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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Amelia Hill

FOUND: Put down the duster decluttering trends causing stress say experts - You Need To See This

A woman selecting clothes to recycle
A woman selecting clothes from her wardrobe for recycling or donating to a charity shop. Photograph: Oksana Krasiuk/Alamy

One week it’s an airport security tray filled with carefully tessellated items that represent the owner’s personality, the next it’s a curated fridge shelf decorated with fairy lights and flowers. But is this the acme – or the nadir - of the organising cult?

According to some, the trend has gone too far. We are cluttering our mental landscape with our decluttering schemes, say the experts – and when the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers tells you to put down the duster, you know you’ve been spoken to.

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