Sort Your Life Out: The four most common cluttering mistakes and how to fix them

They will help your child find the toy they're looking for more quickly and mean a smaller mess for you to clear up afterwards."Whether it's cardboard boxes, baskets, clear containers - it has to be a system that makes sense for you and so that your children can find their toy."Don't let paperwork piles get overwhelmingAnother peril of trying to keep a tidy home is dealing with all the paperwork related to having a house to begin with - utility bills, council tax, TV licence, and all the other things in life that need paying for.Unlike the toy problem, Carter thinks keeping all of this together in one place is the solution as it makes it easier to deal with mentally.Getty Images"For a lot of people, paperwork [is something] negative... it's bills, it's invoices, it's things you have to do," she explains."So when it's spread across the house - it's on the kitchen counter, it's on the side table, it's in your bedroom, it's in your handbag - [it feels] like 15 different piles of things that you have to deal with."