![]() To set up a staging area you need to gather up a few boxes, bags, and clothes baskets. It’s simple, painless, and incredibly effective. But I have an easier way to declutter that might just surprise you. Yes, it’s time to get busy and start decluttering. Now that you have your zones pretty much mapped out you can then start to remove the things that no longer belong. This will not be used until you are organizing your bedroom but doing the prework now while you are in “zone mode” will give you a headstart when you are organizing later. Once you have finalized a “short” list of bedroom zones you can now decide on the location for each.If you pay your household bills in your bedroom maybe now is a good time to find a new area to do this activity? Our goal is to create a space where sleeping is better and to do that we need to only include extra activities that are calm and pleasant to do. Circle the activities you want to keep doing here.Don’t’ worry about what they are and if they belong in this room, just write down the activities you are doing NOW in that space. Write down all the activities you do in this space. Go into your room and take a look around. Take a piece of paper, a clipboard, and a pen.And the things inside of our home are simply the tools we use to complete each activity. And in order to do that we need to see our home as an organized space where activities take place. I know the thought of setting up zones sounds like extra work and maybe you are thinking, I just want to declutter my bedroom why do I have to do this extra stuff?īecause our goal is to do this once and not have to do it again and again and again. The problem was that project is still in your bedroom now buried under a few other items that ended up there.Ĭhoosing a location for certain activities it will make it easier to put things away where they belong. But the other night you took your sewing to bed with you to finish up a project. You like to sew and you have a small sewing area set up in the family room. The place where those things (tools) will be more commonly used. I call these zones and they are the guideline you will follow when decluttering and organizing your bedroom.Ī zone is simply an area where an activity occurs and once you chose the location of the zone you will be better able to determine what things can go there and what things need to find another home. It’s true that most bedrooms are meant to for sleeping but when you look closer, more activities happen in your bedroom then you may realize.Īnd when you have a space where multiple activities take place, you will want to set up an area for each activity so you can give more direction to the room. And sure it may seem pretty obvious when you first think about it but after we look a bit deeper you might just be surprised at what you find. You need to decide what the goal of this room will be. The things that do not belong in this space you first must decide what happens here. And before we can dive in and start removing the clutter. How does your room smell? Is it stuffy and stale or does it have a soft and subtle pleasant scent that doesn’t overpower you? Is the bed made and does it draw you in? What I mean is, do you like the look of your bed? If you have other furniture in your room are they covered in bags, clothes, or other things? Are there things on the floor?Īre your dresser tops neat and tidy and are the drawers closed? Take a few minutes and go into your bedroom. Is your bedroom an easy place to sleep in? Let’s back up just a bit so I can ask you one question. Wake up in a neat, tidy, and pleasant space and you will feel renewed, refreshed, and ready to start the day. The same is true when you wake up in the morning. If you go to sleep in a chaotic, messy, and cluttered space it only stands to reason that your sleep with be the same. I know this might sound borderline woo-woo, but hear me out.
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