Today, I’m sharing tips on cleaning holiday clutter. The holidays have past, but does it still feel like Christmas? After reading our article, you will feel ready and be motivated to start cleaning your holiday clutter today.  Usually, every decision starts from tomorrow or even next Monday, but why wait?  Start immediately and you will thank me later.

Cleaning after the holidays can be very boring and exhausting.  But, in no time you will find yourself getting ready for the next holiday season.  And, you will be glad that you decluttered when you did.   Today,

Not only did you decorate your home, but you have also received plenty of gifts. With good organization and a little storage space, your house will be cleaned in no time.  Since the hardest part of the cleaning process is getting started, we are happy to introduce several ideas to get rid of holiday clutter.

Start With Garbage

The easiest way to start cleaning is to remove all wrapping paper, empty gift boxes, and stale or leftover food from the refrigerator.  In this phase of cleaning you will need to be relentless.  If you feel that you need to hire house cleaning services, go ahead.  Set up an appointment so that you can completely remove all the clutter and return your house to order.

Replace Old Items With New Ones

You probably received a bunch of gifts, but some of them you may already own. If so, replace the old items with the new ones and immediately move the old one into the spare box for a garage sale.  Or donate them or even trash them if you don’t find an item usable anymore.

Place New Items

It’s crucial to find a place for all of the new items you received.  Otherwise, they will become a part of the clutter.  If you don’t have any spare storage space or if you think, you won’t use these items consider regifting or donating them.

Organize Decorations

Organizing decorations are one of the main steps of the holiday cleaning process. Before you start to organize them, determine if there are any that you don’t like anymore or won’t use next year.  If so, store these decorations into boxes and categorize them accordingly (trash or donation). Sort all the other decorations into boxes and put them away for next year.

Sort Out Holiday Cards

Receiving holiday cards is a very important part of the holiday season.  Especially, if they were sent by loved ones.  It’s OK to keep a stack of them and remind yourself from time to time of your family and friends.  However, we recommend that you to go through all of your cards, keep the ones you are most attached to. You can recycle the rest of them as it will help your cleaning process.

Go through Your Holiday Photos

By going through your holiday photos and sharing them with your friends and family, you will evoke beautiful memories.  Delete all the duplicate or blurry ones to reduce the gallery storage.  If you are a fan of photo books, consider scrapbooking your photos.