Are you ready to start organizing your home? I have the perfect solution for you. My 30-Day Cleaning & Organizing Challenge including free printables is available for you FREE!

If you’re already a friend of Living Large in A Small House, you can find all the materials in the Resource Library.

my kitchen after the 30 day cleaning & organizing challenge

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Becoming a Friend

If you want to become a friend you just need to share your email address with me. Once you sign-up, keep your eyes open for a weekly news letter for 4 weeks.

You can also access all of the printables and materials to help you with your organizing.

When Is the Best Time to Declutter

The best time to declutter is when you are ready to get organized. How arbitrary is that?

But seriously, you have to be in the right mindset to start purging and organizing. For everyone that mindset looks differently. Personally, I’ve finally gotten to the point where decluttering has become second nature to me. I do some sort of decluttering every single day.

Do I still have areas that need some serious work? Sure but than I carve out some time and I do it!

A few times that work well for me to do an overall deep cleaning and organizing of the whole house are:

September: I don’t know if it coincides with when my kids were heading back to school and we needed new routines, organized lunch supplies, paperwork coming in and out. It also is nice to have things in place before the fuss and muss of the holidays.

February: Cleaning up after the clutter of Christmas and wanting my home to be more streamlined for spring is another time I love to deep clean and organize.

This is also when I organized with my readers so it’s become a habit for me.

But what works for me may not work for everyone and that’s why I’ve changed how my 30 Day Cleaning & Organizing will work. It is now accessible to everyone at anytime that works for them.

How Do you Clean & Organize your Home?

Let’s start with wrapping our brains around wanting to have a peaceful cozy environment!

Once we decide we want something bad enough, we typically will do the work to get it. I am so motivated by the thought of sitting in my chair with a hot cup of tea, a candle burning, a magazine, and a throw on my lap….. and everything around me being in order.

When my house is in order, I’m less stressed and I can focus on the current task at hand without being distracted by clutter.

The hardest part is simply just starting!

Where Do You Get Started with Organizing?

It is up to you. But here are some good ideas.

The Entryway as it is the first thing you see when you enter your home
Some prefer to start in the kitchen as it can be the heart of your home where everyone gathers
Your most disorganized space – We Can Do Hard Things!
- Tackling the hardest thing first can do two things
  - Get the worst project out of the way and it’s all up-hill from there
  - Prove to yourself that you can do this
The Junk Drawer – Some folks have to start small. Dumping everything out of the junk drawer and decluttering and organizing only what truly needs to go back can be a real game changer.

I personally will tackle the kitchen first. It is literally and figuratively the center of our home. When you walk in the front door, you walk into my kitchen.

Why Should I Organize?

Being organized can benefit your health and help you feel happier and more relaxed. Disorganization can wreak havoc on your life. It can lead to an increased stress level and depression.

Cleaning & Organizing Tools

Sorting Boxes – You can use boxes, large plastic bins, or even garbage bags but you need something to sort as you go through the different areas of your home
1. Save – We can’t get rid of everything but remember, NO ONE needs 10 pizza cutters unless you own and live in a pizzeria
2. Throw – This can be a hard thing for some to do – We will help you with this!
3. Donate – I’m a huge fan of donating, you can read about that in my post “Where is the Best Place to Donate your Stuff”
4. Sell – If you’re interested in how I sell items, you can read my post “Successful Selling on Facebook Marketplace”

Basic Cleaning Supplies
- Microfiber Cloths
- All-purpose spray cleaner
- Vacuum with your attachments handy
- Bucket with warm soapy water

All-Purpose Cleaner

Natural Homemade Cleaner

Prep Time 5

Servings oz

Calories

Equipment

Ingredients

8 oz vinegar
8 oz water
20 drops lemon essential oils

Instructions

Add all ingredients together in a spray bottle
Shake gently to combine

Notes

This is a great all-purpose clean which can be used on just about everything EXCEPT porous surfaces like granite & marble

Miscellaneous
- Shelf Lining Paper
- Basic Organizing Systems – You can find ALL of my favorites HERE

We Can Do This Together

Everyone who agrees to this organizing challenge will have access to my private Facebook Group. There you will find friends who all have the same common goal. We will share our successes and pull each other up when we need some encouragement.

You will also get a copy on my Organizing eBook which is a FREE tool that is a handbook with everything you need to know to get started organizing.

We can do hard things!

Organizing has become a way of life for me and instead of things being overwhelming for me to tackle (believe me I’ve been there) it’s now pretty easy to get things back into shape in no time.

I organize my home every day. I deal with mail immediately (most of it goes in the recycle bin). I keep on top of the dishes and kitchen clutter. Dealing with things as they come up is like giving a gift to yourself.

Happy Organizing!