The box method works so well because it forces you to get realistic about your cooking habits. This makes it pretty easy to separate the true necessities from the heap of clutter.

As the name implies, the four-box decluttering method involves using four boxes to organise items in your home into keep, store, donate, and discard categories.

I talked to professional organizers about a method called the 'four-box-method' of decluttering to see how beneficial it is to my space, and after trying it myself — here's what I found out.