Decluttering: with this one purchase you organize your home for a full 100 percent

I'm completely into it: throwing things away. Or selling on Vinted. It's such an intensely nice feeling, decluttering. It's a bit cliché but true: a tidy home also leads to a tidy mind. Peace in your head because there's no mess lying around everywhere. I've discovered the ultimate trick.

With this one purchase, you organize your kitchen for a full 100 percent and it's not expensive. You can find them in all shapes and sizes and prices and different materials and, here it comes: the basket is your new best friend. Small baskets, larger ones; you need to buy a lot of them in the coming time, because with these you organize everything you would otherwise leave lying around. A small basket in your wardrobe for your underwear for example, another for your socks. A basket in the kitchen drawer for the crackers, a basket on the countertop for the bread… You can think of it all yourself, but it genuinely clears up a lot. According to psychologists, this is the idea behind it: if everything has a place in your home where it belongs, then it's neater. Everything belongs somewhere and so it's just a matter of putting it there. And honestly: a nice rattan basket also looks great in your interior.

The dishwasher tablets for example. Stuffing such a stupid bag back into your kitchen cabinet? No. Buy a basket (or a nice white pot) and put them in there. It looks nicer in your cabinet, it looks nicer on your countertop. It's just a smart storage system. You can apply this idea throughout all layers of your home. For your clothes, cleaning supplies, laundry, kitchen, bathroom; everywhere you will create systems so that everything has its own place. If there isn't one, it lies everywhere. Also think about inside your cabinets: you think it's tidy then, but you also need to create storage spaces inside cabinets. So baskets. It's more than worth your money. Your housemates will be grateful to you after reading this article.