Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #627559 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 384 pages

Synopsis
Describes how to bring all kinds of clutter under control, offering advice on how to stow, organize, clean, and categorize to avoid a messy household space.

Customer Reviews

Well worth buying.
This is the most comprehensive clutter-clearing book I've come across. There are over 370 A5 pages and they are almost exclusively text - no glossy pictures, just a few drawings to illustrate particular ideas. I found that itself quite refreshing - no carefully staged studio shots of impossibly tidy/clean rooms containing only new furniture and decor.

The book begins with some general information about clutter and a questionnaire to help you identify what kind of clutterer you are and, hopefully, get to the bottom of why you are cluttered. This is useful as the various types are referred to in the book in each section.

So much text can be a bit off-putting, but each chapter contains boxes of anecdotes, lists and ideas to help break them up. As I said, it is comprehensive - even telling you how to declutter your computer files and set up a clutter-free sick-room should you need to look after someone. One thing I did notice was that the child-specific advice didn't start to take over the book and is kept in proportion.

The book also has some good frugal ideas such as reusing prescription bottles for travel toiletries, finding alternative storage solutions that won't break the bank. It also pushes re-using and recycling in a sensible way. That was quite refreshing as some books I've seen have too much emphasis on "change" and encourage the reader to buy fancy shelves and storage.

Being a US book, some of the advice doesn't translate for me. For example, I cannot deduct the value of books or old computers donated to charity from my tax-bill. However, that's relatively minor given the amount of good, basic advice contained in "Cut the Clutter".