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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with the above, that "non-obvious dirt" is fine, but clutter everywhere is very noticable. I know many people who moved in YEARS ago and still have entire rooms that are unpacked/not organized. "Guest rooms" where they just keep STUFF.

Here's a hint...if you have boxes and boxes of items you haven't unpacked in years, you don't need that stuff. Throw it away or donate. [/quote]

1/2 of our guest room is like that. I wish we had the time to go through it. But we tend to prioritize fun weekend activities and vacations over staying home to sort through old stuff. Maybe we will pick a long weekend this year. [/quote]

You don't have to do it all at once. Pour a glass of wine, put a Netflix movie on your iPad, and clear out one box. It will take you 20 minutes if you are ruthless and efficient, and an hour if you hem and haw. Take the donation items and put them in a bag in your trunk. Put the other items where they belong. Put the storage items (like holiday decor) in proper storage, like garage or basement. You don't have to do it all at once! [/quote]

What if I have a guest room, but don't have a car, garage, or basement?[/quote]

If you can't store your stuff properly in the space you have, you have too much stuff. Period. If it has to live in boxes, it's not really part of your home, and it needs to go. There are countless ways you can organize in small spaces--look on Pinterest for ideas. Really, what is in these boxes? High school yearbooks? Old swimming trophies? Pre-baby clothes that you honsetly will never wear again? Aunt Edna's doily collection? GET RID OF IT![/quote]

Says you.  Maybe when the kids move out and go off to college I'll want to display Aunt Edna's doily collection or convert a room into a library for all of my beloved books.  It's my house ya know.[/quote]

That's fine. But don't call it a guest room. Call it what it is: a dump.[/quote]

First off, I would never leave a guest room cluttered up with boxes and my stuff and expect a guest to sleep there overnight.  When we have guests, anything in that room gets moved out and stored in other bedrooms, the room/bath gets a thorough cleaning, the sheets and towels get freshly laundered and it becomes our guest's personal space.  But when the guests leave, the stuff goes right back in the guest room.

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NP. That is SO much extra time and energy wasted, every time you have guests. If you just DEALT with the stuff, one box at a time, over the next few weeks, you'd be done with it. And then all you'd have to do for guests is clean that room/make the bed, etc. Instead, you are playing musical chairs with crap you don't need.[/quote]

I need my wrapping paper and I want my crafts and I would prefer to keep my old books.  If I wanted to get rid of it, I would.  I would prefer to leave it in the guest bedroom rather than have it clutter up my bedroom.  We don't have overnight guest more than a few times a year, I have to clean the room anyway when they come so it works for me.[/quote]

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