We know how hard it can be to get rid of things that you have had for a decade, even if they are broken. It is human nature to keep things around with the hope that they will use them one day, while in the real sense, they never do. This is very evident in home design and organization, where one keeps the wine bottles they have to make home decor and so many other things.

So, if you have been looking for ways to help you get rid of all that clutter, keep reading.

If it is broken, throw it away

Let’s say your 20-year-old living home wall unit has a broken hinge. But that is not all. It also has a missing door, a few glasses, and a few other tiny pieces you cannot trace. Well, you might not want to hear this but, it might be time to let it go!

If you have not fixed it until now, you probably will not, so let it go.

If you keep hiding it, let it go

This entails to those things you have like wine bottles that you keep shoving under the sink, hoping that you will one day use. That has to go. The good thing about such items as wine bottles you may contact bottling companies and ask if they take in used bottles. If you are lucky, you might even make a few bucks off this batch.

This also entails other things that you keep hiding the moment you set your eyes on them.

If it is unfixable, dispose of it!

You might have a rocking chair that your grandma left you, and you love it too much. But it has a big issue of not rocking right, so you even get experts to fix it, but after a while, it just breaks. If that is the case, then it might have come time to let it go.

The other option you might have is to repurpose the rocking chair, perhaps make it a regular chair that you may use on your purchase.

Sell or exchange the items you do not need anymore

Believe it or not, that stool you find utterly unattractive might be precisely what someone else is looking for. So why not put it up for sale or simply exchange it for something you might love. You may switch it for a few chairs or a mirror at an open flea market. This is a great way to ensure that what you are getting rid of offers you or another person value.

Bottom line

Some people find decluttering a breeze, while others struggle with it. So much so that if you happen to land in the second group that finds it hard to get rid of things, use these tips. They are effortless to follow and keep following as they do not take much of your energy. With that said, we hope that you create more space in your home to upgrade to better things.