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From shelving suggestions to unique coatracks, we found the simplest ideas to declutter your living room, home office, and more.

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Tight Space

A compact workstation is situated in a hallway dogleg to be near the phone jack and power outlet. The homeowner has created a paperless space and uses a simple computer setup to write reports, correspond via e-mail, and do spreadsheet bookkeeping.

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Office Organization

This office doubles as a home library, making great use of custom shelving units. The shelves include space for books and decorative pieces, neatly grouped boxes for loose items, and concealed storage behind simple colored plastic panels. Plus, the storage doesn't get in the way; there is an easy flow about this office.

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Cord Free

The layout of this posh home office includes a large desk, a comfortable sitting area, tons of windows, and few power outlets. Wireless equipment makes it all work. The laptop on the desk functions as the homeowners' main computer, and the printer is out of view and wireless as well.

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A Place for Files

Filing cabinets don't have to be dull. This home office includes tall, stacked, freestanding filing cabinets on either side of the desk, featuring wood that matches the desk, and whimsical pulls. Most important, the wealth of storage space offers a place for more than just files.

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Creative Racks

This entryway features abundant decorative character with antlers that double as hat racks. A brass umbrella rack and a unique piece of furniture meant for canes and hats round out the entryway storage.

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Limit the Clutter

Decide what function you would like your entryway to serve. In this entryway, an antique table holds small decorative items. There's no room to set down keys or gloves, so clutter is kept to a minimum.

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A Simple Entryway

The simplest entry halls, such as this one, provide a place to temporarily set packages down, some seating to pull off foul-weather gear, and a mirror to check the way you look before leaving the house.

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Entry Console

This entry is given a formal look with a console and mirror. The console serves merely as a place for lamps and to set down packages and mail. Its limited size means clutter can't easily accumulate.

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Abundant Storage

Making the most of a closetless entry required installing a hall tree that not only provides seating, but also abundant hidden storage. A shelf displays artsy objects and hanging pegs hold hats and jackets.

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Dual Shelving

This hutch not only provides a hallmark centerpiece for designer Myra Hoefer's kitchen, it also offers abundant exposed shelving to show off an assortment of plates, glasses, cups, and crockery while the space below conceals less attractive items.

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Box Shelf

A clean, rectangular wall-mounted box shelf provides a sleek alternative to cabinets, while abundant drawers in a breakfast bar offer copious hideaway storage for items too large for the shelf.

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Glass Cabinets

Glass-front cabinets provide great incentives for forcing you — and your family — to be organized. Any clutter or dishware put back in the wrong place will be visible. Try storing everyday dinnerware above the work surface, while hiding the clutter of pots and pans behind closed doors.

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Easy-Access Storage

Simple floor-to-ceiling shelves provide easy access to dishes, place mats, and other kitchen necessities. Loose items are kept in wicker baskets, which add texture and visual interest while keeping order.

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Wayne Cable

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Living Room Storage

Pick pieces with flexibility. The Nelson ottomans by the hearth offer storage and extra seating, and the tops turn over to become trays. From Rowe Furniture.

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Ngoc Minh Ngo

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Long-Term Storage

Seasonal items, from guest-bed linens to winter clothes, need to be rotated in and out of long-term storage. Integrate handsome hideaways for these items rather than just stuffing them in any available space.

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Frances Janisch

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Display Clothes

Clothing, towels, bed linens, and sartorial accessories can all be used as interesting graphic elements. Store attractive, colorful garments in the open, where they not only serve as design features, they'll also be more accessible.

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Carlos Domenech

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His and Hers Closet

A large built-in cabinet with open and closed shelves, racks, and plenty of drawers divides the closet into two halves, his and hers. A low bank of drawers provides a convenient place to sit while dressing.

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Francesco Lagnese

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Bath Towels

Keeping towels off the floor of the bathroom (and other rooms) means you need a place to put not only dry, clean towels, but also wet ones and those that are ready for the laundry.

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