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Isn't that a bit small for a Champagne cooler? I mean, a bottle doesn't fit into that if you look at the photo with the hand does it? Or maybe a half size bottle?

Ah! I've been looking for one exactly like that for ages- I have goblets in olive green by the same maker, and I use them as candle-holders. This wine cooler/canister thing could have so many neat uses!

This post made my day... I've been pick up my boyfriends keys and wallet in random places around the apt and it drives me nuts.

I use a bowl too. Mine doesn't have a lid, but it really keeps it all in one place.

Ditto on using a vintage pottery bowl - Not only keeps items organized, but prevents scratches on my credenza...

It's really all about the binder clip. Look closely!

love the binder clip. I don't think I could get my husband to wrap up his headphones like that. I have a mini-platter that my husband uses to put all his man stuff. It works pretty well, but I would love to have something like this with a top.

I use IKEA's Estestisk as my landing zone and it is PERFECT. It is mounted in my hallway outside the bathroom and I have to walk by it a million times per day. Sliding magnetic chalkboard on the front with 6-key holders on one side (with a magnetic backing) and a mail area on the other side (also magnetic backing). Sits about 3" deep or so, so the top serves as a shelf for small items and there is a full length shelf behind the sliding chalkboard. I love it. When mail is ready to go out I use a magnet to stick it to the front and I can't miss it. Best $30 I've ever spent in my life.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80109256

I have a designated area for my husband to put his wallet and keys and the like. This idea is a huge lifesaver and my head of hair intact for the past year and a half now!

Oh my goodness... the binder clip used for the headphones is GENIUS!!!!!

What exactly makes this a manlanding zone? Only men have keys? Only men have iPods? Only men can't stand a messy pile of pocket stuff? Good Grief.

I also have a landing zone but realistically, being a woman means most of my crap goes in my purse, which lands wherever...but that's a different issue entirely!

I agree, the binder clip is an AWESOME solution for headphones! Perfect for the gym bag as well!

I think men and women who aren't the least bit interested in interior design develop ideas just like this independent of the influence of any blogs or magazines. It's a really normal and natural occurrence, not just some kind of "AT Cure" invention. My boyfriend has something decorative and personal to perform this function - he told me about it ('cause he lost his wallet once) and then I had to tell him that some crazy blog I read wants everyone to believe they constructed that idea and marketed it with the name of a pubic hairstyle.

People put their keys down when they come home, they put them down by the door. They often contain their portable belongings in a tray or dish or small shelf or a hook. By the door.

I'm fascinated by this article. It's a really cute container, but the projections is that "we're" having such a healthy positive effect on the interior design "ignorants" in our lives, and men just so happen to appear on that list... some men. Some men who are "threatened" by the idea they might be designing if they co-opt an absolutely useful and yet ordinary concept. Fastidious though (the binder clip is smart but can be perceived as fussy). Can he burp the alphabet, just to make sure?

Is that an urn?

KTG--think about how Attila's wife felt--what with the shield, the sword, the helmet, the human heads.......

Isn't there a company that sells black glass apothecary jars like that? Can anyone tell me where to find them? I can't remember where I've seen it.

K T G--

I've read this post's intro now several times, and don't see any of the co-oping or credit-taking that you rambled on about.

Do you ever get tired of being sooooooo critical of a site you seem inexplicably hellbent on posting on? I don't get it.

"He calls it his manlandingzone (we kind of love it)....It's all right next to his iPhone charger so its all in one spot (very guy-friendly)."

No. Sometimes I get tired of a car wreck. I don't think you read enough of my posts to get me. I am not hellbent. I don't hate enough things, I think I just like to write why more. Sometimes, I'm unimpressed enough to entertain myself. Wow, a guy used a container for his keys and his earphones. I said it was a nice container, didn't I?

Unfortunately, I read waaaaay too many of your posts.