Myquillyn Smith writes about how she had so much stuff for decorating her home. She finally woke up to the fact that less is more. On the other hand, she wasn't comfortable going completely minimal. Instead she settled on a style she calls "Cozy minimalism".....enough stuff to feel cozy, but not so much you can't manage it all. I got some good ideas from the book that I'm looking forward to using when we get our own house (hopefully sometime within the year!)