Peter Walsh was AMAZING. He is focused and has a plan. He gave some excellent tips and ideas for those who are living in that kind of clutter. Actually his ideas are excellent for EVERYONE, even those of us with a single closet or drawer that needs attention. To view Peter Walsh’s website take a look at this link.

His first plan of action with homeowners was to look around the room and have the owner assess how they feel about the clutter and their home. Then Peter started with two bags, black for trash, blue for recycle and with a stop watch set for ten minutes they attacked one cupboard. Peter basically stated to the homeowners before they began, “if you haven’t touched it in 12 months you need to think about letting it go.” So with Peter and the stop watch I watched as they cleared out an entire kitchen cabinet filled to the brim with cups, glasses and a multitude of children’s drink cups and amusement park drink cups. Many were recyclable and within six minutes Peter and the home owner had restored organization and neatness to the cupboard and they were left with a bag of trash and a bag for recycling.

He said it is key to keep like things together, that goes for glasses as well as clothing or office supplies. He stated that as consumers if we don’t keep things together we continue to buy the same things over and over because we simply forget about having a previous one. So when the cupboard was complete all tall glasses were together, juice glasses together, wine glasses together, etc… I was both impressed and interested to share what I saw with those in my life who live in this extreme clutter. As Peter mentioned when you are living with such clutter it doesn’t allow other things into your home or life and that homes really reflect the state of our lives. What does your home say about you and your life? If you would like to see the video and photo clips and read more about Peter’s Clutter Control check out the following link on Oprah’s site.

Even I, simply a viewer was ASTONISHED at this quick and effective transformation. Six minutes! We all have six minutes for goodness sake!