4 Ways to Declutter in Autumn

With autumn upon us, it’s a great opportunity to freshen up our interior living ways - and one great way to achieve that is with some smart decluttering strategies. In this guide, we’ll explore four ways to declutter your home this autumn.

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1. Switch Out Summer Clothes

To make more space in your wardrobe, consider packing away summer clothes. That said, it is not advised to put them in an attic, basement, garage or shed as clothes benefit from a reliable room temperature.

Instead, consider placing them in ‘breathable boxes’ and stored away in rooms with fairly consistent temperatures. You should also wash your clothes and dry them before putting them away, this way the clothing items are in a good condition ahead of being stored away for many months.

With summer clothes put away, you’ll want to prioritise having autumn and winter clothes on display and easy to access. Usually this will mean putting them up on hangars inside wardrobes. This way, you can declutter your wardrobes and prep them for the new season!

2. Create Custom Storage

Introducing custom storage to your home can act as a way of providing new room to store items, giving you somewhere to put items making up the clutter and enabling smarter and better integrated storage.

If considering custom storage, only proceed with a DIY approach where safe and if you’re sure of what’s involved. Otherwise, err on the side of caution and hire a professional.

Some notable forms of custom storage that you may want to consider are:

• Open shelving
• Built-in bespoke wardrobes
• Custom-built cabinets
• Under-the-stairs storage
• Customised under-bed storage

3. Kitchen Clear-Out

If you’re finding that your kitchen is unnecessarily cluttered, this could be the ideal opportunity to undertake a kitchen clear-out, creating a ‘quieter’ looking and more minimalist space.

Decluttering a kitchen can make the space feel not only calmer but more spacious and make it easier and more practical to work with.

In order to perform a kitchen clear-out, consider taking steps such as:

• Add smart and built-in storage for decluttering your kitchen
• Moving certain items to improved and more efficient storage space elsewhere
• Remove unnecessary cutlery and items
• Utilise organisers to make the most of pantry space
• Pegboard for suitable open shelving
• Clean and clear your workspaces, countertops, kitchen island(s) etc.
• Throw out unnecessary items, recycle them or donate

4. Convert The Loft into a Storage Space

Note: A loft conversion needs professionals to ensure safe, correct and effective work that also meets building regulations and any planning permission requirements.

Your loft can act as a perfect way to store items as part of decluttering. That said, converting it will often be needed to optimise the space for storage use, especially to do so in a safer and more efficient manner.

One approach is to board out a loft, that is having suitable flooring added to allow more space for storage including more efficient storage.

More work may be needed than simply boarding out the space. This is particularly so if you’d also like to use your attic for further purposes. For example, a full loft conversion could create a space to store items and for an additional use like a living space, additional bedroom, gaming room, kid’s playroom, bathroom or otherwise.

Planning permission may or may not apply. If unsure, contact your local council for clarity on whether this is needed as well as to understand what specific fees might apply for building regs and planning approval, assuming the latter is needed.