Storage Furniture

By contrast, the modernization of housing has furniture being built into the structure. Clothes presses have become closets, and tea chests have become kitchen cupboards. In the search for efficient storage, furniture has become unboundedly integrated with the structure in which it is housed.

However, the amount of things a person has exceeds the anticipated space on a constant basis. People has become affluent, and the amount of things people have continues to grow. Even with new homes, which are nice and uncluttered upon being completed, a lot of people buy chests and storage systems in which to store away the overflow.

Life is something that changes on a constant basis. Looking at it this way, it could also be considered that furniture built in to the structure of a home is not suited to future family changes and the changes to their way of life. Flow planning decided on at the time of construction visualizes life at the present time; at some point, this will change. If that's the case, then perhaps it's a good idea to once again separate architecture and furniture as in the homes of the past and to think of things that change and things that don't.

First, create a box that is the unchanging architecture, and into that, put the necessary furnishings. And then in tune with the growth of the family, change the room layout of the house. There's this way of thinking, too.

This variability, it can also be said, is decided on how you think about storage furniture. We believe that housing from now on will search for solutions that are a step ahead of the idea of integrating furniture and architecture.

What do you think about storage furniture?

How To Keep Things
by MUJI 無印良品

We want to live our lives cleanly and simply. While thinking this, our houses gradually come to overflow with things. And even while thinking of NOT letting them increase, we come across things that we want. How on earth can we store these things in a clean, adequate way? "Storage" is a never-ending subject.

Having only those things you use on a daily basis at hand


We'd like to introduce some knowledge for organizing things we previously saw when we conducted a "home visit".

At the home in question, things were firmly divided into "things for everyday use" and "things only used for guests or for special occasions", and were stored in different places. Since it was a family of four, there were only four of everything in the kitchen - four plates, four cups, four rice bowls and four sets of cutlery. Clothes were the same. Clothes for everyday wear were placed where they were easy to reach. Other things were labeled with the name of the person to whom they belonged and stored in a separate place. The same for kitchen utensils - pots and frying pans that were used everyday were put where they could easily be taken out. Other items were stored away in such a way that it was easy to understand what they were, even if they were stored away from the kitchen. Since there were only items out that were used everyday, there was an appropriate amount of items, and it was surprisingly simple to arrange things systematically.

At the same time, there are also things like collections that we want to display despite them not being used, or things that make up happy just by looking at them. When it comes to these kinds of things, we should just accept that they're important and display them for display's sake.

Sorting things into groups, such as "everyday things", "things that used for special occasions" and "collections" and storing them away; how do you feel about this way of thinking?

Storage that is daringly not hidden away

One idea is to store things for everyday use in an open cupboard. Storing them away in a place that has doors, you feel a sense of security knowing that they can't be seen, and you tend to even squirrel away those things that you have no use for. By not hiding things away but ordering them so that you know how they are organized at a glance makes you feel like keeping them tidy all the time. After you use something, you put it back; if you don't use it, you move it to a different place. By doing this, you come to only put things there that are constantly in circulation.



It may be a good idea to make an inventory of all the things that are in your house once. Even if you don't go so far as to throw things away, at least try sorting out which things you usually use. And then separate out the things you usually use and those that you don't and store them separately. It appears that the first step to a clean life lies here.

We've introduced knowledge for living an uncluttered life here. What kind of innovations do you take? We look forward to your opinions.

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Places to Put Things

 Places to Put Things

In a recent questionnaire carried out by the Quality Products for Everyday Life Research Center about storage, 9% of respondents answered that they were "good at arranging things".

Comparing those that answered that they were good at arranging things to the rest of the respondents, it appears that there is a difference in "places to put things".

Looking at a graph of the results of the questionnaire, many people more or less have a place to store things, while those who are good at arranging things have a place for everything. Even if you put things away neatly, they soon get jumbled up in day-to-day living. Along with the daily habit of returning things to where they were, what appears to be important is to first "decide on a set place for things", a trick that makes this possible.

How about using dividers and labeling things and fixing a position for things? One storage expert cuts open milk cartons and cuts them down so that they fit exactly inside drawers to make handmade dividers. The expert notes that even though it may be a hassle, it is particularly important that small articles be separated out and organized in such a way that you know where they are at a glance, with measures taken so that they can be returned to where they were.

Even if you think, "I must get around to organizing things", things don't go the way you plan. It is important to assimilate being well organized into your day-to-day life. Organizing things allows you to see those things that you don't need. When things go missing and we can't find them, we buy new ones, over and over. Perhaps you become aware of this. It seems that there's a limit to the number of things a person can keep tabs on. Having only the amount you yourself can keep tabs on is important.

The difference between the actions of those people good at organizing things and those that aren't is slight. But this slight difference appears to account for differences in results. Deciding on a set place to put things. Being thorough and separating out small articles. Labeling things. Returning things to where they were after use. How about incorporating these kinds of measures into your day-to-day life? It's not about making the time to tidy things up, but to incorporate it into the rhythm of your life. By doing so, perhaps your daily life will be easier.
research and written by MUJI http://muji.com