While the time-honored ritual of spring-cleaning sounds wonderful in theory, the reality is it just doesn’t fit onto our iCals anymore. So we’ve learned to survive with scuffed floors and the fur Fido leaves behind. But the clutter, well, that requires a battle plan or we risk being featured on the next episode of Hoarders. Here, simple room-by-room shortcuts that will bring much-needed order to your home.

By Ilisa Cohen