Where is your designated Messy Zone?

[mrs.v]

Casa Query: Where Is Your Designated Messy Zone?




In an interview with Martha Stewart in a back issue of Domino, she was asked if she had a designated messy zone in her home. Her response: a decided no, sans any explanation. It's understandable that answering affirmatively might tarnish the homemaking queen bee's image, and I'm sure she has plenty of help keeping her abode spic and span. But a little mess here and there is nothing to be bashful about; it makes us all seem more human. Do you have a designated messy zone? And if so, where is it?



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[Chilly Willy]

I am very, very Monk-ish. I know, I know, even Monica Geller has her messy room, but I don't. It would kill me. Can't stand disorder.

[louiswinthorpe111]

Spare bedroom where the computer/office. It seems to be the dumping ground. Right now, there's an old dresser, which is full of stuff, a toilet (bathroom remodeling going on), an ugly ass vase, old dish network receiver, various bathroom items since the remodel. Also, all out papers, junk mail, etc... I try to clean the paper every couple of weeks.

[sputnik]

my bedroom. i keep the rest of the flat pretty tidy but the bedroom is another matter... there's a chair that always ends up being covered in clothes, and basically it serves as a dumping ground for stuff i don't want cluttering up the living room and kitchen.
eta: the kitchen table is another dumping ground. it's pretty big (seats about 8) so half of it is usually covered in papers and books and my laptop an serves as a de facto home office.

[twitchy]

Laundry room. It's usually covered in clothes, recycling boxes, tools, boxes of misc to be sorted, boxes that I haven't gotten around to taking to Goodwill, craft items, tack, out of season items. In a pinch everything else gets shoved in there too while the rest of the house looks great. It gets tackled when the path to the washer gets too narrow.

[Dixie Normos]

Bedroom.

I generally keep the rest of the place clean in case of visitors but the bedroom is my relaxing place, and to me, cleaning is anything but relaxing.

[Goose]

My office is usually cluttered, although I try to keep it from getting too overboard. The dining room tends to get the boxes for good will, things to go to storage, etc.

[pacific breeze]

According to my husband, every zone is a messy, mile-high clutter zone. His closets are horrendous. Things tend to get stacked up in my office, but I try in vain to organize it. MY half is neat and tidy and I go through my mounds of paper at least every couple of months. Hubby's half is a marvel of messiness.

[Grimmlok]

My room is a disaster zone.. dishes, laundry (clean and dity in their respective hampers.. like i put any of it away) oh the chair, floor, behind the bed, under the bed.. you name it.. cd's, dvd's, books, random stuff.. mostly encrusted with filth of some kind...

the rest of the apartment is pretty clean..it's a public area

[A*O]

Kids' bedrooms - I just shut the doors now so I don't have to look.

I am about to have a major de-clutter using my 2 Year Rule. Anything we haven't worn, used, needed, read, watched, listened to, remembered we even had in the last 2 years goes OUT. It's very cathartic.

[DitaPage*]

Kids' bedrooms - I just shut the doors now so I don't have to look

Haha thats what I do when I walk past my brothers bedrooms. The rest of the house is spotless and their rooms just ruin the pleasant mood I'm in when the house is tidy.

I can't stand unswept floors, dirty dishes have to go straight into the dishwasher, and I hate it when clothes are lying around. Oh, and the bathroom is a disaster zone - who knew looking at towels could be so annoying? I also cant stand clutter, or bits of paper everywhere.

[msdeb]

my computer desk. everything in the free world lands here. i have to clean it once a week (and thats because hub makes me)

[misskris]

Usually I'm decently tidy but lately my small walk-in closet has been suffering. I have been closing the door on the mess, but I am going to try to fix the situation this weekend.

[NicoleWasHere]

The entire house is the messy zone! Mostly the basement and garage, though... I still can't believe how much shit we have smashed in there that we haven't even unpacked yet.

[KandyKorn]

I have an extra bedroom that is lovingly referred to as 'The Crap Room'. Mostly full of workout equipment and out of season clothing. It's pretty clean right now since I had to clean it up before the relatives arrived. I give it a month before it goes back to looking like 'The Crap Room'.