The Spring Reset

With the new season upon us everyone is talking about Spring Clean!! This time of year, is the most popular time for us to want to refresh and declutter our homes. As a professional organiser I am here to tell you than cleaning alone is not enough.

I like to refer to this time of year as The Spring Reset! It is more than cleaning, it is a complete refresh a chance to reorganise and create sustainable systems that work and are most importantly maintainable!

With Spring in the air I want to give you practical ways to refresh, declutter and reset your homes for the brighter months ahead.

Make a list of goals for your spaces – are you feeling overwhelmed by the clutter in a particular space and what can you do to tackle it.

The goal is to ensure that you:

• LOVE everything in your home

• NEED everything in your home

• Have a PLACE for everything in your home

The key to an organised home is having a place for everything and returning everything in its place. It sounds simple but getting started can feel overwhelming if you are surrounded by STUFF. So, at the outset lets start small and go easy on ourselves – we want to avoid feeling even more overwhelmed and not getting anything achieved.

When decluttering ask yourself:

• Do I need it?

• Do I love it?

• Do I have space for it?

Wardrobes

Spring is the perfect time to do a seasonal rotation of our wardrobes – rather than keeping all of our clothes and packing the wardrobe to the brim, let’s keep the clothes that we are currently wearing front and centre. Always thing visible and accessible. Seasonal items should be kept up high, but clearly labelled, and keep that valuable space for the items you love and that make you feel good.

Pantry

Rather than attempting to tackle the whole kitchen lets look at our pantry or food storage presses. Remove food that has passed its date. The goal always is to be able to see what you have so that you use what you have and reduce food waste. Decanting into jars and labelling is how to keep on top of what you have. Then you can very easily see what needs to be replaced. Utilising clever storage to use the full height of the shelf or lazy susans are a great way to bring the back of the press to the front – no wasted space. Backstock or extra items should be kept on a different shelf but again clearly labelled and get into the habit of checking these areas prior to heading off on your food shop – this will avoid unnecessary overbuying.

Flat surfaces

Counter tops – kitchen islands, shelves, console tables are always a magnet for clutter but following my golden rule of Put Back Not Down you will soon find that everything makes its way back to its home and results in no clutter landing in these areas. If items are consistently landing in a space ask yourself why and where should the item live – implementing those all important systems that work for you.

Outdoor spaces

Gardens and sheds – hopefully we are getting back out into our gardens soon and so what better time to look at what we have stored in our sheds and removing what we don’t need. Sheds and outdoor storage can become a dumping ground for whatever we don’t have room for inside our homes so focus on removing items from the shed that you don’t need, use or have space for.

Once you have your home reset and calm is restored try to implement the One In, One Out rule to continue to maintain this beautifully refreshed, reset space.

So whatever space you choose to reset this Spring focus on realistic goals and enjoy the results.

Spring Reset

Spring Reset

Spring Reset