The fridge door should never be open long enough to "fridgescape" it. It raises the temperature of a space that is supposed to be kept at a relatively constant 4°c (I think?) which makes the food less safe. Also, it's a waste of electricity.

OP puts more effort into posting on Reddit than actual, loving communication with his wife. (I’d hate the fridgescaping too, including the name, but that’s really beside the point. He might have stupid hobbies too.)

Internet trends need to die, they are all so pointless 🙄

Goodness me, what is the point? I am sure it looks pretty, but there are plenty of other places where her artistic expression could be channeled positively. Holding the fridge open to admire the inside wastes power, and electricity is WAYYY too expensive here for that! Also, frankly, fridges are for food and I think the best looking fridge is one which is clean, and full of good healthy food (and loads of cheese!). Cheese - beautiful. Flowers and ribbons - nope!

How on earth could such a thing become a hobby? Or a trend? I have never seen something so stupid. Like, flowers and framed pictures??

Honestly, peeps are extremely oversensitive these days. He used the words 'stupid' for a stupid trend, and she takes it to the heart like an actual arrow. When I put certain veggies - or Egg mayonnaise, for example, in the fridge, it smells godawful, even though they don't smell bad OUT of the fridge, so why add flowers/plants?!!! And photos/ornaments? IMO, it IS stupid - and not exactly hygienic. Through history there have been stupid trends, and I doubt it'll ever change, but for this post, the bloke is NTA, and for his spouse to be so offended by such a little thing, is, to me, odd - unless it turns out he's an actual AH to her in general.

Forget the aggrivation of it, IN WHAT WORLD IS STORING ALL THAT STUFF WHERE YOU STORE FOOD PEOPLE EAT?? Salmonella, e.coli, botulism, mold from food that spoils hidden behind a vase that gets overlooked. My GOD the sheer HEALTH HAZARD this presents is mind boggling! Point that out to wife when you can, it might help her understand why it's a bad idea. If she REALLY loves making the fridge insta worthy, buy her a junk one that doesn't work. Clean it up good, touch up any scratches or scuffs. Take the fridge door off, and use a strip hinge to cover the space where the door was with plexiglass. Add a decorative handle. And she has her own little fridge to scape with all her heart. You could even buy some of those fancy undercabinet lights to strategicly place to light her new display.

This is the absolute dumbest waste of resources I think I have ever seen.

I like my fridge space organized, but functional. This sounds like a nightmare.

Tell her to buy her own bloody fridge or go and rearrange all her clothes, put them in random places around the house with vases and all sorts of other c**p in front of them. Point out that looking for s**t is fun, apparently.

Is this for real????

Buy her a second fridge. Then she can fridgescape to her heart's content..

This is marginally less stupid then those people prancing around on toy horses. But much more annoying.

God damn that is just weird. Thank god im to old, and to unfashionable to follow the latest insanity/trend. Sometimes you gotta call out people when they do stupid s**t.

I am all about baskets in the pantry and a neatly organised fridge and if the containers are cute it's a bonus... But DECORATE it? The woman needs another pasttime.

“Why not put your everyday food items in pretty containers and have something pretty to look at when you open the door?” The fridge looking pretty is one thing. But it needs to be kept practical.

Everyone is allowed to have stupid hobbies, I have had my fair share, But when your hobby involves others, you need their permission. The fridge is shated space, her decorating hobby is no more important than my undecorating hobby. His communication skills need work, but hers need more.

The commenters who told the OP that he was the AH for HOW he told his wife about it, seem to be forgetting something: how rude and unpleasant she was to him when her "decorations" weren't put back exactly the way she wanted them to be. This was manipulation, pure and simple. She had a kick in the butt, and she had it coming. If she wants to fridgescape, she can get her own little fridge to do it in. With no food in it.

Time for a second fridge.

Too much free time.

What the f**k are some people in the world doing?! Fridgescaping?!!!!! Really?!

whoever has fridgescaping as a "hobby" needs to find better hobbies. Your fridge is for food. It doesn't need to be *aesthetic* and your fridge door really shouldn't be open long enough for what it looks like inside to matter (so long as its clean), plus overcrowding your fridge with useless ornaments will only make your temperature inconsistent, thus your fridge won't be working properly. (that said, the same applies to overpacking it with food)

Its cute but it didn't work out, shame

I didn't think I would ever see something that would take the prize for biggest, stupidest, most narcissistic wastes of time and energy - there are so many that there were conversations to be had as to which is worst. Yet, here we are... with a clear winner.

The effort towards these ridiculous "trends" is getting out of hand. If it's something positive as in garbage clean up or cleaning animals impacted by oil spills those get ignored. The majority of the world is running on D for dumb & that's why Darwin Awards are needed.

This has the same energy as decorative pillows on a bed. Its silly and useless excess but if someone really enjoys it then calling it stupid is pretty mean

A fridge is for food . Not flowers and vases. How does anything not food withstand the temperature?

Everyday I think about just how very weird an animal we are

I’ve gone full scorched earth with my fridgescaping, I’ve gone minimalist and I insist on only having things in the fridge that belong in the fridge. When I open the door I get a reassuring view of food and drinks, zero clutter, no flowers (I refuse to cook with edible flowers) but there is a drawer with fresh herbs in it, they are out of view though, I couldn’t allow them to spoil the overall starkness I was looking for.