Does it give you creative ideas? Designers and artists often keep inspiration boards filled with anything and everything that inspires them at the moment. Even if you don't have an inspiration board, there may be things in your home you turn to for inspiration that may at first appear like clutter — huge backlogs of magazines, an extensive book collection, a cabinet of colorful pottery. Once you recognize that you use these things for inspiration, you can figure out a way to house them neatly, steering them away from the fate of being labeled "clutter."