Minimalism has hit the mainstream and is becoming more popular than ever. Even though it has been around for a long time, it should be an international trend! Many people have now applied a minimalist lifestyle in their homes.
Some may think that minimalist homes lack character, fun, and life. But, many have proven that there is a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment at looking around and seeing a home free from clutter. It makes them calm, freeing, and feels just lovely.
Advantages of a Minimalist Home
There are several benefits of keeping a minimalist lifestyle, but below is the list of a couple of key advantages:- Less stressful. Mess or clutter is a type of visual interruption, and everything in our vision pulls at our little attention. The less we have, the less visual stress we have. A minimalist home is less stressful.
- More appealing. Think about photographs of homes that are jumbled and photographs of minimalist homes. The ones with barely anything in them aside from some beautiful furnishings, some decent craftsmanship, and not many pretty decorations are the ones that appeal the most. You can make your home more appealing by making it more minimalist.
- Simpler to clean. It isn't easy to clean an entire group of things or sweep or vacuum around a lot of furniture. The more stuff you have, the more you need to keep clean, and the harder it is to clean around the stuff.
Thus, it would be easy to do it room by room, keeping only the ‘essentials’ so decluttering is manageable and achievable. It is quickly done with four easy steps; remove, tidy, evaluate and restore.
Remove:
Clear off all items from any spaces where there’s space for them to sit (shelves, ledges, and tables).
Tidy:
Sort out the entirety of the things into piles so you can see what you have the most. Determine what can stay and what should go.
Evaluate:
With everything removed, critically evaluate how you use the space and arrange it in a way that makes the most sense for your needs. Then, determine where items will be returned to.
Restore:
Return your reduced things to their new homes or their old ones. You can then relax.
By applying these means to each room, all of which have similar essential standards, you'll rapidly have the option to sort between what stays and what goes. The following is a guide for assisting you with limiting the things in your home to start your minimalist living.
Essentials List for Minimalist Living
Living Room
1. REMOVE
Remove the couch cushions, gather the blankets, and remove any pillow shams and have them in the wash while you reorganize.
2. TIDY
Wipe off items from any shelves, side tables, benches, and coffee tables. When you unavoidably discover a magazine from 2013 and a candle that burned out months ago, places them in a trash pile.
3. EVALUATE
With every single ornamental or accessory and reading materials put away, reassess your living room to ensure that everything is as yet situated such that it adds up well for your needs. If you have loved ones often, consider revising it so it can best work with that.
4. RESTORE
Reposition the room such that it adds up well, yet in addition enables it to work in a bunch of ways (unwinding, entertaining, working, and even dozing off). Change your newly washed linens, arrange your recently merged media and book collections, return decoratives to their original spot or get creative with their new place in the living room.
Furniture
Couch: A couch is an essential must-have in a living room. Especially if you have guests over to the lounge and hang out.Coffee table: This practice is of great use, whether you relax your feet up or putting your beverage on.
Television stand and TV: A good, comfortable couch is perfect with a television. It wouldn’t hurt your minimalistic living!
Chairs: Additional seats are consistently a clever thought if you have visitors over. Foldable seats may be your smartest choice, assuming you need to save space.
Kitchen
1. REMOVE
Empty all of your cabinets, shelves, and drawers with no visible item. Place every similar item with another alike so you can see what you have doubled. Dry goods together and organized, pots and pans together, and organize your kitchen gadgets.
2. TIDY
With everything out of the pantries, check the piles. Dispose of whatever's past its expiration date that you don’t use anymore or has scraps remaining.
3. EVALUATE
Once you've cleansed, survey how you like to use your kitchen and make a move to arrange it such that it agrees well for you.
4. RESTORE
While the pantries are vacant, bring a second to wipe down the internal parts and clean whatever might have spilled. Then, place everything back in its proper spot, or new home, and inhale, simply realizing that you've just kept precisely what you need.
Furniture
Kitchen table and chairs: Practically, the only essential pieces of furniture for your kitchen would be the kitchen tables and two to four chairs that come with it.Basic Household items
- Eatware: Plates, bowls, and glasses
- Flatware: Forks, knives, and spoons
- Cutting board and a basic kitchen knife set
- Cookware: pots, pans, and oven mitts
- Can and bottle opener
- Dish soap and sponges/scrubbers
- Kitchen towels
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Depending on your cooking habits, cooking utensils- spatula, ladle, whisk, tongs, and others.
- Food storage Tupperware
- Glasses and coffee mugs
Optional Appliances
- Microwave
- Toaster
- Coffee maker
- Teapot/kettle
- Blender
- Berkey Water Filter
- Fridge and dishwasher (most likely will come with your apartment)
Bathroom
1. REMOVE
Take all of your shower linen and toss them in the washing machine while handling the bathroom. To begin with, take everything out from under the sink, on top of racks, and along the edge of the bathtub and start cleaning.
2. TIDY
With everything spread out before you, put together things into piles to see what you have doubled, significantly increases, and perhaps quadruples of. Combine any duplicates and toss out empty containers.
3. EVALUATE
With every empty bottle gone, survey whether you genuinely need every one of the items you have before you. Half-used bottles of items you no longer used or maybe didn't care for can go. Pick your number one items, the ones you know you're in a drawn-out relationship with and keep just them.
4. RESTORE
Take this chance to do a quick cleaning of your bathroom while everything is far removed. Hide away things that cause an unimportant mess under the sink, then, at that point, choose which items are your most-used things and position them so that they're effectively accessible. Replace your linens and take in your recently minimized bathroom.
Furniture
None: Having furniture inside the bathroom is unnecessary, and there is rarely enough space in most apartments to even put a bench or chairBasic household items
- Hand and bath towels/ washcloths
- Shower curtain and liner
- Trash can
- Toilet plunger, brush, and scrubber
- Toilet paper and tissue box
- Floor mat
- Toiletries including toothpaste, toothbrush, razor, shaving cream, dental floss, deodorant, moisturizer, nail clippers
- Shower supplies- body wash, face wash, shampoo
- Laundry supplies- laundry detergent and possibly fabric softener
Bedroom
1. REMOVE
Clear off your bedside table, the top of your dresser, and any shelves. While you're grinding away, hang up the clothes that you've left sitting on the chair in the corner.
2. TIDY
As you clear the mess, place comparable stuff together and return any things you've accumulated from loved ones.
3. EVALUATE
Your bedroom is a significant space that is intended for rest. If any noticeable things in your room cause you to stress, eliminate them. That book you haven't read and continue thinking about reading it? Place it somewhere else until you're in the mood to do as such.
4. RESTORE
Return your used up and refined piles back. Your bedside table ought to be without messiness and ought to have your essential things. Likewise, consider relocating any unnecessary technology to another room to lessen interruptions.
Furniture
- Bed: This furniture is a must. If you want to embrace a minimalist bedroom concept, you may consider a Japanese futon instead of a traditional mattress to save space and for easier movability.
- Bedside table: A bedside table isn’t essential, but it is pretty handy for placing your phone or watch on before you go to bed.
- Nightstand lamp: A lamp for your bedside table isn’t necessary, but if you have a bedside table… it won’t hurt.
- Dresser: A dresser or a set of shelves to put your clothes on is essential.
Household items
- Bedding- sheets and pillowcases
- Blankets and pillows
- Laundry hamper
- Alarm clock
- Curtains
Garage
1. REMOVE
Empty your garage of everything—tote bins with accessories, bicycles, and things you’ve been storing that you’ve likely overlooked.
2. TIDY
Organize items as you haul them out of your garage with the goal that you don’t have to move them twice. A part for tools, equipment, patio, house decor, and pile that you plan to sell or dispose of.
3. EVALUATE
Your garage is actually only intended to store your vehicle, but recently it’s become a place to store all of the belongings you don’t want to keep inside the house but also don’t want to get rid of. Ideally, this is the area that you’ll clear the most from. Determine which items are necessary to keep and set them aside first. If you have a lot of loose things with no home, it might be wise to invest in storage solutions for them so that you can maximize the vertical space. If that’s the case, only buy what you have - don’t invest in extra storage space with the mentality that “someday you’ll need it.” That only gives you an excuse to fill it.
4. RESTORE
Return the items that you’ve chosen to keep back into your garage. Keep in mind when you’re placing items back that your car should likewise fit in there.
Minimalism isn't tied in with undermining your well-being for a messiness-free home. It's tied in with having just the things that you should be comfortable and cheerful about, and that's it.
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