Do you let your possessions run your house? Your life? Have you mastered the art of keeping things lively without being weighed down? Share your tips, tricks and thoughts after the jump...
Good Quote: On Worldly Posessions
We're in the process of moving (once again), and there's no better reality check than to have to touch every item in your entire home and assess it's worth. Do we really want to move it? When did we use it? Or is it all clutter? It's been a great experience, although tiring and hot and has been a great lesson in what stuff and things we surround ourselves with.
Here's a few of our favorite ways to control the clutter and chaos:
• Clearing The Clutter & Taming Your Inner Outer Packrat
• Storage Overload
• Cleaning & Organizing Tip: Start with the Bedroom
• How Do You Make Cleaning Less Of A Chore?
What about your home? Do you feel weighed down by the things that live inside your spaces? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!
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Stolen from Zen Habits....
“There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.” - Lao Tzu
view bigjohnva's profile
What I tell clients (and myself) is that it's selfish of me to keep something that's in good condition that I'm not using when someone else may need it or really want it. I use that logic a lot with controlling my closet. For whatever reason, the good old Catholic guilt seems to work.
view queenbee1230's profile
Oh girl, you got that right.
view pollymagoo's profile
^ Meaning the quote from Goethe
view pollymagoo's profile
"Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant." -- Martin Heidegger.
This is my relationship with objects. They exist and I cannot afford them. I crave, therefore I am.
view rosenatti's profile
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -- William Morris
This always works for me.
view Tomfooloree's profile
I have a short attention span, so I prefer the simplified William Morris: "Love it, use it, or lose it."
view Emika's profile
Moving in with my boyfriend and his two roommates this summer was step one in getting rid of everything I thought I needed. I had a hard time parting with so many things that I can't even remember I ever owned now! Step two comes in September when I move to NYC by bus. Two suitcases is all I get to keep. Wish me luck!
view greenpepper's profile
on a side note, anyone know where the chair and ottoman featured in the picture are from? thanks.
view nesta's profile
I crave, therefore I am....Rosenatti - I can so relate.
During my last move I decided I wanted to be super minimalist going forward and got rid of heaps of 'stuff', but then you see lovely things here and there, in thrift shops (affordable) on your travels (meaningful) and I just so want them....so now I have a bit more stuff but am proud to say its still 'relative minamalist' and I'm not looking anymore......well, not so much anyway!
view Jenda's profile
The trick to observe the love of your life spill red wine all over your prized sofa and rug.
Wait a day.
Then realize it's just a sofa and rug.
view Thomas's profile