![]() When you’re short of time you need to prioritise more – so think about the rooms and spaces that the people you are decluttering and tidying up for will actually see, rather than other rooms or even that hidden away storage space that they won’t go near.Īfter all, there’s no point in spending valuable minutes sorting out an entire room like a kids bedroom if your guests will only make it through the hallway and into the kitchen or living room. You could enlist the family to sort out their specific items from the container to make it quicker as well though… #4 – Focus on the rooms that they’ll see You haven’t really tackled all the clutter doing this, you’ve just moved it around a bit.Īs such, some time needs to be taken to put the items from the box/basket back in their rightful place at the end of the day. It will help create the illusion of a clutter free home – and so you’ve done what you needed to right her and now. I’ve even heard of people putting their dishes from the sink in there just while the viewing took place!įor now, this will have a huge effect on the level of surface clutter you’ve got lying around. TIP – With house viewings, a great place to put these types of things is the car boot. With the tight deadline you’ve got, you won’t want to spend it putting things away – so for now just put them all in a box or basket, and put that in a room or space that won’t been seen for the short term. ![]() These are the everyday clutter items that we all have around the house, that are things that we want and need in our home, but are just out of place because they’ve recently been used and not put back. #3 – Box up the items that you want to keep but that are in the wrong place Obvious rubbish could include broken items, out of date items etc… – and recycling usually included all paper/card related items such as magazines, mail, packaging, and receipts. Put in one any real rubbish, and put in the other one any recycling you find. Your aim here is to take as much obvious rubbish away as possible – so grab a black bin bag or 2 and go around the house tackling all the clutter you can see. If you’ve got a tight deadline, you HAVE to get the best results possible – and here’s where the quick wins of decluttering come into play. ![]() Whether you set a timer on your oven, your mobile phone, or you have a specific timer to use – get it ready – and get racing! Ideally you want to set the timer to give you a little wiggle room, and time to get yourself ready as well (you don’t want to answer the front door to guests looking like you’ve been hit by a hurricane, right?!) It makes sense that you set a timer if you’ve got a really specific deadline to hit in the near future. Let’s see how to declutter REALLY fast… #1 – Set a timer Think of this like you have just had a friend call and they will be over in 30 minutes.ĭon’t panic – you can get a lot done in that time…. So here are some of the best ways to make decluttering quicker and less painful – which will you choose to help you get speedier results? Ways to declutter fast – when you have a short deadline…Ī deadline is a very real tangible reason to want to declutter more quickly – of course.Īnd the shorter the deadline, the more you need to be savvy with how you spend your time and what decluttering you can get done. This is because there are specific things that will help more for one or the other, so I hope it helps you to split them up like this too, so you can dive into the way you specifically need right now. So – I’ve looked at both separately below. You can probably see from reading the above reasons, that they split up into two areas.įirstly, when you need to declutter because of a tight deadline, and secondly when you need to declutter as fast as possible because you don’t want to waste time. You’ve got a few hours spare and want it to make a real difference rather than find at the end of the day you haven’t really achieved much at allĪll are great reasons – and it never hurts to make tasks as quick as possible, right?.You are selling your home and have an unexpected viewing later that day.You just want it to not take too much time (who doesn’t want this, right?!).There are lots of reasons why you may want to declutter your house quickly:
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