Spring Cleaning | Professional organizer shares tips to declutter [Video]

With spring comes time for spring cleaning! Here are some tips from an expert organizer and the best ways to donate and dispose of items when you’re done.

SAN DIEGO — Springtime activities are starting up — including time for spring cleaning! The new season is a good time to start fresh.

“Our wardrobe is changing, the weather is changing, and it’s a great time to kind of reconsider everything that we own,” Dunn said.

Expert’s top spring cleaning tips

Dunn’s top tips for spring cleaning are:

Start somewhere small, and build up momentum to tackle bigger spaces.
Create a system that works for you.
Don’t feel the need to keep gifts you don’t want just because someone gave it to you.
Skip the maybe pile — hold onto it for now, and reconsider later.
Keep the things that make you feel good.
Make sure everything has a home.

The SPACE acronym

Dunn’s process is to use the acronym SPACE:

Sort: Pull things out and sort them …

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