Help! My House Is So Cluttered. Six Simple Steps To A Clutter-Free Home

By Michelle Newbold

Overwhelmed by your clutter? Is your messy house getting you down? Don't know how or where to make a start to calm your chaotic home?

You are not alone!

Join Diane, Julie and Michelle and see how three average British mums tackled our clutter demons - and how we still keep them at bay.

We share our simple 6 steps to a clutter-free home that worked for us, and can work for you too in achieving your dream of living in a calm, clean stress-free home.

What do you have to lose - apart from lots of annoying clutter...!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michelle Newbold
• Release date: Dec 6, 2013
• ISBN: 9781310960475

Michelle Newbold

Dog lover and lifelong lover of nature and countryside walking in the beautiful Cotswolds near where I live. Introverted by nature, I love losing myself for hours in a good, immersive, role-playing computer game like Skyrim.Passionate about good mental health, nutrition, proper human diet, and regenerative farming practices with outdoor-reared, grass-fed cattle.Although I mostly write non-fiction ebooks, I occasionally dabble in romantic fiction, and I hope to write more fun fiction books at some point in the future. They say everyone has a story rattling around in their head that would make a good book - I seem to have about five bouncing around in there!

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Help! My House is so Cluttered!

6 Simple Steps to a Clutter-Free Home

By Michelle Newbold

With

Diane Harris & Julie Hills

Smashwords Edition

© Budding Books 2013

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First Published in 2013 in Great Britain by Budding Books

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Table of Contents (TOC)

Introduction

Why our lives get so cluttered up

So how do we get rid of clutter?

Use Time Blocking to successfully de-clutter your home

Our Six Simple Steps Routine to a De-cluttered home

The Sheet I have to do….

Recoup some of your money by selling on your good quality clutter

My life is so busy, how can I fit in a daily mini de-clutter?

Falling Off the Wagon

The Tortoise and the Hare

Is clutter making you fat?

How de-cluttering can be good for your waistline

Our emotional issues with clothing

Can someone else take a share of the workload?

Cleaning on a budget

Focus your efforts room by room

Tips for de-cluttering each room in your home

Calm your Living Room

Clear your Kitchen demons

Boost your Bathroom

Banish your Bedroom Blues

Home Office or home dumping ground

Grappling with the Garage

Turn your garden into an oasis of calm

Have a Celebratory De-clutter!

Get into good habits

Time to focus on our clutter ‘Hot-Spots’

Do you have a daily duel with your wardrobe?

Is your kitchen streamlined?

Keeping motivated to keep on going

Final summary, recap and conclusion

Conclusion

Further reading

Book sample:

Top Potty Training Tips and Tricks Written By Parents For Parents By Michelle Newbold

Introduction:

From Michelle…..

When I was growing up at home, my mother worked part-time, did all the shopping, prepared all our meals from scratch, did all the washing and ironing, supervised our homework, and did all the hovering, dusting and cleaning on a regular basis. Our house was calm, clean and well-ordered.

Did you have a mother like this too?

There was no room for clutter – it something wasn’t functional or useful, it had to go, it was as simple as that. Christmas and birthday gifts were always practical, and within a small budget. I went through years of knitted jumpers, scarfs, hats and gloves, and do you know what – we wore them all!

So why did I turn out so differently? Why do I have trouble walking in my mother’s footsteps? After all it should be easier for me as I only have one son… oh, and a large dog.

It was through my dog and our daily walks that I met up with Diane and Julie, who were both out each day doing the same thing. I cannot tell you how reassuring it was to meet fellow clutter-bugs who also struggled with the same issues as me when it came to dealing with the clutter build-up in our respective homes.

And that is our first message to you – YOU ARE NOT ALONE

This book came about as a joint decision from the three of us to tackle our collective clutter demons, and write about what worked for us on our journey to living more clutter-free lives.