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Conquer clutter throughout your home

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24935931/ [2008-6-3]

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According to Carendi and designers Brian Patrick Flynn and MalloryMathison (all named to domino magazine's "Ten Decorators on theVerge" list this year), most homes have several major clutter spotsin common. Fortunately, there are methods for taming the mess ineach place:

Main point of entry

People arrive home thinking, "'This is the check point where I'mjust gonna drop my stuff,'" says Flynn, so clutter quickly piles upthere. He advises placing a cabinet or table just inside the door,with a large bowl or pretty basket on top, and dropping keys,sunglasses and mail in the bowl on arrival. Later, keys will beeasy to find and miscellany can be dealt with when there is time.

Mathison suggests keeping woven baskets with lids (perhaps one foreach family member) underneath the entryway table or covering thetable with a cloth that extends to the floor, with baskets hiddenbelow. Stash clutter there upon arriving home, then retrieve itlater. A chest of drawers also works at the entryway, she says


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