Niecy Nash Quotes

It's human nature to take the easy route and leap at storage methods that promise quick and convenient ways to remove visible clutter. Putting things away creates the illusion that the clutter problem has been solved. But sooner or later, all the storage units are full, and the room once again overflows with things.

If you've had something for more than six months, and it's still not repaired, it's clutter.

Some kind of clutter is difficult - letting go of things with sentimental value, sifting through papers - but some clutter I find very refreshing to clear. I drive my daughters nuts because I'm always wandering into their rooms to clear clutter.

I'm always so surprised when people fill their homes up with stuff.

I'm somewhat of a hoarder. I keep everything.

It's easier to get rid of things when you're giving them to someone who can use them, but don't let this kind intention become a source of clutter itself. I have a friend who has multiple piles all over her house, each lovingly destined for a particular recipient.

Once you learn to choose your belongings properly, you will be left with only the amount that fits perfectly in the space you own.

I clean out my house weekly. I just keep a lot of silly little things that are meaningful to me.

I'm a selective pack rat. There's some things I have no problem getting rid of and others I hold onto dearly.

In New York, I live on a compost heap of all the stuff I accumulate.

My friends tease me because I don't like clutter. I'm not someone who gets attached to things.

I think a closet full of things would actually stress me out.

People surround themselves in their houses with things they don't really need, that they have to dust all the time.

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.

The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.

A lot of people agree that tidying is connected to how we live, and even though, outside of Japan, houses might be bigger, people have more things than they need.

It's tough for me to get rid of clothes. I grew up in a household with a limited budget and we really had to make our nice clothes last, and so now I'll get free pairs of shoes and this, that and the other and I'll be like, 'Oh great!'; even though it stresses me out that I don't have enough room to put them, I can't throw them away.

I look about my house and see there are lots of lovely things in it, but I constantly buy more.

My mother kept every single thing that she ever got in her life.

I am really bad with cleaning my closet.

I like to have things around me that I love. However, I'm not a hoarder and get rid of everything I don't need.

I don't collect things for the sake of collecting. I don't really see the point.

I am quite a hoarder, so it is important to let go of some stuff.

I'm a hoarder, but then, when it all gets too much, I turn into a ruthless chucker. I'm very good at clearing out and giving stuff away. But I'm equally skilled at shoving things in a cupboard, shutting the door, and calling that 'cleared up.'

I'm going to have to take one of my bedrooms and gut it out and make it into a big closet, because now I'm starting to put sneakers in the pantry. Even my maids are like, "No more, please! It's too much!"