The people behind CornerRoutine
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Thea Bergstrom Lead writer
Six years as a home-organising consultant, mostly undoing container shopping sprees. she writes only what can be maintained.
- Sources of carbon monoxide: costing it honestly
- Appliances in a thunderstorm: how to start and how to keep it
- The leaving-the-house check: turning choices into a process
- After a fire: what next: how to start and how to keep it
- Choosing a fire extinguisher: how to tell you are doing it right
- Choosing containers that fit: the long game versus the quick fix
- One-zone-per-person rules: the wrong order wears you out
- Zoning a storage room: how to tell you are doing it right
Nora Whitcomb Contributing editor
Previously coordinated renovation projects, now writes about how homes actually work. she flags what should have been solved during building work.
- Window restrictors: for people with no spare time
- Choosing child locks: five common misreadings
- Lock grades that matter: five common misreadings
- Building an emergency kit: how to tell you are doing it right
- Running a home drill: the long game versus the quick fix
- Building a label system: how to tell you are doing it right
- Why systems collapse and return: the long game versus the quick fix
- Packing a suitcase to unpack: for people with no spare time
Desmond Hale Staff writer
Eight years writing lifestyle features, allergic to showroom photography. he starts with your real life, then aesthetics.
- Anchoring tall furniture: the long game versus the quick fix
- Storing medicine and cleaners: for people with no spare time
- Privacy limits for cameras: how to tell you are doing it right
- Plans for water and power cuts: how to start and how to keep it
- Socket load and extension leads: from messy to orderly
- Reaching the back of deep cabinets: the wrong order wears you out
- The weekly fifteen-minute reset: for people with no spare time
- The smallest unit of storage: when a professional should step in
Emory Blake Regular contributor
Two children at home, years of tracking spending and chores. he prefers using shared spaces pieces built around tables.
- Making a bathroom less slippery: for people with no spare time
- Checking for ageing wiring: the wrong order wears you out
- Safety habits when living alone: turning choices into a process
- Neighbour support networks: costing it honestly
- Placing a gas alarm: turning choices into a process
- Vertical space in small flats: from messy to orderly
- A test for what to let go: the long game versus the quick fix
- When family will not cooperate: when a professional should step in