Noticing solutions

Spend some time in a locally-owned shop, and you’ll notice things.

A block propping open a door.
Wire carefully wrapped to hang a picture.
A zip tie used to tidy some cables.
A hand-written sign.

Because even carefully-designed spaces don’t account for everything, and we improvise. We find ways. We solve problems with the tools we have and the ideas we come up with.

Two takeaways. One, notice the home-grown solutions (they can be clever or sometimes amusingly and boldly inexpert). Two, be a problem-solver in your own space. Our surroundings — just like us — are works-in-progress.