TromboneAl
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Clutter happens because we put something down on the table because it's not convenient to put where it belongs. Yes, in part it's laziness, but also sometimes you are busy with something, and it would be inefficient to take the time to put the thing in its place.
Here (oh, this is embarrassing) are pictures of our two clutter piles (not posed):
One solution is to periodically (every morning) make a point of putting those things away.
The problem is that in the meantime, those things are on display. That is, the storage location is highly visible. It's a display location. So, I've thought that if the temporary dumping ground were out of sight, the house would look less cluttered.
I've implemented that idea with drawers and enclosed side tables
But here's the problem: Once the stuff is out of sight, it never gets put away.
We're going to get something for our front hall (I moved my desk), and I'm wondering if there's something that might help. Maybe a chest of drawers (this for upstairs, this for to the garage), and a rule that every week they must be emptied.
Any ideas?
Here (oh, this is embarrassing) are pictures of our two clutter piles (not posed):
One solution is to periodically (every morning) make a point of putting those things away.
The problem is that in the meantime, those things are on display. That is, the storage location is highly visible. It's a display location. So, I've thought that if the temporary dumping ground were out of sight, the house would look less cluttered.
I've implemented that idea with drawers and enclosed side tables
But here's the problem: Once the stuff is out of sight, it never gets put away.
We're going to get something for our front hall (I moved my desk), and I'm wondering if there's something that might help. Maybe a chest of drawers (this for upstairs, this for to the garage), and a rule that every week they must be emptied.
Any ideas?