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Whether you feel your entire home needs decluttering, or it’s just one room or area, these guiding principles will help you get started:

– Create your vision of how you would like the area to look i.e. a minimalist clutter-free room, or a comfortable ‘lived in’ look with your favourite bits and pieces on show. Your vision will give you the impetus to get started, and keep going.

– Write a work plan outlining what you’ll need to do, which can include moving furniture, investing in new bookshelves, cleaning out and reorganising cupboards and drawers. [Read more…]

Our bedroom can be a gorgeous inviting space where we can totally relax and replenish ourselves. Or it can be a nightmare of clothes, shoes, books and miscellaneous objects thrown on the bed and every other surface available, which is anything but restful.

I don’t have room within this newsletter to go into every recommendation I would make for a master bedroom, but here are a few starting tips: [Read more…]

No matter how tidy and organised we think our home is, the majority of us will have one or two frustrating dumping grounds which we can’t seem to get cleared. I have yet to find a home which doesn’t experience this problem.

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I don’t usually talk about books, however one I’m currently savouring is Wayne Dyer’s “Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life – Living the Wisdom of the Tao”. The Tao Te Ching is not a quick read, although I’m sure Wayne’s thought provoking translation of the 81 verses is easier to read than the original version. But it’s a superb collection of essays on how to apply the ancient wisdom of Lao-tzu in today’s world.

This may not be your type of book, but here’s one saying from the book which I think is just perfect: Come to grips with the radical concept of “enough is enough”! So beautifully simple when you think about it…

We really do have too much stuff

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I’ve had great feedback from my newly formatted newsletter which I sent out to you last week. I actually didn’t mean to send my June newsletter out again, I just wanted to put it on my blog. You can put it down to my enthusiasm at being able to now manage the content of my website myself. Speaking of which, I’d love you to take a look at my completely new look website and let me know what you think. I think my fabulous website designer/SEO Expert, Karin Reid of Net Quest, has done a wonderful job on it.

Sorting the Garage

Is your garage beautifully organised with plenty of room for parking and storage? Or does your car sit outside, a victim to the elements, because the garage is packed with clutter and stuff? [Read more…]