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50 Brilliant, Easy & Cheap Storage Ideas (lots of tips and tricks) My "Go To" Organizing Supplies. Whenever I am trying to come up with organizing and storage solutions around our home, I naturally default to list of my all time favorite supplies.

My "Go To" Organizing Supplies

There are definitely quite a few items that have just worked for us so well, that they re-appear time after time. When determining solutions for organizing, the main question I ask myself is, "Will I be able to use the item somewhere else should our needs change? " Storage is an investment, therefore, I try and use items that will be able to serve us for the long haul. Organizing needs change as life does, but I don't wish to go out and purchase new items every time that happens. Many of the options I am showing you today, are items I selected because they can function for a variety of purposes. IHeart Organizing. 7 Secrets of the Super Organized.

A few years ago, my life was a mess.

7 Secrets of the Super Organized

So was my house, my desk, my mind. Then I learned, one by one, a few habits that got me completely organized. Am I perfect? Of course not, and I don’t aim to be. But I know where everything is, I know what I need to do today, I don’t forget things most of the time, and my house is uncluttered and relatively clean (well, as clean as you can get when you have toddlers and big kids running around).

So what’s the secret? Are these obvious principles? If your life is a mess, like mine was, I don’t recommend trying to get organized all in one shot. So here are the 7 habits: Reduce before organizing. If you take your closet full of 100 things and throw out all but the 10 things you love and use, now you don’t need a fancy closet organizer. How to reduce: take everything out of a closet or drawer or other container (including your schedule), clean it out, and only put back those items you truly love and really use on a regular basis.

» Obsessive- Compulsive’s Guide: Top 12 Organizing Tips, Plus Resources. By Leo Babauta Is your life in disarray?

» Obsessive- Compulsive’s Guide: Top 12 Organizing Tips, Plus Resources

Do you have trouble finding things? Do you constantly forget stuff? If so, don’t worry — you’re like most of the human population. Disorganization is a natural state of order. If you have a desire to get organized, here are my favorite organization tips … stuff I’ve learned along the way, from other sources and from experimentation. 1. 15 Resources to Organize Your Home, Computer, Work, and Life. Photo: Rubbermaid I feel sometimes that I am on a constant quest to get organized.

15 Resources to Organize Your Home, Computer, Work, and Life

There is just so much I want to do with my life, and so little time in which to get it all done. My eternal hope is that being more organized will allow me to do and be more, and miss and regret less. That might be a lot to expect from a day planner. Even if these resources don't make me into Super Woman, they may help us control the chaos - at least a little. For Your Home Photo: Jeremy Levine/Creative Commons 1. 60 Ways to Get Organized & Take Control of Your Life & Demanding Joy. HOW To Organize Your Files – Mission: Office - Organize With Sandy. February 15, 2011 by Sandy I did a post on organizing your files in a general sense.

HOW To Organize Your Files – Mission: Office - Organize With Sandy

But I wanted to go a little deeper with you. I have had some people ask me specifics on how I set up my files. Files can be our Friends But for them to be our friends, they have to be organized well enough so that you can find what you are looking for. With that being said… there is no one way that is “the way” to organize your files. There are many recommended methods, but it all comes down to what works for the person who has to use the files… right?

Top 12 Organizing Tips. 25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier. .

25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier

We heard you loud and clear. When we published our first list of clever ideas to make life easier last year, we received an overwhelming response. So without further ado, here’s another 25 ingenious household tips and organisational tricks that will have you saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Source: chezerbey.com Got an empty kitchen shelf? Source: maillardvillemanor.com Wall mount cutlery trays and add a cup hook in each compartment for brilliant jewelery storage. Source: apartmenttherapy.com Avoid messy dresser drawers by “filing” your clothing side-by-side instead of stacking items on top of each other.

Photo: William Warby on flickr.com Has putting Toy Story on constant repeat finally taken its toll? Source: realsimple.com Packing tip: Protect breakables such as wine bottles or food containers with children’s inflatable floaties. Source: whatiwore.tumblr.com Rather than bundling them in your drawer, loop tights over a coathanger and store them in your wardrobe. ORGANIZATION TIPS.