How to Declutter a Room

When it comes to cluttered rooms, my friend is the queen! She manages to mess up a room, in less than an hour, and can actually carry on with the mess and clutter, easily for months. By messy and cluttered, I do not mean unclean. The things are clean, but just not kept in the right place. Like for instance, you won't find a stale slice of pizza lying around, or things like that. But you can definitely find shoes lying out of the closet, and paper and files lying around as if a hurricane visited her room. It's just she's not very fond of cleaning. But we had to set it right so we decided to take matters into our own hands. Read on to know how we went about the escapade of decluttering the room, easily and effectively.

Steps for a Clutter-free Room

Decluttering your home is not as difficult as it is made out to be. All you need are some handy housekeeping tips, that will help you. I decided to help this clueless friend of mine, with some tips on decluttering a room. Here they are.

Decide
The first step is to make the important decision of actually doing it. Pick a day that you're going to be home. Depending on the state of the room, you can decide how long you'll take. I'd keep an entire day for it! Of course, you may think it's very easy. But be warned, that once you begin, there's no turning back. You have to see it through the whole process. Only then will you have the mental and physical satisfaction of having done the task you set out to. Why am I making it sound like it's a battle? Because it is one, of sorts. You'll get to know why, in the progressive paragraphs.

Separate
Once you've decided the date and time, you need to begin. Get big boxes and label them 'clothes', 'books', 'shoes', 'papers', 'miscellaneous', and 'trash'. Judge the number and size of the boxes that you'll need according to the stuff in your room. Then begin with the tedious task of separating everything in your room. Sift through every little thing, and put it in the appropriate boxes. What you don't need, throw away directly into the 'trash' box! This is the perfect way to put an end to a hoarding habit that you may have.

Check the Boxes
Once you have all the stuff in your room boxed up, you need to do a double check. Check each box, for the things that you need and things you don't. Start with the clothes. Fold or hang all the clothes that you'll wear in the closet. Check for clothes that are torn, frayed, faded, or out of style etc. Throw the torn ones away, or cut pieces and design your own patchwork quilt later. The ones that you won't wear, but are in a wearable condition, keep it separately for donating to a local charity house. Next, get to the shoes. Out go the torn and broken ones. Completely out, if they are irreparable, and if they can be repaired, get them fixed right away! Books, next. Get rid of the books that you're not going to need or read. Give them away to someone who will read them. File all the papers that lie scattered around, in separate files according to what they are for.

Arrange and Rearrange
Once you're done with all the boxes, it's time to begin with the resetting of your room. Give it a fresh new look, by rearranging the furniture a bit. Change the direction of the bed, move the table near the window, change the spot where the mirror was. Do any small thing to make your room look a little different than it was before! Put all your stuff in the appropriate places. You can also learn how to organize a closet in a different way, and arrange everything more neatly. You'll be surprised how much more space you'll have in your closet and in your room!

Give Away and Fix
All the stuff that you've decided to throw away, should be thrown away ASAP. Get a friend to help you, so that she or he won't have any emotional attachment to the stuff, and won't hesitate to throw it away instantly. Stuff that you can sell, have a garage sale, or if it's really good, try eBay. Other things that you've marked for donation, need to be taken to the charity place at once. NOT made to sit in a box, in the corner of the room, or behind a door.

That was my take on how you can easily and properly declutter a room. Remember clutter is an enemy you can defeat. It's easier than you think, but can be a little time consuming. So keep an entire day for it. Also keep some fast food and energy drink at the ready! Good luck!