Have you heard of “Swedish death cleaning”?
Over the years, people have shared many different methods for decluttering your home and one that’s grabbed headlines in recent years is Swedish death cleaning.
While it might sound morbid, in reality the concept is highly practical – it’s simply a way to reduce the burden on your loved ones when you pass away. This means you’re regularly getting rid of clutter, cleaning out paperwork and organising your belongings, with the intention of leaving those you care about with less to do when you do pass on.
This isn’t a practice you have to wait to embark on until you’re nearing the end of your life, however, it’s one that you can start now and revisit every few years to make sure you’re keeping your home and life as free of clutter as possible.
Living Etc noted that Swedish death cleaning has become “a useful method of decluttering for a more manageable everyday life”. The experts also stress that this is about creating a lifestyle shift, rather than trying to go through every room in your home in a single weekend.
The basic idea is to audit every item in your home and ask yourself what it brings to your life. If the answer is nothing, then you should immediately look at how you can dispose of it. This is an emotional as well as a physical process, so it’s important to take your time.
The other side of this process is doing your best not to accumulate more stuff in your life as you’re getting rid of things – as Adrian Chiles observed writing in the Gaurdian recently, you can’t take any of it with you.
Another advantage to starting this process earlier in life is that you can take your time to find items that you love but no longer need in your life a good new home. Here at Beehive Clearance, we work closely with local charities to ensure that as much as possible gets a new lease of life, rather than going to landfill.
If you are at a stage of your life where you’re downsizing and aren’t sure how best to get rid of your furniture and other large belongings that you don’t intend to take to your next property, our house clearance service could be of use.
We can take care of everything from the removal of items like furniture to their disposal, whether that is passing them to a charity so that they can have a new lease of life with someone else, or recycling them.
Our team of clearance experts aren’t just concerned with removing and disposing of your unwanted items though, we will also take the utmost care of your property to ensure that no damage is caused during the removals process and that the room or rooms we’re clearing are left clean and in good condition once we’ve finished our work.
To find out more about our various clearance services, and to receive a free, no-obligation quote, please get in touch with us today.
