Fridgescaping!

“Surprisingly, I never thought anybody would care about my refrigerator,” says Lynzi Judish, a TikTok creator who posts content about “decorating, organizing, and romanticizing” her home. Judish is one of many millennials and Gen Z’ers deliberately arranging the contents of her refrigerator all for the sake of “fridgescaping.”

Fridgescaping is the act of styling a refrigerator’s contents. Although it might seem like a trend born of social media, the term nearly predates Instagram. Kathy Perdue, a retired design consultant based in Brentwood, California, coined the phrase in a 2011 blog post as a riff on “tablescaping.”

“I thought, every time you open up your refrigerator — and we do that several times a day — it needs to be pretty, too,” she explains.

It's definitely meant for people who don't cook.

Maybe in a non-working fridge to do a diorama.

how about a warning before posting such graphic pics!? my junk just shriveled to the size of a peanut and 2 raisins

I just can’t …….. but, yet, I can’t look away

Who knew Fridgescaping would steal "Live Laugh Love" word art's crown!

Just wait until your feast your eyes on toiletscaping and bidetscaping!

Maybe if you are a rich bitch with a big glass fridge who doesn't eat, like Yolanda on RHOBH. Otherwise it's just pointless clutter taking up space.

Oh wow...

If you’ve been scrolling through social media lately, you’ve probably come across beautifully organized refrigerators, often with a specific theme. I was captivated by a Reel I saw by Lynzi Judish, featuring a stunning Hobbit-inspired food layout.

Fridgescaping is the art of organizing and decorating the inside of your refrigerator. It’s a creative trend that involves arranging food items in a visually appealing and functional way.

"A Hobbit refrigerator has been my most requested fridgescape theme ever, so I went on a quest to tackle it. I’ve honesty been very nervous because I really wanted to do it justice for everyone. I was heavily influenced by Bilbo Baggins’ kitchen in The Hobbit right down to the doilies!".

Link is to her Instagram showing a video of the construction and end product.

The LED candles are de trop.

What do you think of my scape, DL? I've been working on it all day.

It looks like that mold's been worked on for 50 years.

I was ahead of the trend, it seems. My theme was kind of tribal butcher.

This is the frau-est shit I've ever seen.

Hey

I think some people have too much fucking time on their hands

The fridge can be cleaned well because the surface is small. If you have decoration and shit it gets complicated to make it hygienic. It's logical though that people want to make things pretty, especially when the post "content".

Looks like there’s just enough room for three turkey meatballs and a small bottle of tonic water.

My fat ass needs that fridge space for multiple sets of empty fast food containers per week.

Fuck that.

Peak fucking frau.

They probably do the decorating during their mental health day.

Wait til you bitches see my dishwasher scaping!!!

Toiletscaping

Living alone, I don’t keep too much food in my fridge but use the empty space to store dirty dishes until I have enough to run a dishwasher load.

Same, R29. I sometimes have to check myself before I presoak a cold, used bowl by filling it with scalding hot faucet water 😅

Between dishwasher loads, I store dirty dishes in the dishwasher.

I could see a Christmas theme with a couple of ornaments

What a bunch of fat whores with too much time on their hands.

and Halloween lends itself to this madness

If it's not manscaping, it DOES NOT belong on the Datalounge.

Is this one of those diets that only makes you 20 lbs fatter

When I can get the refrig cleaned out, wash the trays, wipe down the interior, and discard out-of-date items, I am pleased.

The outside has a few magnets to hold notes. I clean the outside too. I don’t care about decorating it.

R19 LOL!

I also store my dirty dishes in the dishwasher between loads R31.

I don't know what's wrong with R29 & R30!

All the grocery store prices are sky high! My fridge is bare! I'm currently spending more to do this hobby and you can't this or my guns!

why would I want to risk breaking a hedgehog tchotchke and dodging a pinecone when I am reaching for the Gouda?

R39 - I live in a city apartment. Dirty dishes in the dishwasher would attract roaches - roaches can't open a refrigerator.

Rats, however, might be able to.

I’m starting mine with a little glitzy Mitzi Gaynor photo which I usually keep at my bedside. I’m going to hide it behind my almond milk near the back. If I hear a shriek I’ll know she’s been found!

One of your largest dildos R43?

A very realistic toy mouse and a picture of Taffy Davenport the moment she was told by Divine that it was true, she was …..

No thanks. I need the space.

I like a clean and orderly fridge and pay a bit of attention to aesthetics. I also like a very well stocked fridge.

I remove as much packaging as possible,. I buy attractive matching food storage containers and keep them spotless and if plastic, unstained. I have a lot of glass containers.

I keep a shelf entirely devoted to tasty sweet and also savory delicacies and condiments from around the world, in jars. That sort of thing. There's always some tasty cheese and olives and Italian antipasti and chutneys and harissa, etc etc. Jams and dessert sauces. There's always a bottle of something delicious to drink - desert wine or champagne. There's always homemade teas - green or black or dandelion root or mint or other herbs etc etc. There's always ice coffee, in season.

I try not to go overboard with the ocd. But people do notice my fridge.

dessert*

Quiz: Can You Tell a ‘Trump’ Fridge From a ‘Biden’ Fridge?

85% correctly guessed this is a Trump fridge

82% correctly guessed this is a Biden fridge

[quote]Looks like there’s just enough room for three turkey meatballs and a small bottle of tonic water.

Torta, this isn't a bed-and-breakfast, for fuck's sake!

I'm trying, and failing, to grasp the level of hysteria one of these idiotic bitches would've had if they'd arrived home over the summer – after being out of town for weeks – only to find their fridge broke, and the stench was VERY literally similar to that of decomposing human flesh. Yes, this happened to me in August, and no, it isn't a Dahmer joke. Even *I* nearly vomited when I walked inside, and do NOT get me started on the absolute HELL of cleaning out every single speck of odor-producing mold. I'm very difficult to faze, but that nearly did it – and these dipshit twats would've abso-fucking-lutely had a meltdown over it and call Mommy to come clean up their mess for them.

That's not mold, it's envy

Fraus with nothing to do.

"I never thought anybody would care about my refrigerator,” says *Lynzi* Judish, a TikTok creator..."

Lost me there.

I think this is just social media competition run amuk. The prettiest picture posted wins. Do I believe these twats actually maintain and live with these fridge still lifes? God I hope not. If they have that much free time, VOLUNTEER somewhere.

R56, I assumed you had to be joking but ... nope. Do Zoomers do this stupid fridgescaping shit because their parents obviously despise them, as evidenced by their absurd names?

Have any of these people never heard of aphids? Lights on in the closed refrigerator...says it all.

Some people have wayyyyyyyyyyytoo much time on their hands.

When I was younger and had the drive that I don't have now, I probably would have done this.

This is basically the fridge equivalent of a Colin King-style hyper-anal coffee table arrangement.

What kind of roaches can open a dishwasher but can’t open a refrigerator?

health hazard

[quote] Living alone, I don’t keep too much food in my fridge but use the empty space to store dirty dishes until I have enough to run a dishwasher load.

Why would you not just RINSE THEM OFF and put them in the dishwasher?

Honestly “piss in the bathroom sink” level degradation.

The whole point of using a dishwasher is that you don't need to rinse off the dishes - just scrape off any solid food. But this is an argument worthy of its own thread.

I only piss in the shower, never the sink.

You have to rinse the dishes off. Dishwashers are garbage. They don’t wash for shit only sterilize. Otherwise you could just put your dishes in the dishwasher until you clean them.

Gee - I never thought anyone would care about my photos of my fridge on social media. I swear - it was just an accident and not some ploy!

Lynzi - although her birth certificate says Lyndsey.

Here she is - nah, I'd never think she'd be starving for attention.

These the new formal living rooms, in a time where space is valued and tiny houses are more the norm than ever, this is the perfect way to showcase your OCD, excessive amounts of time on your hands, and superior aesthetic taste, no pun intended.

Their real foods are in another fridge that's out of sight. There's no way to keep that functional without having a full time staff.

R70 - are you saying svelte Lyndzi is eating something other than what that fridge shows?

She would NEVER! I mean - she looks like she subsists on seaweed and almonds!

R51 Wow I had that same whirlpool fridge in the 90s. It lasted a good 20 years before a flood got it. Hell, it probably was still functioning afterwards but it just seemed unsanitary.

I am a fat whore so every inch of my fridge must have food

I'm retired, with remarkably few responsibilities and all the time in the world...and I don't a moment to begin to contemplate "fridgescaping.". So vulgar the term, robbing the opportunity of delivering a classic and crisp pronunciation of (bold]réfrigérateur[/bold].

That's MY fridge R50!

How old is your dishwasher R68? Newer dishwashers take care of everything. You just have to scrape off the solid foods. They are designed so you don't have to rinse anymore. New tech. Time for a new dishwasher for you.

Yeah, I don’t need to be told what to do by someone who keeps their dirty dishes in the fridge. But thanks.

R68, I'm not R77, but you're being willfully obtuse. Modern dishwashers are truly much different from their predecessors, and most incorporate the equivalent of a garbage disposal on your kitchen sink. I say all of this as someone who almost NEVER "pre-washes" dishes before putting them inside. In six years, they've come out spotless nearly every time.

Being a prissy bitch about "putting dirty dishes in the fridge" (I assume you meant cabinet) is anal even by DL hygiene-queen standards.

I'm the other guy who stores his dirty dishes (R30) in the fridge, also somewhat to prevent pests if I don't rinse them immediately. But I also live in a small apartment & only drive my garbage to the compactor weekly, so the most important benefit to me is controlling the smell of food scraps in general.

Also, sorry for igniting a pre-wash debate lol. I think the machines without a built-in disposal have a simple filter at the bottom & often drain into an external, sink-mounted disposal. So, the stuff that makes it past the filter will be eventually processed, but there's still sometimes an occasional manual filter cleaning step. I don't like long-term responsibilities or interruptions to my routine, so I mitigate that filter cleaning with pre-washing before each load & just soak the filter in bleach whenever I do a major home cleaning. I'm monstrously lazy, but also a control freak over my brain. This tangent reminds me of the gross habits thread a few months ago, which was super fun!

That nut Yolanda on Real Housewives had a lock on that. And she used actual fruits and veg.

Obviously by the pictures there is only one person fridgescaping.

Oooof. R79, you just reminded me of my first NYC apartment. During my first week there, I woke up in the middle of the night to get a glass of water in the kitchen. I turned on the lights, and saw DOZENS of cockroaches in the sink on my not-yet-cleaned dishes! I ended up storing them in the fridge as well, but then I heard about diatomaceous earth being a safe option, albeit one that may take a bit to fully work.

R81 Yes, yes, you say that now. But isn’t she a well known influencer with 17 million sheeples?

Fridgescaping wastes space!

[quote]Being a prissy bitch about "putting dirty dishes in the fridge" (I assume you meant cabinet) is anal even by DL hygiene-queen standards.

Are we supposed to pretend that this is normal? You have got to be kidding me.

Can we make an Epcot in the fridge? The tortillas, salsa, and half cut avocado in one section, my antipasto ingredients in another, and the left over matzo ball soup in the other. Cozy enough for ya?

Don't forget some always on lighting and framed photos R86. A cute animal or house wouldn't go astray either.

Another reason to buy more pointless crap. Mother nature sighs.

“This liberal agenda cares more about what’s in our fridge than what’s in our bible”

Put a bible front and center in the fridge. It will remind you that overeating is gluttonous!

That’s why all the bible thumpers are so damn skinny!

I think some people have too much time on their hands.

Nobody seems aware how to load a fridge correct. Your fridge needs a good amount of electrical power besides the oven and the washing machine (in a household without a dryer and AC). So, when loading your fridge get rid off all the additional packaging, use as less as possible jars, glasses, plastic etc. Nobody seems to care about the electrical power, nobody uses the different zones provided by modern fridges. Keeping dirty dishes in the fridge is one of the stupiest thing I ve ever heard. Just use your dishwasher every two days.

[quote]Are we supposed to pretend that this is normal? You have got to be kidding me.

It's entirely normal, unless you bought your dishwasher during the '90s or something. Do you scrub all of your clothes on a loom, like in the 19th century, before putting them into the washer? Can you name ANY instance where something negative resulted from using a dish not pre-cleaned but washed in a dishwasher for at least an hour?

Bitch, please. Unclench already.

[quote]Nobody seems aware how to load a fridge correct.

You seem unaware how to use the word "correctly."

Interesting, R93. I don't think I've ever heard any arguments either way about fridges consuming more power if they're already full. Considering they're largely sealed, and everything inside is kept at a consistent temperature, I'm not quite clear why this would require more than a marginal amount of extra electricity. Maybe if your fridge is so packed that air can't circulate freely, but if it does, wouldn't the difference be negligible? I'd be curious to read more on the subject though if you have a link.

Agreed 100% that leaving dishes in the fridge is absurd. Even if you *don't* have a dishwasher, you can hand-wash & dry everything, and roaches & whatnot only go for areas with either food or water.

Too much time on your hands-Trump is coming for you.

I always thought that a FULL refrigerator was more efficient than a quite empty one, especially in summer and for people who open the door a lot over the day. My father an engineer told me to keep bottled water in any empty spaces because once they are chilled they keep a steady temperature in the fridge when you open and close it all day long.