If the entire house is cluttered, with every surface covered, every cranny crammed, then your streamlined, simplified child’s room will not last. Some form of homeostasis among the rooms will develop—either their room will reclutter, or its simplicity will provide your inspiration for decluttering elsewhere. However it happens, the more consistent you can be in simplifying throughout the house, the more wholeheartedly your commitment will be understood and embraced.
