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It's the season to Declutter

Written by Melonie Clarke

‘Tis the season for spring cleaning, so professional declutterer (yes, they do exist) Vicky Silverthorn is here to give her top tips for simplifying your life…..

Streamline Your Home

Written by Closer Online

In this interview with Closer, Vicky tells us how we can streamline our homes!

My name is Mariella, and I am a hoarder.

Written by Mariella Frostrup

Mariella Frostrup declutters her life with the help of Vicky Silverthorn.

How I Make It Work

Written by Francesca Hornak

Vicky talks with The Sunday Times Style magazine.

Another Fine Mess: Spring is the season to clear out the clutter....

Written by Ruby Millington

Tips to Decluttering Your Home: Decluttering for under £20

Written by Closer Online Magazine

Vicky Silverthorn talks with Closer Magazine online and gives her tips to decluttering your home for under £20.

Why are we so bad at being tidy?

Written by Claire Carponen

Vicky talks with The Times about decluttering, and also offers her top storage tips.

The Evening Standard

Written by Amira Hashish

Professional Organiser and De-Clutterer Vicky and her business features in The Evening Standard.

Interview: Vicky Silverthorn & Susie Amy

Written by Rob Driscoll

Vicky Silverthorn and Susie Amy feature in OK Magazine….

Pay Someone Else to Help You

Written by Sarah Berry

There are a lot of fantastic services out there where people will come to your home and do all the sorting, organising and setting up of systems for you, from colour co-ordinating and sorting your wardrobe to ruthlessly sorting through your collection of paperbacks, to devising storage for the lego that your children simply won’t allow you to get rid of.

Declutter your hallway

Written by Woman & Home Magazine

Expert Factor

Written by TV Times

Celebrity Clutterbuster Vicky Silverthorn is Here to Help Transform Your Home into a Calm and Clutter Free Haven

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Blog1 – How and Why…’You Need A Vicky’

Nowadays it seems to be that being ‘stressed’ is the norm. Juggling work, home and family, taking on too much, is just simply how it is. We find ourselves consulting our …

Bring Back Sunday Best!

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

I have a Parisian friend that is unashamedly fabulous. Quite simply whenever I see her she always looks amazing and is never apologetically asking if she looks over dressed or fiddling with her skirt hem nervously. I really admire her …

Don't Just De-Clutter Your Home!

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

De-clutter your computers too!

One thing that is very apparent to me when I de-clutter the lives of my clients, is that a completed job is much more likely to stay organised. That means slowly touching each part of …

De -Clutter Your Accounts

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

It is advised a lot on both TV and in many articles we read to make sure we have our finances in order by checking direct debits and standing orders coming out of our bank accounts and getting on top …

My Own Organising Nightmare

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Right, how to start this shameful Blog?

Yes – I am indeed a Professional Organiser and yes…for a living I de-clutter peoples homes and lives.

This DOES mean that I am extremely organised myself and yes it DOES …

How De-Cluttering Can Affect Your Life

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Warning: A declutter can seriously better your life

When you’ve found yourself tripping over that bag of clothes (which you’ve been meaning to ‘sort out’/ebay/give to your friends/take to charity for the last six months or more), or cant …

Hoarders - A Lesson to be Learnt

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

As an organiser and de-clutterer I am constantly on the look out for new ways of wording to my hoarding clients the importance of life and experiences in comparison to items and belongings. How the latter, when ‘abused?’ can have …

The 15 Year Hoarder

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Firstly I have had full permission to show the below photographs and will not be disclosing the real name of the client. She was very happy for me to share this information with you all and gave full copy approval. …

Behind The Chaos

Written by Emily Jenkinson

Vicky talks decluttering with The Independent

Vicky talks with The Independent Online about decluttering. Vicky also gives her top 5 decluttering tips.

Home Paperwork - Keep it simple!

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

I wanted to write a quick blog on what I believe to be the most useable and seam free way of organising your home paperwork.

Interview With Together Magazine

Written by Patricia Kelly

Vicky Silverthorn talks decluttering with Together Mag.

Inside The World Of A Celebrity Declutterer

Written by Jessica Powell

Declutterer Vicky Silverthorn speaks with Top Sante.

You Need a Vicky! (The De-Cluttering Genius)

Written by Sahsa Wilkins, Liberty London Girl

I wouldn’t be anywhere near this point if it wasn’t for the organisational genius, clear mind, aesthetic sensibility and systematic approach of Vicky Silverthorn, whose decluttering & organising company You Need a Vicky, whisked into my home in the week after I moved in.

Wise words from inspiring Women

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Sometimes it’s great just to hear wise words from inspiring women. Here are some I picked out on various subjects from the wonderful women speakers at the WIE Symposium London – 2012.

WIE Symposium - Vivienne Westwood, Doreen Lawrence, Jane Goodhall, Ruby Wax

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

The two women behind the day are Dee Poku and June Sarpong. Thankfully they decided to bring this fantastic day over from the US. This year being the first in London.

7 Tips for 7 Days

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Join in National De-Clutter Week which started today – 7th March 2012!

Do You Need A Vicky???

Written by CJ Brough

This is a serious question…Do you need a Vicky? Read this before you decide!

Interview With A Hoarder

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Sharing the story of one young lady, her story and what was involved in the days we worked together. It was far from just moving ‘stuff’ out of her space. There was way more to it than that…it’s sometimes a lot deeper.

Plastic, Boring & New?

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

I think there is a common view that storage has to come in flat packs or it has to be new and with crisp edges or indeed plastic and formal… boring even!

Storage Can Be Cool...

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

Leading on from my post on storage recently I thought I would expand and give you some fail safe tips that always work for me.

A Calm & Clutter Free Haven

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

You Need A Vicky….Celebrity Clutterbuster Vicky Silverthorn is Here to Help Transform Your Home into a Calm and Clutter Free Haven.

Clear Your Way For A Quick Sale

Written by Paul Clements

Struggling to secure a buyer for his cramped flat, Paul Clements enlists the services of a ‘clutterbuster’ .
It’s that moment in the cycle when the rush to buy and sell accelerates. Except that my flat’s already been on the market for two months, and with barely a sniff of interest. Those viewing it have all said the same thing: “It’s very nice, but isn’t it a bit small?”

Seriously You Need A Vicky

Written by Christy, American Girl in Chelsea

We are busy girls. Some of us work, some of us have kids, and some of us do both. We don’t need one more thing to think of in the morning when we are getting ready to fly out the …

How Often Do You Clean Out Your Closet

Written by Jamie Roy

Last week, I commissioned the amazing stylist Vicky Silverthorn to come over to my house and help me do one heck of a clean-out. For 14 hours straight, with only a short break for sustenance, that’s what we did.

The result was nine bags of garbage, hangers, and clothing to donate or give away to friends and family.

Keeping Life Calm

Written by Vicky Silverthorn

As I sit here on vacation in the beautiful Tulum, Mexico seeing such calm around me it emphasises to me even more why we should try in our hectic city lives to ‘keep things simple, keep things calm’.

Of course where I am now isn’t my real life, and of course this is exactly why we get away… to experience relaxation away from the norm. But it is no justification as to why life should be SO hectic back home. That some of us do not even get a minute of this feeling each week…We should.