Create Space: Declutter Your Home to Clear Your Mind

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You might want to write these thoughts and feelings down in a journal to capture these thoughts to reflect on and keep you feeling inspired. Make a plan of action Marie Kondo also recommends asking yourself "Does this spark joy?". At the end of the day, you want to create a new, calm, happy environment after all. Joy is personal, so everyone will experience it differently, but in the process, you'll learn precisely what items you love and want to keep. Ready to give items a send-off? Do so with gratitude and say 'thank you' for how each item served you, even if it, well, didn't. We all have items collecting dust that we thought were a good idea at the time.

You could ask them to help organise with you to get them involved. Explain but don’t just do things for them. You could give them some responsibility when sorting, for children this will also be a big confidence booster as they gain some independence whilst helping you.Within this process, you should try not to add more clutter or 'stuff', even if that feels easier said than done. Lynsey says, “During your decluttering process, resist bringing into your home new items until the process is complete and you know you have a space for the new item!” Use clear storage containers And, as an eco-friendly, hassle-free alternative to the cumbersome metal skip, HIPPO’s HIPPOBAGs are just one of the resources that Dilly would recommend using. These are my Top Declutter Tips to help everyone along with the decluttering!: 1.We need to get those rooms aired and let our wardrobes and drawers breathe. Give them a good declutter and clear-out.

Marie Kondo recommends storing items based on their frequency of use so the things you use most often are easy to access and use. Just cleaning out your cutlery drawer and putting everything through the dishwasher will make you feel better.When you stop allowing your life to revolve around things that don't matter, you instantly gain energy to focus on the things that do. Reclaim your space, your time and your mind right now, to reorganise your living space into a place of sanctuary.

Dilly is the author of Create Space– a room-by-room guide to organising your home with a fresh and relatable take on the link between mental wellbeing and decluttering - and provides decluttering advice on BBC One’s Sort Your Life Out. of UK adults say that what stops them from decluttering is being unsure of how to get rid of everything A key reason to get your clutter under control is the benefit it'll have on your mental health, and so you don't want to be getting stressed in the process. All the pros agree that, yes, it may get worse before it gets better, but the last thing you need is to feel overwhelmed.

Organise items in a particular order

There’s no excuse for holding onto your clutter when there are so many ways to get rid of it in an eco-friendly way. What do you need that space to become? Is it for homeschooling, or do you need it to be a space for you to work from home?

Are your clothes overflowing in your wardrobe? Is each drawer full to the brim, with mixed and random items? And, if your unwanted bits aren’t in a good state or you haven’t got time to sort through them then HIPPOBAGs are a brilliant solution!

Maximise your wardrobe space

Something all our organisation queens agree on is you need to make a plan of action when decluttering. But how you go about it can vary. As a teenager Dilly worked folding clothes in luxury boutiques and then later as an assistant and personal shopper where she gained an understanding of how to create, organise and sustain stylish yet functional spaces. If you really want to do a proper declutter, you need to set the time aside to do it. It's not really something you can do on a whim and trust us, we're talking from experience. I firmly believe that if we all cut the clutter, live better with less and give ourselves more headspace, we will enjoy life more, which is why I’m delighted to collaborate with HIPPO and their genius HIPPOBAGs in encouraging more of us to get decluttering this Spring! Try to create a system with structure for your children wherever possible. Shadow what they learn at school. Children like structure and routine, and they need it too! Divide toys as much as you can, keeping all the things of one type together so they are easily accessed. Not only does it make tidying up faster and easier, it will help your children become considerate partners/housemates in the future.