Live like the professionals: What do people do differently if their apartments always look neat and stylish? You know the 10-30 rule!
Do you know it when you've lived in an apartment for so long that you somehow got lost in it? Or keep stepping into strange four walls in amazement and asking yourself why it doesn't look like that with you? Then we have exactly the right thing for you.
In fact, you don't have to call yourself a DIY or interior decorating queen to create a beautiful home. Rather, it's not about style or furniture, because both are simply a matter of taste. It is more important how you deal with your home. And the so-called 10-30 rule, which blogger Jordan Page uses for several areas of life, helps here.
10-30 rule for a beautiful home
How does the 10-30 principle work? It's 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 halfway through everything. And to get things done thoroughly, it usually doesn't take more than a minimum of effort – 10 steps or 30 seconds are enough.
The secret behind it: You can tell by looking at how you treat your apartment. If you give yourself just a little more time and space for all things in the household, be it tidying the laundry, tending to the plants or even asking 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 let go of this fast pace of life.
When you walk into someone else's apartment and feel that brief wow factor, pay attention next time: it's seldom the actual order or cleanliness that fascinates you. But the care. You can tell when a room is cared for by its resident – and who happily sacrifices a few extra meters and seconds every day.
3 examples of the 10-30 rule in the household
Don't put your documents and letters in the popular intermediate drawer – organize them right away.
With a new piece of decoration / furniture, think about 30 seconds longer where you want to put it and take 10 steps back to get an overall view.
When you collect the dishes from the rooms, don't just put them in the kitchen, but put them in the dishwasher right away. The same applies to clothes – which we don't throw randomly on the chair, but instead hang straight back on the hanger according to the 10-30 rule.
A positive side effect: your apartment will not only be more neat, but you will also be more careful!