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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything single thing in the house has to have a "place." Even if it's often out and in use - it has a place. Hook for purse in closet. Place for mail (outgoing/mine/his). Baby's swing has a spot. Diaper bag has a spot. A place for everything! Stops stuff from getting overwhelming. [/quote]

What is your place for water bottles? Constantly in use, frequently wet?
What about books and magazines you are currently reading?
Bread and bananas?
masks?

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I'm the PP.
Currently in use water bottle - mine goes on the bedside table, husband's goes on his desk next to his computer. They are probably the thing most likely to not be in their place though! Ha. Never wet on the outside - probably because we just use tap water, so it's not super cold, ergo no condensation.
Magazines go on the back of the toilet. 
Book we're currently reading - our bedside tables
Bread - in the pantry
Bananas - we have one of those banana hanger things on the counter
Masks - we have a hook for them by the door[/quote]

This.  I think you are trying to be clever and imply that there are lots of things that can’t have a designated “place,” but the reality is that they can. And I will add that [b]a good tip is to designate a place similar to where they end up naturally[/b].  E.g., we have a tiny kitchen with very little counterspace or storage and we constantly had random objects ending up piled on the counters—lighter for the candles we keep on the table, thermometer to take kids’ temps before school, rubber bands from produce, etc.[b]  We had other homes for these things but they weren’t easily accessible so we kept not putting them away. [/b] I added a bin with a lid on one counter and everything goes in there.  It’s the equivalent of the “junk drawer” most people have, but there’s only 2 drawers in our whole kitchen so we didn’t have one.  Now we have a junk box, which matches the decor and is a designated home for items that were previously a source of clutter.[/quote]

I agree with this. My husband always had little things he wanted to keep handy — business cards, slips of paper with phone numbers, little parts to something he needed to fix, etc, and they always ended up on our kitchen island. I originally made a little place in a kitchen closet that I hoped he’d use, but it was too “out of sight, out of mind” for him. So I gave in and got a ceramic bowl with a cover for him to keep his little treasures in.  It’s attractive enough and it works great for him.  Organizing doesn’t work if you’re fighting the natural flow of things.  [/quote]

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