https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:34:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-826532 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:59:28 +0000 Astrid 826532@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rachylou, that makes sense. Although I don't really have a plan from the outset either. I just have a certain feel I want it to have and see what happens when I run with it. I don't think I'm disciplined enough to buy something now with the knowledge that it will look perfect with something I'm only able to afford in who knows when. My place isn't big either, on of the reasons why I'm decluttering right now. I didn't have that much stuff, but it was too much for my small flat! </p> <p>Echo, sound great too! I'm also a fan of organizing. I'm not really "minimal" at the moment either, I'm just getting rid of "stuff", like you said. I have no idea if I will continue to purge as much as I'm doing now in the future. It's easy at the moment because I didn't have to make any difficult decisions yet. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-826307 Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:51:45 +0000 Echo 826307@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My decorating style is far from minimalist, although I really love looking at other homes decorated that way, and I can understand the appeal. My style is more... well, MORE. I tend toward deep, rich colours, lots of bookcases, and more close, comforting spaces. Even so, I get deep satisfaction from purging and not having too much "stuff". I like organization, and while I may not be a minimalist in terms of decorating, I don't like too much kitch or curio, either. I do love the photos posted so far. So different from my style, but beautiful. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-825892 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:12:51 +0000 rachylou 825892@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I don't know. I just have the sneeking feeling that decor is home-filling in a bundled package. Even if you don't get everything all at once, there seems to be a plan - in existence from the beginning - that guides every acquisition. Also that home is not quite the whole life lab that I treat it as. It's like a style in and of itself, a way of being in the world.</p> <p>I have a neighbor who's place is amazing. Plenty of room to breathe. Everything nicely arranged and coordinated. Includes a few decorative touches, like a floor-length mirror. I'd kill to know where she stores her tax documents - our places are shoe boxes. Infant-sized shoes. There is nothing additional brought in and nothing unrelated to a home functioning as a home.</p> <p>My cousin is also like this. She's all about art. She's an art academic for goodness sake! And yet she doesn't bring it into her home. She goes to the museum to look at it. She put in custom storage in her studio instead.</p> <p>Meanwhile, I have rejected badly needed storage so I have wall space to lean paintings against... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-823585 Sat, 19 Jan 2013 23:10:40 +0000 Astrid 823585@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmh, how would you define decor then? Maybe I don't have decor either... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-822752 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:33:59 +0000 rachylou 822752@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hmm. I don't know that you could guess how I dress from my decor. My decor isn't really decor. My decorating method is preppy: Start with a chintz sofa, add more seating and a fern stand from grandma, throw in a few modernist bookcases and a Louis ghost chair by the modern design masters, toss in a few more hastily bought IKEA bookcases because the book situation is getting dire, try to find some wall space for the new painting...</p> <p>I really do need some breathing space. That is the key thing about minimalism for me. I'm slogging my way through a decade project to do that. I'd junk all my furniture, but that legacy stuff was built to last. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-822690 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:03:30 +0000 Astrid 822690@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Raisin, I don't think I'll ever be finished either. But the first important purge will be done, then it's more about fine tuning the details and keeping it up, I think. </p> <p>Thanks Jules! I think I've seen that site before, but it somehow got lost. I've bookmarked it now and I will go back to it, I think it looks really interesting! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism/page/2#post-821235 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:47:01 +0000 Jules 821235@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>If you aren't already on there, check out ApartmentTherapy.com. Right now they are doing the "January cure", which is a step by step process for improving your home over the month - not just buying stuff but organizing, revisioning, etc. Also, they have a lot of real house tours that are not as staged as what you see in magazines. Lots of people in rentals, with young kids, on a budget etc - real life homes, basically. They do favour a trendy hipster version of mid-century modern esthetic but other styles do pop up.<br /> <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.apartmenttherapy.com</a> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-821162 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:45:30 +0000 Raisin 821162@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh me too....I think I'll never really be done. I wish I had before pics though. I love real homes too, the staged ones are always SOOO nice, but well....staged. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-821148 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:27:23 +0000 Astrid 821148@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, that would be great! I also love to look at pics, even more so when I know the homes I'm looking at are real. Although it could still take a while until I'm finished. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-821144 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:19:18 +0000 Raisin 821144@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid I love to see pics of others nice, minimal homes. Very inspiring! I may take of few of mine when I'm done too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-821138 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:03:06 +0000 Astrid 821138@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It's really a great sewing machine! And probably almost 100 years old. It was originally manually operated, but my grandad added a motor later on.</p> <p>LOL, Ornella, no it isn't. These are some inspirational pictures. I just wish! Rent for that kind of apartement would probably swallow all of my monthly earnings, if it's even enough. I'm going to take some pics of my own flat when I've finished with my decluttering and redecorating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-821092 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 10:08:55 +0000 Ornella 821092@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I came here via Kari's thread... I have to find some time to read both threads with attention and focus they deserve, but for now I need to ask - is this your apartment Astrid?? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-820419 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 19:58:25 +0000 ManidipaM 820419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, I grew up with my father sewing on one of those and he still uses it! (It belonged originally to my great-aunt I think...) And yet, I sew only to repair and not to create myself. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-820289 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:21:32 +0000 Astrid 820289@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Laurinda! Love both pictures you posted. I instantly had to think of Ursus Wehrli when I saw the second one, he published two books where he 'tidies up' art (or is it the art of tidying up?).</p> <p><a href="http://www.keinundaber.ch/buecher_und_records/buecher/kunst_aufraeumen/index.html?image=NHzLpZeg7t,lnp6I0NTU042l2Z6ln1acy4Zn4Z2qZpnO2Yuq2Z6gpJCDdXx5f2ym162bpYbqjKbNpKCamq7p" rel="nofollow">http://www.keinundaber.ch/buec.....bNpKCamq7p</a></p> <p>I guess I'd like his version of the room more if they weren't all the things piling on the bed! ;)</p> <p>I'm not sure if there's art out there that matches my home style, but now I'm going to have a look.</p> <p>Manidipa, I love this thread too! And it's a topic I love to talk about. And interesting to think about your fashion aesthetic in relation to your living environment growing up. </p> <p>When I was little my grandma made a lot of my dresses herself and she also made clothes for my mum that she wore for almost ten years. So I would say I definitely have an appreciation for self-made and well-made things. I'm not a big sewer myself though. I did a few projects together with my grandma when I was a teen but I never got around to trying it on my own (besides little alterations). I do want to learn though! When my grandma died last summer I got her old sewing machine and I don't want to just have it standing around as a decorative item (it's an old singer on its own table).</p> <p>I definitely grew up with parents that first and foremost dressed practical and I think I've absorbed that too. My clothes need to be comfortable and practical or they are of no use to me. And I'm now living in a big city for the first time in my life, so the love for the more 'rustic' look may also be rooted in my childhood. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-819735 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 04:20:17 +0000 ManidipaM 819735@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Can't stay away from this thread! It's so interesting to see everyone's aesthetic resonances! It's like being allowed a peek into your homes, just like we peer into each other's wardrobes so often on YLF --- thanks for this great conversation, Astrid.</p> <p>I just chimed back in because Gaylene's point about clothing being part of our overall aesthetic preferences struck off a question: How much of your fashion aesthetic owes itself to the living environment you had, growing up? Does DIY in one area inspired you in others, turning you also into a sewist, say?</p> <p>Certainly, for me, what I remember most fondly of my childhood home's aesthetic elements are my grandmother's wedding bed, which I inherited (colonial four-poster, with Persian-style motifs), the red oxide-tinted floor (a dying artisanal technique, only now finding some designer-ish revival), and the peeling 'distressed' paint on the old handmade doors and windows. I still like a bit of shabby chic and distressing; the textile patterns and techniques I enjoy are often colonial or result from a couple of different cultures coming together; and I have a soft spot for dying arts &amp; neglected crafts even in clothing and accessories. </p> <p>On the other hand, my childhood travel memories have a lot of Scandinavia, the old USSR and the former Middle East in them. I also amassed books and magazines from those places. Which could explain the draw of the Scandinavian aesthetic, colourful rugs on white or pale neutral backgrounds, blues and whites and bleached/blond woods, as well as inricate carvings, painted details, embroidery and leather work. Seemingly disparate, but they come together in my imagination with an odd ease. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-819653 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 02:55:20 +0000 Laurinda 819653@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, those are just gorgeous inspiration pictures! </p> <p>Just for fun I posted my inspiration room (Carl Larsson). Next to that is Mr. Laurinda's (Picasso's Blue Room) -- but we manage to meet somewhere in between ;-). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-819321 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 20:48:21 +0000 Astrid 819321@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gaylene, I just had to laugh out loud, because my dad is exactly the same about sanding. I remember when I onced removed the ugly paint of an old rocking chair - he was remorseless! But it was beautfiul in the end. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-819236 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:11:04 +0000 Gaylene 819236@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>It was fun building my own table, which actually looked very much the one you linked to, BTW, but my dad was a bear for sanding! The actual construction was fun (with him helping me along the way) and I didn't mind the finishing because I used a Danish oil finish, but the HOURS and HOURS of sanding that he made me do--every time I thought I was finished, he'd hand me a finer grit and tell me to go at it again.</p> <p>But the table did turn out very well and my son actually uses it in his apartment these days, so little did I know I was inadvertently creating a family heirloom </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-818916 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:18:15 +0000 Astrid 818916@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>No problem, Gaylene! They have some wonderful things. I myself like the ones that are completely wood best (like this table <a href="http://www.team7.at/en/diningroom/tables/loft" rel="nofollow">http://www.team7.at/en/diningroom/tables/loft</a>), but some of the other combinations are great too. And how awesome that you built your own furniture! And how wonderful to have your mother's originals to cherish. We don't really have a history of owning interesting funiture in or family, all of my grandparents didn't have much money to invest in furniture. </p> <p>Kari, that sounds great. I remember the pics you posted when you moved. Even when I still lived at home with my parents, I loved to decorate. I remember that I spent quite a lot of my pocket money on it. And I agree with you that furniture doesn't need to be expensive to look great, if one chooses the pieces with a bit of care. I do love IKEA, I just wish there were further affordable options out there to choose from. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-818784 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:07:38 +0000 Kari 818784@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh, and I should also admit that my "cultured" aesthetic does not extend to most of the furniture. My apartment is furnished by Ikea, Fred Meyer, and hand-me-down items (our old living room couch, which is now in the office/2nd bedroom, and one of our chairs were my parents and are older than I am; a living room chair was part of a set in my grandparents' house; I bought my dining room table set from a coworker who was moving away.) But we try to select pieces with clean lines that at least look similar. It may not be fancy, but I think my chocolate suede couch and low, 3-drawer entertainment cabinet - both Ikea pieces we added this year - look pretty darn good even if they aren't expensive or fancy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-818779 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:59:00 +0000 Kari 818779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, I love those inspiration pictures. So clean BUT comfortable, not stark at all. I could see curling up in a chair with a good book and feeling at home. Just gorgeous and clean.</p> <p>My personal style and my home decor preferences developed hand in hand, I think. And part of that reason is that around the time I was reading YLF, I had recently graduated from college. However, I lived at home with my parents for several years, so while I was starting to explore and then hone my wardrobe, ideas about how I wanted my own physical space to look were marinating in my mind for years before I finally moved out on my own. By that time I knew just how I wanted my tiny apartment to be decorated, and I loved it.</p> <p>My home style and my wardrobe style are similar, but there are differences. For example, I have a lot of chocolate brown wood and suede furniture in my home - not a color that I wear very often. Some of the bright colors in my home - spiced orange, apple green, pale turquoise - are lighter and less saturated or rich than the colors I typically wear. </p> <p>But I still would bet that you could step into my home and see how my preferences for decor translate into what I wear. I try to bring light in where I can - small mirrors on the walls, flameless candles that I can turn on with the click of a button, fabric-covered lamps that give out a soft and warm light. You'll see my love for patterns (though they tend to be more organic than geometric) and there is definitely a large dollop of whimsy in what I accessorize with. The colors are bright and cheerful. I like to display knicknacks that I find beautiful or that are sentimental, but I've learned to be more sparse and choosy in what I display. I want my belongings to look like they harmonize and belong together, but I don't want them to look stiff or merely display-like. I actually use those teacups, the Gurgle Pot, the high-heel-shaped tape dispenser, and those Vera Bradley pencils over my desk. I reference those cookbooks that flank the picture frames in my dining room. I try to build in little alcoves for some of my prettier hardcover books - on my desk, under the TV, on a small shelf behind the couch with the curly bamboo plants on the top shelf. I want my space to look approachable and lived-in, but cultured and not messy or stuffed to the brim. It's kind of a careful, organized clutter, if that makes sense!</p> <p>Anyway, thanks for letting me think out loud about this. Perhaps I'll have to blog about this topic one of these days. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-818490 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:25:36 +0000 Gaylene 818490@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Astrid, thanks for the Team7 link; I love their designs--totally my kind of furniture.</p> <p>I've always loved the minimal look for my home, even when it came down to building some of my own furniture for my first apartment (pre IKEA and my dad's hobby was cabinetmaking). I can't stand living in a cluttered environment.</p> <p>I do think that our clothing style is just one part of our personal aesthetic so it makes total sense to me that we try to bring that aesthetic into other areas of our lives as well. My Danish/Norwegian husband inherited several pieces of his family's furniture which melded perfectly with my mother's Danish pieces that I inherited when she moved into smaller quarters. I've always loved the spare, clean lines of my inherited items. It's amusing to think that my mother's decorating tastes were seen as very radical by all my friends when they visited our home, but those pieces have aged well and I now see replicas of my originals in design magazines. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-818344 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:10:54 +0000 Astrid 818344@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yes, I understand you completely. I also don't like visual clutter. And stuff just lying around everywhere would drive me spare. Not that everything is super neat and tidy, but I hate it when stuff piles up or isn't where it belongs. Also wanted to say, it's great that you're teaching your kids that fewer but better things are preferable to a lot of junk. I have two younger brothers and a younger sister and I can't believe how much stuff we all collected over time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-817779 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:32:50 +0000 Raisin 817779@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I totally agree Astrid...it's so not about a number. I have never counted my clothes or items. I did count my shoes though because I was curious as to how many I had compared to others. But I realized there is SOOO much stuff in my house that is not used or even liked, and I spend SOOO much time cleaning, putting away, organizing, and so on. All of the junk needs to go!! I am very sensitive to visual clutter. It bugs my eyes tremendously. I have realized thought that it does not bug DH very much at all. He can look at a random sock on the floor for weeks, whereas I would go bonkers. So the de-cluttering is mostly my effort, but for the most part he doesn't complain. I have been teaching my 5 yr old to keep only his most loved toys, and not to spend any money he gets on junk that he will not want 2 days later. He's starting to get it. Christmas was crazy this year, with 2 kids now we were gifted with 1000's of toys it seems. My mom has agreed to only get them 2 things next year, and we are doing 3-4 gifts per kid. My son knows when new toys come in he has to get rid of old ones! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-817742 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:13:22 +0000 Astrid 817742@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Raisin, sounds great! I don't have a big closet either and no armoire, and at the moment everything fits in there (besides shoes and bags). Although I'd love to have more hanging space. I can understand how that look you covet would be hard to do with young children, but I think you can still be minimal even with the chaos they add to the mix. :)<br /> I personally think minimalism is about keeping only things you use, need and/or love - not to have only a certain number of items at home. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-816774 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:47:51 +0000 Raisin 816774@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh my, I am SUCH a fan of the ultra minimalist, white, clean home look. I don't think we'll ever quite get totally there though. At least not with 2 young kids right now. But I am slowly transforming my home into a minimalist (at least to me) home. And yes it has been linked to my wardrobe very recently! I have purged out my clothing so much I actually didn't need my entire armoire anymore. All my clothes are in the closet and a few drawers in hubby's dressers. And DS needed a more grown up dresser, so we got rid of 2 kids dressers and a toy trunk, and put my armoire in DSs room, and our room is now minus one dresser! Both rooms look so much more minimal and lovely! If I had free reign from DH there are SO many things I'd get rid of.....I'm getting him there slowly:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-816667 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 22:05:47 +0000 Astrid 816667@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lyn, that's interesting. And of course it can go both ways, less or more minimalist. I remember in Deborah's post she talked about how her style and home decor were linked, so she for example did introduce more color both in her wardrobe and her home at the same time. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-816609 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 21:02:15 +0000 Lyn D. 816609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, I never thought about this until your post!<br /> It could be true- pre YLF I didn't think much about accessories and the like- now I understand the difference they can make.<br /> When I first decorated our current home it was just the basics, now I think more about lifestyle, comfort and asthetics.<br /> I have probably gone the opposite way, less minimalist but more stylish. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-816199 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 13:10:52 +0000 Astrid 816199@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks Manidipa! I love the Scandinavian aesthetic too. Sounds like you have a good balance with your Ikea purchases. I've just had a look because I need a new mirror cabinet for the bath and the ones that weren't Ikea were just not as pretty or a least twice as expensive, so I guess it's going to be Ikea again. I agree about the sentimental clutter, that's mostly my problem area too. But I guess it's not as bad as it could be and this time some of it will have to go. I would say for myself that purging clothing is easier. If it doesn't fit me anymore, is in bad condition or I never wear it I can purge it without any discomfort. Other items that I don't need either but that I have an emotional connection to are harder to purge. But I have very few pieces of clothing I keep for sentimental reasons.</p> <p>I agree that it's sometimes better to wait a while and then buy some craftsmanship. I think I have inherited that love for well made things from my dad. My parents do have some Ikea mixed into their furniture, but these days it's mostly other stuff. Of course I remember when I was little and all our furniture was from house clearings. That was before there was an IKEA in every bigger city here in Germany. They have a few Team7 things (<a href="http://www.team7.at/en/home" rel="nofollow">http://www.team7.at/en/home</a>), that's an Austrian manufacturer. Soo expensive, but worth saving for IMO. You really see and feel the difference. </p> <p>Interesting that you feel the need to merge your styles, but not your home decor. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/home-decor-and-steps-towards-minimalism#post-816131 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:08:49 +0000 ManidipaM 816131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I love those images too, Astrid! </p> <p>And while in an Ikea-free country I don't have to worry much about mimicking a catalogue, I do love the Scandinavian aesthetic and the only real access I have to it is terms of shopping at Ikea abroad and at the odd embassy sale in the capital here Works for me!</p> <p>Not a full-on minimalist either, but I like having cleaner lines and lots of breathing room and white as foil to colour and texture. I have to say I'm better at decluttering my home than my closet. But sentimental clutter is effectively my Achilles heel in both areas. I'm trying to be better about steeling myself in both areas.</p> <p>Both my homes are modern construction though, so I lack the charming traditional details and try to bring them in through furniture and furnishings. (Pure Modern isn't me either.)</p> <p>I find I have similar variances of budget outlay and slow (too slow) stocking in both areas. Some things I do without (a desk, a sofa) because I haven't found The One --- and it *does* mean minor daily annoyances until the hole is filled. And while I mostly shop at a lower budget (another Ikea advantage), where it helps to like inexpensive local craftsmanship (handicrafts like basketry as well as vernacular textiles), I also accept that a solid bit of craftsmanship is worth the expense vs the convenience of flimsier built-ins and moulded plastics (cheap and cheerful clothing that doesn't last or fit or feel right is the equivalent) that are so common in many homes here.</p> <p>What I just realized, though, is that the somewhat different aesthetic visions I have for my two homes are ones I don't *expect* to gel, while the contrasting directions in my closet I want to bring together into some semblance of coherence. That's a key difference. I find the home decor project far more manageable in that sense. </p>