Your Home & Color Coach

Life — as in home life — does not always have to be clutter-free and artfully arranged. Who actually lives that way anyway…. Sometimes you just need a place to put stuff and if it’s random and eclectic, so be it. I have treasures from my childhood bedroom, purses of my mom’s, hats, glasses, books, and some things I use for staging. But all of it is stuff I like to look at and don’t want to shut away in boxes.

If I wanted to take the time to create a lovely geometric piece of artwork, I could, I suppose. But I simply loaded up the cubes with random items. The wall reminds me of things I’ve worn, places I have been, people no longer around, and  how crazy my life is. The white sofa is a restful break from the clutter, and my husband likes to read the paper and drink his coffee there. I would never have predicted that.

Unless you’re selling your home in the near future and really do have to clear the clutter, don’t stress about a few little trinkets here and there. Group them if you want to remember them a certain way or display your collections.

Treasure Collection

Random can work! Look at this wall.

Random Wall Collection

Grouping by color gets you closer to artistic order — truly a pleasure to behold for the color OCD in many of us.

Grouping by Color 

Then there’s this. (Whattt??)

Okay, this is nuts

Embrace your stuff. Celebrate  it. Display it. Love it. Happy Collecting!