Welcome to another post in my Clutter 101 series, and the second post focusing on dealing with individual rooms around the house. In this post I will focus on the bathroom. While most of the focus on this room typically revolves around keeping it clean and sparkling it is still important to look at all of your space issues, especially considering you will likely have towels, toilet rolls, toiletries, etc to find room for and keep organized.

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This is the first in a number of posts where I will take all the learnings from previous Clutter 101 posts regarding de-cluttering and organizing and apply them to specific rooms in your home. In this post I will focus on the bedroom. With so much clothing and personal belongings often stored here it can be a hotbed of clutter and disorganization so in particular I will give suggestions on how you can create more space and use existing storage more efficiently.

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After I came back from holiday I had the undesirable task of unpacking everything, washing all the clothes and putting stuff away (in fact I’m still doing it now). Normally I have to keep the suitcases under the bed. As you all probably know suitcases are pretty hefty things to store, and in my case, under the bed was the only practical place for them. It’s hardly the most efficient use of space however, so I’ve decided to use them as storage. My partner’s suitcase is used to store the large collection of shoes she never wears but refuses to part with, while mine is used to store all the jumpers and thick coats we have that are no use during the Summer. Ok, when I go on a holiday I will have to take them all out again, but if you are like me and are only likely to go on a big holiday with a suitcase once or twice a year, I wouldn’t consider it a problem. After all, it’s only a five minute job to take everything out as you pack, and then put it all back in again when the holiday is over. You are going to be miles away getting sunburnt, so it doesn’t really matter if you pile the stuff up in a corner for a few days :)

Welcome to the third part of the Clutter 101 series on how to get your home thoroughly de-cluttered and keep it that way (you can read the first two parts, why we keep clutter and how to de-clutter, here and here). In this third post I will be looking at how clutter can be broken down into a number of different types and categories which help to give you an idea of how best to deal and process it. If you think I have missed out any types then leave a comment, it would be great to get feedback.

Trash
This sort of clutter is pretty simple to deal with. It’s rubbish, it can go straight into the bin. It includes stuff like old receipts, scraps of paper and sweet wrappers, and can go straight into the bin.

Reference
This includes stuff like bills and manuals which may or may not be useful in the future but you are obliged to keep them because they contain important and/or useful information. Create a filing system and store your reference material there. That way it takes up minimal room and allows for easy access in an organized manner.

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Welcome to the second part of my Clutter 101 series. In the introductory post I covered why we actually clutter and what thought processes go through our head to justify being so unorganized. In this post I will now look at the actual process of de-cluttering, whether it be a mini project to get back on top of it all, or whether it is the first time you are de-cluttering and you are going to be jumping in at the deep end. I will cover the preparatory work you can do so you don’t get overwhelmed by it all and then look at the physical process of disposing of your junk and organizing what remains.

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