Organized by fire

I heard an interesting question asked on Clean House today (yes, we have Style Network this week for free). The girl was sad to sell some of her father's junk, but the guy on the show asked her about how selling the stuff affects her love for her dad. He said, "If all this were to burn tomorrow, would you still love and appreciate your dad?" Of course, the stuff doesn't affect her love for him.



If your house were to burn down what items would you hope to salvage? Would it be kitchen appliances, junk mail, and toys or would you rather save family keepsakes, artwork, or pictures? Every person's answer will be different because we all care about different things.

No matter what you save, think about all the stuff that you would never miss. Those are probably items that you should weed through every now and then. Don't forget that as the season changes it is a great time to clean out and purge items that you aren't using anymore.