Landing 1.0

We've established our own language for talking about certain, easily-confused areas of the house. For instance, we refer to the stairwell landings as .5, 1.0 and 1.5 (the landing between the basement and first floors, the first floor, and between the first and second floors, respectively.) The 1.0 landing includes a broom closet and mail sorting center. We stole the last idea from Sarah Susanka's Not So Big House series. We used to sort our mail and drop our things in the kitchen, a practice that added to the clutter of the area. We now sort our mail, post important items, store letters and reference papers and the like at the sorting center.

The sorting center is comprised of an old school desk (formerly my sewing table). It's located near the back door and above the basement, which also has a entry. We intend to use this basement side-access door as our primary entry in the winter as the basement is spacious and has an unimproved concrete floor which will be great for muddy boats and wet coats. We can drop off our papers and mail as we pass the sorting center on the way up the stairs. It's all about location!