With the day-to-day hustle of life, it’s easy to ignore certain areas of your home where clutter tends to accumulate, strewn across countertops or jammed into drawers. So, what’s an aspiring organized individual to do? Get insight from the pros, of course.

With spring looming over the horizon, switching out your winter wardrobe for one a little more suitable for warmer weather will likely be on your mind.

To ease this changeover without clutter overwhelming your dressing area, now is the perfect time to implement effective storage systems that clear space in your closet. In fact, professional organizers swear by rotating clothes in and out of underbed storage, and you don't have to wait till spring to do it.

A calm home doesn’t have to mean you need a complete remodel with oodles of storage, brand new furniture or an empty, magazine-perfect space. Often, it’s the smaller items in your home that quietly raise stress levels day after day: a counter that’s constantly cluttered, lighting that feels harsh at night or a bedroom that never feels as restful as you’d hoped.

If you’ve ever had to purge your entire closet just to find a single piece of clothing, you’re not alone. Closet organization is often seen as an intimidating, hours-long task that can feel redundant once the mess piles back up again. The good thing is, it doesn’t take much to turn your closet from a cluttered mess to a well-organized space.

When you're running out of storage in your home, the basement may seem like a viable solution. Unfortunately, basements experience fluctuating temperatures and high humidity levels, which can cause severe damage to materials like wood and fabric, especially in the winter.

Winter may be the season of cozy blankets and crackling fires, but it’s surprisingly tough on many of the everyday items we stash in garages, attics, sheds and basements. Freezing temperatures, moisture and rapid temperature swings can warp wood, drain batteries, damage fabrics, crack candles and even ruin electronics or sentimental keepsakes. According to professional organizers and home-care experts, some of the most common household goods simply aren’t built to survive the cold. Before temperatures drop, it’s worth taking a quick inventory.

Decluttering your home often means creating a pile—or multiple piles—of stuff you no longer need. Although some of the items that have seen a lot of wear and tear likely belong in the trash, others don't need to go in the landfill; they can see a second life somewhere else.

Don't forget: You can often donate good-condition items you no longer use to local schools and daycares, libraries, secondhand clothing shops, or neighbors searching for something specific in a no-buy group.

A tidy bathroom doesn’t happen by accident. People who keep their bathrooms clean and organized all have a few key tools and habits in common.

From smart storage solutions to simple daily habits, these five tips will prevent clutter from building up and make upkeep effortless.

Here's why you shouldn't try organizing a bathroom without them, according to the experts.

Spring cleaning has long been the go-to full home reset, designed to dust away the remnants of winter and prepare your home for brighter days and better moods. But why wait until spring to make improvements?

At the turn of the year, many homes are feeling cluttered, crowded, and mentally draining – making now the perfect time to reset. Rather than hold off for spring this year, decluttering during winter is a smarter, calmer alternative.

When the days get shorter, and we spend more time at home fighting off the cold, retail therapy can feel like the perfect solution. While a little treat on occasion is not a bad thing, it is vital that you avoid going overboard on seasonal shopping, experts say.

Not only are these items locked into use for only part of the year, but they are also rarely timeless and end up quickly looking dated, quickly contributing to clutter and wasted money.

If there's one thing that's always bound to inspire a healthy dose of envy in me, it's a perfectly tidy bathroom. You know the ones — where everything has a place, and there is a place for everything, not an errant toiletry or too-old razor to be found. Just neatly folded towels and delicately decorated marble trays.

Those days between Christmas and New Year's tend to blur together. After you've taken enough time to rest and catch up on all your TV shows properly, it's the perfect time to declutter your space.

Decorating a home during the holidays can be one of the most enjoyable parts of the season. It’s a chance to remember, as Charles Dickens wrote, “Remembrance, like a candle, burns brightest at Christmastime.” So many of our treasured Christmas items remind us of a bygone era or a special person.

Sparkling Christmas decorations might look beautiful and festive, but storing them without spreading glitter around your home for the rest of the year can prove to be a tricky task.

Luckily, say our professional organizers, it doesn't have to be – all you need is a little expert know-how when it comes to stashing away your decorations until next Christmas.

There’s something quietly satisfying about taking down your Christmas decorations. The house exhales, space reappears, and suddenly your home begins to feel like itself again. But the way you pack everything away matters more than we often admit. Storing your Christmas decorations incorrectly leads to tangled lights, chipped baubles, flattened wreaths, and that impending sense of dread when December inevitably rolls back around.

There's something about a well-organized kitchen that soothes the soul. It's the ultimate flex, a clear sign that you've got your life in order, all your ducks in one row. It's the reason we make every pantry picture the Kardashians have ever posted go viral; it's the ultimate aspiration. I don't need a two-storey dressing room, I need a color-coded produce drawer.

Now that 2026 is officially in full swing, your resolutions are likely focused on tidying, cleaning, and decluttering. And, if the latter is top of your list this year, where's best to get started?

There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house. “It means taking everything out of a space—a whole room, or a small cupboard—and giving the space a deep clean, then putting things back with intention,” explains Barbara E. Tanaka, Strategic Home Design and Organizing Advisor at Real Estate Bees in Charlotte, North Carolina. “It’s like resetting the space so you can clearly see what you actually need and what no longer fits the ‘now’ you.”

The week between Christmas and New Year's is for rest and relaxation—and, let’s face it, forgetting what day it is and eating leftover sugar cookies for breakfast. That said, the slow pace doesn’t mean your days have to be entirely unproductive. From tackling small post-holiday resets to mapping out goals for the year ahead, there’s still room to check off a few meaningful tasks from your list.

Every year when I am battling through tangled decorations and tattered tinsel, I promise myself I'll be more organized next year. This year, I have finally decided to break the cycle.