I could write a catchy piece about the cluttered look of most collector’s homes, but the first finger I would have to point would be at myself.
My confession?
I have inadvertantly become a collector of widgets, especially those clickable social ones. Some go straight to social bookmarking sites, others go to friends, Now I have a big one that lists other bloggers. I rather enjoy them all, but have begun to hate the home page clutter.
If a blog’s home page is the living room, where we greet guests and exchange ideas, gossip and news, then surely there can be other rooms where we save our esoteric collections and save our home pages from becoming eyesores.
In the virtual space of a blog, I am now constructing a dedicated widget closet. In here, I can now collect widgets with abandon. And when kind strangers offer me a widget, I can now graciously accept the gift and put it where it belongs.
The first widget to go on the closet shelf will be my diploma from The Tomato University. I love the look and am proud of the accomplishment, but tomatoes do little for the decor of the Luxury Home Digest.
The second will certainly be that large blogroll widget. I love its surprises, and have discovered more than a few new blogs that I return to regularly. But it also distracts from the home page. Others will follow and the widget collection can be a growing one.
It’s an open closet. Please feel free to browse, click and borrow a few for your own home page.
