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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

I tried the 'Reverse Decluttering' method – it made clearing clutter in my small home stress-free, speedy and guilt-free

Living room with pale grey panelled walls. blue sofa with yellow cushions and round side tables and print of a map.

One of the worst parts about decluttering is not the physical effort or the mess it can sometimes temporarily make, but the draining, mental toll of deciding which items to get rid of.

That’s where the Reverse Decluttering method comes in to positively flip clutter clear-outs on their head, allowing you to focus on what you love and want to keep instead, then discarding the rest.

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