NO MORE DIRTY SOCKS AROUND THE HOUSE.

HOME INTERIOR PLANNING

Why do people leave dirty socks around the house? And why do piles of laundry grow in the living room?  You can say that this is because of laziness. But it can also be due to poor planning. Things just don’t work. Either something is too hard to do or it doesn’t have its place or it’s too far away.

Have you ever heard of the clothing triangle?

Of course not (unless you follow me on Instagram).

How could you? I coined the term one night in December 2020. I couldn’t sleep. I had too much laundry on my mind.

However, you may have already heard of the t.i. KITCHEN TRIANGLE.

The main idea of the kitchen triangle is to design a functional kitchen layout. The kitchen triangle is defined by three main points of the kitchen – the sink, the refrigerator, and the cooktop – and the imaginary lines between them. These three elements should be close (but not too close) to one other and placed in a way that facilitates the work process, cutting down on wasted steps.

When I was thinking about what’s going on with our clothes, a similar concept was formed. But let’s first look at how our clothes circulate.

I drew something I call a CLOTHING CIRCLE, which gave me a little better idea about the clothing cycle and – wow, do you even realize how many moments gather around our clothes?!

Now let’s try to aware the clothing circle a bit.

Ok. So we have three main points with different sub-activities:

1 |   CLOTHING STORAGE

Usually scattered around the bedrooms. Do clothes really have to be in the bedrooms or near them?? Why? I’m still trying to come up with some good reason.

2 |   DRESSING

This is most often associated with washing, body care. So when changing, you need a bathroom, a wardrobe, and a laundry basket.

3 |   CLOTHING CARE

We have several different subtasks here. Try to keep them as close as possible. Because of noise, keep it away from the bedrooms. On the other hand, keep it close to living and outdoor (drying laundry on a balcony, terrace, backyard, rooftop) areas. If possible don’t place it inside the bathroom – let the bathroom be more “spa” than the working zone. And hopefully, you have enough place to dry your laundry inside on a rack, iron the clothes, and fold them. Place the clothing care zone close to wardrobes as well, so you can put the washed clothes in the closet faster.

Ok, and what now, you ask? Our goal when planning spaces should be the same as with the kitchen triangle – more efficient work and fewer unnecessary steps.

Ok, and now…

THE SCIENCE OF HANDLING LAUNDRY (which is actually terribly SIMPLE but we complicated it a bit somewhere during the evolution of our homes).

Everything that has to do with clothes (see the clothing circle again) should only happen in one part of your home in the immediate vicinity – storing, changing clothes (and thus the bathroom), and clothing care. Don’t scatter this all over the house! For ease of understanding, here is a rough overview of the concept.

Now that we know how many moments gather around the laundry, our goal when planning spaces should be the same as with the kitchen triangle – all elements from the clothing circle should be close to one other and placed in a way that facilitates the work process, cutting down on wasted steps.

My advice is, to keep the clothing circle in one part of the house. That way, you won’t even give dirty socks and piles of laundry a chance to lie around your home. Yes. That simple.

Stay curious,
BOLDURS