Graduating high school is one of the most thrilling times of a teenager’s life. Amidst the sadness of saying goodbye to their closest friends, most teens feel an overwhelming sense of freedom. No more high school classes, high school finals, and high school schedules. College is all about making your own choices (goodbye, 8am classes) and learning to experience life fully (hello, 1am trips to Waffle House).

But there’s a lot left to accomplish before you get to campus. Make packing a breeze with a pre-college clean out.

How to Clean Out Your Room Before College

1. It’s got to go. You’ve spent 4 years (or more) telling your mom you’d “clean it later.” Unfortunately later has finally arrived. Going off to college means packing up your life and starting fresh. It also means deciding whether to box your stuffed animals for the attic or donate them to a kid who can still appreciate them. Start your pre-college clean out with stuff you haven’t touched in years and move on to clothes you don’t wear, furniture you don’t like, and junk you’ve collected under the bathroom sink.
2. Make a list (and check it twice). It may not seem like a big deal to swing by Publix for whatever supplies you missed, but grocery stores on move-in days are busy enough to give you Black Friday flashbacks. Save yourself the stress and make a list of college essentials well before packing up and heading to campus.
3. Stick to the schedule. A packing schedule might seem like overkill, but packing your entire life in a single night is a recipe for a mental breakdown. Box up home goods like cleaning supplies, collapsible bookshelves, and dorm decorations at the beginning of the summer. Move on to winter clothes and memorabilia mid-summer. Leave summer clothes and daily supplies for the week before freshman orientation.
4. Think to the future. Heading off to a dorm room this fall? Stop the inevitable panic attack when mom and dad pop in for a visit. Stock your room with a trash can (no, those tiny under-the-sink varieties don’t count), home organization tools (if you own more than 3 pairs of shoes, some type of shoe rack is a necessity), and basic cleaning supplies. Remember, college dorm rooms are notoriously small. The dirtier they get, the more cramped they feel!

Ready to haul off boxes of stuffed animals, clothes that no longer fit, and furniture that won’t fit into your new space? Call Mr Junk for a pre-college clean out.

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Finding the motivation to clean out your house is a challenge. After all, folks in metro Atlanta have a million items taking up time: a long commute, a hard day of work (whether at home or in the office), and daily home upkeep that never seems finished. But there’s a bigger struggle than finding the time to clean out the junk shed: getting kids to clean their rooms. If you’re tired of arguing with your elementary students, middle schoolers, and teenagers to tidy up their messy spaces, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

5 Tips for Getting Kids to Clean their Rooms

1. Ask why? Are your kids lazy? Distractible? Busy with other responsibilities? Determine what’s keeping your kids’ rooms looking like a war zone. Then help them find the time to pick up their stuff.
2. Start big. If your kids struggle to clean their rooms, it may be time for a major overhaul. Plan a room clean out day to help your kids get rid of excess junk. After those year-old school papers, forgotten science fair trophies, and too-small clothes are in the donation box, your kids might find it easier to keep their rooms clean.
3. Go small. Does a week of homework leave your kid’s room looking like a disaster area? Instead of pestering them to tidy up every Saturday morning, set aside 10 minutes of clean up time at the end of each day.
4. Set an example. It’s easy to let organization slip when you’re busy paying bills, getting groceries, and cleaning away germs. But the best way to lead is by example. If you’re asking the kids to clean their bedrooms, go tidy up yours, too. If you have a few minutes to spare, partner with your kids to tidy up the house one room per night.
5. Let it go. For teens and middle schoolers, bedroom upkeep lets kids play at adulthood. Set standards of cleanliness, but don’t sweat the small stuff. The older they get, the more they’ll want a space of their own. Learning to take care of it is the next step on the road to growing up.

Getting rid of childhood furniture, boxes of old clothes, and other home junk? Call Mr Junk to haul off your kids’ old stuff.

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Many folks in metro Atlanta have a do-it-yourself mentality. After all, if homeowners can do it for themselves, shouldn’t they?

The short answer: no.

Junk removal, like any other professional service, takes time to master. Instead of spending weeks shifting clutter from one storage space to the next, call in a professional junk hauler to get your home back in tip top shape.

3 Reasons to Call a Professional Junk Hauler

1. Reduce wasted time, household stress, and home clutter. Hauling junk isn’t just another check on your spring to-do list. Decluttering the house can brighten, not only your home space, but your mental space as well. Instead of staring at piles of junk while you hunt for time to pack it in the truck, call Mr Junk. We’ll haul it, donate it, and even sweep up afterwards.
2. Protect the stuff you want to keep. How many times have you decided to haul off an old bookcase, only to dent the walls, scratch the floors, and knock a few priceless curios off the end table by the front door? It’s easy to damage property if you’re not prepared. Luckily for you, Mr Junk has years of experience removing unwieldy items from tight spaces. Protect your priceless possessions while we haul off your junk, no scuffed floors necessary.
3. Build the community. Mr Junk is a locally owned and operated business in Canton, GA. We take pride in offering the best junk removal service at the lowest price. By working with a small business, you get great deals, personalized service, and the knowledge that you’re helping employ local workers.

Ready to bid adieu to a house full of clutter? Call Mr Junk to remove furniture and junk from metro Atlanta homes.

If you’re putting your home on the market, you’re probably not looking forward to the steps between staking a “for sale sign” in your yard and signing the final papers. Selling your home means preparing to pack all your stuff, leave the house at a moment’s notice so potential buyers can peruse your layout, and facing some ugly truths about the junk you have lying around. One of the greatest challenges, however, is learning to look past years of bias to stage your house for sale. Stage your home like a professional with these tips from Mr Junk.

4 Tips for Staging a Home for Sale

1. Clean it out. The first step in selling real estate is bringing your home back to basics. That typically means muting colors, removing statement decor, and getting rid of home clutter. Make staging (and your eventual move) twice as easy by planning a Junk It Day before you put the house on the market. Clean out closets, storage spaces, and cluttered corners of your counters that will distract buyers from the layout of your home.
2. Bring in a friend. Not only does enlisting help bring extra manpower to junk hauling and redecorating, friends can often offer a fresh perspective. A close friend will tell you (frankly but kindly) about those scuff marks you’ve learned to look past in the dining room. They’ll also provide some much-needed support when you finally paint over your kids’ growth charts in the kitchen.
3. Don’t stuff it all in the junk closet. Potential buyers want to know how much home storage you have available. That means they’ll likely sneak peeks into your cabinets, closets, and junk rooms. If you simply can’t say goodbye to your unused stuff, move it to a recycling facility or (if you have access) to your new home.
4. Call in the professionals. You have enough to worry about at home. Let us deal with hauling your unwanted junk. We’ll load up your old furniture, boxes of clothes for donation, and broken electronics and haul them off to local recycling facilities. All you need to worry about is how to stage the clean space we leave behind.

For more information on junk hauling before a move, call Mr Junk.

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There are hundreds of reasons a tenant might leave before the end of his lease: a family could relocate to a new school district, an elderly tenant may pass away, a businesswoman might move for a new job offer, or a tenant could be evicted due to financial instability. But regardless of the reason, the landlord is often left holding the trash bag. If you have a tenant who forgot home junk when he moved, there’s only one man for the job: Mr Junk.

Home Clean Outs

We’ve seen it time and time again: a problem tenant moves out and leaves a catastrophic mess. Sometimes it’s as simple as dirty carpets and couches abandoned in the living room. One memorable junk haul required weeks of full-time manpower when a tenant left years of accumulated junk – from a broken dryer to piles of unwashed laundry – behind after his move. The last thing a property owner wants to deal with is deep cleaning the apartment before a new resident can sign the rental agreement. That’s where we come in. Mr Junk specializes in home clean outs, from interiors to crawl spaces to yard debris removal. Instead of spending hours cleaning out your old tenant’s mess, trying to get the living space up to code, give our professional junk removal service a call. We’ll load everything on our truck, sweep up the leftover dirt and debris, and recycle or donate whatever we can. All you have to worry about is finding a new renter to fill the empty space!

Don’t stress over someone else’s mess. If your tenant moves out and leaves a mess behind, Mr Junk is on the job. Give us a call to schedule a junk haul at your earliest convenience.

The calendar’s not the only thing announcing the advent of spring this year. All around Georgia birds are chirping, landscapes are blooming, and folks are migrating outdoors to patch roofs, prune shrubs, and start spring renovations. Breathe new life into your home and yard with these spring landscaping projects.

Spring Yard Makeover Tips

1. Clean up. Before digging into the fun part of landscaping, take a weekend to finish up any landscape maintenance tasks you’ve been putting off. Most pruning happens in January and February, but early spring is the ideal time for trimming branches on stoloniferous (sucker-producing) shrubs like dogwoods. It’s also an excellent time to weed, fertilize, and give the grass its first trim of the season.
2. Clean out. Finished pruning, trimming, and weeding? Don’t let organic debris mar your picture-perfect yard. Mr Junk has years of experience in yard debris removal and disaster restoration cleanup. We’ll haul downed tree branches, bags of grass clippings, and pruning waste off your property, leaving your yard looking fresh and clean.
3. Plan it. After your yard clean out, take a step back. Look for holes in the vegetation, clashing colors, and areas that don’t get much use. Then sketch out a new landscape design, complete with colorful flowers and transformative hardscape elements like bird baths and garden benches.
4. Plant it. Ready to roll? Get to work! Give your garden a fresh look this spring by planting new flowers, hanging new garden ornaments, and planning your upkeep calendar to keep the garden looking lush all season.

Mr Junk provides professional yard clean out services in metro Atlanta. Call our owner, Alex, to schedule a yard debris pickup.

There’s a reason why spring cleaning is an annual tradition. Not only is it an ideal time for cleaning musty linens, dusting dingy baseboards, and vacuuming forgotten corners, spring fever also makes it easier for homeowners to dive into their duties. Unfortunately, that readiness to get rid of junk leaves many people aimless in their spring projects. To help you get started, we’ve compiled our 6 best blogs on spring cleaning.

Mr Junk’s Best Spring Cleaning Blogs

Everything You Need to Know About Spring Cleaning: They say the beginning is the very best place to start. Get ahead of your home messes with this spring cleaning checklist.

Simple Tips on How to Downsize: Whether you’re moving to a new state, a new neighborhood, or a new, uncluttered way of life, downsizing is a challenge. Make home organization easier with these tips for getting rid of old furniture, electronics, and home junk.

5 Items to Throw Away (Right Now): Having trouble letting go of sentimental items? Here are 5 items you can (and should) toss ASAP.

5 Places Everyone Forgets to Clean: Tossed your 5 grossest items? Get a fresh start by tackling this list of the dirtiest places in your home.

Cleaning with Kids: Kids may have the best intentions, but even the most well behaved child can make cleaning a nightmare. Get ahead of home organization with these tricks for getting kids involved in cleaning (without causing a meltdown).

Tips for Making Home Organization Last: Do you find yourself procrastinating spring cleaning because you know your home will look like a disaster zone in less than a week? Keep your home organized with these helpful tips.

Spring cleaning is infinitely easier when you’re not bumping into piles of junk. Call Mr Junk to haul away old furniture, broken appliances, and boxes of unwanted stuff before you get down to scrubbing baseboards and dusting shelves. Your home will thank you for it.