Clutter Busting & Inexpensive Decorating

Angie Freel of the Saline County Cooperative Extension Service stopped by today to share ideas for organizing and decorating with everyday items.

She also left us some tips for clearing out the clutter.

3 Clutter-Busting Concepts

1. Contain: Enough storage space is, of course, the Holy Grail of any household.  But solutions to the problem are probably littering your closets and cupboards right now.  Use monochromatic boxes, wooden crates, berry baskets, and empty jars to stash anything from mementos to old files, paper clips to dried spices.
2. Repeat: Transform stray containers or collectibles into a decorative tableau by clustering like objects.  Consistency produces a neater look than a random assembly does--and while one or two may look arbitrary, a group look like art.
3. Repurpose: You can eke a second life out of idle treasures by assigning them new functions--and, in so doing, add style to the surfaces they grace.

For more clutter conquering and decorating ideas and details on the ideas Angie shared in today's segment, visit: www.realsimple.com