05/27/2025

How to Reduce Visual Clutter for a Calmer, More Functional Space

Not to be confused with just plain “mess,” visual clutter can disrupt your brain

Much is made of clutter: common sources of clutter, the effects of all that stuff on how we live our lives, the importance of reducing clutter, how to stop clutter before it starts. Then there are the seemingly endless methods, techniques and approaches to dealing with clutter — the KonMaris, the poop rule. (The what? The poop rule, please read about it here!)

If there wasn't already enough clutter content cluttering up your cluttered psyche, do you know that there are different kinds of clutter? There are, and an oft-overlooked form of clutter may be keeping you from living your best life. It is visual clutter, and it is everywhere.

What is visual clutter?

Visual clutter is “anything that disrupts the calm and intentional flow of your home,” said Molly Heartfield, the founder and CEO of Heart & Co. Home Organizing and Design. “It’s the pile of mail on the counter, or the random cords peeking out from behind furniture.”

Please select this link to read the complete article from The Washington Post.