Zora posted this on another thread, I think it's worthy of it's own one! though I think it's more probably more appropriate to hoarders than unclutters.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2007/04/02/bedroom_clutter
I'd put myself between 1 and 2, they have missed out the piles on surfaces but a clear floor shot!
Yeah, I'm between 1 and 2 too. I have piles on the chair, top of the dresser etc but no rubbish on the floor.
Puts it in perspective!!
Yeah, I'm between 1 and 2 too. I have piles on the chair, top of the dresser etc but no rubbish on the floor.
Puts it in perspective!!
I have to add that my FiL's house was a 6 in most rooms but a 9 in the cellar. Not much fun for us to sift through after he died last October.
I'm a 1. I've always liked my stuff(no matter how much)neatly put away. Dh is also quite tidy, which has been helpful over the years. I fidget if there is bunches of stuff out and about.
Netleigh: My thoughts exactly! There is a LOT of play between a perfectly pristine environment (1) and junk piled up on the floor (2). I saw these pix as reflecting more of a MESSY scale than a CLUTTER scale. It's conceivable that the 1 is actually cluttered, if the stuff in the room is not needed, used or loved; the 3 or 4 could actually be uncluttered in a sense if all of the stuff piled around was needed and loved but just out of place.
So, using this scale, I would place myself as somewhere between a 1 and 2. In reality, on a scale of 1-10, I would probably estimate I would have started as a 5 (fairly average amount of clutter for an American, but almost all of it neatly stowed away out of sight) to probably a three, aiming just a little higher.
Used to be a 3 (with a LOT more furniture in the room though), am now a 1.3. :o)
LOL, i think i am 0,5 :)
I would put myself at a 1 about 50% of the time, and between a 1 & 2 the rest of the time. Clutter makes me stressed so I try and tidy as I go but it's certainly not always perfect.
Wow, I feel a lot better about myself now. I've got living room, adult bedrooms, kitchen and bathrooms down to a 1 most of the time now :) DS's room is 2 as a rule, and DD's room and the playroom more like 3. Getting there though.
I am a number 1, actually a .75 most of the time at the moment but that is mostly because I just moved from a 600 sqft apartment to a 1020 sq. ft. apartment. I will probably settle at about a 1.5 once my fiance moves in.
I'd say a 1.5. There seems to be a big difference between a 1 and 2 to me.
0.5? We don't have storage under the bed or books or anything in the bedroom. Just a bed, a nightstand, a lamp and a hamper (and the closet behind a door).
I think those pictures would look a lot different if the items were stored in additional furniture and piled up storage boxes
1 is what my bedroom looks like when I clean it, and 2 is what it looks like when I havn't cleaned it for a week (which I admit happens from time to time). I don't have enough stuff to make it any worse, which is good, considering my cleaning habits lol.
Ginger: That is another great thing about getting to a good uncluttered point, even if you don't clean the maximum amount of mess than can be created is substantially lower.
I'm a 1 most of the time, except for some errant cat toys. On busy days, I'm around a 1.5 -- usually small piles develop on surfaces, but the floor always stays clear.
I love the way more chairs keep coming into the room. Like they are seeking their herd. ... Definitely no more than a 1.5 in my house, except the home office. I do not count transitory clutter, like tools left out for an ongoing but short-term project!
posted on the other thread, didn't see this one. I am probably between 1 and 1.5! Nothing on the floor, that is a given, and a 2" stack of today's work files beside me on the desk. Coffee cup and hand lotion and basket of rocks and sea glass on the desk too. I can live with that.
My home office - 1. Most of the house? The second picture, but with a lot more stuff stacked up and not so much garbage on the floor.
most of my house is .5, my desk surface looks like a 1 but my spare room is more of a 2.
I agree it strikes me more of a messy scale than a clutter scale tho.
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