Maybe if he had his own space? My husband always felt like his hobby wasn’t available (in storage and under beds). He now has a desk that’s all his. Mostly he works from home at it, but if he wants to work on his hobby, the space is there. If your husband has his own space (even a small desk in a nook somewhere) then he does belong. And his stuff belongs too.

No idea for you. Only you know what will work for hubs. Ask him and tell him why it drives you crazy and ask if you can shadow “how” he works so you can figure out how he thinks. Then design storage or solutions around him. I finally got my daughter to follow a natural (to her) organizing by finding a place that made sense for her to literally drop things. If she had to open a door or drawer it would be sitting outside of it. So I took the door off my tiny hall closet (first place coming in from the garage) and created a “nook” that has a place underneath that she can just drop things in. The place above is side shelves (very small because the closet is small) and then a big shelf for my purse, things of hers she didn’t drop on the floor and kick under. Hooks on top for hats, scarves, etc.

Watch him very closely (think stalker) and see how he walks, where he goes, where he looks for things, what makes sense to him….