Peter Walsh has a new program on the Oprah TV Network (on cable). I don't know the name of it. I am not a big fan of Peter Walsh...... HOWEVER....... this new show is MUCH MORE HELPFUL!!!!!!
The old shows, with Peter Walsh, had huge crews doing most of the work.... for the happy family.
This show.... still relies on big crews. HOWEVER.... the "family" does important work in this series.
The family picks some cluttered, really BAD rooms..... and the huge crew empties everything outside onto tables.
Then... Peter Walsh gives the family "deadlines" for decluttering. (For example.... "You need to get rid of 85% of the stuff from this room... to meet your goal..... of a "relaxing master bedroom". You have two hours... to get what you will keep into FOUR bins." Much complaining from the family..... but Peter Walsh "forces" them to seriously declutter. (Note: this is a "real life" process which will take US..... a very long time. But.... Peter's show "compresses" this very long time..... into one program. VERY informative!)
Then... everything of the stuff left over... gets loaded up by the big crew..... and taken away.
The "family" gets sent to a hotel to rest. Peter and his big crew..... paint the room.... bring in the "15% of the stuff".... which has been kept.... and add some more lamps, new linens, decorative pieces, etc....... and create beautiful rooms..... which DO fit the family's "goals" for their rooms. For example.... a room stuffed to the ceiling with "stuff".... and the family wants a "relaxing master bedroom". In this one program..... Peter FORCES the family to get rid of 85% of the stuff.... then takes their basic furniture... and adds wonderful painting/decorating.... while the family goes to a hotel to rest. At the end of the program.... WE (the viewers)... AND the family.... see what can ACTUALLY BE DONE.... by getting rid of TOO MUCH STUFF!!!
Peter Walsh begins each show by saying "200 million Americans live with TOO MUCH STUFF.... which is choking them and ruining their happiness and peace!" 200 million Americans is a HUGE number! Since..... there are about 310 million people in America!
I don't know where Peter Walsh got this number..... or what it means...... EXCEPT that MOST of us Americans have TOO MUCH STUFF! It is kind of comforting....... as long as we DO begin to declutter! I mean..... it is kind of comforting to know that there are LOTS of us who have "too much stuff"..... so we do NOT have to beat ourselves up! We just need to begin to get rid of the extra stuff!
o East Coast Time in the USA. You can look up the Oprh network "OWN" on the net. Sometimes.... entire programs are on the web.