Sarah duRivage-Jacobs

When Bridgett Shepherd realized the black-wall Instagram trend she originally loved was making her bedroom look less spacious, she knew it was time for a decoration do-over. She and her husband saw the room as “cold and uninviting,” in large part because of the black walls and orange floors (which they always hated).“Nothing about the room made us want to hang out in there,” Bridgett says. Thankfully, paint is an easy thing to change!

Those dollars go a long way in this kitchen transformation.

We'd say those 30 hours (!) of hand-painting really paid off.

We polled some of the most uncluttered people out there (read: professional organizers) who told us what super-affordable things they keep around their homes to keep their lives running smoothly.