A boy cleans up his messy room to try to find his baseball mitt.

Ever since Einstein's study of Brownian Motion, scientists have understood that a little disorder can actually make systems more effective. But most people still shun disorder-or suffer guilt over the mess they can't avoid. No longer! With a spectacular array of true stories and case studies of the hidden benefits of mess, A Perfect Mess overturns the accepted wisdom that tight schedules, organization, neatness, and consistency are the keys...

It seems as though not a day goes by that we don't think about money. We cut back on spending. We chase a bargain. We try to save more. We strive to use less credit. We worry about funding our retirement and our children's education. Yet we continue to spend money on things that don't matter. The author knows that money and debt can overwhelm your life even faster than clutter, and he has a plan to help deal with that emotional and financial chaos....

"Tidying expert Marie Kondo's follow-up to her best-selling book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, is an illustrated master manual on her renowned KonMari Method with item-specific guidance and step-by-step folding illustrations"--Provided by publisher.

The townspeople in St. Clere, Kansas, are sure it will never work out when the neat and orderly spinster, Minnie McGranahan, takes her nine orphaned nieces and nephews into her home in 1920.

"The New York Times bestselling authors of The Home Edit show you how to contain the chaos and organize every aspect of your life, including hobbies and activities, work and office spaces, luggage and travel, and so much more"--

A space-clearing expert offers 365 lessons, organized into weekly themes, on letting go of unwanted things and messy habits as a path to stress relief and self-discovery.

Hammersley provides innovative storage ideas and cleaning tips to help you effectively and attractively organize your home. She shows you how to purge, sort, and store using systems that will improve and revitalize any living space.

When you think of what it will take to clean your house, are you so overwhelmed you throw up your hands and cry, "It's all too much"? Is your basement filled with boxes of precious family mementos you haven't opened in ten years but are too afraid to toss? If somewhere along the way you've simply lost the ability to keep your home organized and clutter-free, then this is the solution you've been searching for. Organizational guru Walsh shares his...