Organizing devices are actually clutter

Buying more stuff just leads to...having more stuff.

Welcome to those just joining us from Culture Study! I’m so happy you’re here. As you get settled in, you can learn more about what to expect from Your House Machine here.

Here is a proposal that might upset you: Respect the amount of storage space your home offers you. Stop trying to add more space with extra bookshelves, dressers, side tables, and organizing do-dads. Your closets and cabinets are what they are, let us live in their reality.

Oh, the clutter you’ll store! (source)

I realize this may be controversial (and rich) coming from someone who lives in a multi-bedroom detached home. But hear me out.

No matter how big or small, your home has finite space available. We’ve all taken trips where we experience the thrill of living out of a suitcase, realizing that we don’t actually need 98% of what we have in our house.

Yet at home we fall under the spell of our stuff. We buy a second dresser to hold our partner’s clothes because there simply isn’t space in the first dresser. We notic…