It might start with one small, stray item strewn on your desk or any convenient flat surface. Before you know it, you’ve created full-on clutter chaos. Lots of little things turn into one big mess in no time at all.
But there’s a light at the end of the unorganized avalanche, and the solutions aren’t that difficult to pull off. With just a few of these clever steps, you’ll be living the easy life again.
1. Customize your utensil drawers for the perfect fit.
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2. Keep your hair ties together with a carabiner.
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3. Keep your small desk items in a muffin pan.
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4. Keep your bobby pins in a magnetic paper clip holder.
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5. Put pictures of the toys on the front of drawers for easy-to-understand clean-up time.
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6. Screw the tops of peanut butter jars to the bottom of shelves for shop storage.
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7. Use an ice cube tray to organize your earrings.
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8. Use fabric over a cork board and some push pins to organize your necklaces.
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9. Use your long neglected serving caddy as a craft caddy instead.
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10. Keep your nail polish in a see-through shoe organizer.
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11. Use shower hooks on an over-the-door towel rack to keep your scarves neat.
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12. Use a wine rack to store your yarn.
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13. Use a magazine holder to stack pasta boxes.
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14. You can also use it for your plastic wrap and foil storage.
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15. Keep your jewelry from tangling up during travel with a daily medicine organizer.
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16. Use a tiered fruit basket to store bath time toys.
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17. Use egg cartons to keep your Keurig pods separate in a drawer.
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18. Store your pasta, beans, and other dry goods in large, clear jars.
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19. Store your tupperware separated by size using a dish drying rack.
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20. Use an old tea tin and scrapbook paper for easy access to all your tea.
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21. Keep extra cupcake cups in a mason jar.
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22. Use salt and pepper shaker sets to organize your glitter.
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23. Storage and seat in one!
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24. Tape together empty Crystal Light containers to make an art supplies organizer.
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25. Frame board games and tape the pieces to the back for cute storage and decor.
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26. Organize ribbon or wrapping paper with curtain rods and chains.
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(via BuzzFeed.)
I would have never thought of these, but I’m so glad someone else did. It’ll be nice to see my floor again soon!
