I love baskets. I love how they function both aesthetically and practically.....which is designerspeak for "they look purdy while they hold stuff."
For example, I use a bread basket to hold fruit in my refrigerator. The long shape makes much more sense than a round or square one. Yesterday, I noticed that some of those Clementines are looking soggy and need to be eaten or tossed. I didn't actually do it at the time, but it got me to looking around at some of the other basket cases around here.
Baskets on my bookshelf that hold old journals and color samples.
Baskets in my bathroom that hold feminine products.
Baskets in the laundry room, the kind that hold household items, (not laundry). These USED to be organized and are actually labeled, but have gotten a bit jumbled recently.
Baskets in my studio for paint and supplies.
A basket in my room for magaines and books.
A basket in the bathroom for the hair equipment.
The beauty of baskets is that they corral stuff into neat and decorative containers. But every now and then, you've got to weed out the junk that gets tossed in there "for now" as well as the items that are no longer needed. Otherwise they just become pretty trash cans, and that will never do.
Today's Small Thing is to take on a basket case. Find a basket or container that could use some attention, and pare the contents down to what it SHOULD be holding. Get rid of the old fruit, the holey socks, the outdated magazines....or whatever shouldn't be in there....and enjoy the aesthetic practicality of your innate sense of design.
Which basket case are you dealing with today?? (Ahem, not your family members...that will be for another day.)
Song of the Day: Basket Case, Sara Bareilles
