Clutter Clearing Blog

Have you ever bought something because you liked the look of it and then, when you got it home or a few days or weeks later become bored or disinterested in it?

That initial allure in the shop fades and it becomes another impulse purchase that becomes clutter.

Well, according to an article in Scientific American Mind in the July / August 2011 issue, there’s a reason for that.

Research undertake...

A recent article in Scientific American by Bruce Hood discusses how the 'ownership of objects plays a crucial role in human identity' and explains what the endowment effect is.

Put simply, the endowment effect is where we become the owner of something that costs us a certain price, e.g. £10 / $10, and we then consider those items to be worth significantly more than the exact same item bought at t...

In the 9 years since I started helping people declutter and organise their homes, I’ve noticed many things that all my clients have in common.

They asked for help because they reached a turning point in their relationship with their clutter.

Many have had turning points.

You may have reached a turning point, but your true turning point is different.

Very often it’s a subtle, non visible turnin...