The case for empty space

Am I the only one who finds half-filled closets relaxing?

Something I’ve observed over the years is that my stuff will expand to fill the space available. I suspect I’m not alone in this.

If we were to treat our spaces like the containers they are and respect their limits at all times, this wouldn’t necessarily be a problem. (Shoutout to Dana White’s Container Concept)

However, we don’t do this. We fill our closets, drawers, and bins to their limit.

And then we add something new and our whole system breaks down because the new thing has nowhere to go. So begins a pile, or else we buy some organizing doo-dad to Tetris in more stuff.

This honestly stresses me out. What if you need to add something black? Source: The Home Edit

I’ve spent a decent amount of time in other people’s pantries over the past couple years and it’s interesting to me how people store vastly different amounts of dry goods. Sometimes it’s barely enough to fill a drawer. Other times it’s huge closetfuls (lest we forget Khloe Kardashian’s tower of cookies).

There is no “correct”…