( Oprah.com ) -- Here are some dispatches from the outer limits of clutter : . You can take it with you . Worried about leaving unwanted furniture after you die ? Fear not : Maine-based company Last Things creates bookcases that -- when the time comes -- double as coffins . Lost . Last August the body of Billie Jean James was found buried under mountains of junk in her Las Vegas home , four months after she 'd gone missing . This despite the early deployment of search dogs -- and the fact that her husband still lived in the house . Trashistan . A Netherlands-based architecture firm is proposing a habitable , floating recycled island built from plastics caught in the Pacific trash vortex -- an accumulation of debris currently estimated to be the size of Texas . Much of the trash has been broken down to microscopic size by photodegradation , while larger material regularly ensnares about 100,000 marine animals a year . The designers believe their massive habitat could not only help clean the ocean but house some of the estimated 200 million `` climate refugees '' who may be displaced by changing weather patterns in the coming decades . Oprah.com : How to get back-to-basics and live with less . Hoarders in history . Last year a stash of 52,000 coins was discovered in Somerset , England , some stamped with the face of Marcus Aurelius Carausius , a third-century A.D. Roman military leader . Turns out burying your family 's valuables -- never to retrieve them -- might once have had religious significance . Bacon was a pig . If you think your workspace is messy , you should see the late British painter Francis Bacon 's studio in London . Bacon , whose Triptych 1976 sold for $ 86 million in 2008 , reportedly could not work in tidy spaces . Old photos show every floor and table surface drowning in a sea of debris -- papers , paintbrushes , wood , clothing , Champagne boxes , and more -- leaving little room to even stand . After his death , the scene was lovingly dismantled and reconstructed in a museum in Dublin ( where it took three years to re-create the mess ) . Oprah.com : 4 reasons to live without . Humble abodes . One way to forcefully de-clutter is to move into a home the size of a parking space . The Small House Movement -- which has been featured on the Oprah show -- is thriving , according to Kent Griswold , author of tinyhouseblog.com . Griswold recommends Tumbleweed Tiny House company , whose models ( with names like `` Weebee '' ) range from 65 to 840 square feet and cost less than $ 20,000 . `` I 've traveled from Canada to Mexico with my small homes , '' writes Griswold . `` Can you do that with your current home ? '' Organize it like Beckham . One celebrity whose organizational skills are praised consistently -- by no less an authority than his wife -- is soccer star David Beckham . Victoria Beckham has revealed that Becks color-codes the contents of the fridge , vacuums the carpet in straight lines and gets upset when anyone walks on it , and has a separate bathroom because he ca n't stand her clutter . Oprah.com : Organizing guru Peter Walsh 's quicker clean-up tips .
One company creates boxes that can double as coffins . Francis Bacon 's messy house in London took two years to complete . The Small House Movement -- with spaces ranging from 65 to 840 square feet -- is emerging .