I love large organizing projects. Last fall, I re-organized the basement and made space for the kids to have an art studio. In January, I re-organized the kitchen shelf by shelf, drawer by drawer. Next will be our spare room closet which has turned into the catch-all. While I do love these projects, I don’t always have the time to dive in to something on such a large scale. That’s why I love organizing on a small scale. That is something I can do everyday and fairly quickly. You know, like organizing your junk drawer or finding a creative stash to hide and organize all your candles. I like to use non-typical storage containers for these projects. This gives me a great chance to be creative. Here are some of the small scale organizing projects that have been going on in our house lately.
We have beads and beading supplies all over the house thanks to my daughter and her jewelry business. After struggling to keep all the little bottles and boxes together, we started looking for a better solution. Bead stores and catalogs have great storage units, but a not so great price. As I looked at some of them, they reminded me of the storage that my dad used to keep nuts and bolts and other small items. So, we headed to the local hardware store and found this great storage chest on sale for $9! It is very similar to the one we saw in the bead catalog for $50!
I hate opening drawers and seeing it littered with little stuff. I like things contained. These plastic storage dishes fit right into my kitchen and bathroom drawers. They are great for holding everything from medicine cups to lipstick to paperclips. Since I am slowly switching my food storage over to glass, I needed a way to recycle these anyhow.
My daughter’s room is by far my biggest clutter challenge! I have found she does much better when she comes up with clever organizers herself. She is always writing and always creating, so she needed something to hold her pens and pencils and her scraps of ribbon which are always all over her room. This adorable pink pail with brown spots was a favor from a recent baby shower. It’s the perfect size for holding writing utensils on her desk. The container on the right is a quart glass jar that my daughter decorated with some of her ribbon scraps. Perfect for storing the rest of her stash!
What are your favorite small scale organizing solutions? Got any creative containers to share?
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