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My wife and I are lazy. We don't store our winter clothes in the summer or our summer clothes in the winter. Our closet is just a jam-packed, year-round mashup of multi-seasonal clothing. We also love to cook, so our kitchen is full of pots and pans and widgets and gadgets. And we live in an old house that we're fixing up, so we have every tool known to man crowding the corners of our basement. We prefer our home this way. It's not dirty or messy. But we keep the things we want or need close at-hand. Still, when it's time for us to sell, we're going to have to seriously declutter before the first potential buyer walks through. Why? Because clutter makes spaces seem small. It can obstruct pathways through a room, making them feel tight and unmanageable. And clutter just adds noise for buyers, who should really only be focused on how they can make the space their own. Example: Our closet is actually a generously-sized walk-in. But we have hundreds of hangers...