There are two types of people in the world — the clean fridge people and the cluttered fridge people.
I’m probably by nature a clean fridge person, but find it impossible to implement in real life. With our busy lives, it has become command central with a weekly and monthly calendar, lists of to dos, shopping lists (yes, honey, I know we need dish detergent), and the trophy center for the little kids latest accomplishments.
Our fridge contains a lenten calendar from Jonah’s CCD (pretty pictures), a spelling test (10 out 10!), the cornball karate motto which must be committed to memory (“I come to you in peace and brotherhood for I have no weapons…”), and little stories that I write for Ian to read.
Question of the Day: Clean fridge or cluttered fridge? What’s on your fridge?
Apt. 11d 
I live alone, so I don’t need to leave myself notes on the fridge (but I do put sticky notes about bloggable events on my monitor). And it’s been a while since I took a spelling test. My fridge is generally clear. At the moment it only has two business cards, one of them magnetic, from restaurants in Cleveland and Kill Devil Hills, N.C. where I’ve dined recently.
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we finally have a grocery list that works. I will get whatever is written on the list when I tear it off and stick it in my pocket.
we also have the debt/credit list since I always forget to give allowances or collect money when I’ve paid for something. the list usually runs until we fill up the page.
lots of old picture, magnets, sports calendars, library hour magnets, plumbers, phone numbers..
maybe I’ll post a picture?!
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We just moved, so nothing, really. But our old fridge was covered with magnets and pieces of paper etc. I am a cluttered fridge person.
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We have one of those metal friges that don’t allow for magnets so I bought a enormous corkboard and put it on the wall next to the kitchen. It serves as an art gallery / list and calendar holder / accomplishments board.
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I am aggressively anti-clutter, so our fridge door is completely bare. Since the interior has a tendency to be bare as well, it is possible that my anti-clutter campaign has a tendency to go a tad too far. My kids often say that – right before they hit me up for lunch money.
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We need a flickr group–fridge pics. Mine’s covered in 15 years of tacky magnets.
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Cluttered to the max, with a calendar, spelling tests, school notices, cartoons, b-day invitations, pictures and other assorted crap. Plus, a Baby Blues cartoon about cluttered refrigerators. My bottom line these days is that the floor can’t be cluttered when I go to bed at night, but everything else is likely to be for the next ten or so years.
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No kids at Cold Spring Shops, but any number of train magnets on the door, some of them holding pizza coupons and other useful stuff. My parents (clean door types) would shake their heads …
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Ours is completely cluttered, not just w/kid magnets and artwork, but also w/magnets from my husband. He is congenitally unable to discard any junk magnets that come (on pizza ads or whatever–and he hates delivery pizza) and he needs to pick up 4-5 of the same magnet (e.g., from pharmacy) “in case one gets lost.” I would dearly love to have an uncluttered refrigerator, but that will only happen if I get divorced and lose custody of the kids, i.e., never. (thank goodness)
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The American Motel Dozens of motel postcards from around the country, all from the 50s and 60s. Redesigned & updated for 06.
Have a Seat! Restaurant and Diner postcards from the 50s and 60s
The Engraveyard. Odd money from around the world. It’s funny because they dress different! Engravings from stock certificates of the 60s and 70s. Peculiar First Day covers.
Matchbook-O-Rama. Dozens of vintage matchbooks, artfully arranged and overanalyzed. Updated every Monday
The Comics! You’ll laugh, you’ll cry. Mostly the latter. Forgotten strips from the 20s, 30s, 40s and beyond
Old Ad Archive From newspapers of the 20th century, a selection of microfiche fugitives
Patriotica WW2 ephemera.
Telegram Art A small collection.
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