Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Living with less is such a compelling idea. From The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up to Remodelista: The Organized Home (Artisan) to Flow's own The Big Book of Less, simplify, simplify is the message, and books are how we learn to do it. Now Flow brings its whimsical, visual-forward lens to the subject of decluttering, resulting in a most charming and yet quite practical impulse book on how to sort through the too-much-stuff of life.
The premise is so simple: the artist Lotte Dirks has illustrated hundreds of common items--oven mitts, incomplete board games, a pair of skis, novelty ice cube trays, a dying plant, a feather duster, flip-flops, a waffle maker, old Christmas cards, a manual typewriter, chipped dishes, defunct phone chargers, a rocking horse, and so on. Beneath each drawing are two little checkboxes: Yes and No. Look at the item. Note your response (be honest--the only right answer is the one that's right for you). Check one of the boxes. And act accordingly
Additionally, boxes and asides offer dozens of creative tips for how to organize, how to tackle big jobs like a full closet, and ideas to what do with things we can't part, with like children's artwork or old books--all through Flow's sensibility of finding pleasure in the imperfect and the overlooked.
Synopsis
A charming checklist for decluttering.
In this whimsical yet practical guide to sorting through the too-much-stuff of modern life, the premise is simple: on each page, a delightful illustration of items that fill our lives--novelty ice cube trays, a manual typewriter, game pieces, that souvenir snow globe. And beneath each drawing, two little checkboxes: Yes and No. Look at the object. Note your response. Act accordingly
Additionally, the book is filled with dozens of tips and ideas for what to do with things that may be hard to part with, like children's artwork.
An inspiring gift