Comments on: Organizing inspiration from around the web

By: Mary

Mary — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:32:04 +0000

I have had that exact same picture of the office chest in my home binder for the last few years! I guess it’s my retro version of Pinterest.

By: Jonathan @ punchlifeintheface

Jonathan @ punchlifeintheface — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:40:22 +0000

I really love the office in the chest! Maybe not too practical though, if you’re wanting to use the top of the chest as a work surface.

By: Franziska

Franziska — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:12:05 +0000

You’d be surprised how many pots and pans my husband (a trained chef) can use in the preparation of a single meal on our four-burner stove

By: Mark Harrison

Mark Harrison — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 17:16:05 +0000

Maybe I’m missing something, but I don’t see any advantages to the ‘pants storage’ over putting them on wooden hangers, which:

- Have a higher storage density
- Allow me to get at any pair without disturbing the others
- Allow me to put away any pair without disturbing the others
- Let me see which pair I’m getting at a glance
- Allow me less handling between initial drying and closeting (I take from dryer, and put on hanger, which then spends a few days in the airing cupboard [1]) Moving the hanger with trousers on it from the hanging rail in the airing cupboard to the one in my dressing room is much easier than rehanging.

[1] I don’t know whether North Americans have ‘airing cupboards’ in the same way us Brits do… It’s basically a small closet that also contains the hot water storage cylinder and is thus a lot warmer than the rest of the house, used for drying clothes in cold/wet parts of Europe.

By: mab

mab — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:43:07 +0000

I have an IKEA wardrobe — where I live rooms don’t come with closets — that has a pants holder better than this: the posts stick out toward the doors and are open so you can easily pull the pants off. The whole rack also pulls out. Above it — a wooden shelf with dividers to hold scarves, belts, etc. Below — two pull-out wire mesh drawers for shoes. At the top — a pole for hanging clothes. It’s super-efficient. I store a lot of clothing in a small space and have easy access to all of it.

The under-the-stairs system made me drool with longing, too.

By: Louise D'Allura Revamp Professional Organisers Pty Ltd

Louise D'Allura Revamp Professional Organisers Pty Ltd — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:39:35 +0000

Oh my… I’m drooling over the under the stairs storage! Soo brilliant.

Thanks for sharing these Erin!

By: Karla

Karla — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:09:30 +0000

it looks like the orignal use for the tallest cabinets under the stairs was for wine

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:56:29 +0000

@Dave — I only have a personal account right now. I should put in to make an Unclutterer one. Stay tuned.

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:55:55 +0000

@Cindi — GREAT catch!

By: Cindi

Cindi — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:15:20 +0000

Just a note, if you look at the bottom picture of the stairs, you will see the one’s going down…

By: Dave Dash

Dave Dash — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:40:17 +0000

What’s your pinterest account so we can follow?

By: Erin Doland

Erin Doland — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:16:58 +0000

@Ann and @Bedalia — I think underground water supplies and earthquake risks determine if a region has basements or not. No basements in New Orleans, for example. Also, where I grew up, a lot of homes had cellars for food storage that weren’t attached to the house.

By: K

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:32:41 +0000

The pants storage looks nice at first, but I think it would be a pain in the neck to use. As best I can see, the horizontal rods are holding at least 2 pr pants each, and you’d have to lift the entire rod out to hang a pair of pants, either that, or stuff them (and thus wrinkle them) down through the slots, probably dislodging the pants on the next rod.

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:26:41 +0000

Bedalia, maybe this house is in the southern U.S. In the several decades I’ve lived in Texas, I’ve only known one person who had a basement (even though we certainly could use them), and it’s the same throughout most of the south, while everybody I know in the midwest has one.

By: Bibliovore

Bibliovore — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:43:52 +0000

Also, Erin, check out the separate rolling pants storage in this apartment — no need for built-ins!
http://www.apartmenttherapy.co.....ceh-104222