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Quick Purges, How to Clean Out Clutter in 5 Minutes

September 4, 2012 By Jelli 9 Comments

Who doesn’t like a clutter-free home with space to breathe? For most moms, it’s hard to find time to deep-clean the house with littles around. Thankfully, 5 minutes is all you’ll need to clean out the clutter with these quick purges. You can even chuck the “stuff” while you’re waiting for a pot to boil, it’s so fast!

We all have a few items lurking around the house that we can definitely afford to lose that are expired/never used/forgotten, just taking up storage space. These painless purges you’ll never miss.  Choose a category and take five minutes to clean out  & purge your home of these common accumulations:

Bags & Purses

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Books & Magazines

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Household Cleaners

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Fix-it piles

Kitchen utensils

Makeup

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Mugsimage

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Perfumes

Shoes

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Happy decluttering!

Filed Under: tips Tagged With: homemaking, organizing

About Jelli

Jelli is a blogging veteran and avid baker who’s been selling sweets to feed her chocolate addiction for 8+ years. When the polka dotted apron’s hanging up, she’s a full-time mama to three kidlets enjoying the crazy days of motherhood and pumping out brownie recipes from her sunny Costa Rican kitchen.

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Comments

  1. Sylvia Holman says

    September 4, 2012 at 8:47 pm

    Jelli you’re full of such great advice! Every time I visit I learn something new or or get another good idea. Just want to say thanks!

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  2. Mary says

    September 4, 2012 at 9:27 pm

    Great advice! I think I most need to purge baby clothes! The nursery clutter is outta control!

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  3. Roshni AaMom says

    September 4, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    I love the Flylady strategy for that reason! Just set a timer for however many minutes you want, select a spot and then go for it!

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  4. Naptime Review says

    September 5, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Come to my house please 😉

    Julie @ Naptime Review

    Reply
  5. KristaM says

    September 6, 2012 at 7:56 am

    Hey! Found and followed you through Tastetastic Thursday. I just love your blog!

    Hope you check mine out as well 🙂
    http://www.the-not-so-desperate-chef-wife.com/

    Reply
  6. Jill Snelson says

    September 6, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Oh man – could you come to my house?! I need to search for the 5 minutes to purge!!! 🙂

    Great advice!

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  7. Meghan says

    September 6, 2012 at 11:37 pm

    I tend to clean in small spurts like this, but purging a little at a time makes even more sense because they less you have, the less you have to clean.

    I cleaned out my purse the other day (and you’re right it only took a few minutes) and it felt great. I had receipts in there from months ago. Now all I carry in my purse is my wallet, phone, keys, and a small packet of tissues. It’s so much lighter and easier to find everything.

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  8. Jen | Our Happy Family says

    September 8, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    I love this post!! we are currently living in a TINY space and can only do it after majorly cutting back to just the essentials (like just one purse).

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