Corey Harrison Quotes

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

I can't stand unpacking.

There's something I call 'Moving Day,' which I've done for the last 20 years. Look at everything in your home, then think about how you could combine things in a different way. Maybe you break up your night tables and use one in the family room; maybe the dining room sideboard becomes a console table for your television, with storage underneath.

Very few people know this, but I love organizational products and tools. One of my favorite places to shop are container stores where you can get bins, boxes and crates to organize your life.

I love helping people put their homes in order.

I clean out my house weekly. I just keep a lot of silly little things that are meaningful to me.

My house is completely organized from my closets to my drawers.

As movers and the moved both know, books are heavy freight, the weight of refrigerators and sofas broken up into cardboard boxes. They make us think twice about changing addresses.

Storage is important. Whether it's cushions you only use outside in the summer, or blankets that only come out in the winter, you've always got to think of where to store them.

Quite a few books about decluttering are published in a year.

If you want to get rid of stuff, you can always do a good spring-cleaning. Or you can do what I do. Move.

I love cunning containers as much as anyone, but I've found that if I get rid of everything I don't need, I often don't need a container at all.

If you actually keep things very organized and clutter-free, you can have more furniture than you think you can in a small space.

The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.

I've moved about 10 times over the past 15 years. I don't move for the sole purpose of getting rid of stuff. I'm not crazy. I also move so that I never have to wash any windows.

With small spaces in particular you have to really follow the rule that if it's not absolutely beautiful or absolutely functional, then get rid of it.

Good closets make for a good marriage.

Like some helpful person (hi, Mom) has tried to "'clean'" it, and suddenly you can't find anything?

Multiple closets for different needs. Overkill.

There are plenty of people out there talking about how difficult it is for some of us to just deal with all the stuff we already have, from packed closets that need organizers to storage spaces to maintenance costs, etc. Lots of people are reevaluating whether or not they need giant garages full of stuff and finding that they don't.

I have a problem with cabinets being messy and people just shoving things in and closing the door. I will lie in bed and not be able to sleep because I'll say to myself: 'I think I saw something in that cabinet that just shouldn't be there.'

Cleaning is my favorite way to relax. I clear things out and get rid of the stuff I don't need. When the food pantry and the refrigerator are organized, I feel less stressed.

My head was full of tidying tips, and I had complete, albeit misguided, confidence that I could tidy any place.

I've never had a yard sale, ever, in my life. I don't know if I ever thought about stuff I would get rid of.

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.