I write Everyday Nesting from a rented apartment I have rearranged more times than I will admit. Everything here got lived with for a few weeks first, and I keep the attempts that failed in the piece, because that is usually the useful part.
I arranged my open kitchen shelves for how they looked in photos, then spent a month bumping stacks of plates trying to reach a mug behind them. Here is how I rearranged by how often I actually use things.
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