Clutter is a symptom of the housing crisis

OUR fascination with interiors inspiration (in print, online and of course in the likes of social media sites like Pinterest and Instagram) is not going anywhere any time soon. It’s something that’s grown apace with the love for house makeovers and, most importantly, decluttering —and its flipside, extreme , ahem, collecting.

The latter has spawned a whole category of entertainment where television viewers peer through their fingers at subjects literally buried alive by their possessions.