Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff: The Q.U.I.C.K. Way to Bring Lasting Order to Household Chaos

by Susan Piver and Lori Baird

Book Overview

1,237 terrific clutter-cutting tips-- plus hundreds of insider secrets from America's clutter-control experts! Is clutter taking over your life? It's time to take some Q.U.I.C.K. action, cut the clutter, and stow the stuff once and for all! Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff will help you tame the clutter monster using the revolutionary Q.U.I.C.K. clutter-control system. You're just five fast steps from a clutter-free home! See inside to: * Discover...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579544932
• ISBN13: 9781579544935
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Cut the Clutter Book

Good book. Lots of helpful information for classifying, organizing and eliminating or storing EVERYTHING in your house. Start at the beginning and read the type of person you are when it comes to building up clutter, and you will get a better understanding of why you have so much stuff and how to prevent future clutter build-up.

Need book for the TRUE Clutter Bug

Have you accumulated so much STUFF that you have no room for your family, pets and friends? Then this book is for you! Edited by Lori Baird, she not only explains the problem, but teaches you, step by step multiple solutions, showing how you can prioritize, organize and rid yourself of unneeded clutter. The illisrations are helpful, and suggested solutions are given with small budgets in mind. There are those who can't part with something they don't need "because I paid good money for it and someday........." I have seen such cluttered homes in my home health nursing career that I know this book is written well for those who don't know where to start. It is gentle, yet firm on how and where to store clutter, and how to rid yourself of unnecessary "stuff." I is also written with a small budget in mind, so it is extremely helpful for someone on the lower end of the scale as far as ability to purchase items such as storage bins. Storage bins are helpful: however, they have become just another way to hide the "stuff" that many people can't part with. I would highly recommend this book.

A delightful, helpful book

After reading the widely disparate reviews, I got a copy from the library. I found the book to be delightful and helpful, and I have ordered a copy to own. I lead a complex life, producing beautiful, organized work but leaving debris around me as drafts, printouts, and other papers accumulate. The author is very understanding of the thought processes and problems of Accumulators and Paper Pilers. Her humor makes the task of organizing and disposing less of a chore. As a person with some ADD difficulties, often overwhelmed by distractions, I find her methods of working on little parts of a problem a big help.

Take it bit by bit

Clutter is often a result of having a busy life. Hence, it wouldn't make sense for a book intended to help you clear clutter to involve a lot of your time. The book is designed of short but extremely helpful tips, so that you can read only a little bit and take 15 minutes to fight clutter. In other words, it helps you keep from being overwhelmed by the daunting task of clearing your stuff. I've always been. and always will be, a packrat, but I'm a more organized packrat now.

Stands Well Above Others Like It

This book really changed my ideas about decluttering my life. It has great mix of psychological motivation and practical how-tos. After reading it front to back, I go back and pick it up to read specific sections every now and then. This book is practical, a fun read and helped me change my home for the better.