Comments on: Organized doesn’t have to look ‘organized’

By: cara

cara — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:15:25 +0000

This makes sense that one reason to decant is to be happy in being able to measure the food… Measuring cups or access to easy measures I would see this as a sign of functional happiness.. say organization and function at happiness vs. beauty… like the beauty of is is the happiness in being able to measure the food and the food not going bad… if it looks beautiful that is also good and cool too for sure… like if coffee mugs a certain color make someone happy why not… Also where is it ok for something ot be functional and where is it really necessary to find beauty or ownership say of a space etc

By: Cara

Cara — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:12:09 +0000

In reply to Gillian. Or say rather than labels or ownership maybe also sharing clothing or things when say they can be used by more than one person like in some families there is a ny minute where a few people wear the same shoe size or etc .. sometime this can be a fun thing in fashion or other things (ok not toothbrushes) like if you can share shoes or you aren't sure whose clothing it is you just wear someone else's etc?

By: Cara

Cara — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 17:09:24 +0000

It might be fun to really show or feature someone who considers themselves happy who decants cereal…
or show what it looks like .. or maybe like a woman would like to go to a place where this is the aesthetic … like sell this as fantasy or romance or for man too? I hadn’t actually ever heard of this term -decanting cereal… Maybe also a room or some place can be a place where one has this aesthetic but say not in the mud room… and what is it for different people.. is it like a lack of clutter or tech or lack of corporate food labels or like mugs all the same color… or no tech… or flowers … be interesting to see this more by real people … what is the say aspirational aesthetic …a driveway itself is kind of an ugly thing often unless it is like stone and brick or non existent etc Also do upper-middle class kids still eat cereal.. this is kind of interesting that say some kinds of cereal are still socially acceptable say in U.S. upper middle class even though so many other foods have been banned in favor of healthier options and more variety than was available say in previous generations …

By: alyce

alyce — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:00:59 +0000

In reply to Diane. You're conflating organized and beautiful. I personally think that, to be organized (or for the organization to stick), it has to be functional. If the organized is also beautiful, that's a nice plus if you value it, but that's above and beyond just organized.

By: Katie

Katie — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:03:23 +0000

Such a great reminder.

The key is that the system works, not that it looks pretty while doing so!

By: Helena Murphy

Helena Murphy — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 19:20:14 +0000

I also decant flour, pancake mix, and brown sugar because the original containers make it tough to measure from and those items last several weeks in our house. But the containers don’t match, they’re just what we had around. Function above aestetics, always. I prefer tidy over clean, even, because, to me, tidy is functional and therefore calming to me.

By: Kersti

Kersti — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 02:01:22 +0000

I am pretty well organized and I do like things to look nice. That being said, I’ve never understood the decanting thing, except for perhaps flour, which is sold in the world’s worst container for that product.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:21:55 +0000

Couldn’t have said it better. I only have 2 kids but simplicity is my motto. Our stuff is organized by function and easy to access. I don’t want to spend mental energy or actual time making things look pretty or coordinated. It just doesn’t matter to me or anyone in my family.

By: Gillian

Gillian — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:27:04 +0000

The one thing I ascribe to on the organizational front in a big family is labels. Everyone in our family can now read well enough to put things away in the right place if there is clearly printed lab on the shelf. I find it makes it much more likely my family put things where they go. We do decant certain pantry items like Diane does because we get them at Costco and the packaging they come in is unwieldy.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:56:19 +0000

In reply to Diane. We sort of do this. We have a little mud room/laundry room off of the hallway that comes in from the garage so the shoes are in the hallway, then if ppl come over or I get sick of looking at it I throw them in the laundry room. I still hate how the shoes look, and the laundry room in general is a pain point in it’s appearance, but I guess not enough for me to do anything about it. And it is functional I guess, I know don’t ever have trouble finding what I need in there. Just looks a mess.