As you get your home decorated for the Christmas season, you might be looking around at all of the clutter that you’ve got and wondering how you can dejunk and declutter your home for 2025.
No matter how clean or tidy you keep your house, clutter is always going to seem to build up. From the junk mail to empty packaging to clothes that you may never seem to wear, there are all sorts of miscellaneous items that can build up over time which leaves your house looking cluttered. Nobody likes the process of decluttering because once you pull everything out, that’s the moment you lose interest in the job. But getting rid of the junk and having your home feel fresh for the new year is always a motivational feeling. The good news is that there are hacks that you can try to make this chore of yours a little easier so that you can get rid of the junk once and for all.
- Go room to room. One of the best things that you can do when it comes to clutter is grab a few giant trash bags and go room to room. Surface clutter and rubbish is the first to go, but you can work through each room side to side so that you are hitting every corner and under every single piece of furniture. You can declutter everything from toys and books to DVD’s and rubbish. If you know that you’re not going to use something anymore, there’s no point in keeping it just in case, because you’ve not used it for a certain length of time already. Therefore you are ready to move on.
- Get the family involved. One of the best decluttering tips that you need for a fresh new year is to make sure that you’re not doing it alone. As you’re getting things ready to decorate the house for Christmas, it’s the perfect time to get rid of things that nobody has used. Assign some areas to each member of the family, especially older kids, and get them to start clearing out their stuff. With Santa on his way, getting the children to put some old toys or broken toys into boxes so that they can donate them or recycle them is a great start. This will free up some space in their closets for Santa gifts this year.
- Get rid of the things that don’t bring you joy. This was known as the KonMari method by Marie Kondo. It involves tackling the categories of items rather than rooms. So start with your clothes, and then your books, and then your papers and then your mementos. Anything that doesn’t have any sentimental value to you and hasn’t been useful to you can be put in the junk.
- Get excited about decluttering. Thinning down your space is going to make the house feel fresher and less crowded. Breaking up the chore of decluttering is easier when you get excited about it, because you know that once the job is done, you have a home that feels stripped back and easier to manage.
