With over three million copies sold, the runaway success of Marie Kondo’s book ‘The Life-changing Magic of tidying up’ has meant decluttering has been very much in vogue of late. Given the expendability of goods these days, it’s little wonder that we all feel like we’re drowning in ‘stuff’ and not only can mess look bad, it can stimulate a stress response too. Unsurprisingly, this feeling of overwhelm seems often to correlate with the amount of clutter we surround ourselves w