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"Interior Design" is like 80 percent cleaning and organization is what I'm learning. Only 20 percent is the more fun and interesting bit about "style" and color pallets.
The "design experts" do know things worth learning even if their advice can sound alien. The best advice I've learned is:
* open shelving can look messy, it's good to put things away sometimes
* think about how much furniture you have, in small spaces you may have too much.
But also this is hard! Hard but worth it.
I've never purchased a TV. But I feel like I watch so much video on my computer it doesn't count?
I used to not have a TV and not watch much of anything.
"I really dislike when people heat water in it for things like tea because it tastes like the ghost of every microwave meal you've ever cooked"
I had people argue with me about this "not if you have a clean microwave" etc. etc. I must say this happens even with my mom's microwave which is spotless always.
The water tastes wrong. It has a smell.
It is me. I am the "area man"
I like this kind of poetry.
I keep my label printer at work and it's how I manage my aggressive impulses. eg from people taking my very nice office supplies. I will label a *dry marker* (mine are refillable and someone was "borrowing" them then tossing them out! )
SUPER MARKET
I think if you like these signs you should get more of them. Lean into it. Organize the world.
The 2010s trend of having signs on the walls in your house has been getting a lot of hate but it won't go away.
I don't have strong feelings about it. Of all of the things I dislike about the first photo the sign is at the bottom of the list. It's funny. It's the only memorable thing.
What is going on in the suburbs that these signs are needed?
What are the things your phone does that you'd rather not have?
I generally love my smart phone. I love it for writing on the go (I've written most of my book on the phone) for listening to audio books, and reading books, for taking photos, for social media and texting.
Love love love it all.
unrelated: but do the raw milk people know this is what they should be doing if they wanted their ... choice to be less likely to make them sick? (you still get sick)
Tap water is "cool" if you let it run, but I like it a bit colder than that. And water tastes better after sitting in the fridge for a few days? I can't prove this and it sounds made up... maybe it's in my mind. But "unrested water" has a fizzy flavor I don't like.
We were in the no dishwasher camp until about 4 years ago when I got a countertop model and ... I LOVE IT. I love the dishwasher so much. I sometimes go in there and give it a hug as it is thrumming softy on the counter.
But this is all about laziness. I don't think it saves much time at all.
He makes a lot of rice and uses dried beans and things like that. He eats a lot of fruit and keeps it in a bowl and says it's easier to remember to eat it all before it spoils.
He's vegan so having milk and butter isn't an issue.
He is a little weird. But, I think it's interesting.
But drinking warm water? No. No. No.
I'm fascinated by people who eliminate major appliances widely considered "essential" I have a friend who lives without a fridge. I don't really get this because I like cold water and ... perishable things. But, he's made it work and I'm a little jealous.
I know several people without smart phones. (That is not happening for me.)
Have you found joy in this way?
"All read the un-read" ?
I legit forgot they existed.
OK I forgot that people have those. Yes. If you have a microwave this is a non-starter.
But ... also consider that the microwave is easy to eliminate from your life, looks ugly, makes a depressing sound, and is hard to clean.
A nice toaster oven can do most things that a microwave can.
Titanium plates & bowls are very easy to clean, that's why they are used by people who are camping. They are lightweight and won't shatter if you drop them. They stack well and take up very little space.
Why not have that all the time?
I think I must have the soul of a dad from the 2010s but I really like the color and sheen that well used titanium will acquire. One of the joys of life.
Also if you have a small dishwasher you can fit more of them in there.
Not for those who have microwave.
The Interior Design Saga Continues!
Plates and flatware were easy. People are always getting rid of this stuff so I accumulated a collection of random plates and flatware and called it a day.
But then after a camping trip I wondered why I had to put my titanium plate away with the camping gear. Why couldn't I use it all of the time? So, that's what we did. Over the next decade I replaced all of the plates, bowls and flatware with ultralight camping versions made of titanium.