Clutter, Clutter Everywhere and Not a Counter In Sight!
After a long winter and being cooped up inside all day, it’s shockingly easy to find that your counter space, tables, and even corners become amassed with clutter. We are hearing the same from people calling in to us at The Maids cleaning service in Boston.
Did you keep all those catalogs and flyers that came in the mail with plans to actually sit down and look through them? Did you make a stack on your counter to look at later? What about the other rooms in the house? Have too many “things” taking up residence all over your home? It’s difficult to feel a sense of comfort and peace in your home when you notice that there is just too much stuff taking over.
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A peaceful home allows space for your family, comfort for your visitors and a relaxing environment when your belongings are neatly arranged and the excess is properly put away. The old adage “A place for everything and everything in its place,” certainly has its, er, place in the home.
Getting control of your clutter is a relatively simple project. If you follow just a few house cleaning tips, you will feel much lighter. And with the many colorful, useful, and unique items available today to help you put things away neatly, you should be able to find storage items that suit your home and personality.
You can start by looking at products to help organize your mail and catalogs. This can simply be accordion-type files or perhaps a desk with deep storage drawers. Another option is a rolling cart which has several drawers that can fit unobtrusively within your home, and can hold a fair amount of paperwork. Remember, your countertops are for cooking and the preparation of food. They are not for storing your mail.
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When it comes to the other rooms in your house, you need to ascertain which items are most important to that room and specifically go with your décor. Sometimes, you will find that items currently in your living room would be better served in another area of your home. An added bonus with reducing the number of things in a room means less household chores!
Some people have found that by hiring a maid service to come in one time and offer advice and assistance in clearing out some of the clutter is an extremely helpful exercise and well worth the cost to find a neater way to keep your home. Of course you can schedule regular house cleaning service in Boston as well so that you can free up your time to do more of what you like, including working a few extra hours at something to pay for that cleaning (lots of people say they would rather work at their job or do some freelance work much better than cleaning).
Keeping your house neat and uncluttered will save you time cleaning and give you a sense of peace and well-being in your home. Now that you have all that counter space, just think of the dinner parties you can host!
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