If a tidy wardrobe and drawer can give you a dopamine hit, try fridgescaping – a social media trend for the uber-organised. A sustainable practice that helps prevent food wastage and can spark culinary creativity, fridgescaping involves organising colour-coordinated groceries, arranging jars and bottles and decorating the fridge while prioritising aesthetics and functionality. WHAT IS FRIDGESCAPING? An offshoot of the tablescaping and closet organising trends , fridgescaping is the practice of beautifully arranging and organising a fridge so that it is nice to look at and is also functional Colour-coordinate your veggies, add fresh flowers to style your fridge (pic: Linzy Judish at @linzyliving) ‘It helps you eat healthier' Apart from making you smile every time you open the fridge, fridgescaping helps ensure a sustainable kitchen, too.
Linzy Judish , who has been inspiring many on social media to try fridgescaping, says, “Outside of the aesthetics, the fact that I can see all my food has helped me be aware of what I have. I know what’s there and if it’s going bad. I have had close to zero food waste kitchen since I began fridgescaping.
It also gets me very excited to cook and use my ingredients. My husband and I are cooking more than ever and having fun experimenting and trying new things. I have even started my own veggie and herb garden since I started fridgescaping and I love harvesting from my garden and decorating the fridge with fresh items.
I’m eating healthier than I ever have in my life.” Fridgescaping helps you eat healthy and plan meals well (pics: @linzyliving) Tips and ideas for fridgescaping • Go shopping with a meal plan and don’t buy more than you need. Plan around how you’ll store your items • For leftovers, use glass food storage containers.
• Choose edible flowers to decorate your fridge, as they can be consumed • Be mindful that you’re not putting something in there that could make you sick • For aesthetics, you can use containers made of glass, ceramics, wood, rattan etc. • To avoid wastage, follow the first in, first out theory – Inputs from Linzy Judish, home decor blogger “Why not put your everyday food items in pretty containers and have something pretty to look at when you open the door?” – Kathy Sue wrote in a blog titled Good Life of Design in 2011, suggesting that she coined the term fridgescaping Steps for weekend fridgescapes • Take everything out of the fridge • Clean the door and the trays • Check the expiry dates before putting them back in • Line your shelves with mats and kitchen towels • Place perishable items in the front of the fridge • Add living elements like microgreens and flowers to the fridge and keep them in old tea cups and mini vases as decoration I thought fridgescaping was beautiful and a way to romanticise something mundane. I finally decided to do it about a month after seeing a few videos on Instagram.
I’ve been on a mission to just better my life in general, whether that means mental health, overall health, surrounding myself with beauty, etc. It was definitely in line with what I’ve been trying to create for myself Linzy Judish, home decor blogger at @linzyliving.
