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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Chiana Dickson

What is the 1-3-5 decluttering method? I tried it before guests arrived and it cured my hosting anxiety

A warm rustic bedroom with wooden headboard stretching aling a whole wall, and a large bed with neutral bedding.

Given that I live in a small two-bedroom terrace, my rooms have to work hard and house a lot of stuff. Nowhere is this more true than in my home office, which is forced to double as a guest bedroom when we have people come to stay (and a laundry drying room the rest of the time).

It is perhaps unsurprising then that this spot quickly becomes backed up with clutter. It is my universal dumping ground, where I do all my work and spend a fair bit of my free time crafting. When I learned that I had a guest coming to stay for a night mid-week I knew I had to pull off something drastic to get it ready.

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