If you spend a lot of time on CleanTok or looking at beautiful, well-organized homes on social media, you’re bound to run across some trends, some of which make more sense than others. Knolling is like that: The term refers to a way of organizing what you’ve organized, which sounds like overkill, but it makes sense once you get into it. This word and idea comes from a sculptor named Andrew Kromelow who, in the 1980s, named it after the studio where he was working and organizing tools for another artist.
In arranging things, whether they’re tools like Kromelow used or not, you should consider their placement, ideally putting them in a visually appealing pattern, like a grid. This works well because when you’re organizing, you should already be sorting your items into categories and placing them into designated containers; those are the basic rules of the Organizational Triangle . Knolling, or turning those designated spots into spaces that are easy to access, is the logical next step.
If your items aren’t organized and categorized into drawers, shelves, and containers already, do that first. You can use any decluttering and organizing method you want, but your goal should be to get rid of things you don’t use and find space for the things you do use and need. From there, consider each designated space.
In drawers, you can use dividers to make this even easier, but in general, you want to lay everything out flat, not stacked within its container, and arrange it in a.