Something Lighter

Made for Real Life · When the house feels like too much

Answer three questions. Get a plan for one space

An open closet with coats on the rail, baskets on the shelf, shoes in a row and a plan on a clipboard.

A Plan for One Room · Free

A Plan for One Room is three questions about one space. Your answers turn into a plan: what lands there, what belongs there, what’s in the way, and one first step.

Before you start: You need ten minutes and one space you can see right now. No account. Free.

Works on your phone. No account. Free.

Why I built it

I love structure. I love me some basket organization.

For businesses, I built a set of questions. You answer them, and your answers build the plan. One leak at a time.

The same idea works for one space at home. Three questions, then one first step.

What lands here, what belongs here, and what's in the way?

The answers tell you what to move first. The baskets come after.

How you can use it

In the app or on paper

You can do this in the free app, on a piece of paper or with the free decluttering checklist.

  1. Choose one space.A shelf, a counter, the bottom of a closet.
  2. Answer: what lands here?Write down what piles up there.
  3. Answer: what belongs here, and what’s in the way?
  4. Turn the answers into one first step, and do it today.Move what’s in the way to where it belongs.

Next week, pick the next space.

Take it free

A Plan for One Room

Open the free app

Works on your phone. No account. Free. Your plans stay on your phone. Nothing is sent anywhere.

Get the free printable

The steps, a busy-day version and boxes to fill in. One email, then it’s yours.

Keep the steps

Save them to your phone

The steps for A Plan for One Room on one phone-sized card
Save the card

Goes well with

Decluttering Checklist
Give each thing a destination, a next action, or a question to resolve.

Cleaning Schedule
Keep the space clear once it’s done.