Handy Products for Organizing Your Home
Storage solutions like baskets, bins, and shelves are very handy for keeping your home organized. Baskets are great for corralling smaller items like gloves, scarves, and hats, while bins and shelves can store more oversized items like blankets, towels, and out-of-season clothing. Let’s look at how you can use various products to organize your home.
Baskets
Using baskets is a great way to add additional storage space to your home.
- For storing blankets, throws, and extra pillows
- For corralling toys in the living room or playroom
- For holding laundry that needs to be put away
- As a catchall for items near the front door
You can designate some baskets to organize various items or use a different basket for each room to gather all the clutter that has escaped its home and return it.
Drawer organizers
If you have drawers to put things, you know that they often become a mess when you look for something. With organizers, you can prevent everything from getting messed up to the point you lose things by adding spacers and organizers.
- For underwear, socks, and other small items in the bedroom
- For spices, oils, and other cooking supplies in the kitchen
- For office supplies in a home office or craft room
You can use drawer organizers to store items such as silverware, dishes, and glasses, so they stay organized and don’t get jumbled up. Use drawer organizers to store cleaning supplies, such as sponges, scrub brushes, and cleaning solutions — keeping supplies organized and within easy reach.
Under-bed storage
You can raise your bed to give yourself some practical storage underneath if you don’t have a bed with space under it. If you create that space, it can be used to store things you don’t use as often.
- For winter clothes that aren’t being used
- For extra bedding, towels, and linens
- For out-of-season clothes
If you aren’t using the items daily, under-bed storage is a great place to keep the things out of the way and ready for use when needed.
Hooks
When you lack space, consider taking things to the wall with hooks. Hooks let you hang up things in sight that need to be handy. Consider putting hooks in any area you need so your stuff is within easy reach.
- For coats, hats, and scarves near the front door
- For bags and purses in the bedroom or closet
- For towels in the bathroom
- For aprons and oven mitts in the kitchen
If you live in a rental, you can use command hooks, and if you follow the directions, you can create space without messing up the walls.
Nails/tacks
If you live in your own place, you can put nails and tacks on the wall without worrying about your property owner. Nails and tacks are great for hanging things out of the way, not just your artwork.
- For hanging pictures, artwork, and wall decor
- For hanging coats, hats, and scarves near the front door
- For hanging towels in the bathroom
- For hanging mitts, aprons, and other tools in the kitchen
Consider using double-duty artwork that acts as something beautiful to look at that’s also useful, like shelves, cabinets, and cute places to hang your hats and scarves.
Pegboard
Julia Child used pegboards in her kitchen to organize her pots, pans, and tools for cooking. You can use them for the organization in any zone of your house, which also looks incredible.
- Organize tools in the garage or shed
- Can also be used to organize office supplies
- Great for craft supplies
- Fabulous for kitchen pots, pans, and utensils
You may be shocked at how awesome peg boards work. The great thing about them is that you can move things around on the pegboard; it doesn’t always have to be the same organization.
Anyone of these organizational products will help you create a space that works for you. Consider writing down all the activities you do in every zone of your home so you can determine what you need to get organized.