I was just reading an excellent blog that I found through LifeRemix that has inspired me to change my living space. The article I just mentioned is on ZenHabits and is called “A Guide to Creating a Minimalist Home.”

Briefly I’ll tell you about the article but it is packed with great info so I encourage you to check it out for yourself.

The article tells of how to create a minimalist living space, one room at a time, by clearing out the clutter and taking each room back to the basics. In doing so it inspires you with a less stressful and more proficient environment.

After reading it I decided to try this approach on my living space, especially because of it’s small size. Since then I have made a plan for improving my office / bedroom in some simple steps.

1. Clear out all the unneeded paperwork and decorations that clutter my surfaces. This will clear up a good amount of space to start with.

2. Clean out my closet (especially the unwanted clothes) and convert the half with shelving into my book / media shelf and also add storage bins to take some extra clutter off my desk. This will allow me to get rid of two pieces in my room; my book shelf and media shelf.

3. The overabundance of wall hangings and and decorations have got to go. This will leave much more space to breath. I will only be keeping key decorations visible and two or three pieces of art / photos on the walls.

4. Rearrange my furniture. Now, I am not trying to seek inner peace by my arrangement but my goal with this is to have more surface in my space. I want the most open clear space possible to employ a feeling of simplicity in my room.

This is the plan I am trying. In the future I will show you how it worked out with some before and after pictures. I encourage you to try it for yourself if you think your living space has too much clutter and doesn’t have the feel you want.

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