August 24, 2026

"When choosing colors for dirty areas, including mudrooms, try green... 'If you’re a heavy Amazon shopper and get all those [brown] Amazon boxes, green looks really good with brown.'"

I'm reading "The secret to an orderly home? 'Dirty zones.' Laundry areas, small cabinets, baskets and even hooks are the 'first line of defense' against messes creeping into the whole house" (WaPo).

18 comments:

bagoh20 said...

The first line of defense is actually the trash can. I'm amazed at how much stuff is carried into our house. Literally tons of things carried by hand every year. An amazing amount of unpaid work.

tcrosse said...

There should be a twelve-step group for heavy Amazon shoppers.

Peachy+2 said...

Hey - make the whole house a dirt zone.
Your own... personal... Dirt church.

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Peachy+2 said...

btw- you heard it HERE first.
Interiorz:
Black and white - OUT.
Dark Gray and Dark Blue - OUT.
Gray gray everything gray - OUT.

Browns and creams - IN.

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bagoh20 said...

There should be a twelve-step group for heavy Amazon shoppers.

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by Dawn A
$6.51 in paperback at Amazon - available now

Temujin said...

Your daily posts seem to often have a theme that runs through them. Today's theme seems to be the pointlessness of WaPo.

n.n said...

Gosnell would have been well advised to choose red. Green on Vulcan.

Wince said...

Not to mention disguising the literal shit everybody seems to be tracking into hotel rooms and presumably elsewhere.

Big Mike said...

Alternatively one could break down the Amazon boxes and put them into the recycle bin.

David53 said...

Last November I fat fingered the Amazon app and accidentally ordered a single russet potato for 63 cents. It was delivered the same day. No shipping charge. It was delivered in a brown paper bag. I repurposed the bag as a small trash container.

The Middle Coast said...

The secret to an orderly home is PUTTING STUFF AWAY.

Howard said...

WaPo reporters get a bonus for mentioning Amazon.

Peachy+2 said...

brown and yellow - the new "it" colors. with some salad greens.

tim maguire said...

Never walk barefoot on a green carpet.

grimson said...

I've always liked mudrooms, but I don't have one. The garage serves some of that purpose, but it would be nice to have one indoors; ideally, a small room next to the door leading to the garage.

But I would not classify the areas in the photos as either mudrooms or dirty zones. Maybe the Post should have ventured out to look at the homes of people who routinely track in mud.

boatbuilder said...

My brother once visited the home of one of his high school track teammates. The mom had set up gold velvet ropes to divide the part of the house where the males were allowed from the clean, neat areas where they were not (except for special occasions). Nobody thought it was a bad idea.

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