The weekend declutter guide

Tidy to Tiny (Or Not)

Keep what you love. Clear the rest. Decide about tiny later.

A short ebook, $17. Instant download — PDF plus three printable checklists.

At checkout you can add the audiobook for $10 more, so both are $27.

Most people try to design a smaller life while the house is still full

That’s the part that stalls people. Not the floor plan, not the trailer, not the zoning — the stuff.

This short ebook walks the order that actually works: how you relate to your stuff, what categories to touch first, a simple three-bucket discard, then how to put keepers away so the space stays usable.

It’s built from the original Tiny House Talk Tidy to Tiny course — five modules and a weekend game plan — rewritten as a readable guide you can finish and use. Whether you’re preparing for a smaller home or you just want a house that isn’t fighting you.

You do not have to go tiny. After a pass through your belongings, you’ll simply know more about what you actually use and love.

What’s inside

• The one-question keep filter
• The 7 types of stuff — and the order to go through them
• The 3-bucket discard (Trash / Keep / Recycle — give, sell, donate)
• Organize and clothes storage basics, for keepers only
• Keep-tidy habits — maintenance, not a personality transplant
• A weekend checklist you can run in a few focused days
• Notes on papers and family friction (the sticky spots)
• Honest “tiny or not” decision notes — not a build or finance guide

Three printable bonuses, included

Weekend Stuff Pass Checklist

Before / day-by-day / after game plan, with the 7-step order and the three buckets on one sheet.

7-Step Sort Order Card

Clothes, then books, papers, kitchen and bath, miscellaneous, furniture, and sentimentals.

Three Buckets Discard Card

Trash / Keep / Recycle (give, sell, donate), plus the hold-and-ask question.

Who it’s for

• Downsizers clearing a house before a smaller place, cabin, RV, boat, or apartment.
• Escapees who want a usable home first — and can decide about tiny after the stuff pass.
• Anyone stuck in “maybe later” piles who wants a short, ordered process instead of another mood board.

What it isn’t

• Not zoning, financing, insurance, or building advice.
• Not a “quit your job” pitch or a transformation promise.
• Not a multi-month course — it’s a finishable weekend (or few-day) pass.
• Not The Power of Simple Living. Separate book, not bundled here.

Get the ebook — $17

Download the PDF and the three printable checklist bonuses. Use them when you’re ready for a stuff pass — no countdown, no miracle, just a practical order.

At checkout you can add the audiobook for $10 more, so both are $27.

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By Alex Pino · Tiny House Media