Sacred Design Tips: Storage--Keep it neat

Clutter can all too easily creep into and take over any of our environments, distract and detracting from our ultimate goal of relaxation. It may be clothes scattered on the floor, books and clothes on the bed or night table or random items on the dresser. Whatever it is, clutter interferes with our physical environment, our visual field, and clutters minds by gnawing at our subconscious. Ignoring clutter isn’t the solution, as it only desensitizes and distances us from the home environment that ought open us up and nourish us.

There are easy and affordable storage solutions to help us to get the most out of our environment, as well as make our bedroom a more serene, orderly and sacred place. Rather than purchase a sterile plastic industrial laundry hamper, how about a gorgeous painted laundry trunk. Elegant wooden bookshelves can also provide a beautiful showcase for statues, knick-knacks and framed paintings and photographs that have special meaning to you.

How about a quality dresser or armoire, a piece that truly inspires, for your clothing. Or, you can personalize your present dresser, wardrobe or chest of drawers by sanding, repainting or staining it. You can make it a family weekend project. Choose colors that are in harmony with your bedroom scheme. And let your children paint special details that will forever charm you, and make them feel part of the process and the space. They will be proud that mom and dad asked them to contribute.