered house or are in a full-blown hoarder situation, our Declutter Your Home guide will help you immediately.
Decluttering your home is one of the most deliberate things you can do to start creating a peaceful retreat from the chaos of our fast-paced world. After all, you shouldn’t feel stress when you come home at the end of the day! Home should be the most relaxing and stress-free place you spend time.
Unfortunately, a house which is overrun with collections, boxes, trash, items that don’t belong anywhere, etc., you tend to feel overwhelmed.
Do you have collections which no one can enjoy or even see because they are stored away in boxes? Do you have so many clothes that they don’t fit in your closet and dresser anymore? Do your kids have so many toys that they now have them stored in other people’s rooms?
Do you have kitchen counters overrun with stuff and there is no longer room to prepare or cook meals? Do you ever have to go buy things that you know you already own but just can’t find? If any of these situations sounds like yours, we can help! Our decluttering directions help address these very problems so that you can start feeling more in control of your home again.
Declutter Your Home with Home Ever After!
Are you making a commitment to declutter your home with us? Read the Declutter Your Home guide and work on it at your own pace. I know that everyone has a different situation, and your clutter problem may be of a completely different level than your neighbor or your best friend.
Some people tend to have “hoarding” or “collecting” personalities. Unfortunately, for those of us with clutter collecting built-in to our traits, we have to work a little harder at decluttering and setting up good home systems to stop the clutter from coming into the home in the first place.
Our simple decluttering lessons break down each area of decluttering your home into manageable bite-size chunks. These decluttering instructions help you to focus on one area at a time instead of getting overwhelmed by the project of decluttering your whole house. Even if you’ve decluttered before and just want some advanced tips and tricks or a refresher course, keep reading our Declutter Your Home guide for a coach to keep you on the declutter path!
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5 Comments
Rebekah
Thank you for the great blog and posts! I am really looking forward to this guide. I read how when you started decluttering in preparation for your move, you felt you already were pretty conservative in the number of your possessions. This is how I feel. I declutter regularly as a part of housekeeping, and I have been through absolutely everything in the house. Still, I need to find a way to declutter more. We are a family of 4 in a three bedroom 1333 square foot house. One bedroom is my piano teaching studio, and I need to turn it into a bedroom for my 7 year old son. My daughter is 10, soon to be 11, and while it has been fine for them to share thus far, at some point soon, I’d like for them to have their own rooms. My biggest problem is the piano studio closet. It is a narrow closet housing three bookcases inside. The shelves are full of homeschool books, photo albums, music books, Bible study reference books, and CDs. Because I have been through everything, I am at a loss. I need an objective perspective. I no longer know what to get rid of. I like how you shared that at some points decluttering, you just felt like crying. This is where I am.
Danelle Ice
@Rebekah: Having just been through this, I know how you feel. You’ll be happy to know that we scaled down so much that we went from a 5 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom apartment! The guide definitely has some tips and objective bullet lists to go through, but I have a recommendation that is even before and more important than that. First, pray. Pray specifically for guidance on decluttering the things you have already been through. I found that God would put scriptures in my mind, and I would run and look them up, and think to myself, “Wow. Those words seem to specifically apply to what I just asked about.
I know that God told me to get rid of 10% of my stuff. I ended up with a lot less than 90% when all was done and it was time to move! Hang in there and read the guide as it is released on Home Ever After. It seemed pointless to put it all out there up front since this is a process which takes time and is emotionally very draining. Let us know how your decluttering project is going. May God bless your de-materializing!
Danelle
Rebekah
Pray. Oh my goodness, thank you for that advice. I am wondering how I missed something so obvious. I have been trying to find peace of mind in having less, but God alone is the source of peace. I am seeing that I don’t want to make minimalism or simpicity my ultimate goal, but I want to have a home that is what God wants it to be. Thank you, this is exactly what I needed to hear.
KC
I know this is an older posting, but I’d love to read more/all of the guide! Anyway to do that???
Danelle Ice
It’s coming, don’t worry! Thanks for your patience!