📦Decluttering & Cleaning🧹

I have a problem sometimes just knowing where to start. It may seem as if I'm procrastinating, but I really just don't know what to do with certain areas. I find this happens when I don't have the proper storage, or a proper place to put things. So my favorite way to deal with these areas or things, is to just get a basket, box, or bin to use until I get a proper place for things. 


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I like using little candy boxes, or gift boxes for things such as sewing supplies. Old cigar boxes are the perfect size as well, for small items such as batteries, pencils, etc.
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Cardboard boxes are great for storing clothing. At the beginning of summer, I gather our winter clothing to make more space in drawers and closets, and it just makes getting dressed and organization easier if two seasons worth of clothing isn't mixed together for me.
I love the decorative boxes you can find at the dollar stores. They are so cute and can hold anything from spices to stationary, to receipts.
And the thing is, you can't really clean a space until it is decluttered!
So I get my boxes, bins, and save little gift boxes for such an occasion as this! I clear off a table for instance. I put everything in a container. Of course I use the rule, 1. Is it useful? 2. Is it sentimental? 3. Is it in its proper place? So technically I really need three containers, at least.

After I clear the table, I dust it or wash it. I  go around the room doing this on all surfaces. And if this is spring cleaning, then the curtains need to come down, and the windows can be washed more easily. You will want to move furniture around, and sometimes even remove furniture to another room is best to really give the room a good cleaning.
More on Spring Cleaning HERE.

​My goal of course is to have everything sorted, and things I'm keeping put back in its place by the end of the day. But sometimes I wait. I find a lot of the time, I like the cleared space better than the stuff. 
When everything is cleared and cleaned I love to open windows and let the fresh air in.
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