Fridgescaping: Fruit, Veg, and Fairy Lights
A new TikTok trend has taken home decor to the next level, with people decorating a space that might usually get forgotten — the inside of the fridge.
From decorative cups and bowls to picture frames and bunches of flowers, "fridgescaping" is the decor trend encouraging people to dress up their fridges.
One TikTok user, Lynzi Judish, began posting fridgescaping content in May, with her most popular posts already getting over a million views.
Judish uses items like fairy lights and vintage crockery to arrange the food in her fridge. She even creates fridgescaping themes based on things she likes, such as the popular Netflix show Bridgerton (or "Fridgerton," as Judish called it).
Talking to Architectural Digest, Judish compared the trend to "tablescaping," which uses the same idea to decorate a dinner table. "It's taking something that's maybe a bit mundane or even overwhelming, like it was for me, and making it beautiful," she said.
The idea of fridgescaping isn't new. It was first mentioned in 2011 by blogger Kathy Sue Perdue, who says she made up the word. According to Perdue, fridgescaping can be as simple as using nice bowls to display food in your fridge, or storing your orange juice in a nice jug.
"I know that sounds sort of funny, but when I open the doors and see pretty containers with colorful food in them, it makes me smile," she wrote in her blog.
But the trend has divided social media users. In a Reddit post discussing fridgescaping, some users argued that it's a waste of space, and worried that putting things like flowers in the fridge could affect food safety.
However, Judish says fridgescaping has a lot of benefits other than just making your fridge look pretty. She told Architectural Digest that the hobby has helped her waste less food and eat more healthily, because she pays more attention to everything that's in her fridge.
