You're Organizing Your House Wrong!

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Came for the sarcasm, stayed for the tips.

Why did interior designers stop using bathroom mirrors with medicine cabinets behind them? It used to be so easy to see everything you had, because it was at eye level. Suddenly they decided we all want to store our stuff in drawers in the vanity instead. Drawers are very awkward to store items in bottles, because you can't see the labels. Bring back medicine cabinets!

We've lived in the same house -- with the same two hooks behind our bedroom door -- for 32 years. A few months ago, I asked my otherwise tidy husband why he didn't hang his worn (but still clean for the next day) clothes on his hook instead of draping them down his side of the dresser. Turns out in 31.5 years, he'd never considered the always-empty hook to be "his." Sometimes, a little, gentle communication is the answer.

I'm a hoarder from a long line of hoarders, but always thought, "as long as you have a place for it, you're okay." The day I realized you are forever paying for what you own changed how I thought about stuff. People don't hesitate to call out those who use storage units as wasting money, paying for stuff you already own, but the fact is you buy/rent a living space to fit what you own, continue to pay utilities on it, pay your time and effort to maintain it, pay your peace of mind to deal with the clutter, buy stuff to organize/display it, pay insurance to protect it, and so on.

“Work with what you got not with what you want to be” the wisest words I’ve heard all year

"Bonus tip: feel free to get rid of some stuff!" I love how the most important thing is said as a sarcastic aside 😂

"you like to think you're going to be this person that hangs up everything but you're not, you're just not that girl" - thank you, i needed to hear this today, ordering a clothes rack now!

"Chances are, most of what you have isn’t that attractive. Someone had to tell you" 😂😂😂 Had me laughing out loud! And yes, Nick, I have wondered why your clock is always at the same time. 😂

Craziness is renting storage units to store stuff. People have too much clutter!

Bold of you to assume I have enough cabinet space to put away the things on my counter!

Nick, I am one of those people that forgets I own something when I can't see it. I am building a home with a large pantry/storage/prep room adjacent to the kitchen. My plan is open shelves below the counters in the pantry. That way I can see what I own, still maintain a clear counter space, and it is not visible to guests or even to me most of the time. I am excited to have a kitchen that doesn't look like a resale shop of donated appliances!

As a person with ADHD, I have to be careful what I conceal, because I'll stop using it completely, and painfully often buy a new one. I sometimes think interior design is about "making homes look like nobody lives there." I respect people who can live that way, but that's just not me. I do try to make things non-cluttery, but still visible. The picture you rolled at 2:36 may as well be my own countertop.

I’ve learned the only way my house doesn’t become a chaotic mess from my adhd is absolutely working with my existing habits, and just beautifying them, usually with baskets 😂😂😂

Nightstands with generously sized drawers are your friend for those regularly used bedroom items.

For all my fellow ADD and ADHDs, a useful trick I use to keep a clean house is setting a timer every evening and doing just 10min of cleaning. Sometimes I get motivated to do more, on other days I'll do just the 10min.

"You don't have to like my clock. I don't really care." He always makes me laugh.

"I'm not particularly organized" is maybe not the declaration I want to hear from the person about to give me organizing tips. 😂 But here I am listening.😂😂😂

Hooks on the inside of the closet door and the bathroom door have saved me from dropping my clothes on the floor all my adult life. If it's not ready for the laundry, it's a hook when I'm in too much of a hurry for a hanger. Clothes don't wrinkle and they're hidden. Every couple of days I hang things back up.

"Dropped like a school bag at 4 o'clock" has stayed with me as a helpful turn of phrase. Find a place for all the things!