The One-Room-A-Week Method

A Stress-Free Path to a Minimalist Home in 3 Months

Stop trying to declutter your entire life in a weekend. It’s a recipe for burnout. Instead, try the method that builds a sanctuary—one week at a time.

Does your home feel like a second job? Do you spend your weekends frantically cleaning, only to watch the mess return by Tuesday? You don’t need more discipline. You need a better playbook.

In The One-Room-A-Week Method, bestselling author Sarah Joy Miller introduces the antidote to "marathon cleaning." Forget the exhaustion of trying to overhaul your entire house in 48 hours. This book offers a sustainable, 12-week roadmap that fits into your actual life—even if you work full-time, have kids, or feel completely overwhelmed.

This isn’t about living with one fork. It’s about living with zero friction.

Using the "Zone Defense" strategy, you will tackle your home systematically, focusing your energy on just one room every seven days. By the end of three months, you won’t just have a clean house; you will have a self-sustaining sanctuary.

Inside, you will discover:

• The Zone Defense Strategy: How to use "blinders" to eliminate overwhelm and finish one space completely before moving on.
• The 70% Container Rule: The physics of organization that guarantees your drawers never get messy again.
• The 15-Minute Sprint: How to make massive progress in the time it takes to brew coffee.
• The "Hard Yes" Filter: A decision-making framework to help you let go of "just in case" items without guilt.
• Sanctuary Scripts: Exact phrases to use with partners and kids to get them on board without a fight.

Whether you are drowning in toys, buried in paperwork, or just tired of the visual noise, this playbook gives you permission to slow down. You don’t have to fix it all today. You just have to start this week.

Reclaim your weekends. Reclaim your peace. Welcome to your sanctuary.