A place for everything and everything in its place. – Old saying, circa early 1600s

There is hardly a place where, in the course of a year, some things are not purchased and never used, and where spring cleaning does not unearth them. Spring is the time when the good housewife puts all doubtful things into the trash barrel. – E.F. White, “Spring Soda Fountain Thoughts,” 1908 [a little altered —t&#94

Later is the best friend of clutter… – MaryAnne Bennie, From Stuffed to Sorted: Your Essential Guide to Organising, Roo