10 Design and Declutter Ideas to Spiff Up Your Home
It's the season of new beginnings, and you'd love to beautify your space—that is, if you could see it under all the junk.
As told to Meredith Bryan
Photo: Sam Kaplan
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6. Peter Says...
"You know what's black-and-white? My rule about surface clutter."
In fact, I, Peter Walsh, hereby decree that from this day forward, no more than one-third of any flat surface in your home—I'm talking coffee tables, side tables, your bedroom dresser—may be covered with tchotchkes. Remember, fresh spring air cannot breathe life into your domicile if every room is overstuffed with souvenir snow globes and your grandmother's vintage bird taxidermy.
Published 03/05/2015
