Articles tagged “cut the clutter”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

In Houses, Small Is The New Big By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Oct 20 2010 New information from the US Census Bureau confirms that houses are getting smaller again. + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Wickford By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Mo and Phil Wilson have a large six-bedroom home, but the space has been swallowed by years of collecting. Over the past few years the house has been home to as many as 12 members of the family, but as... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Bournemouth By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Juliana has a peculiar relationship with her clutter. She knows she needs a good clear-out but with busy lives and a lack of motivation, despite the constant nagging from eldest daughter Jenny, it just never seems to get done. Jenny... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Mansfield By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Having already lived in their house for the past eight and a half years with their nine-year-old son, Paul and his wife Samantha recently had an unexpected addition to their family -- a little girl named Esme. Subsequently, they find... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Rhyl By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Jimmy just can’t help himself. Dinky cars, mobile phones, antique tins, model motorbikes, full scale racing bikes, fridge magnets, baseball caps, number plates…even Coca-Cola memorabilia. Jimmy Aspinall has turned his modest three-bedroom bungalow in Rhyl into the ultimate collector’s haven.... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Manchester By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Alexandra Stuart-Brinkley has lived in the same house for more than 30 years. Filled with books, glassware and collectibles, her home is literally at bursting point, leaving little room to move. To Alex, her items are her comfort blanket, but... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Bracknell By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Kim is an administrator for a Reading based mortgage provider. She and her family are keen members of the local Amateur Dramatics society and throw themselves into community life. Unfortunately for Kim’s husband Tim, she is also an avid watcher... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Essex By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Sarah Jane is a commercial risk manager for The Royal Bank of Scotland, always perfectly presented and dressed in designer clothing. On the surface of it Sarah’s house looks clean, tidy and normal, but it’s when you look deeper that... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Dorking By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Larger than life, charismatic and charming, Graham loves his bargain buys so much that he can't bring himself to part with them, and they have taken over his home. Coronation posters, James Bond memorabilia, Elvis records, Victorian paintings, signet rings,... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Blackpool By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 Karen is lively, fun and larger than life woman with a penchant for hapless hoarding that has left her crying out for more space in her sizeable six-bedroom house! Six years ago after her marriage fell apart Karen made the... + READ MORE

Gutted Episode: Croydon By Team Planet Green IN Gutted Episodes Jun 18 2010 On a quiet estate in Croydon Surrey lives the Ellis family - John, his wife Jill and their three children. A happy nuclear family on the surface, but bubbling beneath the seemingly normal exterior is a clutter problem that is... + READ MORE

Frugal Green Living: Real Minimalism is not just a Pretty Façade By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Jun 3 2010 Minimalism isn't about stuffing things in closets, it's about having less stuff. + READ MORE

Put Your Home On An Eco-Diet: 10 Design Tips for a Greener Home By Ronnie Citron-Fink IN Home & Garden Mar 26 2010 Living a healthy green lifestyle can help you shed pounds, so why not take some of that wisdom and apply it to decorating your home? + READ MORE

Transform Wasted Space into Something Great By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Mar 5 2010 From hollow areas behind walls to unused rooms, many homes feature a lot of wasted space. Maximize your living space by making the most of every square inch. + READ MORE

Planning Ahead: The Greenest Skill of All? By Sami Grover IN Home & Garden Jan 4 2010 planning ahead is often one of the most important things you can do to live greener, and more efficiently. And even if you are not the most natural list maker in the world, it's easy to start small. + READ MORE

Yovanna Guzman's Story is a Tragic Argument for Minimalism By David DeFranza IN Work & Connect Oct 15 2009 It began with a luxury watch, then another. These were followed by diamonds and jewelry, fancy cars and luxury apartments. There were flowers and vacations, clothes, and shoes. These gifts didn't make Yovanna Guzman love her boyfriend, the leader of a notorious Columbian drug cartel, but they did impress her. "When you get dazzled, you get carried away," she explained, and once that happens, it becomes easy to ignore the darker side of a person. + READ MORE

Sites We Love: Unclutterer, for an Organized, Minimalist Life By Blythe Copeland IN Home & Garden Oct 2 2009 Keeping your home--and your life--more organized can help making green choices even easier. + READ MORE

Think Big: Throw a Street Sale By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Home & Garden Jul 10 2009 Yard sales are great: You get to purge and the landfill gets a break. But could they be better? Don't get me wrong; I have fond childhood memories of digging through other people's trash to find treasures, counting out quarters, dimes and nickels for a book or toy. + READ MORE

8 Fun Green Ways to Manage Stress (Kissing is One of Them) By Laurel House IN Food & Health Jun 19 2009 Being "stressed" seems to be as trendy as being "on a diet." Everyone's doing it, throwing the terms around as if it's an excuse for a bad mood or short fuse. Problem is: stress has some serious side-effects that can be detrimental to your health and happiness if it isn't addressed. Of course there are lots of pills to help you ease off angst, but we prefer to do it green? naturally. No drugs, no chemicals, just good natural cures. Our favorite and the most fun by far: Kissing! + READ MORE

3 Ways to Donate, Sell and Recycle Old Roller Skates and Blades By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty May 22 2009 Now that you are done with what you have dubbed the "Disco Days" of your lifetime, you probably don't want those roller skates anymore. After all, you've given your matching a-line flairs to your disco buddy who thinks that you're quite the sellout at this point. + READ MORE