Using the May Bank Holiday to Declutter

February 20, 2026

Using the May Bank Holiday to Declutter

The UK has had two May bank holidays so far this year, and now summer really is looming. Today is the last May bank holiday and half term are a great time to declutter, organise your home, and prepare for the forthcoming summer holidays.

And the better prepared you are in advance, the more productive it will be!

Cup of tea with notecards saying "de-clutter your life"

So here a few resources with ten top tips that could help your efforts:

Consider calling in advice from established professionals. Feng Shui your home; Mari Kondo your home; Hinch your home; or even use The Swedish Death Cleaning method of decluttering: Döstädning. 

At easyStorage we’ve also collated six useful blogs that might help address specific areas of decluttering at this times of year:

1.       The difference between clutter and collections 

2.       Clearing your desk 

3.       Pack away ski gear 

4.       Managing uniforms 

5.       Putting away winter woollies 

6.       Encourage children – of whatever age – to help declutter 

Woman packing up suitcases and boxes

 

Once you’ve decided where to focus your decluttering efforts, you can prepare by:

·         having large waste bags ready to take things to the recycling point, the bin or the skip;

·         source boxes and packing materials for storing and/or moving things;

·         food shopping for quick, easy to prepare foods as all that moving and cleaning  - to say nothing of the emotional toll of going down memory lane over old photos etc – can leave you tired and dirty;

·         check you have enough cleaning materials;

·         start taking a look at times and dates of local car boot sales;

·         look for your helpers. Call in reinforcements. That might be family, friends, paid places to look after children or pets if they’re going to be in the way or distressed by the changes.

·         get anyone you live with on board. Some are susceptible to a vision of a better home. Some need selling the health benefits of decluttering. Some will willingly help. For others the only way forward is bribery and corruption!

For great prices on self storage near you, you can always contact our storage specialists during working hours. 

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