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5 Ways to Avoid Clutter in Your New Rental Home

Winston-Salem Tenant Keeping Their Rental Home Free of Unnecessary Clutter by Tidying UpMoving to a new home frequently means the opening of a new chapter in our lives. And actually making that new chapter a really great one starts with keeping your new home clean and free of clutter. If you’re the same as other people, clutter in your home seems to accumulate very quickly, and decluttering your Winston-Salem rental home becomes a great big hassle before you know it. The wisest technique forward is to keep clutter from accumulating in the first place. Although that might be a little easier said than done!

To retain and keep your new home clutter-free, you need strategies that are trouble-free to incorporate into your daily routine. Let’s check out several that could be just what you have to do to avoid clutter in your new home.

1.   Identify Trouble Spots

Some clutter in homes falls into just a few basic categories. The most prevalent trouble areas for clutter are things lying around that don’t have a corresponding place, piled-up magazines or junk mail, or “aspirational” items (items you buy to acquire a skill or create a project but then never use). But take note, once you know where your clutter comes from, you can develop a targeted strategy to keep it from overwhelming you.

2.   Just Say No

One of the appropriate ways to prevent clutter from building up is to never bring it home. This approach may need you to take a hard look at your shopping habits and seriously make certain changes. To cite an instance, avoid bringing home free or promotional items you’ll perhaps never use. The same thing holds true for household items. If you already have something, don’t buy another.

Before ever buying anything new, look into how it may add to the clutter in your home. It is further a brilliant idea to determine how often you will use something new. If it still seems worth having, try to replace something you already have to prevent merely adding more stuff you’ll need to store.

3.   Create a Charity Box

Another efficient strategy to keep clutter out of the house is to develop a box for items you plan to donate. As you go through your things, try to take into consideration how long you’ve had certain items and how likely it is that you’ll use them again. If you haven’t touched the item in over a year, the possibilities are that you won’t be using it again. Instead of letting it rest and accumulate dust, assess and think about offering it to charity.

4.   Use the One-In, One-Out Rule

An effective strategy for things such as clothes, books, and toys is the one-in, one-out rule. That is to say, the concept is to replace items you already have as an alternative to adding to your possessions. For example, each time you secure a new item of clothing, donate one that you probably won’t be wearing much, if at all. By doing so, you keep the overall amount of stuff in your house to a manageable minimum.

5.   Focus on Experiences, Not Things

Another common trouble area for clutter involves gifts. Things that we receive as gifts can be tough to just throw away for sentimental reasons. Contrary to letting items with sentimental value pile up, make an effort to give and request gifts that produce experiences rather than things. To cite an instance, try asking for (and giving) movie tickets, restaurant gift cards, or other items. Instead of clutter, you can collect good memories of times spent doing things with your favorite people.

 

Keeping your home free of clutter can be a challenge, but certainly, utilizing these and other strategies can be of great value toward your goal. Although if your current rental house is unmistakably rather small to store all of your things, it may be time to move to a bigger one. If you are in the market for a new Winston-Salem rental home, Real Property Management of the Triad has what you need! Check out our online listings for more information.

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