As we move through the house, we're going to hit the master
bedroom next. I want this room to be a haven and an escape for
you. You won't see your room as that if you don't like it and
the decorations you have in it. Remember: small steps!
1. Walk in to your bedroom as you walked in to the family room
and look at it critically. Is it cluttered? What's the first
thing that you notice? Do whatever that is first. If it's
making the bed, do it. If it's putting dirty clothes in a
basket, do that. Whatever it is, get it done.
2. Does your bedroom fall under the Law of Flat Surfaces? If
so, start by clearing off the dresser(s) and headboard. If you
have papers there, look through them, pitch what needs to be
pitched, and file away (as you did in the study) what needs to
be filed. Once you can see the tops of the dressers and
headboard, run over them quickly with your duster.
3. If you have lots of things on your dresser tops and top of
the headboard, the next challenge is to de-clutter. You've
already done the paper-aspect of this-now look critically at
the other things you have. Do you have too many jewelry boxes?
What about baskets that are supposed to organize things? Now is
the time to determine what you absolutely love and wear all the
time and what you hardly look at and almost never wear. Pull
out the things you're not crazy about and get rid of them. Give
them away, throw them away, or sell them online. It doesn't
matter-as long as what's left is what you truly love. If you
have too many "organizing baskets," now is the time to realize
that more things to hold your clutter isn't
"organizing"-organizing is paring down what you have and then
keeping it orderly. Go through your baskets and determine which
perfume bottles are your favourites and which ones you just
don't use anymore. There's no glory in keeping 35 scents on
your dresser if all they do is collect dust and make things
look messy.
4. Let's move on to the floor. Can you walk freely in your
room? If not, use the laundry-basket method and pick up the
things on your floor. Deposit the items in their correct
location and run the vacuum. No moving the bed or dressers-just
sweep where you can easily walk.
5. Look at your windows-are they grimy? What about the window
ledges? Grab your rag and window cleaner and give them a quick
once-over. You'll be amazed at how much dust you pick up and
how clean your ledges will look after that!
Keep going in the master bedroom-we're going to go inside
closets and dressers next! On to Pt. 2!
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