What It Means To ‘Hush Your House’—And Why It’s The Most Satisfying Way To Declutter
By Quincy Bulin
There are a lot of ways to declutter out there—the pile method and the discernment method are two of them, and now, everyone’s hushing their house. “It means taking everything out of a space—a whole room, or a small cupboard—and giving the space a deep clean, then putting things back with intention,” explains Barbara E. Tanaka, Strategic Home Design and Organizing Advisor at Real Estate Bees in Charlotte, North Carolina. “It’s like resetting the space so you can clearly see what you actually need and what no longer fits the ‘now’ you.”