Although i don't know HGTV, it is indeed what you say "It forces to keep things to a minimum and having lesser possessions really appeals to me". Very interesting indeed, the many items we posses and the few we actually us. For years I had large volumes of possessions stored in boxes, never opened them, therefor telling me it are all possessions that I can do without. Ok, also photo's were packed up, and I do not want to get ride of them, but most of the stuff I started to sell or mostly give away to others who actually could us it. I also love the new share economy services like Peerby / PeerbyGo allowing you to share with your neighbours any item you may us only once so ofter. SnappCar allowing you to share (for a cost) your car with others. This will reduce the number of items that we will possesses dramatically. Now these services are just started and the culture of the people still need to change from owning and using, to owning and sharing, but the first steps are being made.