Closet organizing: Ways to Declutter

Ten Ways to Declutter Your Home

By Peter Walsh
The Oprah Winfrey Show
February 07, 2007

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.

MY THOUGHTS

i will challenge myself to practice the "in-out rule". which means that i shouldn't buy anything until after i've done a lot of "outs". i've no problme with my place in the city. my room in the province is another matter. it's such a mess i can't locate things anymore. time. i need time.