Steps to Creating a Tidy Home

All of us lead different lives and have different lifestyles and different situations, but one thing that most people have in common is an appreciation of and preference for a tidy environment. As humans we naturally have perceptual organising tendencies in our brains which are designed to help us make sense of what we see in largely in relation to maintaining our safety. Examples in our home lives, formal scientific education media and decades of marketing messages have also led to a large scale appreciation of the need for and the ways to achieve tidiness and cleanliness at home.

In the last decade there has been much more of a focus on creating space in the home, reducing ‘clutter’, and making the most of natural light. Creating space, using lighter and more reflective surfaces e.g. light coloured walls and laminate floors, make it even more important to keep areas tidy as any dirt, dust or clutter is likely to be obvious. These solid reflective surfaces however may be less likely to create, harbour, or distribute dust than e.g. thick carpets and curtains.