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31 organising mistakes that are making your home messier

Banish the clutter by avoiding these organisation blunders
Not allowing enough organising time
Failing to reorganise
Buying storage boxes before decluttering
Not having enough shoe storage
A full fridge door
Not having a home for everything
Hanging onto seasonal wear
Too many cables and cords
Having too much furniture
Cluttering up kitchen surfaces
Keeping all cleaning products in one place
Overloading display cupboards
Not using drawer organisers
Not labelling everything
Neglecting high and low spaces
Not enough closed storage
Too much wall art
Not sticking to the rule of three
Not picking up after pets
Piling up paperwork
Working from home
Not keeping like with like
Not living simply
Bringing a chair into your bedroom
Not maximising wardrobe space
Having mismatched hangers
Not clearing out toys
Only having one laundry bin
Not donating enough
Having unsightly bins on display
Cluttering up open shelves
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Banish the clutter by avoiding these organisation blunders

An organised home is a happy home, but are your organising solutions (or lack of) making your home look more cluttered?

From trying to do it all at once to bigger problems such as kitchen shelf carnage, these are the common culprits that can make your home look messy and, importantly, the expert solutions to rectify the misrule.

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Rachel Homer

16 January 2025

Interiors

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