You're Organizing Your House Wrong!

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Came for the sarcasm, stayed for the tips.

Why did interior designers stop using bathroom mirrors with medicine cabinets behind them? It used to be so easy to see everything you had, because it was at eye level. Suddenly they decided we all want to store our stuff in drawers in the vanity instead. Drawers are very awkward to store items in bottles, because you can't see the labels. Bring back medicine cabinets!

Craziness is renting storage units to store stuff. People have too much clutter!

“Work with what you got not with what you want to be” the wisest words I’ve heard all year

"Bonus tip: feel free to get rid of some stuff!" I love how the most important thing is said as a sarcastic aside 😂

We've lived in the same house -- with the same two hooks behind our bedroom door -- for 32 years. A few months ago, I asked my otherwise tidy husband why he didn't hang his worn (but still clean for the next day) clothes on his hook instead of draping them down his side of the dresser. Turns out in 31.5 years, he'd never considered the always-empty hook to be "his." Sometimes, a little, gentle communication is the answer.

"Chances are, most of what you have isn’t that attractive. Someone had to tell you" 😂😂😂 Had me laughing out loud! And yes, Nick, I have wondered why your clock is always at the same time. 😂

I'm a hoarder from a long line of hoarders, but always thought, "as long as you have a place for it, you're okay." The day I realized you are forever paying for what you own changed how I thought about stuff. People don't hesitate to call out those who use storage units as wasting money, paying for stuff you already own, but the fact is you buy/rent a living space to fit what you own, continue to pay utilities on it, pay your time and effort to maintain it, pay your peace of mind to deal with the clutter, buy stuff to organize/display it, pay insurance to protect it, and so on.

Bold of you to assume I have enough cabinet space to put away the things on my counter!

I love the new, sarcastic Nick! It seems like you’re more bold than this time last year and I LOVE your sense of humor!

I’ve learned the only way my house doesn’t become a chaotic mess from my adhd is absolutely working with my existing habits, and just beautifying them, usually with baskets 😂😂😂

Nightstands with generously sized drawers are your friend for those regularly used bedroom items.

"I'm not particularly organized" is maybe not the declaration I want to hear from the person about to give me organizing tips. 😂 But here I am listening.😂😂😂

"you like to think you're going to be this person that hangs up everything but you're not, you're just not that girl" - thank you, i needed to hear this today, ordering a clothes rack now!

Hooks on the inside of the closet door and the bathroom door have saved me from dropping my clothes on the floor all my adult life. If it's not ready for the laundry, it's a hook when I'm in too much of a hurry for a hanger. Clothes don't wrinkle and they're hidden. Every couple of days I hang things back up.

As a person with ADHD, I have to be careful what I conceal, because I'll stop using it completely, and painfully often buy a new one. I sometimes think interior design is about "making homes look like nobody lives there." I respect people who can live that way, but that's just not me. I do try to make things non-cluttery, but still visible. The picture you rolled at 2:36 may as well be my own countertop.

"Dropped like a school bag at 4 o'clock" has stayed with me as a helpful turn of phrase. Find a place for all the things!

I'm just waiting for Nick to start messing with us by changing his clock time randomly. ❤

You use the perfect amount of Canadian dry humour and sarcasm!