On my eternal quest to better organize my home, I did come up with six little ways you can easily ‘organize your home’  that have been very successful here.

 Number 1 is creating drawer organizers for the kitchen utensils. Every time I open the kitchen drawers I appreciate the custom wooden dividers.

    Those pre-made plastic dividers never seemed to work well, and they slid all over the drawer bottom.   It seems to me that there is more room now.  Details for the custom made drawer dividers ◄here.

   Number 2 is the addition of a shelf in the cabinets.  No more tall stacks of dishes.  I can’t believe I did not think of this many years ago!  Being a petite person, this definitely makes it easier to retrieve dishes!  Dishes that are not used as often are stored on the top shelves.  (Alex laughs when she sees me open the lower cabinet and step on it to reach something on the top shelf.  She is not ‘height impaired’ and said how ‘cute’ that was as she was laughing!)  

 

 Number 3 is taming the plastic bags from the grocery.  Everyone knows that wadded up paper or plastic takes up more room than when those same items are flat or neatly folded.   Those grocery bags are no exception.  Although my family still laughs at my folding of these bags, it keeps them so neat and tidy, I love it.  

   The first time I folded all the wrinkled up bags that were stuffed in this organizer, the contents took up half the space.  This one is a winner.  For folding instructions, click here ►Bag folding.

 

 

  Number 4 is adding the rod above the washer and dryer and color coordinating hangers for each bedroom.  This has really been helpful!  A hanger of a particular color has been assigned to each person or bedroom.  When I do Dave’s   laundry, I use the black hangers.  If there aren’t any on the rod over the washer, I know to look in our closet.  It made it easy to know where the empty hangers were when all of the kids were living here. 

   Number 5 is the addition of the basket on the tank of the toilet.  It is so much easier to make sure there are spare rolls of toilet paper.  Hidden away in the cabinet, I never noticed when there was not another roll available.   It is now easy to see when one needs to be replaced, long before it is actually needed.  Spare towels, tissues and bars of soap are also in these baskets.

 

   Number 6 is this little crate filled with a couple of coffee cups, little cocktail napkins and two sizes of glasses.  The little crate was found at the fabric store marked down to five bucks.  When I picked it up I wasn’t sure what to do with it. A centerpiece was a consideration, but it just seemed like a steal.   This is a little more rustic than an item I would typically choose, but there was just something about it.

    In the end, it sits beside the coffee pot and under the cabinets where the cups and glasses are stored.  Sometimes the family uses these, but I also noticed guests picking them up and helping themselves.   Amidst the chaos that often transpires when we have company, someone might be overlooked when the drinks are passed around. This little crate has actually come in handy more than once.

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             Hopefully, one or more of these 6 Little Ways You Can Easily ‘Organize Your Home’ will be useful in your own home.