After


the house to make it look more appealing to buyers. It sold very soon afterwards for the asking price. “That gave me the confidence


to realise I could do this,” says Clare. She now owns Clarify Interiors


based in Eynsham, Oxfordshire and she is also a member of the Association of Professional Declutterers and Organisers. Clare offers cost-effective make-


overs starting from as little as a hundred pounds which include imaginative, yet practical techniques to maximise a property’s market appeal. A lot of her work involves helping people to downsize.


“Older people moving to


smaller properties often want to hang on to things ‘for the children’ “ says Clare. “At that point we usually have


to sit down and have a frank discussion, such as ‘do the children really want this?’ and if they do, ‘well give it to them now then.’ “There is obviously a lot of


emotional attachment to things,” says Clare. “It takes an outsider to ask ‘do


you really use this? When did you last use it and do you even like it’? ”says Clare. “Sometimes you just have to be


brutally honest.” And she adds: “It’s not just


making physical space by moving out, it is letting things go and making space in your head.”


Before Inspiring life in the Cotswolds After 15


Before


in your house that you do not know to be


“


useful, or believe to be beautiful.


William Morris, founder of the Arts &Crafts Movement


”


Have nothing


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