Declutter These 20 Things for More Space Today!

Is your home feeling smaller and more cluttered than ever?  Get rid of these 20 space stealers lurking in your home right now!  They’re taking up room, creating visual clutter, and preventing your home from functioning the way you want it to.

Here’s what to finally say goodbye to 👋

1. Giant Entertainment Units

Straight out of the ‘90s and early 2000s, these beasts take up so much space (and they’re probably full of junk you don’t need! Time to ditch the towers, the bridge, and everything in between.

2. Old-School Computer Desks

Remember the ones with the keyboard tray and space for a clunky monitor tower? Yup — they’re still out there but nowadays computers are smaller or we’re using laptops so all you need is a sleek desk that will save you tonnes of space!

3. Fake Giant Plants

We’re looking at you, dusty ficus with the fairy lights. These plastic monsters eat corners for breakfast. If it doesn’t bring you joy (or oxygen), let it go.

4. Excess Plant Stands

One or two? Fine. But if your plant has its own piece of furniture, we need to talk. Use shelves, windowsills, or surfaces you already have instead of taking up valuable floor space!

5. Entire Linen Closets

If you’re not running a bed and breakfast, you don’t need an entire closet full of sheets and blankets. Keep one extra set per bed and store them under the bed. (Also, it’s time to let go of the duvet you bought in college and are holding on to “just in case”.)

6. Under-Bed Junk Piles

Pop quiz: What’s under your bed? If your answer is “I have no idea,” it’s probably wasted space. Clear it out and store seasonal clothes, memory bins, or extra linens instead.

7. Formal Dining Hutches

Not the dining table — we’re talking about the enormous china cabinet filled with dishes you never use. You deserve open, breathable dining space. The hutch can go.

8. Guest Room Furniture

You don’t need a whole room for the in-laws who visit once a year. Use an air mattress, Murphy bed, or pull-out sofa and turn that room into something you will actually enjoy every day.

9. Throw Pillows

Who needs that many pillows?  I”m guilty of it too 🙈  Try scaling back and ditch the closet full of extras too!

10. Vintage DJ-Size Speakers

Waist-high stereo speakers from the ’80s? They’re not even plugged in anymore. Toss them and take your living room back!

11. The Entire Storage Room

Here’s a hard truth: If it’s in storage, you probably don’t want it. Reclaim that basement/spare room and turn it into something useful (craft room, home office, library!). Seasonal decor excluded, of course.

12. Giant One-Use Kitchen Appliances

Bread makers, ice cream machines, multiple blenders, rice cookers and an Instant Pot? Be honest: how many do you actually use? These gadgets are robbing you of counter space.

13. DVDs, CDs, and VHS Tapes

The truth is you probably don’t even watch them anymore and they’re just taking up space.  Time to say good by – yes, even that collector’s edition of Titanic.

14. Too Many Pet Accessories

Your dog doesn’t need a wardrobe. One leash, one collar, one cozy spot. Same goes for cat towers — unless your cat is actually using it, it’s just taking up space as a fancy fur-covered sculpture.

15. Band-Aid Storage Solutions

You know the plastic drawer carts, tiny bookcases, or stacked bins in corners? These aren’t solving your clutter — they are the clutter. Swap them for real, vertical storage like tall shelving units.

16. Textbooks, Encyclopedias & Old Magazines

If you haven’t cracked it open in a decade, it’s not coming off the shelf now. Let those college textbooks and dusty magazines go.

17. Dressers That Don’t Work

If your kids are butterflies or you’re a Ladybug like me, dressers = clothing purgatory. Consider tall cube shelving for tripled storage and way more function.

18. Empty Boxes

Vacuum box, TV box, blender box… why are we keeping literal trash? Your basement is not a cardboard museum.

19. Visual Clutter on the Walls

Wallpaper borders, old posters, sticker-covered doors from your teen’s grunge phase — all of it shrinks your space visually. A little wall decluttering = big impact.

20. Unused Organizing Products

We’ve all done it — bought bins to “get organized someday” and then… never did. If you’ve got a stash of baskets, dividers, and drawer organizers that are still empty, it’s time to donate them and free up the space.

Even if you let go of just one of these space-stealers, your home is going to feel lighter, brighter, and easier to maintain. You don’t need a bigger house — just fewer things taking up space.