Jennifer Sheahan: How to give your home a January clearout

Jennifer Sheahan loves to make a clean sweep after the festive season while prepping for the next one

The post-Christmas clear-out is a hefty but ultimately rewarding task, says Jennifer Sheahan. Picture: iStock

I love Christmas, but it’s now the first weekend of January and I am more than ready to move on. I want to rip the decorations from the walls and fling them into the attic as quickly as possible so that I don’t have to look at them for one more minute. 

If I’m honest with myself, deep down what I actually want to do is to just throw it all away because frankly the task of packing it all up and putting it back into storage is exhausting and I really just want to flop on the couch and polish off the last of the Quality Street — yes, even the pink and orange ones.