Organization
Everyone is mad about organizing right now. Editorial Director Joanna Saltz chats with four designers about finding solutions that actually improve your quality of life (and your mood).
Joanna Saltz: I have a theory that in times of chaos, people crave neatness, and that’s why we’ve gotten so into organizing lately. Have you noticed that?
Dee Murphy: Definitely. With more people at home over the past year, we all want to find a place for everything or else it just keeps adding to the chaos. So whether it’s organizing drawers and doing the Marie Kondo edit or structuring spaces with custom storage, it’s about making it not feel like an absolute mess. For me, with my kids at home and desks in the dining room, we really needed to just rein it in.
Purvi Padia: When kids aren’t out of the house as much, your home is also where they’re playing, learning, doing everything, and so there’s a lot more stuff.
Jean Stoffer: From a kitchen perspective, people are using that space more than ever and realizing they need new equipment and tools. So that means organizing all that efficiently for cooking.
Jo: Beyond the kitchen, where else are people organizing?
Purvi: Well, rooms are being used multifunctionally now. People want the living room to be an office during the day and a living room at night, but they don’t want to spend hours transforming it from one to the other.