5 rules professional organisers abide by for a clutter-free home – and you should too

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Although keeping a clutter-free home is an ideal that many of us strive to have, in reality, it's more so a distant dream. Despite constant efforts to stick to a decluttering checklist, oftentimes, looking at an impending list of unticked boxes does more harm than good in helping us actually keep our homes tidy.

Maintaining a clutter-free home is not a simple 'one and done' (although we wish it were), but rather something that requires consistent effort and a commitment to a few key principles.