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Grace Dean

I tried 'chaos decluttering' for the ultimate spring clean — here's why I wish I'd done it sooner

Woman sitting on bed in cluttered bedroom.

I'm no stranger to a decluttering trend. From 'employing myself' to clean to trying out the expert-approved '15-minute Friday reset', you'd think by this point my home would be spotless. Unfortunately, it's not and that's because I've gotten really good at hiding the mess in drawers and cupboards. Out of sight, out of mind, right?

But, as my home (at first glance) has become much tidier, I can't help feeling a little bit ashamed about what's piling up behind closed doors. And then, I stumbled upon the 'chaos declutter' method. Simply put, you create chaos by pulling everything out of a messy area before sorting through it and tidying it away again.

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