In this chapter, I am going to show you how to cleverly store things and keep your room looking pretty.
1. Use a wire shelf to organize rolls of wrapping paper. If you don't have a wire shelf a simple piece of scrap wood or even stretching a bungee cord across the area would work just as well.
2. Attach jar lids to the underside of cabinets or shelves to organize all of the little things. Perfect for craft items, nuts and bolts, girls' hair accessories, or any other small items you have laying around the house.
3. Keep cords off the floor and out of sight by attaching a couple binder clips to the back of your desk or entertainment center.
4. Add a board and wheels to the bottom of a wire basket and you have yourself a rolling storage cart. This would be great for books, yarn, craft material, toys, or just about anything you can think of.
5. Pin your plastic bags to the wall inside your pantry. Not only will our bags be easily accessible but it will free up some space on your shelves.
6. Use a dish drainer to organize a child's art center. Stack books or blank paper between the prongs. Store markers, crayons, and pencils in the utensil caddy.
7. Using pvc pipe and some rope you can easily add a second clothing bar to you closet. Perfect for small apartments or if you have little kids that can't quite reach the top bar. Another idea would be to use a tension shower curtain rod allowing you to adjust the height as needed.
8. Use picture frames to organize and store thread, twine and rope. Not only will they be easily accessible but they look pretty too.
9. Recycle drawers by adding some casters and use for under-the-bed rolling storage.
10. Using command hooks (or screw hooks if you don't mind the holes), hang wire baskets on the back of your closet door to store purses, scarves, and other accessories. To save money, search garage sales for older baskets and spray paint them to match your decor.
11. Attach a cooling rack to the top of a basket to organize all of those pesky food storage lids. Just thread fishing line through the holes in the basket and over the top of the drying rack to hold it in place.
12. Use toilet paper rolls to organize your cords then decorate with washi tape to beautify them.
13. Hang baskets on towel bars to take advantage of unused wall space. The baskets can be attached with zip ties or S hooks. This is a perfect idea for storing extra hand towels in the bathroom, organizing kids' toys, keeping craft items together, or even storing items in the garage.
14. Install a shelf above the door for extra bathroom storage. This would also be great in the garage, bedroom, or even storing items in a toddlers room that you need to be out of your child's reach.
15. Carve a few nooks into your medicine cabinet shelf and you have hidden storage for your tooth brushes.
16. These shoe organizers are great for ANY door or cabinet. You can hang them in the laundry room for cleaning supplies or the kids bedroom to organize toys. Also perfect in the craft room for yarn, fabric, or other craft items. You could even hang one inside your shower to store bath supplies (just make sure there is a way for water to drain out of the pockets).
17. Keep your cell phone off the floor or counter while it's charging by carving an empty lotion bottle into a nifty cell phone holder. (If you attempt this make sure your holder is resting on the plug and not the metal prongs which could cause a fire.)
18. Glue some clothespins or use screw hooks on a strip of wood for a creative way to organize belts and necklaces. You could also use the clothes pins to hang a small box or basket for chunky bracelets or other items that wont fit the clothespins.
19. Use shower curtain rods to hang and organize your purses. If you don't have any room on your clothing rod try using a small tension rod in an unused nook or even inside a cabinet.
20. Use screw hooks to hang a basketunder your desk to keep cords hidden and off the floor.
21. Glue an envelope to the inside of your journal or a notebook to store all of those little keepsakes or current projects.
22. Use wooden crates to make a coffee table with lots of storage. Just attach the crates to a large board and add casters.
23. Place your kitchen items inside a plastic tub before storing them in your cupboards. No more digging for stuff in the back. (This would also work great in the bathroom or garage.)
24. Glue old book spines to a box for hidden storage. Leave the front cover on one of the books and the back cover on another to use as the sides of your box. This would be perfect for spare remotes, cables, router, or anything else you wish to keep out of site but accessible.
25. Use bungee cords to corral balls in the garage. Another idea would be to use a similar concept with a section of a book shelf to store stuffed animals or other toys in the playroom.
I hope you enjoyed this! There will be a part two coming up in the next DIY chapter, so look out for that.
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Kaesha xoxo
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