• Pegboard isn't just for the garage anymore. Simple pegboard and backlighting can be used to create a dramatic and inexpensive headboard.

• Try to keep your shoe collection down to 20 pairs or less — enough to have a different pair every day for two weeks — with a couple of additional choices thrown in for good measure.

• When going through your mementos, ask yourself, "WHEN am I living?" If you have a glut of items from your past, the answer may be, "Yesterday." Release those items and the past, live in the moment and look toward a clutter-free future.

• Cut down on the space your CD and DVD collections take by consolidating them into a portable folio and losing the plastic packaging.

• If you have an eclectic art collection, think about "framing" it with box-shaped, monochromatic wall color. Your new gallery wall will function as a cohesive backdrop for displaying your artwork.