Real Living Australia - February 2018

The bare essentials

Paring back on the

possessions in your life

will help you discover

what’s important.

THE IKEA REPORT

Having “too much stuff ” is the single

biggest cause of STRESS in the home.

ALMOST 40 PER CENT OF

AUSTR ALIANS DESCRIBE THEIR

HOME AS MINIMALIST

26 per cent of us feel stressed because

we don’t know what to lose and what to

keep... but 30 per cent say they feel excited

when organising their things, choosing

what to keep, what to store and what

to donate or throw away*

Thinking about a life with less? You’re not alone!
Forty per cent of people consider themselves
minimalist. And it seems those who don’t are
stressed by their stuff. Ikea carried out research
that identified major points of tension in the
home – mess and clutter being the main
culprits. Here’s what the report found...

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