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Organization: Part II

So Part I of this topic covered the general "rules" that I adhere to with organizing.  Now to share a few of my specific and favorite ways that I've organized at home!


#1 -- The re-purposed file holder.  This is on the back of my laundry room drawer.  When I fold a load of socks and find a single all by its lonesome, it goes in here until its mate resurfaces.  I have seen variations of this idea (ie. a clothesline on the laundry room wall), but I have to say, having somewhere to put the lone socks is great!


#2 -- What to do with all of those pretty hair clips that your daughters end up collecting?  I got one of those photo boards from Wal-Mart for under $10 (could also make your own, you crafties out there!).  Now they are aren't taking up drawer space in the bathroom AND they double as wall art in the girls' room!


#3 -- I re-purposed an old laundry hamper as our family shoe basket (we are a generally "no-shoe" house").  Shoes go in here, and the lid keeps them out of sight!


#4 -- This one is a double whammy!  I LOVE the shower attachments for storing the kids toys!  They come off the wall, scoop, and then drain the water out the bottom.  Then there are the adhesive hooks for the kids beautiful, bright-colored towels.  Best part = shut the shower curtain and all of this is hidden!


#5 -- A little shout-out to my cousin for this one!  She makes wonderful products through Rustic Road Designs.  This 3-hook key rack is so great!  I almost never lose my glasses or keys anymore.  This hangs right inside the garage door when I come in the house, and the keys and glasses go right there as I come in (theoretically).


#6 -- More re-purposing (if you haven't guessed by now, I love using old items for a new purpose!).  This is a CD/DVD storage rack . . . the drawers pull completely out easily, so I sorted the various kids' art mediums into each drawer.  I can pull out the drawer, let the kids color with their medium of choice, then put the drawer right back away!


#7 -- Organize a desk drawer using a silverware sorter!  You can often pick these up at the Dollar Tree . . . SO much less expensive!


#8 -- Little hooks . . . I LOVE little hooks!  We reversed the lock on the laundry room door to keep the kids out of the garage, but once the door was locked, we needed easy access to the key.  Plastic hook up high on the door jamb does the trick!







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