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Are you feeling overwhelmed with the current state of your home? Feeling like your house is more cluttered and chaotic than calm and clean?

Ready to change that without going crazy?

I was feeling overwhelmed with all of the stuff we had accumulated and how packed our small house was feeling. But I didn’t want to spend a whole week going through everything and making an even bigger mess.

I have found I work best in small chunks of time. So, my decision to declutter our whole house one room and one project at a time worked out so well!

I’ll show you how I’m decluttering our whole house, and not losing my mind!

8 Tips: How to Declutter Your Whole House Without Losing Your Sanity

Ready for the 8 tips to learn how to declutter your whole house without losing your sanity? Let’s get right to it!

Make an action plan

First things first – you need a plan to get this done! Write down all of the rooms and areas that need to be decluttered, and which areas have the highest priority.

When will you be able to work on this? How much time can you devote a day?

Check out the other tips and then write down your plan to declutter your whole house.

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Tackle one room a month

We have a small home, so I only had 8 rooms to work through. I have planned to declutter and organize one room a month to make this huge project super doable and not overwhelming.

You can work on just one room a month, or two small rooms.

Don’t try to declutter your whole house in one week or month, because I think you are going to get discouraged and make a huge mess.
Work on one small project a day

Plan to declutter one tiny part of each room a day.

For example, when I decluttered the kitchen, I broke it down into each drawer and cabinet. Not so overwhelming to organize just one drawer, right?

When you make your plan for the day, plan to organize one super small area of the room you are working on. Related Post: 15 Amazing Kitchen Organization Ideas
Use a timer

To get this done as quick and painless as possible, determine how much time you will spend on each daily project. Schedule a time in the day to work on it, and set a timer to get the work done.

This way, you will be racing the clock so you have to act quick. You may get rid of more things this way!

Setting a timer also helps me to get the job done, knowing I only have to work on this for 10 or 20 minutes, then I can do something else.
Buy cheap bins from Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree is my absolute favorite place to get cheap organization bins. They have mostly plastic options, so these are great for hidden spots if they don’t fit with your decor.

You can organize almost any drawer, cabinet, closet, or nook with Dollar Tree bins.

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Use labels to get organized

Labeling bins, drawers, or shelves can help you stick with your new organization and tell your family what goes where.

If there is a label, you will be much more likely to put things back where the belong.

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Set up a donation bin

A donation bin or box in your garage is a great way to get all of those items out of the house that need to be donated. Get them out of the house and into the bin.

Only rule: Once they are in the bin, they can’t come back out! You can easily grab this bin and head to your local donation center every few months.

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Get your family on board

Show off your daily projects to your family. Let them know how hard you worked to get this organized, show them where things go now, and ask them to please put these items back where they belong.

You can also ask them for ideas on how they would like to organize areas to get them involved and on board.

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You can declutter your whole house without losing your sanity. Just break this huge project down to declutter one room a month. Then, tackle just one tiny project a day. And before you know it, your whole house is decluttered and organized!

I feel so much better having an organized home. Taking the time to do one small project every day has made this overwhelming project completely doable.

Honestly, I look forward to my tiny organization project each day now! I know I only have a few minutes and one small drawer to work on, and I’m done!

I would recommend this method to anyone wondering how to declutter their whole house without losing their sanity. Breaking it down into tiny projects makes this completely doable and not overwhelming at all.

Now, you know how to declutter your whole house – without losing your sanity! Give it a try!