we know that you ve been working tirelessly decluttering your home and now that you ve got that space the next step is keeping it that way we re here to share some positive and healthy decluttering habits for you to keep the clutter out once and for all make sure everything has a place live by the says a place for everything and everything in its place everything in your home should have a designated spot that it lives in if you share a home with someone else make sure you label containers and baskets to help with reminding them where things go buy for now have you ever bought something and thought to yourself future me will love this well it s your future calling and i have to tell you that you don t love it buy things as you need them instead of trying to guess when you ll use it in the future try keep at least 20% free space in your cupboards drawers and other storage units we wish we had endless storage in our homes too but you have to realise that you only have a certain amount of real estate to play with remember that when your space is filled to maximum capacity it will become more difficult to organise and see everything so make sure you keep a little free space to give you the freedom to move and shuffle things around