![]() ![]() She also reckons that odd numbers work better than even, so displaying three or five boxes looks nicer than two or four. This generally means buying them all at once, which is the off-putting part, because zinc boxes aren’t exactly a thrill-packed way to spend your wages. I once interviewed Romaine Lowery of the Clutter Clinic, who said that when buying storage boxes, it’s better to get lots the same, rather than collecting a load in different colours and shapes. It’s basically lots of Muji zinc storage boxes, each labelled ‘shoe cleaning’, ‘sewing kit’, etc. Apparently the flat she shares with her family in Paris is only 750 sq ft, which made me feel a bit better: I also nicked this idea from Ines de la Fressange’s book Parisian Chic. ![]() ![]() I know, genius, right? It’s the perfect solution, as long as you never want to retrieve them again. We solved that one by fitting shelves in the beams. The clutter clinic : organise your home in 7 days by Lowery, Romaine. But there comes a time when you want something more… durable. Our initial solution was to call out a carpenter to fit some units, say ‘How fucking much?’ when given the quote and then go and buy a load of those souped-up shoeboxes from Ikea instead. Not a heart-stopping revelation that, I know, but the thing about storage is that it’s a bastard to get right. The secret to sharing a one-bedroom flat with a man, boy and dog is storage. The clutter clinic by Romaine Lowery, 2008, Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition, in English The clutter clinic (2008 edition) Open Library It looks like youre offline. ![]()
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