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[quote=Anonymous]Get a house cleaner every week/every other week if you can afford it - you have to keep the house decluttered so it can be effectively cleaned.

Go through kitchen every gadget of appliance you have not used in six months goes into tub in basement/attic. At the end of the following six months - donate. Get everything else off counters and into pantry/cupboards.

Nothing lives in dining room. Backpacks, coats, etc. are put away when everyone gets home.

If you have a front porch, you can get a metal shoe closet where people take off shoes before entering if you don’t have a mud room. We have show storage systems in kid bedrooms. When they come home the deodorize shoes as needed and put in their rooms.

Get a shredder and scanner, and figure out which records are available online. Then get rid of 90% of your paper.

Before annual trips, donate toys and games - kids will notice less when they get back.

Go through clothes at end of every season, get rid of what is old or unworn. This is a good kid project. Find a charity and make them pack up and drop off.

Go through pantry, spice rack, medicine cabinet once every season - look for expired stuff- kids can do this. Anything you are unlikely to use gets donated.

Go through bookshelves, put stuff you haven’t looked at for a year in a tub in basement. Anything you haven’t looked at in the year following gets donated. Again, kids can do their own books. Carry to basement.

Dogs don’t need that many toys. Store dog park toys outside in a tub or in car. Indoor toys can be in a small basket near their bed.

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