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It’s Day 2 of the FREE 10-Day Decluttering Challenge! When you join, you’ll get a quick, 15-minutes project to do each day to build momentum and create a calmer, more peaceful home without adding more stress to your plate.

Before I show you pictures of what I decluttered today, here are more details on the challenge…

How to Participate & Enter to WIN!

1. Go sign up for the 10-Day Decluttering Challenge to get your free printable plan.
2. Every week day of the challenge, I’ll be posting on Instagram, Facebook, and here on the blog as I work through the challenge myself.
3. I will invite you to do the daily challenges with me and to share your successes! Every day that you complete the challenge and submit it, you’ll be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card we’re giving away randomly at the end.
4. You can participate every day or just some of the days — whatever works for you! But every day that you participate and fill out the simple form, you are entered to win!

Day 2 Challenge: Entryway Refresh

Focus Area: Front porch, mudroom, or the area just inside your door

• Remove all shoes, bags, papers, and other random items.
• Toss any trash and put misplaced items back where they belong.
• Sweep or wipe down the area.
• Create a simple “landing zone” — a basket for shoes, hooks for bags, or a tray for keys.
• Add one welcoming touch — a candle, a plant, or a framed quote.

Snap a “before” pic, set a timer for 15 minutes, and take an “after” pic. Celebrate the difference

How I Keep My Home “10 Minutes to Company Ready”

One of the practices I’ve adopted over the years is to keep a handful of rooms in our home ready for guests at almost any time. For me, that usually includes the entryway, dining room, living room, main floor bathroom, and library.

My goal is that with just about 10 minutes of quick tidying, those spaces can be company ready. Since we typically have multiple people in our home each week, it makes such a difference to know these areas are presentable.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I can’t promise you the same for our closets or bedrooms! If you were to open those doors, I couldn’t guarantee what you’d find. 🙂

Today’s Decluttering Project: The Entryway

Our entryway usually stays fairly tidy, but it does sometimes become a landing zone for boxes and packages. Today’s project was tackling a stack of boxes that came in. This time it was David’s monthly shipment of medical supplies plus some wipes.

I honestly never realized how much space medical supplies could take up until David came into our lives. And truthfully, his needs are minimal compared to many. For him, it’s mainly feeding tube supplies, but even that adds up to quite a few boxes every month.

Keeping the entryway clear not only makes our home more welcoming but also gives me peace of mind knowing the first thing guests see isn’t a pile of cardboard.

Little by little, I’ve found that focusing on keeping a few key areas “guest ready” makes hospitality so much easier and less stressful.

What about you? Do you have certain areas of your home that you try to keep company ready?

Enter to Win a $50 Amazon Gift Card

Go sign up for the challenge here! And just for fun — and to motivate you to join us for the challenge — if you do today’s challenge and fill out the form linked here, you will be entered to win a $50 Amazon gift card I’m giving away at the end of the challenge!

Note: We may possibly share a few of the best entries over the course of the challenge, so by submitting the form, you are giving us permission to possibly post your entry. If you’d rather we don’t post it, please note that on your entry.

Click here to sign up for the challenge now — it’s completely FREE!