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“Were there questions that attracted you to studying about clutter and clearing spaces?” That was one of the questions I was asked recently by Byron Woodman, the founder of Questions [...]

As I strolled through one artist’s studio after another at the annual open house in my town recently, I was struck (as I always am) by the beauty, creativity, whimsy, novelty, [...]

You don’t need to know feng shui principles to benefit from their ancient wisdom. The video below, which showed up on my YouTube sidebar, is a good example. With simple tips, it shows you [...]

How many times have you gone into a big warehouse store feeling just fine and come out totally depleted? Or, maybe you’re standing in the checkout line of your supermarket and suddenly feel a [...]

“This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival…” –Rilke Part 5 of 7* Besides you, the flesh and blood human being who invites me to clear your space, I consider [...]

Part 3 of 7 * It’s our second skin. Homes and workplaces are extensions of us. Through doorways and hallways, they circulate energy (chi)–or don’t, depending on how cluttered, congested, and [...]

Part 2 of 7* After almost two decades in the business of clearing spaces, I sometimes wonder why I didn’t get into feng shui, or interior design for that matter. These professions are so [...]

Yesterday I cleared a Zagat Award-winning Japanese restaurant in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. This was not me helping the client sort and toss boxes from their storage area. Nor set up [...]