“It adds up!”

The key to maintaining a more streamlined, organized entryway is limiting what you allow to stay in there.

Additionally, she notes, that every item kept in the entryway should have a proper home.

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This is partly because new additions are always coming into the home, Saint-Jacques explains.

Taking the time to go through everything you’ve been holding onto will pay off.

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Ask yourself what’s worth keeping and where you’re going to potentially store it.

Anything you do not love can go straight to the donation bin.

Saint-Jacques recommendscreating specific solutionsto keep things at bay going forward.

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