Declutter your garden shed for a stress-free start to the New Year
An incredible quarter of us Brits never get round to decluttering our homes, let alone bothering to tidy our garden and sheds.
But as well as freeing up much-needed space, the simple act of decluttering can have multiple surprising health benefits, from helping to decrease stress and anxiety to even reducing risks of allergies.
To give you a head start, gardening expert Jack Sutcliffe, co-founder of Power Sheds, has provided three extremely helpful tips for how to get your shed decluttered for a healthier 2024.
Take everything out
Sheds can often turn from a place where you store garden tools and equipment into a dumping ground for things you no longer use or want in the house. For this reason, it’s important to take everything out and do a full inventory of all the items you’ve had stored in the shed. This will make it easier to then decide what to keep and what to throw away when you reorganise it.
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Decision time
Once you can easily see all the items you had stored, it’s time to decide what stays and what goes. Put your things into three piles – the things to keep, anything that’s broken and in need of throwing away, and anything you no longer need that can be given away.
Re-think your shed storage
Optimising the storage capacity in your shed is essential. When you leverage its full capacity, you’re then able to find things much easier and store more items. Here’s a few tips to maximise storage capacity:
- Install a few more shelves to help with the vertical organisation.
- Use a pegboard or a magnet to display small tools such as pliers, screwdrivers or paintbrushes.
- Put up hooks for items you can hang such as brooms, forks or shovels.
- Make use of the ceiling by installing bike hangers. This is particularly useful if your household has more than one bike.
The old paint you’ve had open for months or years, the duplicate tools, the broken garden pots you thought you’d use again, but you know deep down you won’t – it’s time for them to go. Make sure you keep all your essential tools, as well as the ones you know for sure you’ll be using season after season, such as gardening equipment or lawnmowers.
Health benefits:
Reduced stress: A clutter-free environment can contribute to a sense of order and control, reducing stress and promoting a calmer state of mind. It can also help with reducing anxiety and allow you to feel more at ease with it being an organised and clean space.
Better air quality: Clutter often accumulates dust and allergens. Clearing out your shed can improve air quality, reducing the risk of respiratory issues and allergies.
Physical benefits: As it requires physical efforts, this can contribute to better cardiovascular health, improved muscle tone with the lifting, flexibility and overall fitness.
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