• less is more, more or less

My long time friend, Pam Mark Hall (composer, visual artist, designer, goof ball) sent a link to her blog. She lists her top 100 LESS&MORE comparisons. On Pam's site, look to the right and sample her music. (Hint: listen standing up, she'll make you dance.)

    Since moving into my friend Bill's large and lovely home, I am  inhabiting four rooms (den, office, master bedroom, kitchen) with my stuff. On trips to my new storage unit, the goal is to down size (again) without bringing boxes back to the house. More is tossed, more is carted off to Salvation Army, and less is saved.

    The goal is is to have less and lose more.

    Then today old pal, Tim "Duct Tape Guys" Nyberg, painter, performance artist, Mayor of Octane Street, sent a link to a video of a Hong Kong "home"where the owner/architect squeezed 24 rooms into one tiny (300 sq. ft.) apartment. (Saxman painting by T. Nyberg)

Watch the video and be inspired to make your living and working spaces more efficient, more flexible, more less.

    In the Comments section, below, share your efforts at moving, effectively, from more to less. Don't imagine a small innovation you've discovered, devised, or implemented might not be valuable to the rest of the TEA T.R.I.B.E. The more we learn from each other, the less we have to track, store, dust, maintain, and pay rent for the space in which it lives. Happy sorting and purging.

Comments

[Gene Jennings]

That is amazing - and cool! I love going to IKEA and seeing their displays of complete apartments in small spaces. Now that we are empty-nesters, we are currently trying to sort, purge, and throwaway stuff in an effort to simplify. More stuff just means more responsibility. I don't want it.

[Brock S. Henning]

Now that's efficient! I'm running a close 2nd place in efficiency with my fold-up card table and chair. Not my ideal writing space (and that darn chair is rather uncomfortable!), but until our family gets our own place, it's serving a purpose. Check it out:

http://is.gd/b5fTk

[Angie]

That is a truly amazing idea! 'Reminds me of a medical records room.

I'm not sure if this qualifies with the notion of moving from less to more, but I look for free or cheap sources for everything. For example, when the wrought iron curtain rods I wanted were too expensive, I made some using cheap aluminum conduit spray-painted flat black with drawer knobs screwed into 2" sections of dowel rods to plug the ends. Instead of $24 each, I paid $12 for the materials for all four rods.

In other words, when you're looking for "stuff" don't rely on the usual places. (And don't be afraid of the hardware aisle.)