decluttering

Young Britons have a bigger sense of wanderlust than the previous generation it has been claimed, with the average person today having lived in five properties by the time they reach the of 35.
One in ten people have lived in a whopping ten houses by the time they hit their mid 30s, according to data[...] View full article

Most students across the country will have been living in their new abodes for a few weeks now, getting used to life minus mum and dad, making new friends and getting to grips with life skills like cooking and food shopping.
One thing that will have become abundantly clear in the recent days is that most[...] View full article

If there’s one word that has come to be overused it is “economic”.
Or any kind of derivative attached to it – note the clever use of derivative! – like macroeconomics, Keynesian ideals, ring-fencing, quantitative easing and so on.
We get it; the economy is neither here nor there and money is nowhere to be found.
Not in[...] View full article

Inspiration is a tough cookie.
Some days we’re full of ideas and other days we’re as empty as our hungry piggy banks.
For interiors, inspiration is often focused on trends that we read about, what the key designers are pushing as this season’s look, and the general mood of the moment.
But inspiration can be found in so many[...] View full article

Always bet on black.
That’s what they tell you.
From the colour of your car to the little black dress to technological devices like a BlackBerry or iPad, black is cool, classic and essential.
Everything goes with black.
The interior designer Carole King said she once read that every room in your house should have some element of black.
We’re[...] View full article

I read recently that three students from the University of Exeter had decided to do away with living in student pads – who can blame them, we all know how cluttered and chaotic they can be – and live in a Mongolian tent.
Yes reader, a tent, a Mongolian one, calls itself a yurt.
Students are known[...] View full article

The walls are bare, the shelves empty and the cupboards have been swept of clutter. When you reduce the entire contents of your life into stacks of boxes, you are left with an emotional paradox: liberated but somewhat disconsolate.
One door closes and another opens.
Big changes are afoot. For the first time in my life I[...] View full article

Spring time is here and that means the annual Spring Clean – the yearly blitz of anything that isn’t going to be used throughout the coming months. Say goodbye to those winter clothes – thick jumpers, long coats and such like clutter that you know you definitely won’t be needing any time soon. This used[...] View full article

As we head closer to spring it’s been on my mind that I really should make a start with some spring cleaning.  I’m planning to also do some decluttering and free up some much needed space in my home
I’ve uncovered these top decluttering tips to help.  Overall it seems the best advice is to start[...] View full article