Editing and Restraint are Essential Tools for a Successful Tweak!

Watch the video for the quick tip… then see below for all the juicy details.

Let’s be Real…

I get it! Sometimes it’s hard to let go of things. Making that difficult decision about what stays and what goes isn’t always easy.

Does this sound familiar:

What if I need it in the future?
Where am I going to store it?
The furniture store sold me everything as a set… I can’t possibly break up the set!?

Guess what, “editing” is a safer word for, wait for it… decluttering. Oh no! Not the dreaded decluttering word! Read this great article about a DECLUTTER FORMULA to help you get rid of things without regret.

Let’s think about this. What if this fear is keeping you from having spaces that feel good and make you happy? Would you do what it takes to fall in love with your spaces?

There are 14 chairs pictured in the space below…

Editing and Restraint are Essential Tools for a Successful Tweak! — Before

Everything in this space is beautiful,but it looks and feels congested. See the after photo below to see what “editing” out 4 chairs does for the look and feel.

Removing 2 of the 8 dining chairs from the dining table and moving them across the room to the left and right of the console (partially pictured along the right edge) helped to open up this space and allowed more of a glimpse of the table’s pedestal base. The same goes for the living room. Removing and re-purposing two of the 6 chairs gave us an opportunity to place the chairs diagonally from each other and eliminated the boxed-in feeling the space had before. I know, I know. I broke up the set of 4 gray chairs. But doing so gave the space more interest and drama. To see the full project, CLICK The 5-in-1 House.

Bonus to editing and re-purposing…

Re-purposing 2 of the dining chairs to the left and right of the console helped to visually distribute the weight of the space. Now the room feels more balanced. To take this transformation a step further I relocated the large, black and gray art piece to the wall space over the console to create a focal point. See my blog on creating focal points, Click Finding a Focal Point. Now the scale of the room is visually balanced top to bottom and front to back.

Decluttering at it’s best…

Furniture needs room to breathe. One large item is better than a bunch of smaller items. This keeps your space from looking cluttered. Studies show that physical clutter competes for your attention, resulting in decreased performance and increased stress… and no one wants that!

Be Realistic!