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You should make time for organizing upkeep each week.
- Organizing a messy home can be a daunting task.
- However, there are general guidelines - like avoiding gimmicky organizing tools and making time for regular maintenance cleaning - that can help you restore order to your environment.
- Here are 6 expert tips for getting and keeping your home clean.
Decluttering a messy home can be a daunting task. What should you throw out? What should you keep? Where do you even begin to clean?
Although it may seem logical to try and organize your home on a room-by-room basis, experts have found that this is not the best way to maintain a clean space.
Organization is a holistic process, and it's all about looking at your lifestyle - and that differs for every person. To come up with more general guidelines that are applicable to everyone, regardless of what type of home someone is living in, Business Insider spoke with professional organizers Laura Cattano, Jeffrey Phillip, and Jill Pollack.