De-cluttering

Hello everyone.

You may have heard me say this before but de cluttering is the MOST important part of selling your home. Buyers can and will look absolutely everywhere in your home when considering it for purchase.

Here are a few tips to help you de-clutter your home.

1. Half-empty closets. Storage is something every buyer is looking for and can never have enough of. Take half the stuff out of your closets then neatly organize what’s left in there. Buyers will snoop, so be sure to keep all your closets and cabinets clean and tidy.
2. Stop receiving junk mail.The average canadian household receives an estimated 850 pieces of junk mail every year — enough, as we all know, to cover our kitchen tables several times over.
3. Switch to paperless billing
   There are pros and cons to paperless billing, but the pros easily outweigh the cons when it comes to both clutter and environmental impact. A paperless bill only clogs your email inbox (a topic for another day) whereas a paper bill clutters your desk. Saving paper means also saving trees, and 171 pounds of greenhouse gases, 63 gallons of water, and 4.5 gallons of gasoline annually for the average paperless household, according to Pay It Green, a coalition of financial institutions and businesses promoting paperless billing. Now, if only we could find a way to stop them from billing in the first place.
4. Join an online book shelf.  Do it online. Sites like LibraryThing, Goodreads, Shelfari, aNobii and BookJetty let you keep track of your books, share your lists with friends and even take notes, rate your favourites and write reviews. If you have someone to impress, you can send the link to your virtual bookshelf.
5. Snack on fruit. Even the most well-organized kitchens tend to overflow onto countertops. One way to keep that overflow from looking like clutter is to turn it into decoration: Get a simple decorative fruit bowl, then substitute fruit for your junk food snack purchases. One nice side benefit: You’ll cut down on the number of times you have to take trash to the curb, since the majority of American household waste is made up of packaging. An even nicer side benefit: You’re more likely to choose a healthy snack if it’s right in front of you, so fill up the fruit bowl and enjoy!