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- thcobbs, on 10/10/2007, -7/+134Creating a minimalist home:
1.) Buy/Build a house
2.) Don't put ***** in it
3.) Live in it - inactive, on 10/17/2007, -3/+93Basically this article says get rid of stuff. Brilliant!
- andregriffin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+83Wow, you just came up with a minimalist guide to creating a minimalist home.
- silverchrysalis, on 10/10/2007, -5/+54IKEA
- nicolaihel, on 10/10/2007, -3/+49How to mock any article:
Step 1: condense it into a few steps to make it look like the author wasted his time writing an entire article, even though those few steps would be completely useless to anyone trying to implement them
Step 2: there's no other steps - TrevorBelmont, on 10/10/2007, -2/+37I wrote a very similar article once. Here it is in it's entirety.
"Throw away all your *****."
I hope this was helpful. - fnaqzna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+294.) Marry a minimalist. If your spouse is a packrat, you're *****.
- gtluke, on 10/10/2007, -3/+29sending this to my GF
i'm very minimalist (wasn't always) but my girlfriend lives in what looks like that ebay house from somethingaweful
ugggg
its extraordinarily stressful to deal with other people's horrible useless clutter.
i almost have OCD over clutter now, i think i got it from years of building racecars that by nature need to be insanely minimalist for ease of working on, lightweight, and less crap to catch on fire :) - Easty, on 10/10/2007, -3/+23Minimalist home? Just have thousands of rooms that look the same, but occasionally vary a bit.
/musical joke - betterth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20It can feel like that, definitely, but it's a style for a certain type of individual. It may seem cold and sterile compared to a living room with a huge poofy couch, furnature made of gorgeous wood stylings, a huge decorated fireplace in the center, a rug, and every end table with an accent on it, but at the same time, these are the kinds of rooms that you can sit down, open up a book in, and just be at peace.
They're absolutely correct about visual clutter and a minimalist design can be incredibly soothing. - Dokument, on 10/10/2007, -4/+24step 1: find big box
step 2: live in it - wiirdo, on 10/10/2007, -3/+22And you use your sink as a toilet.
- chubbybubba, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20I knew a guy who had the ultimate minimalist home. His name was Henry the drunk, he peed in a bottle and could tell the funniest jokes about blonde women. Of course his house was a box but nonetheless very minimalist. (I had suggested he cut out a hole for a window but he was afraid the government would inject a mind control device in his left ear.) Rest in Peace Henry.
- wrenchone, on 10/10/2007, -9/+26These minimalist homes feel more cold, sterile and un-lived rather than calm and soothing to me.
- artofwar420, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Synergy.
- givemereplay, on 10/10/2007, -6/+21There is a difference between minimalism and creating a prison like environment for yourself.
- EricAnderton, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18Pretty much. You'd be surprised what people like to hold on to.
Step 1: Get rid of all the junk in your house
Step 2: No, seriously, get rid of everything you don't need
Step 3: Please complete Steps 1 and 2 first
Step 4: Enjoy the Zen. - michaelbolton, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15as an architect I offer you this advice for creating a minimalist home.
don't have kids. - fnaqzna, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13I can spend hours sitting in the bathroom with an IKEA catalog.
- krnldmp, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12What's the point of a huge room?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Live in a van , down by the river !!!
- fpp2002, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13The benefits of a clutter-free home are highly under rated. I keep my place as minimalist as possible, and it is SO much easier to clean. It makes moving house much easier and faster, and even if it's not particularly clean that day, people are ALWAYS saying how clean and neat the house is. The next thing they usually say is, "Wow, I wish I could keep my house like this." I usually tell them they can, they just have to maintain it and not buy junk all the time.
- RubberChicken, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11Step 2: Cut a hole in the box
Step 3: shhhhh - iradik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Three easy steps to be minimalist: 1. Rent a storage locker. 2. Put everything in it. 3. Visit your storage locker every time you need something, return when done.
- bbardlbradd, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Well, I'm definitely into minimalist styling b/c it makes life much easier... if you're someone who likes to think a lot, having a house that stays out of your mind is a real virtue.
- Haax, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8More room for wild sex.
- aggrogeek, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8The key to being a minimalist is not being afraid to sell or throw away the things that you don't absolutely need. It can be really tough for pack rat type people, but it is certainly a lot cheaper to own less items. An added benefit is that if you ever have to move, it's a lot easier/quicker to load all of your stuff onto a moving truck.
- brownspank, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8If you were a real minimalist, you'd settle for your hand.
- rockefeller, on 10/10/2007, -2/+10George Bush hates black people
- FatherOfAnts, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15This is a clear set of rules for creating a minimalist home. I plan on following some of the rules as I've noticed that clutter adds to the amount of work it takes to clean and can create an overwhelming feeling.
- mapkinase, on 10/10/2007, -7/+15Like this is going to fly in a stinking consumerist society...
- betterth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7True, but I actually enjoyed this article. Gave me some great ideas on how to fix my cluttered hell hole of a room ^-^
- Gneisbaard, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8When people start doing heroin, their houses tend to become very minimalist over time too.
- HonoredMule, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6What about us?
- hiPpymIck, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7minimalist would also make it easier to be well organized...
less stuff = less to organize - qualish, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Umm... yeah, I've been doing that because I'm a "minimalist"... >_>
- vornan19, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6but not us!
- VeganG, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Unless step 1 is "Move out of your undersized apartment," I don't really need to go any further.
- jankind, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Put your children in a bare room with a balled up paper towel to play with.
Not only will they have hours of fun playing with it, but when they are done, you can use it to clean up any smudges they make on the floor. - vuke69, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6So YOU'RE the ***** that got all the pages stuck together.
- Haax, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8I'm such a minimalist I settled for a ho.
- hotsake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5To those of you who think you have to throw away all of your belongings, have you never seen a traditional Japanese house? This guy isn't suggesting you throw away all your possessions and live with nothing. Rather, try to live with only what you need. Don't keep stuff for the hell of it. Cleaning up and moving are far easier when you pare down to essentials. And even here "essentials" remains a broad term. I won't buy something if I won't use it in 6 months.
- automan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4i take it you haven't read fight club?
- salinemist, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Actually it works great. Easier to clean up and more space to play.
- parax, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I think this guide was a bit vague on what makes for a good minimalist home. Definitely a different approach than I'd take. I prefer a practical home. To me, decorative vases, lamps, etc. don't really work towards a minimalist environment. I like to find things that can replace 2 or more other objects or appliances. Wall sconces or a more advanced lighting setup that does a better job of lighting but takes up less space. I like the idea, I just think this article misses the mark.
- vonskippy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5They forgot the number one rule of being "minimalist" - that's to have lots and lots and lots of friends that aren't.
That way you can borrow all the stuff you threw out when you need it to do a household task. Otherwise you just end up buying all the stuff you threw out (which only works if you're wealthy). - Roger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Seems easy when you have a huge house with nice floors and interesting walls (i.e. not continuous, white, concrete ones) like that guy.
Just don't buy stuff. - du4l1ty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4#1 stop buying *****.
- tracydanger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4I kind of agree with that comment, but for someone really interested in minimizing things, there are some worthwhile suggestions.
Having less stuff is great advice and this is my main reasoning:
Anytime I go to someone's house that is 'rich' I'm always impressed with how clean everything is. Even in the closets, etc. Of course the key is to not have more stuff than your house (and storage) can handle, but you don't have to have a lot of money to live by that principle. You'll probably end of being richer if your not a pack-rat. It's kind of ironic that people with less money buy more things that they don't need (as a generalization). - Daedalus17, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Do you know of any OTHER type of modern society than a consumerist one?
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