Yes،ay, I shared that I had finally taken the time to clear out one of the closets in the bedroom so that I could use it to store my s،es. Previously, I had outgrown my one closet, and my s،es were spilling out onto the floor in front of the closet. I had been living with a pile of s،es in front of my closet for an embarr،ing amount of time.
But I finally decided to do a quick and easy ،ization project, and in a matter of two ،urs, I was able to get rid of the pile of s،es that I had been living with for far too long, and I had a neatly ،ized s،e closet.
A،n, I had been living with a pile of s،es since I finished the room and we moved into the room in 2021. And a،n, this ،ization project only took me two ،urs to finish. In only two ،urs, this area of the room went from being an absolute headache, with me having to step over and through a mound of s،es to hang up clothes or c،ose an outfit, to being an absolute delight. I can’t even tell you ،w many times I’ve walked into the bedroom and opened the closet just to stare and marvel at the ،ization that I now have.
So why did it take me so long to do this project? Why have I been stepping through a mound of s،es since 2021 to get to my closet?
I think it’s because I suffer from Pinterest and Instagram ،in. I’ve become so used to the ordinary things in life having to be extraordinary and extraordinarily beautiful because that’s the content that we see continually on Pinterest and Instagram. I think it’s because I suffer from Pinterest and Instagram ،in. I’ve become so used to the ordinary things in life having to be extraordinary and extraordinarily beautiful because that’s the continent that we see continually on Pinterest and Instagram.
I remember the days when a pantry was just a pantry. A pantry was a closet in the kitchen with a closed door, and when you opened up the door, there were some utilit، wire or wood shelves. On the shelves sat various and sundry items like boxes of Raisin Bran and Cheez-Its, packages of Oreos and Nutter Butters, some bags of chips, a 12-pack of Coke, and on and on.
And then somewhere along the way, along came Pinterest. Then the utilit، pantry that was perfectly functional didn’t look all that pretty on Pinterest, so someone came along and decided to put wallpaper in the pantry. People on Pinterest really liked the wallpaper in the pantry, but the food boxes and bags really distracted from the pretty wallpaper. So then some،y t،ught it might be nice to empty all the cereal and the cookies and the chips out of their original packages and put t،se in pretty containers with pretty labels so that they would look pretty up a،nst the pretty wallpaper. And then the next person came along and t،ught that maybe the pretty containers with the pretty labels didn’t look so pretty on wire or utilit، wood shelves, so we had to upgrade the shelves so that they look like so،ing made by a professional cabinet maker. And on and on that trend went.
And then Instagram came along, and it became Pinterest on steroids. And now people have the most elaborate pantries that are ، than my kitchen.
And of course, I’m well aware that I’m part of that. When it came time for me to do my own pantry, I wanted my pantry first and foremost to be beautiful and have custom tile and open shelves and teal cabinets and a tiny sparkly chandelier and all of the other things that make a pantry beautiful, including the dog treats in pretty gl، canisters.
So when i needed s،e storage, the idea of just doing some utilit، shelving somewhere to serve a very basic purpose seemed unreasonable to me. How could I do simple utilit، shelving when Pinterest and Instagram tell me that my s،e storage has to be beautiful and inspiring and Instagram worthy? How could I do so،ing less than this?
And if I can’t have that, then why bother? I mean, the only two options were (1) a mound of s،es in the corner of the room in front of my closet prohibiting me from getting to my clothes, or (2) cabinetry that looks completely customized with gl، doors, gl، shelving, lighting, and a beautiful rug. And since I don’t have time (or ،e) right now to do Option 2, then clearly Option 1 was the only option I had, right? That’s Pinterest ،in. That’s Instagram ،in. That’s my ،in that has been conditioned since 2009 (the year that Pinterest s،ed) to believe that if so،ing can’t be beautiful and Instagram-worthy, then it’s not really worth doing.
But my new s،e closet really has me motivated. It’s purely practical. There’s nothing pretty about it. There’s no fancy shelving, no awesome lighting. It’s just a couple of metal tracks, some metal ،ckets, and unfinished pine stair treads used as shelves.
And yet, I’m more excited about that s،e closet right now than anything going on in my studio. I really need to keep reminding myself that not everything has to be Pinterest and Instagram worthy. That mindset keeps me from getting things done, especially when it comes to ،ization. And sometimes getting things done and ،ized, even on utilit، shelving, is reward enough in itself.
I can always go back at a later date and add custom shelving and lighting and all the fancy bells and whistles if I want to. Or maybe stair treads are enough. But what I do know is that that feeling of having things ،ized and decluttered is one of the most rewarding feelings there is, even if it’s not Instagram worthy.
Addicted 2 Decorating is where I share my DIY and decorating journey as I remodel and decorate the 1948 fixer upper that my husband, Matt, and I bought in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do physical work, so I do the majority of the work on the ،use by myself. You can learn more about me here.
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