New year, new you, new goals: now is the perfect time to refresh your home to prepare for the year ahead. It’s easy to get bogged down in the clutter of last year, so take some time to declutter and detox your home with some simple, easy to adopt methods.

Secret Storage

Hidden storage is always a game changer in any room. While some items you love to display in your home, others are best left out of sight. Furniture with storage built in can help you reduce the visual clutter easily. There also tends to be a wide variety of storage furniture options based on the room you’re looking for. For living rooms, storage ottomans and storage benches are a great way to expand both your seating and your storage with one piece. In bedrooms, a storage bed, featuring a storage bed frame in your choice of size and style, is a great replacement for keeping tubs and other less visually appealing storage options under the bed.

Tray it Again

Corral your keys, trinkets and other clutter items on a cute tray! Declutter your bathroom sink, your end table or your counters by keeping your loose items together in a unique tray or box. This helps visually to declutter a space by giving it an intentional look, and also helps you keep track of where you leave your things. If all of your misplaced items end up on the unique tray on your coffee table, then finding that item that you “just had yesterday in the living room” becomes less of a Herculean task.

Command Station Organization

Along with utilizing trays for drop zones, use 2021 to create a command station. These areas are often in kitchens, entryways or mudrooms, and function as central locations in your house to keep your family organized. This is a great place to put the family calendar as well as any important papers, grocery lists, reminders and to-dos. Having one place for everything keeps you from having three post-it notes floating around the house, and allows your family to keep track of one another’s daily schedule.

Keep Your Home Healthy

Along with decluttering your home, the new year is a great time to detox it as well. The health of your home is more than just how it looks, and it’s much easier than you think to be mindful of making sure your home is a place of health as well as design.

A Naturally Clean Home

Since recently we’ve seen a popular focus on eco-friendly homes, there are more natural cleaning products available than ever before. These products also tend to be a lot more gentle on those with sensitive skin, allergies or asthma, as there are no harsh chemicals to trigger reactions. Want an easy, DIY all-purpose cleaner? Mix equal parts white vinegar and water, as well as 10 to 12 drops of your favorite essential oil, into a spray bottle. Ta-da! The natural acidity in the vinegar breaks down mold, grease and bacteria and makes for a simple and natural cleaning product.

Forgotten Filters

It’s easy to forget about, but a major factor in your home’s air quality are your filters. Take the new year as the perfect time to replace your home’s air filters, as well as other appliances’ filters. Another often forgotten-about dust deliverer is your fans. If you find your ceiling fans a hassle to clean, we’ve got another great cleaning tip: use a pillowcase! By placing each fan blade in the pillow and pulling towards you, you can capture all the dust on top without raining all of it on you.

A Helping Hand (er, Leaf?)

We can’t talk about detoxifying a home without bringing in plants. Live plants are an excellent and beautiful way to purify your home’s air. Some of the most popular air purifying plants include English ivy, snake plants, aloe vera and spider plants. These four have risen in popularity because of their ease of care and purification ability.

Decluttering and detoxing your home at the start of the year gives you a blank slate to help you accomplish all you want to do. With simple solutions like storage furniture, organizational decor pieces, natural cleaners or adding a new plant friend to your home, you can start off your new year with a breath of fresh air.