15 Things That Make Your Home Look Cluttered
There are plenty of things in a home that can contribute to mess and disorganization. Some things are more obvious, like piles of clean laundry on the sofa or clean dishes drying on the sink.
Then there are the less obvious things that you may not have thought of when it comes time to clean and tidy your space. Let’s go through 15 of the most common things that make your home look cluttered.
1. Unsorted Mail and Paperwork
Even if you’ve gone paperless, it’s likely that you’re still receiving stacks of mail every month. But when it’s mail you can’t discard, like bills that are due, it ends up accumulating in piles by the front door or on the kitchen countertop.
It starts with a few paper bills, then the area quickly becomes a deconstructed filing cabinet.The pile never shrinks, and gets more and more unruly as time goes by.
How to Organize It
Go through your accumulated collection of documents and take photos of any bills with your phone. Add them to a folder named “Bills to Pay” and set a calendar reminder for the due date or date you want to pay it.
Get the receipt sent to your email once paid, then delete the image from your phone.
Or to simplify it, you can use an app like BillOut.
Then get a file organizer or desktop cabinet that keeps unruly paperwork neat and tidy.