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Rebecca Knight

What to declutter before the kids go back to school - professional organisers reveal the spots they target to get back to school ready

Billy bookcases facing each other to make a reading den in a kids room with fabric canopy over the top.

The new school year feels in many ways like a fresh start, making it the perfect time to declutter before the kids go back to school. Over the year kids can accumulate a lot of things and the summer is often a little hectic, meaning things generally become unorganised and cluttered.

Now is the perfect time to declutter a kid's room and the home to assess what you need ahead of shopping for the new school term. You never know what you might find at the back of a drawer or lurking under the bed.

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