Making your favorite activities more fun, Tamtam Series 07
The Complete Guide to Storage and Organization from a Veteran Space Consultant

Discovering the world I love! The seventh book in the "Tamtam" series, which tells the stories of people who go beyond simply enjoying (耽) their favorite subjects, to actively delve into them, explore (探), and share their experiences, has been published.
In the Tamtam series, professional creators from various fields, including companion plants, YouTube, Pilates, resin art, wine, and zero waste, share the charm of their favorite things with beginner hobbyists. They discover and introduce all the hobbies in the world that will enrich the readers' daily lives.


"If you want to change your life, start by organizing your drawers" is a book by Eunyoung Lee, an organizing expert with 10 years of experience, who shares all the organizing systems and know-how she has accumulated over the years to help many people who struggle with organizing their own spaces.
It covers everything from how to find out your organizing tendencies, how to organize your living space for yourself, how to create an organizing system, and practical organizing know-how.
It will be helpful to those who suffer from poor organization no matter how hard they try.

How can we solve this problem by organizing? After three years of research, from the moment we wake up until the moment we go to sleep, I began to see that organizing shouldn't be a priority.
Until then, I, as a consulting expert, had never thought that I should learn about the lives that space users wanted.
Ultimately, organizing storage begins with determining what the users of the space need.
You need to know what you want to do with your life and what you need to accomplish to be able to use your space accordingly.
---p.5 From "Prologue: Why are we organizing?"

All things have a time of necessity and a time of disappearance according to the family's development cycle.
Items that have passed their expiration date and become useless will never be used again.
This kind of stuff needs to be thrown out.
What makes this process smooth is the organizing system.
(Omitted) In the organization system, disposal is ultimately ‘leaving behind necessary items.’
If you think of it as a process of selecting and keeping items that fit the family development cycle, disposal becomes easier.
---p.18 From “Re-establishing the Fundamentals of Storage: Organizing Systems”

The fact is that the world is changing in the direction of functions enjoyed in various spaces gradually entering residential spaces.
Let me give you some examples.
When working from home, your home functions as an office space, and when watching online lectures, it functions as a school.
Since many hobbies are done online at home, it also becomes a space for hobbies.
The role of residential space is becoming increasingly diverse.
---p.46 From “Editing Spaces to Suit Users and Roles”

If you store your clothes by season, you will inevitably end up with different types of clothes mixed together each season.
This storage method causes our brain to become 'repetition blind'.
Repetition blindness is a phenomenon in which the brain perceives similar visual images as one large, faint shape when presented with similar images.
No matter how many clothes you have, if they are all mixed together they all look like one thing, so it looks like there are no clothes to wear.
---p.61 From “Why Do I Always Have Nothing to Wear?”

Since miscellaneous goods have various uses, it is important to decide on a standard for storing them.
When setting standards, think about when and where you will use this item.
It is convenient to decide based on whether it is used within the living space or taken outside the house.
Every object has a use.
There will also be items that are used together when writing.
Ultimately, when and where you use something is what determines its place.
---p.116 From “Complete Organization Begins with Balcony Clutter”

While other spaces should vary depending on the family's developmental stage and the characteristics of its members, the kitchen is an exception.
Because the flow of Korean food culture is almost the same.
Yet, among the many homes I've visited, it's surprisingly rare to find a kitchen where the worktops are kept in order.
Why is that?
---p.132 From “There is an order to kitchen work”

To avoid losing the purpose of every space, you need to choose your furniture carefully, not just think about the present.
Considering the changing family development cycles ahead, it's not a difficult choice.
Whether it's groceries, hobby items, or seasonal items, these are the items our family needs.
We need to build a home so that we can use it conveniently and put it back in its place when needed.
---p.189 From “It’s an extended apartment, so there’s no storage space on the balcony?”

These days, more and more people are requesting consulting services even though they are not short on space or have too many things.
For me, space optimization isn't about having too much or too little stuff.
What matters is the people the space contains.
Organizing consulting is complete when you have the space and convenience to do what you want to do.

---p.191 From "Practical Organization Consulting Before and After"