A few weeks ago, I had a Thirty-One Gifts party at my house and it was a blast! I have never been to one before. If you have never been to one you should go. It is the ultimate organization company. Almost everything can be personalized. For having the party I earned this:
Some of the bags are luggage and work, but most of them are to organize all the stuff in my house. I am trying to make everything have a home, so nothing looks cluttered.
The first thing I got to use was a large utility tote. You can use this for multiple things like: going to the beach, in the back of your car, when you go to warehouse stores like SAMS or Costco, or stores like Aldi's that don't give you a bag. The uses of this are endless.
I used the first one I received to store both of my daughter's memorabilia stuff. Such as: professional pictures that don't hang in frames no longer, both of their baby books, both of their Disney Autograph books from DisneyWorld, outfits they wore going home from the hospital, both of their time capsules from their first birthday, and a few other things. See how it fits so nicely in the tote?
Then, I just put the tote in the top of my closet so I can easily pull it down if I need something and put it back up again.
Next I am going to tackle this- organizing all of my craft and scrapbook stuff:
You can see I already started organizing some stuff into those black and white bins. I can't wait to create my craft area on the enclosed sunroom. Stay tuned...
Have you ever been to a Thirty-One party? Tell all...
Enjoy!
~Amy
Having a little house you tend to store everything, everywhere.... Any time I had a surplus of food, I would steal the bottom of the coat closet to store any extra food.
I realized that if I would just reorganize the kitchen cabinets; I probably could find room to store the food.
First, cleaned everything out of every cabinet. This is the before picture:
Second, I decided what I wanted in each cabinet.
In the first cabinet, I put all of the spices, boxed items, and canned goods.
In another cabinet, I put the kids' snacks, applesauce, fruit, and cookies.
The other cabinets are organized as below:
Plates, salad plates, and bowls
Cups- all cups, bottles, kids' cups
Baking Cabinet- everything I use to mix and bake
Small Appliances- crock pots, toaster
Pots and Pan Cabinet- to store the obvious
Entertaining cabinet- to store all of my serving platters, bowls, pitchers, sugar bowl, creamer, things that I don't use everyday.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh.. nice organized kitchen. It makes it so much easier to cook and bake. Now, if only I enjoyed cooking...
How organized is your house? Your kitchen? Any tips???????
Enjoy!
~Amy
It leaves no room for anything else.
Before:
I decided that I wanted to move my albums that I have spent MANY MANY hours on in something other than the buffet. I really wanted to use the buffet to store linens, candles, vases, and our wine collection. (One bottle that was given to us is not much of a collection)
I used rattan baskets that I bought for the entry way to store the linens: table runners, cloth napkins, and napkin rings.
On the bottom I put all of the candles and vases that I use a lot!
This makes me feel so much better. When everything has a place, you save time putting dishes and things away.
Enjoy!
~Amy
I wanted to display my oils on the counter because of the limited cabinet space I have. This will free up space in the cabinet to store other food products.
I spent $4.00 at the Dollar Store for four bottles. They came imprinted with the words oil and vinegar on them.
I poured the oil and vinegar into the bottles and displayed them on a cake plate I already owned.
What do you think? Will my olive oil spoil now that it is out in the light?
Enjoy!
~Amy
I have, for many years, stored all of my cleaning products under the sink. In the past few months, this cabinet turned from disorganized to a mess.
First, lay everything out that you had in the cabinet.
I used two white bins I had in the laundry room, that were empty, in this project. One is used to store my cleaning rags, kitchen towels, and holiday kitchen towels. The other white bin, is used to store my cleaning products. Cleaning products that I don't use all of the time are stored in the laundry room.
I also store my garbage bags in a small basket I found at the Dollar Store.
HAVE YOU SEEN THE DOLLAR STORE LATELY? It has everything. Since I am trying to use what I have, or spend next to nothing, the Dollar Store has saved me.
I used command hooks to hang my duster and gloves.
Total Cost- $4.07 for the basket for the garbage bags and command hooks.
Make sure to use a cabinet lock if you have little ones like I do!
Where do you store your cleaners? How do you organize this cabinet?
Enjoy~
~Amy
I have found that the coat closet has become the dumping ground for everything. I really wanted to get it organized, because I was sick of seeing everything, everywhere.
First, I cleaned out the closet. That way you can see what you have and what you can throw away. These are the before pictures:
Second, I shopped my house. I have been trying to use what I have and it has been working out.
I had the white wire baskets already hanging on the side. I used them to hold batteries and light bulbs, but found later that it wasn't working out. I am now using them for umbrellas and mail that I still need to go through.
I had the blue bins that were used to store toys in the patio. They used to hold blocks and miscellaneous toys. I have since reorganized that as well. The bins now hold the batteries and light bulbs for the house. The other blue bin holds holiday flags for the flag pole outside.
The third bin holds the DVDs, although I have seen really nice media baskets before.
On the top I put all of the lunch boxes.
There you have it... ONE ORGANIZED CLOSET.
Not too many more to go............. can't wait till the house is organized. It makes me more efficient. I can get so much more done when everything has a place.
Total Cost- $0.00Enjoy!
~Amy
Every time I sweep, I run into these wires dangling from the console-desk area. It is driving me nuts since I have to sweep almost everyday!
I came up with a solution rather quickly. I used the same product that I used on the Bluelounge box. I put it on the back of he surge protector, on the bottom of the desk. I wrapped each cord separately, and twisted a tie on each.I wrapped the surge protector round the leg of the desk and plugged it in.
TA-DA..... No more running over the wires when I sweep, which with a Golden Retriever you have to sweep pretty often!
I thought my daughter's closet still looked empty even after we put the toys back inside the closet.
I knew I wanted to hang something else on the wall, but not another shelf, because I still needed to fit the toys on the bottom of the closet. When I saw robe hooks at Target for $3.00 for two of them and thought that would look cute with pails hanging from them.
I found the pails and letters at Jo-Ann Fabrics for $4.00 each.
I attached the numbers with Mod Podge over the pails to make sure they didn't fall off.
I convinced my husband to install the hooks in the closet. It only took three minutes! I really like how it turned out. Now, off to start my older daugher's closet.
I think you could also put pictures of the toys which are inside for your child to know what goes inside. Also, you could use this idea in a nursery.
Enjoy!
~Amy
About once a year I reorganize every closet in the house. I already finished the hallway towel-bathroom closet. Now, it was time to start on the girls' closets.
Here is what we started with... a mess! The boxes and bags on the bottom are clothes that are too big for Emma now.
I knew I wanted to store Emma's toys in her closet so we can shut the doors, and her small room would look tidy again.
I bought two rolls of wrapping paper on Amazon.com a few weeks ago.
First, I unscrewed some old screws that were holding an old shelf in the closet. I then, patched the holes and touched up the paint where it needed.
To place the wrapping paper on the wall:
You unroll the wrapping paper and use the mounting strips to adhere the wrapping paper to the wall. I attached the strips to the wall first then pressed the paper to the strip. Just slice the wrapping paper with scissors, knife, or an exacto knife at the bottom.
This way if you get sick of the wrapping paper, you can easily take it down.
I just organized what still needed to be in the closet: clothes, blankets, her diaper bag, shoes, etc... and hung key tags off of the shelf so you can tell what is in each basket.
When I have more time, I would like to make more key tags to separate the clothes according to size. You could hang the tags off of the shelf.
Enjoy!
~Amy
Some of the bags are luggage and work, but most of them are to organize all the stuff in my house. I am trying to make everything have a home, so nothing looks cluttered.
I used the first one I received to store both of my daughter's memorabilia stuff. Such as: professional pictures that don't hang in frames no longer, both of their baby books, both of their Disney Autograph books from DisneyWorld, outfits they wore going home from the hospital, both of their time capsules from their first birthday, and a few other things. See how it fits so nicely in the tote?
Then, I just put the tote in the top of my closet so I can easily pull it down if I need something and put it back up again.
You can see I already started organizing some stuff into those black and white bins. I can't wait to create my craft area on the enclosed sunroom. Stay tuned...
