This week I watched a new programme on Channel 4 called Get Your House in Order. The programme is basically about hoarders, whose lives have been taken over by all their belongings. Everything that is cluttering their lives and filling their homes is then moved into a warehouse so they can see the extent of the problem and also see their houses empty of all their things. This weeks episode saw 26-year-old shopping addict Amie face up to her addiction to shopping. Amie’s beautiful Georgian cottage which she shared with her fiance was literally buried under clothes, shoes and handbags. It was actually really sad to see how much her habit had taken over their lives. They were due to get married and yet she had squandered all their money spending over £100 a week shopping! I really liked the concept of the programme, and the idea that making the person’s house look amazing will help them not to sink back into their old ways. It’s basically ‘How Clean is your House’ meets ‘Changing Rooms’! I think it’s a great mentality to sell all the stuff you don’t use anymore, give the rest to charity and spend any money you make on creating a beautiful home, […]