After being diagnosed with ADHD, writer Eleanor Noyce speaks with other women to explore the perceptive ways they optimise their homes with interior design – without compromising themselves or their surroundings.
and the creator of ADHD Traits. She was diagnosed with ADHD in 2020, at the age of 26. Struggling with object impermanence, Idowu began to adapt her home environment to suit her needs after she experienced persistent problems with misplacing items, even repurchasing them as a result.
“I used to have my clothes folded in a bunch of drawers and inside my storage bed. I’d make a mess looking for items of clothing because I’d forgotten where I’d put them, so I often ended up buying things that I already owned,” she shares.“I decided that it would be better for me to get a clothing rack mounted on my wall. This made such a huge difference – my clothes were now visible, and I was able to arrange them into workwear and casual wear.
Idowu also began to adapt her workspace, introducing a desk with compartment spaces so that she could distribute her clutter accordingly. In her bathroom, she installed a multifunctional shelf that allowed her to visualise her items, with the open-plan shelving system both reducing object impermanence and acting as a visual reminder to carry out tasks that an ADHD brain might struggle to remember without a visual prompt, from teeth-brushing to face-washing.
Personally, I’m still learning so much about my ADHD. Home optimisation can manifest in a myriad of ways, and there isn’t always a one-size-fits-all approach. It’s about trial and error, and this has certainly been my experience. An important element has been learning to embrace the chemical imbalances in my brain, and how I accommodate those imbalances.
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