Q&A for How to Clean a Very Messy Room

I believe that it's essential to learn how to slow down and be completely honest with yourself about what you really need in your home. Ask yourself if you truly love, use, or value each item you own. This will help you get organized and stay organized, and you'll live a more balanced life in general.

Absolutely hang them up. You can use velvet space-saving hangers. Sometimes you have to fold certain dresses and hang them over the hanger, like through a suit hanger, but that still works.

You can use vinegar in several ways for cleaning. For example, to use vinegar to mop your floors, mix one cup of vinegar with one gallon of warm water. For wood floors, use half a cup of vinegar and a gallon of water. To clean mold, use a solution of two cups vinegar to one cup water.

Start by picking up all the dirty clothes and putting them into the hamper and the clean clothes into the dresser. Put trash into a garbage bag. Then remove the dirty dishes and take them to the kitchen. Make the bed. Wipe down all the surfaces with a cleaning solution. Finally, vacuum the floor and mop if necessary.

Start with a small section of your room or pick one task, like picking up your toys or putting away your clothes, to work on first so you do not get overwhelmed. Once you get your room cleaned again, remember to tidy up regularly so you do not have to waste long periods of time cleaning.

Try a morning routine which would be: Wake up and dress, eat, brush teeth. Then make the bed, tidy for five minutes and leave the room in a good state. You'll come home to a lovely room and each morning the tidy will be easier because you have "morning energy" and a routine in place.

Start by throwing out everything that is obviously garbage, then tackle the room in pieces. For example, focus on your clothes first, then under your bed, then your desk and continue on from there until the entire room is cleaned.

Sort your papers into file folders by subject, then put them in a drawer. Have containers for the rest of your supplies and separate them by themes, like writing supplies, art supplies and more.

Take ten minutes at the end of each day to tidy it, and if you do messy activities, clean them up as soon as you are finished.

Make it fun! Turn on some music and make a game out of your tasks.

I would start with making your bed as you get up every morning. Habits are made by repeating the same sequence over and over again. So start with your bed in the mornings. Then try to get in the habit of picking things up and putting them away as soon as you're finished using them. If you often leave laundry lying around, make sure to put it away immediately instead of putting this task off for a later time.

Taking big projects in small parts can make them feel a lot more manageable and reduce anxiety, so what you want to do is clean small areas of your room one at a time. Start by mentally dividing your room into sections, then move into each section and clean it fully before moving onto the next.

Use boxes to put stuff in and label them. Later, when you have more time, you can organize the stuff. You could even decorate the boxes and use them for organization straight away. Having homes for things makes cleaning easier, as you know exactly where something needs to go.

Buy a stuffed animal net that can hold your pets in the corner of your room. Or, get a really large basket for them. As you put them in, think hard about which ones you wish to keep and which ones you don't mind sending back out into the universe for someone else to love.

If your sister is younger than you, you can try making a game out of it. If she is older, go back to your mom and explain what's happening. She, as the parent, will have to intervene.

Put them all in one place and organize them either by size or color.

Put some nice baskets that are small enough to fit on your dresser onto the dresser. Organize the hair accessories in the baskets. Or, you could put them in piles and then into a drawer that isn't in use.

You have to find a way to sort, organize and store your things if you want a clean room. Shelves, boxes, baskets, and bins can all help.

Go through everything, and think about whether or not you really need each item. Think about the last time you used it, and when you might use it in the foreseeable future. If you can barely remember when you last used it, or if you don't think it's absolutely needed, get rid of it.

Make it seem like a game. Try saying "i can pick up all my things before you can!" and things like that. If that does not work, have mom or dad intervene.

Yes, it does.

Get rid of stuff that you no longer use because less clutter will help your room feel neater. Use old art supplies to decorate art canvases which will help create clean lines on your walls.

Buy flat storage boxes that can hold your toys. Slide them under the bed so your room looks neat and tidy.

If you are unaware of what you're doing, the smallest actions contribute to a bigger outcome, which goes either bad or good. You can spend ten minutes a day straightening up or you can clean as you go, but make sure things don't get out of hand. Designate one day a week to do a good cleaning.

Put on music while you clean. Ask him why he freaks out about it and try to come up with a solution from there.

You'll have to be willing to get down on the floor and get your hands dirty. Pull everything out from under your bed and sort it into different piles. Throw away any trash and put everything else back where it belongs.

Absolutely. If the clothes are stuffed in, you are not using them, and therefore do not need them. Pull the whole lot out and give serious consideration to donating most of them.

Take out anything you're storing under it, then use a long-handled cleaning tool with a joint in it to get dirt out from under your bed (eg. a swiffer). If you don't own a tool like that, I hope you're small enough to fit under the bed. Sort through the storage bins and get rid of anything you don't love or use often, then return them to under the bed.

Try to figure out a way to tidy up, for example, you can buy some small storage bins or old shoeboxes.

Keep sticky stuff in one box, an art kit in the second one, finished works in another one, going-to-do crafts in yet another one, and crafts and drawings / paintings go separately in a large folder protected from dust.