KIDS Issue 786 · November 20, 2019

Out of Service

What’s taking up prime real-estate in your home? Guidelines for when to buy, when to keep, and when to toss

Out of Service

  have a confession to make.Please don’t judge me.

I don’t iron.

I own an iron — I bought it as a kallah. It’s still standing in the back of my storage closet, prim and pristine, in its original packaging. I have an allergy to fussy children’s clothes and my husband wears non-iron shirts.

I’m not the only person who has housewares languishing untouched. From exercise bikes to waffle makers, everyone I know owns something she never uses, and most of us own several.

Sigh.

But why? What makes us buy and keep this stuff, and how can we avoid it? Is there a secret list somewhere of perfect housewares that are actually useful?

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