Christmas is less than a month away, which means we\u2019re now officially in the period where you have to stop complaining about people talking about Christmas and actually start preparing for it.<\/p>\n
A significant part of these preparations is decluttering, even though a lot of people forget to. Clearing your home before Christmas is essential if you don\u2019t want your house to end up looking like a unused set from the beginning of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory<\/i>.<\/p>\n
So, without any further ado, here is our surprisingly easy guide to decluttering before Christmas.<\/p>\n
Christmas is a drain on space as well as money, with growing sections of your home dedicated to presents, Christmas trees and rubbish ornaments your mum bought you a few years ago that you don\u2019t have the heart to leave in the box.<\/p>\n
To make this space, you\u2019ll have to take one of two steps: shift a load of stuff around temporarily, or sell some stuff. It\u2019s pretty obvious which of those we\u2019d advocate, but there\u2019s a good reason for that. Shifting stuff around leaves your home looking messy, and you don\u2019t want that if your relatives are coming round.<\/p>\n
So, before you put the Christmas tree up, take a look around and see if there\u2019s anything you can get rid of for good \u201d\u201c it\u2019ll make setting up for Christmas a lot easier.<\/p>\n
Presents are lovely, but they take up space too. The more presents you get, the less room you\u2019ll have in your home. Something\u2019s got to give and, unless your present is particularly rubbish, you\u2019re not going to get rid of your new stuff. Guess it\u2019s time to declutter!<\/p>\n
Decluttering before you get an influx of presents is easier in the long run, although it does involve figuring out roughly what you might be getting. If you\u2019re expecting DVDs, start clearing out your DVD collection (read some top tips here<\/a>) and so on.<\/p>\n