tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post8167097899836685538..comments2023-08-17T21:16:22.761+10:00Comments on Life In A Pink Fibro: Left on the shelfallison taithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00762529258195877400noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-51400137956950388822011-04-29T23:59:17.083+10:002011-04-29T23:59:17.083+10:00Aaaah, the hot spot. I have one in my kitchen. It&...Aaaah, the hot spot. I have one in my kitchen. It's called my dining room table. No, not the kitchen benches, just the WHOLE table.<br /><br />And then there's my desk in the study. Oh, that's a beauty.<br /><br />And then there's...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09345662692259541964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-87260533979192403732011-04-28T15:44:41.074+10:002011-04-28T15:44:41.074+10:00Your shelf sounds like the top of my microwave! Al...Your shelf sounds like the top of my microwave! Although no fruit, that is it's own bowl of junk on the opposite corner of the kitchen. Actually, most of my house is cluttered, which is a lifestyle choice I embrace. Not everyone loves cold hard minimilism!<br />xMrs BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281463357359416086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-5089487714989120072011-04-28T13:26:05.047+10:002011-04-28T13:26:05.047+10:00But of course... and a drawer, and a basket and mo...But of course... and a drawer, and a basket and most of the pantry. Where does all that STUFF come from!?!? xMaxabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15761220164069379437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-52476560657288852102011-04-27T20:12:29.854+10:002011-04-27T20:12:29.854+10:00Let's just say I had a wall built to block suc...Let's just say I had a wall built to block such a shelf from view of the front door because clearly building a wall is easier than getting rid of said crap. Now there is a new wall, with a new cabinet that is also a crap repository! The kitchen (is also the laundry) so there are a few choice locations for all those oh-so-necessary items such as odd socks, lunch box lids, batteries, stale crackers and stuff that is found in the washing machine. There is no way around it, I can't build any more walls so I really must get rid of some of it... eventually.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529154364164121598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-56392574412524292412011-04-27T19:31:52.502+10:002011-04-27T19:31:52.502+10:00I dream of such a shelf...our kitchen table, and o...I dream of such a shelf...our kitchen table, and our entry table and the spare room bed act as the shelf,oh and my desk. I have been tryig hard to make rules about reducing 'drop spaces'....and failing miserably. Our house will never be of the walked off the pages of a magazine variety, and such a shelf, should we ever have one, will never make the pages of Decor8. I'm embracing a balance of clutter free decks' and over cluttered decks. I think it is the only way to survive the daily detritus, and embrace it all at once.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17302990839186249103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-23095309998184806342011-04-27T16:42:40.593+10:002011-04-27T16:42:40.593+10:00My kitchen barely has bench space, there's no ...My kitchen barely has bench space, there's no room for a shelf.<br /><br />Why not use those funky canisters? Roll up the artworks and store them in the tallest one, fill the middle sized one with pens, pencils, textas and scissors, (to continue the art theme), use the littlest one for bits and bobs, or for keys. This frees up shelf space, for that uncluttered designer look. The concept still works even if all canisters are the same size.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-21183933431692976962011-04-27T11:23:52.406+10:002011-04-27T11:23:52.406+10:00^^ Shauna. Not Michael.He has his own computer so ...^^ Shauna. Not Michael.He has his own computer so why must he pollute mine.Shaunanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-81661441330542044292011-04-27T11:22:55.107+10:002011-04-27T11:22:55.107+10:00I have a section of bench that has a pile of adorn...I have a section of bench that has a pile of adornment the size of a small child. Its just how it is.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16565182199285886701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-92008341585165650082011-04-27T10:46:18.974+10:002011-04-27T10:46:18.974+10:00Every flat (or moderately flat) surface really, bu...Every flat (or moderately flat) surface really, but the favourite is "in front of the microwave". As in, "Where do you want this?" "Um...Just put it in front of the microwave." "Where's my iPod?" "Have you looked in front of the microwave?" Which, of course, creates a whole new set of challenges in the event that anybody actually wants to USE the microwave.tinsenpuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955496156384131307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-1501342780230589822011-04-27T10:12:15.154+10:002011-04-27T10:12:15.154+10:00There just might be! In our house we are now selli...There just might be! In our house we are now selling the breakfast bar bench was never once used for breakfast. It was cleared of layers of crapola for every bday party or other emergency situation. It is now pristine, clear, perfect. Because we are selling the house and no longer there. <br />Michelemamabookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543258551991778888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-67952857410475555522011-04-27T09:43:49.734+10:002011-04-27T09:43:49.734+10:00I have many of these shelves...and drawers too...
...I have many of these shelves...and drawers too...<br /><br />And our fruit bowl never looks like the ones in magazines, a typical day in the life of our fruit bowl is 1 avocado, 1 banana and 12 apples (and each apple always seems to have one little bite mark in it!)<br /><br />Gill xoInkPaperPenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595595934607152505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-38620339071684799952011-04-27T09:14:53.979+10:002011-04-27T09:14:53.979+10:00I love this post. My husband refers to the 'st...I love this post. My husband refers to the 'stuff' which accumulates on our 'shelf' ie every flat surface available in the kitchen as my 'piles' ( I have a pile for this and a pile for that) but I know exactly what is in every pile, so when anyone asks where something is, I can immediately reply, 'Oh its over there in THAT pile!'. Whenever I need to tidy up for visitors I put my 'piles' into bages. So now behind my desk are piles of bags. One day I might sort through it all and find something interesting! I think it might be called hoarding?Sharn Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322295467277564960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-23606651840218089842011-04-27T09:11:55.565+10:002011-04-27T09:11:55.565+10:00The sideboard gets it all. I neatly arrange it wit...The sideboard gets it all. I neatly arrange it with fruit bowl and vases and little 'adornments' then the boys claim an end for their stuff, the bills come in and I don't want to forget them so they get shoved on a plate..then bits and pieces accumulate. The birthday cards are still there from February, the glass do da that was a birthday present..and I don't know where to put it permanently..it's there too! I give up...'til my next minimalist frenzy.Naturally Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15999271127735997770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-80519793172478362172011-04-27T08:36:47.138+10:002011-04-27T08:36:47.138+10:00Yes, well technically it's not a shelf, it'...Yes, well technically it's not a shelf, it's a microwave but it has a habit of becoming a rather messy storage facility until such time as a visitor arrives and I sweep it off into my 'junk basket' which is relocated to the depths of the study and forgotten about...Suzi - Under The Windmillshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05837824105735439845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-27650319922814286102011-04-27T08:17:01.124+10:002011-04-27T08:17:01.124+10:00every surface of my home is a crap magnet. When cl...every surface of my home is a crap magnet. When clearing one surface the crap gets moved to another surface. Sometimes when I clean the kitchen bench I see our life in layers - like geologically, but without the fossils. hopefully.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17396378364156813235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-88421720561738006402011-04-27T07:58:16.395+10:002011-04-27T07:58:16.395+10:00MY whole kitchen is like that. Actually, my whole ...MY whole kitchen is like that. Actually, my whole house is the same. I do try to tidy up and get rid of things but all I end up doing is moving them to another place. This works for a while as you can clear one room and kid yourself that you are a dazzling housewife until you go into another room and realise you are the hopeless slob you've always been!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399592959011746287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-86428032780224934212011-04-27T07:42:28.698+10:002011-04-27T07:42:28.698+10:00Sadly my kitchen is too small for even a mini shel...Sadly my kitchen is too small for even a mini shelf. I do however have the top of the refrigerator. I did enjoy this peak at real life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11754200681021301348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-56868682956807494032011-04-27T07:33:59.971+10:002011-04-27T07:33:59.971+10:00Yes! It's too easy to put things up there, bu...Yes! It's too easy to put things up there, but its too high for me to reach to de-clutter easily. So many invitations to parties past!Daisy, Roo and Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532745692260007030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-34121617761980093532011-04-27T07:11:09.328+10:002011-04-27T07:11:09.328+10:00I do not have such a shelf. I have a corner cupboa...I do not have such a shelf. I have a corner cupboard. So I hide all the crap. But the crap is there...and the cupboard is deep...Diminishing Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02072304081006798910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-78634253387180928112011-04-27T06:51:30.987+10:002011-04-27T06:51:30.987+10:00Ah, I think that shelf is called "the entire ...Ah, I think that shelf is called "the entire counter" at my house. <br /><br />;)thesinglegirlfriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13681615649950408044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-76797662127113825982011-04-27T05:54:44.002+10:002011-04-27T05:54:44.002+10:00No, I don't have the shelf but I do have drawe...No, I don't have the shelf but I do have drawers and cupboards. Several of them. Full to the brim with...crap! I'm going through everything this week, actually. I hate making mess to create order. I am queen of keeping things neat and clean and tidy but I hate sorting through stuff and causing chaos to get order. So if a mess does arise I really don't cope and avoid and quickly shut the drawer or door in hope it will all dissappear, real quick;) This week has been a BIG challenge but I'm getting through it. I'm yet to get to those drawers (Lewi's room seems to be taking up ALOT of my time!!!) but they are on the list.<br />When everything has a home, then there's no need for shoving. That's my mantra this week.<br />Thanks for this post, Allison. Perfect to read mid-week when I'm wavering and not wanting to face more sorting and throwing.http://featherandnestki.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-61792297845242380072011-04-27T05:42:37.749+10:002011-04-27T05:42:37.749+10:00No - I don't have that shelf. I have my Orla K...No - I don't have that shelf. I have my Orla Kiely mugs arranged just so and some limes. And some Jamie Oliver coffee. <br /><br /><br /><br />Of course I do - but it's all shoved in a drawer!alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338687691871813019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-30632022038487429402011-04-27T05:08:17.432+10:002011-04-27T05:08:17.432+10:00Oh yeah, have had the shelf thing happening for ye...Oh yeah, have had the shelf thing happening for years so now there is a very pretty basket at the front door where everything is deposited. It gets cleaned out once a week. I must admit though, my inbox on my desk... which is very near the kitchen, is now taking over 'shelf duties'. Hmmm. A-M xxThe House That A-M Builthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17870752194541203656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-54875047058207609802011-04-27T03:10:58.996+10:002011-04-27T03:10:58.996+10:00Yep! The first surface you come to in the kitchen...Yep! The first surface you come to in the kitchen. It is where everyone drops their "stuff" the minute they walk in. That counter is my nemesis. ;)Cheers!https://www.blogger.com/profile/00892959274587564278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495198733430494988.post-89216282117790372112011-04-27T01:00:47.260+10:002011-04-27T01:00:47.260+10:00Oh in the kitchen and the bathroom. Random collect...Oh in the kitchen and the bathroom. Random collections that fit the fancy of me or my roommates for the day/week/month then it gets cleaned and the new interested make their way on it.. <br />Now the drawer in my room is completely filled to the brim of "important" things from awesome pens to cards to never-ending to-do lists and everywhere in-between.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123985650251876023noreply@blogger.com