I really love when I go to a hotel and there’s a minimum of stuff in the room – every horizontal surface is bare. The resort that we like has a full kitchen, and that has 8 plates, 8 bowls, 8 cups, all matching, and a minimum of kitchen utensils and appliances. That’s not the reality in my house. I have a lot of stuff in a small space. I try to keep it organized but a lot of it is overflowing. I also have stuff that I like/love, stuff from my childhood, stuff that I think is charming, that I have emotional attachment to. Plus there’s a lot of stuff that I admit without shame can easily go. There’s also stuff I bought thinking I’d use it “one day” and 20 or 30 years later, that “one day” has never come – stuff like pretty tableware, for example.
It’s a work in progress.