"ORGANIZED HOME" TOURS - Page 3

Teddie · ‎03-10-2010

@Trinity11 wrote:
Does anyone remember Don Aslett? He was the pioneer when it came to writing books on minimalist living. I remember reading "Clutter's Last Stand" and how influential his books were on how I decorated.

At one point in our lives we were moving from one state to another. I went to the library and gradually checked out every book he wrote, @Trinity11

I loved his writing style and am a big fan. I went through our entire house getting it ready for our move. When the movers came they said there wasn’t much for them to do as I had decluttered and thoroughly cleaned every inch. I may have been overly enthusiastic as I got rid of some things I really regret. For example, going through my recipe box, I threw out some handwritten recipes from my mom, thinking I would never make them. How foolish and wrong of me. If I could only undo that...

Teddie · ‎03-10-2010

We had the house we live in now built. I tried to think of all the things I wanted that I wished I’d had previously. In my bathroom I wanted plenty of storage. I also had a tall cabinet with door built on the side of the counter.

I had the electrician put an outlet in there so I could store and plug in my electric toothbrush. That took care of that! The less stuff on the counter, the better.

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

How clever of you, @Teddie , to think through all those things in advance, and have them incorporated into the house.

I love this stuff too! The videos really are fun, especially if you don't try to cram them in all at once. I tend to need time to reflect and absorb the tips that make the most sense for me...

Teddie · ‎03-10-2010

Well, I’m not quite clever enough because if you talk to anyone who has built, there are always things that aren’t the way you want them. An example: while we were figuring everything out (we had a terrible draftsman, my husband says he should have insisted our builder get someone else), husband decided to take 2 feet off the backside to cut some expense off, as he was getting nervous about that. We both regret that because that is where a bathroom with tiled shower and also my laundry room is - not in same room. Since it’s on the backside I had wanted a large laundry room, complete with a window. All of that had to be cut out. I have a small laundry room and no window. I’m sad about that but at least I don’t have to go down to the river and beat our clothes.

That’s how I feel too, @Oznell about taking it in and what I’ll probably end up doing. I’ll look forward to it!

Free2be · ‎03-10-2010

Kitchen organization interests me, I'm always trying to improve on it. I need "things" within some degree of eyesight even if within a cabinet.

I noticed in the videos the women showing their spice organization were proud they could see what they had and I thought "no", the spices way in the back were still difficult to access or see but then maybe they know what's there without looking. I also don't want to climb on a step stool to get anything except the most infrequent use items but using baskets is really smart for those top shelves.

Most recently I see I need a rack to corral the various racks that go to the pressure cookers and air fryer. Right now they are precariously stacked on a shelf, ridiculously difficult to access "the one". But then where does it then live? One problem begets another. I could use a room-size pantry.

I've been given the green light for a kitchen rehab and have no idea what to do but organization will be primary. I had so much heavy Polish Stoneware that the upper hanging cabinet was pulling away from the end wall where it was attached. I stored a lot of it under a bed. That's nuts. I thought of that when the "minimal mom" was showing how nice it looked with nothing under her bed. LOL

haddon9 · ‎03-09-2010

@Oznell I've been watching her (Dawn) a bit over the winter. Not to say that I'm a minimalist by any means but I find some of the things she does interesting and entertaining.....I might pick up a few tips too.