Personal organisers to help declutter your home

Getting rid of the clutter in your home not only makes things look good, it can make you feel good and save you money. Decluttering your home is about good time management and, once you have it under control, it's easy to maintain. Follow our easy-as-pie decluttering tips this spring!

Spring has sprung, but do you have any idea where anything is? Trying to keep our living spaces organised can prove difficult at the best of times, but there are a few simple ways to declutter fast in your living areas - and keep them that way. Learn how to declutter your home without stress.

1. Make time to declutter and tidy

Professional personal organisers like author Lissanne Oliver, know and understand the pitfalls of modern living. Are you one of those people wondering 'How can I declutter my home right now?' Lissanne's book offers straightforward decluttering tips for homes and lives, keeping this often overwhelming task simple.

Lissanne recommends that the best way to get started on any decluttering and organising project is to make some time.

"You've just got to make time to do it and you may want to get other household members involved as well," says Lissanne. "We're often over committed, but I believe that getting organised is a real investment, like money in the bank. If you're cluttered then you find that the DVDs don't get returned and library books miss their due dates, so it really does cost you money."

2. Start with a small decluttering task

According to Lissanne, the best place to start when trying to declutter fast is somewhere small, so that the task does not become overwhelming. "It's often easier to focus on one task, be it getting your paperwork sorted, tidying up a bookshelf or sorting out your sock drawer," she says. If the tasks seem to many or you are hard-pressed to find any spare hours in your week, personal organisers can assist, carrying out delegated tasks for you.

3. Keep up with decluttering year round

As you work on getting the clutter down, you can also institute simple ways to stop it regaining a foothold. Lissanne offers this ongoing decluttering tip: "You don't have to wait for spring to do the big clean-out. Try keeping a cardboard box by your front door, and when you find something that you don't use, that's not loved or needed, put it in the box. When the box is full, drop it at your local Salvos or op shop and then put a new box at the front door." Another simple way to resist clutter is to tidy as you go. "We're all bad when it comes to flat surfaces, but things can build up on them so easily," she says. "So don't put things down, put them away!"

4. Think of tidying as decluttering your life too

Although it is a balancing act, keeping clutter under control is essentially about good time management. "Clutter is a symptom of other stuff," says Lissanne. "By clearing the decks of things you don't need or want you get clarity. Basically, if it has no function, is not of sentimental value or valuable in some way, then you should probably chuck it."

5. Call in the professionals if it all gets too much

If you're still not sure how to declutter your home or getting your own decluttering program under way seems a bit daunting, don't fret - there is help out there. Contact your local personal organisers to help you declutter fast and get on your way to a clutter-free life: