Wednesday, January 10, 2018

My Five Favorites - Organization Room by Room

Happy New Year friends!
Welcome to our first edition of My Five Favorites for 2018, we're kicking off the year
with organization ideas! I'm always all over any great ideas to make my life easier
and more organized and I can't wait to see what my pals are sharing:  

Jennifer @ Dimples & Tangles

We have the best of the best, organizing guru joining us this month, and I know you'll
 love her fabulous ideas as much as I do! 
Jen @ IHeart Organizing
 is as sweet and genuine as she is on top of her organizing game!
 I'm smitten with her laundry room and this paint cabinet of my dreams.
Jen also has an Etsy shop where you can find great organization charts and planners.

IHeart Organizing

On to my favorites...

#1 - Kitchen
Organized Refrigerator

I can't believe it's been two years since I shared a 'new' refrigerator organization system
At the time I mentioned I'd let you know how my bins worked out
 and if they encouraged my boys to return items to their place. I loved the new uncluttered 
look and was hopefully optimistic, but still skeptical that when in a hurry items would
get shoved front and center. 
You guys, it totally worked and is just as organized as the day I first shared it!! 
  Here it is today, and all it took were the 
$2 Clear Plastic Shoe Boxes from the Container Store!  
Since then I've also added some to our extra refrigerator in the basement, I love using
one to corral all of our ingredients for Asian recipes instead of having them all in our
kitchen fridge. 


    
Basement refrigerator - storage bin for Asian recipe ingredients. 


#2 - Foyer
Coat Closet

I can't even imagine what a mess our coat closet would be without my shoe organizer
 to keep our gloves, beanies, dog leashes, and miscellaneous items contained. We have a
 separate bag dedicated to only ski equipment that we can easily grab when we head out. 
I've had this one for years, I think I found it at TJ Maxx. It simply hangs from a couple
 small nails. It's easy to change out for the seasons, in the summer it's great for pool and
 outdoor activity items too.




#3 - Basement
Accessory Storage

 I'm showing you a little corner of my 1938 basement laundry room ONLY because I can
 crop it in so close and I love this idea! A few years ago when I read The Magic of Tidying Up,
 one of the tips that resonated with me was to 'organize by category.' I didn't even realize how 
many different areas I had vases stored (basement, kitchen, dining room) or how
 inefficient it was. It was the first idea I implemented after reading the book, now I keep
 all of them (other than what I'm currently using to decorate) on an IKEA Billy Bookcase 
in my basement. The reason I love it is because it's 11" deep, and can squeeze into a corner,
 our 1938 ceilings are about 7' in the laundry room and it fits!
Add adjustable shelves, $69 (but they're always available on our Craigslist) and it holds a
 boatload of accessories!  




 #4 - Kitchen
Never (almost) Re-Fill your Under Counter Soap Container Again

This is my all time #1 pinned and viewed organization idea! I'm always amazed, but every
 time I share it there are readers that are so surprised and thankful! After all these years I've
 forgotten how annoying it is standing on your head to re-fill that little soap container!

Use a large container of liquid dish detergent instead of re-filling your small bottle. 
They sell kits for $10, but you don't need one. Buy a piece of plastic tubing from the
hardware store and attach it to the end of the pump at your counter.
Be patient it will take a few pumps to get the air out of the tube at first.  




#5 - Purge!

Fingers crossed you didn't notice, but I didn't quite follow the
'Organization - Room by Room" theme for the month.
 The truth is I have nothing to organize in my living room, family room, or dining room - all
 of my dressers and cabinets are almost completely empty! I have a few cookbooks and
 photos in one, some trays in one, and some candles, but that's it! And, I love not having all
 of that stuff that I was saving for 'a day when I might need it.'
Disclaimer: I do have a basement for storage that's mostly for entertaining items
 (dishes, glasses, linens) and my overflow Craigslist scores that I'm attached to. :)
Today when I was taking photos of my coat closet I noticed coats that we hadn't worn,
and out they went. The first time I purged, a few years ago after reading Marie Kondo's
 book, I was still hesitant with some items - you know the sentimental or expensive ones -
not anymore! Purging is hands down my BEST organization idea - it feels so good not
to have all the stuff we'd acquired and didn't even use or like anymore!   
  

Be sure to stop by and check out my friends' ideas:



You might like these previous My Five Favorites too:

Christmas Wish List 



23 comments:

Julia@Cuckoo4Design said...

Oh my gosh Pam!!! How did I never think of doing that with our soap container!!! That is so genius!

Anonymous said...

Great tips and inspiration. Thanks, Pam. You've given me the urge to purge!

Carrie @ Dittle Dattle said...

#4 is pure genius! love it!!!

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barbara said...

please tell more about the sink pump. Not sure what it is as you only show the tube..did you put the hole in your counter? love it but not sure how you did it thnx

Brenda said...

Your basement accessory storage really caught my eye. The obvious reason is that you have your vases all arranged and accessible on your shelves but the secondary reason is that you have a finite idea of how many (and what size/color) vases you have. So the temptation to buy more is probably curbed. I organized my pantry and use a pantry app to monitor additions/subtractions. Now when I'm grocery shopping and see a great deal on our favorite cereal, I check my app and see that we already have 5 boxes of it in the pantry so no need to buy more. It's been very helpful to me.

Always love your posts and hope you post some more. I especially like your Craiglist posts. Hope all is well with you.

Shelly L. said...

I need more info about the soap pump. Did you put a hole in your counter?

cindy hattersley design said...

Oh boy do I need this!! That soap pump thing is a deal breaker isn't it?

Josue Keeney said...

very simple yet quite effective ideas about storage organizing

Vance Almanza said...

Great tips about home organizing

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