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The 10-30 rule keeps your home looking tidy
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Living like the pros: what do people do differently whose home always looks neat and stylish? You know the 10-30 rule!
You know that feeling when you’ve lived in an apartment for so long that you somehow got lost in it? Or you keep stepping into strangers’ four walls in amazement and wondering why it doesn’t look like it with you? Then we have exactly the right thing for you.
In fact, you don’t have to call yourself a DIY or interior design queen to create a beautiful home. In fact, it is neither about style nor about pieces of furniture, both are simply a matter of taste. It is more important how you treat your home. And the so-called 10-30 rule, which blogger Jordan Page applies to several areas of life, helps here.
10-30 rule for a beautiful home
How does the 10-30 principle work? Very simple: Go 10 steps further and take 30 seconds more time than you normally would. Sounds simple. It is. It’s better to do it right once than do it halfway. And to get things done thoroughly, it usually doesn’t take more than a minimum of effort – 10 steps or 30 seconds is enough.
The secret behind it: You can see how you treat your apartment. If you give yourself a little more time and space for all things in the household, be it arranging the laundry, caring for the plants or even the question of where to hang the new mirror, the result will thank you.
Nowadays everything should happen quickly and immediately. But home is a place where we should definitely break away from this fast pace of life.
When you enter someone else’s apartment and feel that brief wow effect, pay attention next time: It’s rarely the actual order or cleanliness that fascinates you. But the care. You can tell when a room is cared for by its occupants – and who are happy to sacrifice a few extra meters and seconds every day for this.
3 examples of the 10-30 rule in the home
Don’t put your documents and letters in the popular drawer – put them in the right place right away.
For a new piece of decor/furniture, think about where you want to put it for 30 seconds and go back 10 steps to get the big picture.
When you collect the dishes from the rooms, don’t just put them in the kitchen, but put them straight into the dishwasher. The same applies to clothes – which we don’t throw randomly on the chair, but hang straight back on the hanger according to the 10-30 rule.
A positive side effect: Your apartment will not only be better maintained, you will also be more careful!