• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Before Header

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Tumblr
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

This Electric Home

Keeping It Clean, Quiet, and Easy

  • Blog
  • About Us
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Blog
  • About Us
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home Maintenance
    • Air Compressors
    • Carpet Cleaners
    • Pressure Washers
      • Greenworks
      • Homdox
      • Ryobi
      • Stanley
      • Sun Joe
    • Snow Blowers
      • Electric
      • Single Stage
      • Two-Stage
      • Ariens
        • Ariens Compact 24
        • Ariens Deluxe 24
        • Ariens Deluxe 28″
      • Honda
      • Husqvarna
        • Husqvarna ST224P
      • Troy-Bilt
        • Troy-Bilt Squall 2100
    • Water Purification
      • Reverse Osmosis Systems
      • Water Softeners
      • Whole-House Water Filters
        • Aquasana
      • Under-Sink Water Filters
  • Home Climate
    • Air Purifier For Smoke
    • Electric Fireplace
      • Dimplex
      • Duraflame
      • Corner
      • Free Standing
      • Infrared
      • Linear
      • TV Stands
      • Wall Mount
    • Dehumidifiers
    • Dehumidifiers for Basements
    • Garage Heaters
      • Fahrenheat
      • King Electric
      • ProFusion
    • Tower Fans
    • Window Air Conditioners
  • Home Necessities
    • Food and Drinks
      • Cold Brew Coffee Makers
      • Electric Tea Kettles
      • Hot Plates
      • Electric Skillets
      • Electric Grills
      • Charcoal Smokers
      • Electric Smokers
      • Pellet Smokers
      • Propane Smokers
      • Pellet Stoves
      • Wood Stoves
    • Garage Door Openers
      • Quiet
      • WiFi
      • Chamberlain
        • Chamberlain B550
        • Chamberlain B970
        • Chamberlain WD832KEV
      • LiftMaster
        • LiftMaster 8355
        • Liftmaster 8500
        • Liftmaster 8550W
      • Ryobi
  • Leisure
    • Electric Skateboards
    • Home Relaxation
      • Bathroom Vanities
      • Infrared Sauna
      • Massage Chairs
      • Oil Diffusers
      • Sleeping Needs
        • Futons
          • For Everyday Sleeping
        • Mattress Toppers
    • Paitball Guns
  • Pets
    • Air Purifier For Pets
    • Aquarium Heaters
    • Automatic Dog Feeder
    • Carpet Cleaners for Pets
    • Dog Clippers
    • Electric Dog Fence
      • Extreme
      • GPS
      • Halo
      • PetSafe
      • Sit Boo-Boo
      • SportDOG
      • SpotOn vs. Halo
      • SpotOn
      • WIEZ
    • Self-Cleaning Litter Boxes
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Home Maintenance
    • Air Compressors
    • Carpet Cleaners
    • Pressure Washers
      • Greenworks
      • Homdox
      • Ryobi
      • Stanley
      • Sun Joe
    • Snow Blowers
      • Electric
      • Single Stage
      • Two-Stage
      • Ariens
        • Ariens Compact 24
        • Ariens Deluxe 24
        • Ariens Deluxe 28″
      • Honda
      • Husqvarna
        • Husqvarna ST224P
      • Troy-Bilt
        • Troy-Bilt Squall 2100
    • Water Purification
      • Reverse Osmosis Systems
      • Water Softeners
      • Whole-House Water Filters
        • Aquasana
      • Under-Sink Water Filters
  • Home Climate
    • Air Purifier For Smoke
    • Electric Fireplace
      • Dimplex
      • Duraflame
      • Corner
      • Free Standing
      • Infrared
      • Linear
      • TV Stands
      • Wall Mount
    • Dehumidifiers
    • Dehumidifiers for Basements
    • Garage Heaters
      • Fahrenheat
      • King Electric
      • ProFusion
    • Tower Fans
    • Window Air Conditioners
  • Home Necessities
    • Food and Drinks
      • Cold Brew Coffee Makers
      • Electric Tea Kettles
      • Hot Plates
      • Electric Skillets
      • Electric Grills
      • Charcoal Smokers
      • Electric Smokers
      • Pellet Smokers
      • Propane Smokers
      • Pellet Stoves
      • Wood Stoves
    • Garage Door Openers
      • Quiet
      • WiFi
      • Chamberlain
        • Chamberlain B550
        • Chamberlain B970
        • Chamberlain WD832KEV
      • LiftMaster
        • LiftMaster 8355
        • Liftmaster 8500
        • Liftmaster 8550W
      • Ryobi
  • Leisure
    • Electric Skateboards
    • Home Relaxation
      • Bathroom Vanities
      • Infrared Sauna
      • Massage Chairs
      • Oil Diffusers
      • Sleeping Needs
        • Futons
          • For Everyday Sleeping
        • Mattress Toppers
    • Paitball Guns
  • Pets
    • Air Purifier For Pets
    • Aquarium Heaters
    • Automatic Dog Feeder
    • Carpet Cleaners for Pets
    • Dog Clippers
    • Electric Dog Fence
      • Extreme
      • GPS
      • Halo
      • PetSafe
      • Sit Boo-Boo
      • SportDOG
      • SpotOn vs. Halo
      • SpotOn
      • WIEZ
    • Self-Cleaning Litter Boxes
This article may contain affiliate links, read our disclosure for details.

Tips for Minimalist Living

May 3, 2018 //  by Tom Collins

Living in a small space doesn’t mean you can’t maximize your space. When you choose to live minimally, you’ll have more space than ever imagined. You’ll also find it easier to think more clearly and live without any clutter.

Adapting a minimalist lifestyle might be difficult at first, especially if you’re used to living in excess or having more than you need. You’ll find it hard to throw away things that you’re holding on to that serve very little value, but then you’ll be relieved because you’ll have the things that truly matter to you.

Clean and modern bathroom.

The first step of working towards having a minimalist perspective is deciding what you deem necessary to keep. Once you do that, start organizing each room with what necessities go in them. For instance, in the kitchen, you can save a few pots and pans that you know you’ll need and put the rest away in a cupboard. You can also begin organizing spices on a spice shelf with the spices you use more frequently in the front, and the least used towards the back. For the bedroom, you can organize your clothes in a fashion that can make your mornings easier by choosing the outfits you have planned for each day. For the living room, you can use a futon for sleeping space; this doesn’t have to be limited to guests but also for you after a long stressful day. When you have a futon, you’ll be able to save space for when guests want to stay over. Find the most comfortable futon you can afford and it will make it easier to manage the chaos of family and friends after a party or dinner.

The next step towards a minimalistic lifestyle is to declutter. For instance, when organizing your closet, you can put all other garments that aren’t in the season in a box to the side rather than keeping it stored in your closet. Doing this will make spring cleaning easier as everything will be in one place. If you have too much stuff that you’re not willing to throw out, you can buy a storage unit. However, you should remember that storage units aren’t cheap and they do require maintenance from time to time.

Blue bowl on leather couch.

The hardest part of living a minimalistic lifestyle isn’t organizing or decluttering your closet but curbing spending habits. To maintain a minimal lifestyle, you’ll have to make sure to seek out quality objects as it’ll mean you won’t have to replace your items frequently. Although quality objects tend to be pricier, they tend to last longer than cheaper objects which don’t last long. Maintaining healthy spending habits means it’ll be easier to keep your life aligned with your minimalistic mindset. It’s easy to forget that overspending and overshopping will result in more stress as you’ll have to find newer ways to keep them in your living space.

Keeping up with a minimalist life will be difficult if you’ve become used to living chaotically. Although cleaning out everything you might think is necessary will be difficult, when you’re working on and finish clearing out everything, you’ll gain mental clarity. The difficulty of removing clutter only comes from an attachment to objects. Once the attachment to any objects you own is removed, it’ll be easier to get rid of them. For some people, their stuff serves as a comfort zone but the most productive individuals not only adapt minimalism in their homes but also in their apparel. It goes to show that when you’re adapting a minimalist lifestyle, you’ll learn to de-stress and detox yourself from the superficial in your life.

Open dining room and living room.

Minimalist living isn’t focused primarily on having a clear living space but also the clarity of lifestyle and mind. Both are products of one another, and once one trait is mastered, then the other will follow.

Category: Tips

About Tom Collins

Hey, I’m Tom Collins!

General contractor extraordinaire, I have a flair for testing out and reviewing some of the best home products money can buy. My team’s reviews have helped thousands of folks across the globe and my career in home improvement has given me a lot of insight into what makes a good, lasting product, and what is just crap.

Poke around, explore, and welcome to This Electric Home!

Previous Post: « Tender, Juicy Pork Butt in an Electric Smoker
Next Post: What Is an Infrared Sauna? »
  • Contact
  • Disclosure
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions

Copyright © 2023 This Electric Home · All Rights Reserved · Powered by Mai Theme