How to Organize House:
Assessing the Causes
of Your Clutter

How to Organize House: Comedian George Carlin talks about the obsession with "stuff". If you have too much stuff, you could have a clutter problem.


Clutter generally forms due to one of three problems or some combination of them. It could be that too much stuff is being brought into your home, too much is accumulating, and/or items that you do not want or need are not being removed quickly enough.

In order to get organized and maintain the results, you must take stock of what you are bringing into your environment. Common clutter culprits include mail, gifts and spontaneous purchases.

Mail can create clutter as it generally gets dropped on a surface, such as a countertop or desk, and stays there. It can also fill drawers faster than you may realize.

Your purchases can also become clutter. If you're an avid reader, for example, you might find that you have so many books that your shelves are overflowing onto tables, chairs, the floor even. The same can be true of shoes, clothes, CDs and DVDs, magazines and newspapers, collectibles and ornaments, and virtually anything else.

How to Organize a House