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Curing Clutter
All of us here at Outrageous Interiors love reorganizing, remixing and refreshing spaces. Many people looking for room refreshment have a problem starting up their redesign. The problem may just be that they’re indecisive but often the problem is more concrete than that. It’s clutter. Piles of junk mail, laundry, toys and memorabilia all jumbled together, making any redesign wishes impossible. How can you imagine a new space if all you see when you look at is stuff, stuff and more stuff?
Because we want you to love the space you live in and be able to successfully makeover your home when you want, we’ve gathered up the most useful clutter curing advice we could find and cut out the unnecessary stuff. Hopefully it’ll enable you to cut out the unnecessary stuff around the house.
On average, homes are larger than ever. Yet even with smaller families and more square feet of living space, many Americans still fill up attics, basements and storage units with clutter. After those fill up the clutters can start spilling into your living space and that’s where you definitely want to focus when starting your purge.
Pick one room to begin in and make an assessment of the things that are junking it up. Realize that there are two types of clutter: the “I can go through that stuff later” clutter resulting from general laziness and the sentimental “I just can’t rid of this!” clutter.
We all struggle with lazy clutter but that’s okay because it’s the easiest to get rid of. Lazy clutter consists of that which accumulates out of negligence over time. It’s not stuff you really care about so it gets ignored: un-filed papers, unopened junk mail, magazines, ticket stubs, unwanted gifts, that free promotional t-shirt you somehow ended up with and then left sitting on your counter for days. Lazy clutter is mostly garbage. The easiest way to get rid of it: throw away the trash, bin the recyclables and donate the donate-ables.
Sentimental clutter is more of a challenge but a surmountable one.  To conquer it, pre-schedule a time that works for everyone involved. If you make the time, you’re more likely to deal with it. Cleaning these things up should be a family affair, so scheduling it ahead will also ensure that everyone can attend. You may need a few hours so shooting for a Saturday or a Sunday can’t hurt.
The question to ask yourself when confront an individual piece of sentimental clutter is. “Have I used this in the past year?” If the answer is no, and you feel sure that you’d rather have the space it’s taking up than the item itself, then it’s time to let it go. It may be hard but you can do it. You’ll be ready to reinvent your space in no time!
