5 Easy Ways to Simplify Your Home

Hello there and welcome to Fairland Cottage. Thanks for joining me here today. I'm going to share with you a few ways that you can simplify your home so that it is calming and clean and a sanctuary where you can rejuvenate and relax. Let's get right into the video. There is nothing like an uncluttered and clean home to keep things simple and the less clutter that you have the easier it is to keep things tidy and it easier it is to actually clean around everything. I like to keep the countertops clear of clutter. Again it just makes for my nice peaceful environment and also much easier to clean. I live in a really old house with a lot of dust and the more stuff I have out on countertops the more stuff that you have to dust and it makes cleaning much easier and it takes much less time. Give everything a home it just creates less clutter so pop things in little boxes or you can actually put things in the drawer to get things away. It just gives a much uncluttered look to the house. I try and do the cleaning as I go during the week. It just means that you've got a lot less cleaning to do at the end of the week and it doesn't get overwhelming. It's much easier. There is nothing simpler than getting fresh air into your home. Just for about 10 minutes open all the windows, open all the doors wide and let the air come in and circulate all around. You can also burn some sage at the same time and will get rid of any mugginess in your house and the house will just the air will be all cleansed and it will feel so clean and rejuvenated and fresh. I like to use as much natural materials as I can in the home. Wicker baskets are great for storing things in. They look beautiful, they're natural and they're really durable. Don't have to go out and buy expensive ornaments. These are pebbles from the beach in a glass bowl that I had with a candle. Really simple. If you don't live near a beach just get some cones from the forest. Here's some driftwood that is beautiful and is also acting as a light fixture with some LED lights. If you have open plan home like I do, I find it really helpful to keep colors similar. It just looks less cluttered to the eye. I like to choose neutral colors like browns and creams and beiges and then add pops of colors in flowers and plants and pictures. There's something to the eye that when the colors are similar the home just looks a lot less cluttered and a lot cleaner. No need to go out buying expensive furniture. Most of the furniture in our house is second hand and we just injected a new lease of life with a bit of sandpaper, a lick of paint, some reupholstering, some varnishing. You'd be amazed what you can do for very little money and it's lovely to inject your own personality into something and usually the quality is much better than a lot of modern furniture is made with MDF which is just not going to last as long. And the furniture you do have just look after it really well and it will serve you well and it will last you a really long time and save you from constantly having to rebuy new furniture. So that is it for this week. Thank you very much for watching and I really hope you've found some tips that you like. I'd love to know any tips you have down below for how to simplify your home. Give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed the video. Pop over, say hi on Instagram and subscribe if you'd like to join me next week. Until then, have a wonderful week. Bye!