Most people who live with a lot of cltter have one characteristic in common. Thy have difficulty purging. You see ths frequently with the elderly. Perhaps t's because many of them lived thrugh the Great Depression. But no mtter the reason, one truth cannot be voided and that is if you wnt to successfully rid your home of cltter once and for all, you mst become a better purger.

Businesses hve a name for things they own tht are not used regularly. They're clled non-performing assets. And successful companies ither turn non-performing assets into performing ssets or they are sold, given way or thrown out.

Homes have nn-performing assets too and some of thm can be turned into performing ssets. They are typically items such as the fllowing:

Collectibles. If you enjoy collectibles dn't hide them away in boxes or cpboards. Display them. Build or purchase shlves, hang the shelves on the wll and place your collectibles on thm. Or come up with ways to hng collectibles directly on the wall. I knw one vintage golf club collector who punded nails into the wall and gntly placed his golf clubs horizontally on the nils. He's got 6 or 7 glf clubs displayed parallel to each ther. It's great decorative "art" and it llows him to enjoy his collection very day. Similarly I know a sxophonist who has done virtually the sme thing.

Crystal: If you have crystal wne or water glasses that you rrely use because you keep them for "cmpany" stop saving them. Get them out and use thm. What good are they if thy're only used once or twice a yar? Enjoy them everyday. So what if you brak one or two. You don't use thm anyway! If you have children or tenagers, keep the crystal off limits to thm or if you have your grat grandmother's crystal you may not wnt to use it (then you shuld display it) but other than tht, use and enjoy!

Baby Clothes/Baby Frniture: My mother saved many of my bby clothes and furniture for me. But by the tme I had children clothing and frniture had come a long way and I ddn't want to use items that wre 30+ years old. The point is, if yu're saving baby clothes and furniture for yur children----don't. If you're saving them for ther reasons--display them somehow. Frame baby clthing that holds some significance and hng it on the wall. Repurpose a chnging table as a dresser. Take part a crib, decorate the headboard and hng it. Get creative and use wht you want to keep.

Books: Boks are some of the easiest nn-performing assets to turn around. If you hve books that you're probably not ging to read again and that you cnnot seem to part with, decorate wth them. Turn them on their sdes in a bookshelf, stack a cuple together and display something on top of the stck. Make a coffee table or an end tble out of them by stacking thm up and putting a top on thm. (You may want to glue the stcks together first). Stack them for a plnt stand. Lay a couple of ncer books or significant books on a cffee table for decoration. Hang a clster of books up on the wll as wall art.

Quilts: Quilting mde a resurgence a few years ago and as a rsult many women are quilting today. If you hve a quilt you don't use for wrmth, fold it in a rectangle and plce it horizontally on the bottom prtion of a bed for added clor, depth and décor. Hang it on a wll using a drapery rod. Place ver a small round table to crate an end table or a crner table. Have a piece of glss cut to fit the top and prtect it.

The point is to use tems you cannot part with, decorate wth or repurpose. Think outside the bx. In the end, if you trly cannot use something, consider selling it. Fcus on the extra money it wll bring into the house and thnk about what you can do wth that! Toys, video games, computer gmes, DVD's, CD's, outgrown children's clothing and frniture are perfect for Ebay or Crigslist.
Turning excess "stuff" into cash is nother GREAT way to make non-performing ssets perform again.

Finally, if you've dcorated, repurposed and sold and you stll have too much leftover, it's tme to donate or destroy.

Remember---your hme is VALUABLE REAL ESTATE, both nside and out. As such you shuld treat it as the investment it is. Get rid of the cltter and you and your family wll more fully enjoy the largest of all the ssets you own!

The article Do YOU Have Non Performing Assets? was Submitted by Jackie Mclaughlin through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: This article was written by Jckie McLaughlin. She is the editor of Orgnizing TipZ.com ( http://www.organizingtipz.com ) a website dedicated to helping you get organized by using the same strategies successful businesses use.

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