Don’t forget! A cluttered look can also come from too much furniture.
"People tend to line their walls with furniture*one piece after another,"

There’s a common belief that rooms will feel larger and be easier to use if all the furniture is pushed up against the walls, but it’s simply not true," says Denise. Float furniture away from walls, reposition it into cozy conversational groups, and place pieces so that the traffic flow in the room is obvious*in most cases, this means keeping the perimeters clear.