Posted by Ethne~
I’m on an organization train in this house – and it’s a
losing battle I tell ya’. I pick
up and tidy in one little corner (correction, my hubby does the picking up) and
the kids trash with hurricane force in all other parts of the house. They are a force to be reckoned with.
Easy Mac's look says to me: 'don't eff with me mom. you will pay.' |
KD just told Shaun, as I am typing this: "I only made half the mess so I am only picking half of it up." You can probably tell from this picture that this child is a wheeler-dealer. |
But I keep at it.
Remember here where I made cereal box cord storage for my kitchen towel
drawer? I took my
latest Cheerios box and made another, FYI, for the kid silverware in the
flatware drawer. I’m so proud.
This month’s organization challenge on I Heart Organizingblog is focused on whipping our bathrooms into shape. I’ve kept my Mel-organization pretty good since we moved
into this place last May, but improvements could be made – mostly with space
efficiency and my towels.
Not awful, but not awesome either. |
So I trekked over to the local dollar store and found a few
containers that seemed they would work.
The problem-o with dollar stores is you might have something in mind and
they won’t have THAT but they will have something else that will work equally
sufficient or better. That’s what
I got. For a couple bucks, I
gained a TON of space.
I rolled my hand towels and washcloths instead of laying
them flat – and this is how I placed them into the dollar store bins. I also noticed that we go through a lot
of hand towels with toothpastey-slimy 5-year-old mouths, so I decided to break
up the storage and put some towels right where we can grab them in a second,
beneath the bathroom countertop.
Under $5 and the key is to keep picking away at the organization projects,
rather than to let the stacks and kitsch pile up (which is why Lori and I like blogs like I Heart Organizing because she always throws out challenges that seem to keep things attainable). Now, for those slimy towels…oy.
1 comment:
I LOVE the Dollar Store for storage ideas! Last time I was there I didn't see these kinds of bins. I will have to stop in and look soon! :)
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