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Decluttering the Family Room

Mission: Organization : Episode MSO-706 -- More Projects »
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This 19 x 16-foot family room has become a catchall over the years. Organizing guru Kim Pastor intends to get things sorted out and in proper working order.
Cory and Jason Myhrans' family room is flooded with racks of drying clothes, stacks of CDs and magazines, a giant organ and a ton of clutter.

Fed up with the disarray, they enlist expert organizer Kim Pastor to help them make the room a functioning entertainment area.

Pastor begins by helping the Myhrans sort through the massive piles of magazines, CDs and photos scattered throughout the room. She wants to remove the old couch and chair that take up too much space as well as the organ, which Jason admits has never been played.

Once the room is cleared, she lays out her plan to bring in harder-working furniture, create a new bar area and put a coat of warm, gold-toned paint on the walls to give the room a cozy feel. See how it turned out below.

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Before: The entertainment area consisted of crammed electronic equipment on the fireplace wall, preventing use of the fireplace altogether.
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After: Now there's a new entertainment center to the right of the fireplace that holds the television, stereo and various pieces of media.
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Before: The couch was outdated and took up far too much space.
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After: The new smaller couch brings rich color to the room and even has a matching storage ottoman.
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Before: The bar area was stuffed into a corner, making most of the bottles hard to reach.
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After: Now that the organ's gone, there is plenty of room for a new, organized bar area.
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