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Emergency Decluttering Tips - Get Your House Ready For Company In No Time!

By: Marlee Dorst

An emergency decluttering needs to be done around your house, doesn't it? Your home is a mess, and out of town company is arriving tomorrow. You feel your blood pressure rising just LOOKING around. Your home is a complete DISASTER, and you are embarassed to have anyone see it, much less stay there! What are you going to do? What are you going to do with all the disorder in your house that looks so unattractive? You should do one thing an emergency decluttering. Here are some quick ideas that should save your sanity and help you with your emergency decluttering!

- Move about the house and look for obvious and not-so-obvious GARBAGE! Get rid of doubles of things, and also boxes or packaging that you think you'll need IF you move "one day". Be brutal and get rid of broken items that you've been hanging onto for "sentimental reasons". You won't miss them.

- Fill up a box with items for charity, and drop it off before you change your mind!

- Pack up excess knick-knacks for an emergency decluttering of your coffee tables and selves. Even if you want to bring them out again after your guests leave, this will present a much less cluttered look to your rooms.

- Take everything off of the floor in one room, wash it, and then only put back the things that actually belong there.

- Toss your old magazines, newspapers, and catalogues into the recycle bin. You can always find what you need on-line.

- Make use of decorative box sets. These can be found all over the place these days and are very useful as they look both nice-looking and uncluttered where-ever you place them, plus they can conceal a great deal of miscelaneous "items".

- Go through the bathroom and fill up at LEAST a shoebox with medications, lotions, and make-up which are past their expiry date and throw it out.

- If you are sorely lacking cupboard space, pick up a pantry cupboard with doors and set it along a wall. These make great make-shift closets, and you can pack (or hide) a LOT of items on its shelves. Close the doors and you'll be amazed at how much you decluttered!

Sometimes, for whatever reason, you really need to do an emergency decluttering. Whether for emotional factors such as your in-laws coming for a stay next weekend, or because you’re suddenly SICK OF being embarrassed about your messy home, these emergency decluttering tips can allow you to clear the clutter for good... or at the very least hide it nicely away for a quick fix!

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