We all have an inner Marie Kondo hiding somewhere deep under the piles of laundry and overstacked dishes. As the plates from my takeaway dinner still patiently wait in the sink, I realize we all need some inspiration.
And where’s a better place to look for it than to see some real-life examples from people who have their organizational skills up and running like a nuclear power plant?
Get ready to browse through the soothing images of perfectly ordered pantries and shelves, through meticulous layouts and wonderfully neat rooms, and wardrobes, and storage boxes... and indulge in the calming effect of absolute order. These people do indeed make it look like transforming cluttered homes into spaces of serenity and inspiration is like a walk in the park, and I am up for it.
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I Standardized All My Storage Bins But Got Tired Of Unstacking/Restacking Every Time I Needed Something From The Bottom Bin. I Built This Rack So Each Bin Can Slide Out, And It Wastes Very Little Storage Space. What Do You Think?
It's like a 2 hours project to build that! cmon man!
Load More Replies...Fill it completely with those bins now, plus a spare or two, while you can still get the same ones. If those get discontinued, different ones might not quite fit the same way.
Load More Replies...Now get some stickers and label that. Or, get (semi)transparent bins.
I'd say both. If your anything like my mom, the xmas decor covers like six bins- not counting the lights. (the moose and bear that goes on their front porch are their own bin, for example.)
Load More Replies...My Wife Wanted A Custom Pantry So I Built Her One
Ugh. The degraded people replying to you. Well, I'm sure he's had a great appetit after that. Teehee.
Load More Replies...Odds are it was a husband. These days it could be a good wife with carpentry skills as they didn't specify.
Load More Replies...I Have Major Depression. I've Heard Cleaning Up My Environment Helps. This Is My First Post, I'm Hoping To Become A Regular Poster Here
You can't reply to them here, they posted it on Reddit.
Load More Replies...This is a very real thing. My wife deals with anxiety and for her if the house is messy it multiplies her anxiety
Same and same. Sometimes even watching vids of other people organizing a drawer or closet can help.
Load More Replies...Hardest part is finding the motivation to start, you're doing great! :)
You can't reply to them here, they posted it on Reddit.
Load More Replies...Oh my goodness, this resonates so much. Good for them, that's such a significant achievement!
Yes, it does help. I wish you the best of luck sweets! I know it sucks.
There are two types of people—the ones that do everything they can to delay cleaning up their home up to the very end until they see a tumbleweed of dust heading from one corner to the opposite corner of the room, and another type of people who were born (or passionately learnt) loving organizing their space, and there’s just so much we can all learn from the latter.
So in order to find out how to take your first steps into the organized world and lifestyle that sparks joy, and leave all the chaos behind, Bored Panda reached out to Alice Bauer, a Konmari™ premium consultant who works in Switzerland and Austria.
“The best motivation to start is to envision yourself with your ideal lifestyle,” Alice stated. You may want to ask yourself: “How do you want to live? Picture this as precisely as possible with every detail. What kind of atmosphere should your home have? What do you want to see first when you wake up in the morning? What is your morning routine? What do you do for fun? Do you love to cook and like to cook for your friends in the future? How must your home be to support you best on a daily basis?”
I Made A Wall Rack To Store/Display My Kid's Monster Trucks. For Less Than 20 Bucks, I Used Curtain Rods And Checkered Flag Duct Tape
I do believe you have gotten the official seal of approval from the one who matters most!
My Family Thinks I’m Crazy. Hopefully Some Of You Guys Will Appreciate My Setup
awesome setup, but i trust a parents judgement so i'll assume you are crazy none the less.
A parent's? Here probably more children judging!
Load More Replies...That one console unit sticking out in the bottom right... It's all I can see. This does not belong on this list of 'organised' while that act of barbarity continues!
Yeah, just a couple of inches more of wood and it would be 100% perfect. I give a 99.9% perfection rate nontheless.
Load More Replies...Holy crap. Do you own one of EVERYTHING? I mean, the look is magic, but... wow.
The Yarn Corner In My Craft Room Is My Happy Place
Looks amazing but it’s going to be a pain getting anything out of there. You risk collapse .
As a shepherdess, spinner of their wool, and knitter I find this so cathartic! Awesome job!
Wow... This is a slice of heaven. Such a great way to display your yarn. Function and beauty. Great idea!
I like the color distribution but how do I get a white one without toppling the others?
Silly, you have ANOTHER stash of yarns for using. This is the display stash. This approach also works with pens, stickers, scrapbooking, or, well, pretty much any general art supplies.
Load More Replies...This self-reflection is the beginning of radical tidying up, which is a lifestyle change, according to Alice. “Create a vision board and add adjectives to amplify how your ideal lifestyle should feel. Warm, light, open, or welcoming, cozy. I love to work with vision boards together with my clients so that they can come back to their vision whenever they feel like it.”
Father-In-Law's Power Tool Section In His Shop
My husband is an Engineer and his workshop is a mess. I can never find a damn screwdriver, hammer etc.
Load More Replies...wanna help my father in law organize his work shop lol. or at least tell me how u organized things id love to do this for him.
I Finally Organised My Messy First Aid Cupboard!
"Is it all in your head? Valium, Xanax, Ambien, cannabis, Vit B, melatonin."
Load More Replies...i did the same only my whole bathroom closet each level is dedicated to a specific thing. ive got all this that have to with face care and teeth care on one, towels all on one, anything to do with hair on one, shaving and body lotions on one and the last one is bathroom cleaning stuff
Did mine by Stomach issues/ pain and cold medicine/the bleeding box/ miscellaneous
Tool Shop Organization
Allowed in it to marvel and my creation, sure. Allowed to touch it, hell no
Load More Replies...I've seen major hardware stores (Home Despot, Lowe's) that weren't this well organized.
Now shadowboard it so you never forget which spot something goes on
But Alice warns that tidying is a demanding process where you constantly make decisions about what to keep. “There are good days and you feel absolutely great, your self-esteem is high and you go smoothly with the flow; on the other hand, there are difficult days when you cannot motivate yourself properly and your goal is far away,” she explained.
“Then the magic of the vision board comes to play and reminds you exactly why you’re tidying. You want to change your life—somehow,” she added.
Are Garages Allowed? (Bay Area, Ca)
Okay, everybody, I'd like to draw your attention to the cleanest garage on the planet.
Are you kidding? Some operating rooms in my country are dirtier than this! Is awesome!
Load More Replies...Kind of surprised they didn’t paint the floor with epoxy for that ultra finished look
Being able to do that depends on the condition of the concrete. My garage floor has an oily spot from 60 years of drips in the same place, I've tried and tried to clean it, but water still beads there. An epoxy coating would just fall off.
Load More Replies...Look at that... this garage has walls and a floor! Mine disappeared years ago... lucky you!
My Wife Lindsay Playing Some Switch After Setting Up The Game Room In Our New House
It's like a tiny little GameStop, only free of shrieking kids, way-too-intense gamers arguing over (system) vs. (system), and there's somewhere comfortable to sit!
It's like Game but there's things you've actually heard of.
Load More Replies...Good afternoon! I would like to apply for the position of this persons new best friend 🙂
"That picture on the wall is hung sideways." "IS that picture on the wall hung sideways?"
Load More Replies...Paint miniature figurines for Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer, and more! The board with the measurement numbers on it is probably used for making custom terrain, and the spotlight and goggles are to help see all the tiny details. The bottles are specialized paint made specifically for this hobby that tend to be higher quality than most acrylic paint (it's smoother, thicker, and more pigmented usually). There's also items like the yellow-filled jar that can be used to make textures (the yellow stuff might be used to imitate sand or something), and there's a bunch of painbrushes and grasping tools to hold up the mini so you can paint certain details without your fingers getting in the way.
Load More Replies...Alice’s trick is to try and tidy up by category instead of location. “The majority of my clients all used to tidy by location, which in my opinion is nonsense. Instead, tidy by category so that you can get an overview of how many pairs of scissors you actually own. You cannot get how many you have if they are scattered all over the house.”
Moreover, when tidying up, you have to stay patient. First, you decide what to discard, and only after, you work with the items you’re left with. “After completing the sorting of all categories, you think about storing what you are left with. Not earlier. That will teach you how to be patient and patience is exactly what you need to finish the process.”
My Wife Is Gone On A Work Trip. I Decided To Surprise Her By Cleaning The Garage. It’s Not A Top Notch Job, But I’m Happy With It. I Can’t Wait For My Wife To Get Home!
This is going to get you major brownie points. It is so thoughtful and for me would be better then a diamond necklace.
Because after all cleanliness is a girl's best friend
Load More Replies...You've turned it into Batman's underground cave/garage! Batman-60d...9b1297.jpg
I Finally Have My Craft Room Organized The Way I Want After Countless Failed Attempts Over The Last 2 Decades!
I'm curious what the boxes are on the wall holding paints. I paint and have soooo many paints of various size bottles and they're all mashed into a cabinet. It'd be wonderful to have something flat to put them on to see the colors. This must be so nice to sit down and work at! Lotta work...great job!
Recently Discovered My Favorite Way To Organize My Apps. Each Row Is A Category, With The Three Most Commonly Used Apps On The Right And Others In A Folder On The Left
I organise my apps in folders but have not gone this far. The folders are in alphabetical order. One small change in order and I am lost.
I group mine by color. It looks nice and since it’s just one page I don’t have to swipe to find anything
I organize my apps in folders too, but thst's an insane amount of apps to have installed! I'm also eyeing those 29 unread emails...
If you’re on a lower budget, Alice recommends selling things you don’t want anymore on eBay, Etsy, or whatever is available in your location. “But pay attention. You will never sell everything you have planned to sell. I would suggest that you pick out a number of items to seriously sell. Reselling is time-consuming and needs effort. Good pictures need to be taken, a text has to be written, posting, answering inquiries. Think about this aspect carefully.”
“Until an item is sold, it is still lying in your house probably for weeks or months until you cannot see it anymore and just donate it,” Alice said and added that essentially, “someday never comes. Trust me, I know.”
I Don’t Have Much Closet Space For Linens In My Tiny Apartment So I Turned An Over The Door Shoe Holder In The Bathroom Into This!
Great idea. My apartment doesn't have much storage space. You've just given me a great idea. Thank uou
It's always so pretty until you have to refill it.. And no one ever does but you.. Then you remember you live alone...
"Why am I the only who ever......oh." so many times
Load More Replies...Rearranged My Mother’s Entire Summer Saree Collection. Not Perfect But I Love The Colors!
6/7 yeards long piece of cloth to drape in beautiful patterns around your body. The most common indian women's dress
Load More Replies...This Man Is My Hero. He Sorted Out A Sale Bin Of Candy. Found It Satisfying
All it takes is one child and five minutes then all that effort goes to waste.
it can be a pain in the a**e to start, but man is it satisfying once you're done!
I would have to take everything out of the bin before I'd be able to start organizing. I almost always make a bigger mess when I'm cleaning/organizing, but the end result is always neat and tidy :)
Load More Replies...The first bin would send my kid into an ASD “breakdown” unless I let them organize it. We don’t go to Walmart, dollar tree (laws god help me if we go in there) and several other stores bc they can’t handle the mess. I understand this picture all too well. My kid has the cleanest minimalist room and the Feng Shui in it is amazing. I would have my child no other way. 💙
I hate to say but I would love to do that too. I managed some stores a few years back and would find myself going into other stores and folding their tshirts properly, aligning items on shelves. I got over it thank God lol!
Bored Panda also talked to Amanda Scanlan, a certified platinum KonMari® consultant based in Brisbane, Australia. If you’re wanting to tidy up and organize things but are lacking motivation, Amanda said that a great place to start is to figure out your why. Ask yourself: “Why do you want to tidy up? Will it make your life easier and happier? This invites you to imagine how you truly wish to live your life. You may like to consider what an ideal day or week looks like for you—What are you doing? How do you feel? Who is with you? What is the quality of that relationship and connection?”
“Connecting with this vision and really feeling into what it is like to live in your tidy home is not only important to find the motivation to start, but will also be a motivator to help you complete your tidying up thoroughly so you can put your reclaimed money, time and energy into living that life,” she explained.
My Mom's Craft Cabinet And Workspace
This is very organized. Because everything is so small and close together it's overwhelming to me.
Just Moved Into A New House And Wanted To Show Off My Pantry Progress!
With most of these my first thought is "Ooh I need that, that would make things so much better" and then I remember that I'm the problem.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't be putting my cutting boards on the floor though... not very sanitary if you ask me. But then again no one did.
Cause you don't use them so often and maybe it's a short person considering there is a small step also in there...
Load More Replies...Heavy stuff needs to be lower. Chopping boards need to be off the floor. I have my chopping boards colour organised for what I am about to chop. White fish, Yellow chicken, Red for Meats and obviously green for fruit and veg. Plus none of them are wooden as you cannot dishwasher proof a wooden board.
I'm not sure how you'll get that stepstool out to use, but I like the idea.
My Husband Works In It And This Was His Project Today
considering he ripped out all the cables and started over (Or they magically became red?) yeah. this was not a day-long project. all those cables are now crimped to length.
Load More Replies...I’ve done the same work in my company’s office in Frankfurt. Myself and my manager went there and with the help of one of the staff, we pulled all the cables out of the racks and switches, laid them out and put them back in neatly. It was very satisfyingly to see the end result. But it 3 of us a weekend to do it.
My husband is the same - he has a label maker and is not afraid to use it....
I'm skeptical about how they did this in one day. How can you just unplug things without disrupting something? Most systems run 24x7.
You cant, you just cant. The only reason it got so messy in the 1st place because it run 24x7...
Load More Replies...Aside from this, Amanda suggests thinking of joining a Facebook group, tidy challenge, or engaging a Consultant or buddying up with a friend to share your goals. Sometimes a little push from the others is all we need.
Amanda also said that tidying your home does not need to be an expensive undertaking, “it’s not about Instagram-worthy storage solutions.” Instead, “Tidying up can simply be a process to understand better what energizes and sparks joy in you, and then finding a home for all the items you have chosen to keep in your life.”
“This can be achieved through using items you already have—shoe boxes can be repurposed and used as drawer dividers for storing clothes or keeping like items together; phone or tablet boxes are great for keeping smaller items together like batteries or pens; large glass jars are great for storing food or dishwashing tablets.”
Extra Cord Organization!
If anybody comes across this in the future and has the same question, I found it. It's a photo organizer designed to hold 4x6 photos.
Load More Replies...I pop a bread tag on my cords and use a micro-Sharpie to write what it's for. Works like a charm!
Finally Organized My Kitchen After Weeks Of Being Too Depressed To Clean It
When even someone named "McJudgeface" is proud of you, you know you did well! :D
Load More Replies...Depression is s**t, it prevents you from functioning 'normally'. What you've done here is an achievement. I go through similar phases.
You can say that again. My kitchen looks 10 times worse than the one in the left photo. The best I can do is keep running my dishwasher. Everything else has gone to the dogs.
Load More Replies...They posted this on Reddit. They won't see this comment.
Load More Replies...Looks great! I hope it gave you a lift to see the finished result. All the best.
They posted this on Reddit. They won't see this reply.
Load More Replies...Best ever cure for depression maybe next to doing a few random acts of kindness to strangers.
The Ultimate Shark Week First Aid Box
I see no painkillers, nor salt and vinegar crisps, therefore it is not yet anywhere near "the ultimate"!
it’s also missing the chocolate ice cream, the edamame, tostitos scoop chips, and the heating pad! 🙄
Load More Replies...Apparently tampons are not a proper birthday present to give to your sister or mother.
My Mom would say "Tom's home!" (Tom = Time Of Month) OK then!
On first glance I thought these were fat quarters. Took me a minute.
I thought the same thing!! I was admiring how neatly it was organized by design. Haha!
Load More Replies...According to the KonMari consultant, you may even find that you have storage items already that are no longer needed, “such as repurposing a letter organizer as a device charging station or magazine holder to store your papers that need actioning.”
However, if you do need to buy storage items, Amanda recommends holding off until you have finished discarding, since this way you are only finding solutions for the things you truly wish to keep in your life. “Another benefit of holding off is that working through your tidying journey starts to free up mental space; this can result in becoming more creative and resourceful with using what you already have to meet your needs,” she explained.
Crosspost From R/Konmari
I'm embarrassed to say that, again, the left panel is my hubby and the right panel is me. How have we stayed married 30 years?!
Ditto with us. We have shelves around our TV and every time I clean one out and make it pretty, hubs picks random stuff off the floor and shoves it in the space. Moves picture frames to the side and everything. And no, I don't know where anything is. I'm about ready to just purge everything and repurchase as needed 😵
Load More Replies...Thank you for taking a Before picture, I always forget to do this; so the finished product is just not as impressive as what you've done!
Penguin Classics Collection, Found On Twitter
Wonderful! It's an expensive dream of mine to have all of this collection. And also to be able to read them easily in English
Where I live you can get Penguin Classics books for just 3-5€. But sadly they are all yellow.
Load More Replies...My Dad, Using Every Square Inch Of Our Small Garage For His Workshop, Has A Bunch Of Old Jam Jars With Their Lids Screwed Onto The Ceiling For Storage
This reminds of my late grandfather. Electrical foreman. The things he used to hold fasteners was endless.
My dad did this, only with oyster jars. Velveeta boxes held other items.
New Pantry
This is cool, except taking stuff out of their original packaging decreases their shelf life…
There's no way that is true. Taking pasta out of a cardboard box and moving it into an airtight container should extend the shelf life and keep out bugs.
Load More Replies...Created This "Work Command Center" For My Son Who Constantly Juggles Multiple Different Freelance Projects With Multiple Different Deadlines. Whiteboard Calendar Is Used To Keep Track Of Deadline Dates And Clip Boards Keep Track Of Notes And Updates On The Projects
That was my thought as well. But that took it up to 11
Load More Replies...Love it, but I would go for a digital version of this. Like OneNote, maybe?
Yeah, that was my reaction too. This looks like the 1980’s all over again. But it’s the thought that counts.
Load More Replies...My Dad Just Finished Cleaning Our Kitchen So I Could Take A Photo And Share It Because He Was Jealous That I Showed My Mom's Cottage Here. He Also Designed The Kitchen And Picked Everything Out
Me: *looking at my dad* Dad: *tosses a used bottle at the trash but landed near it*. Me: *looking at dad to see if he would pick it up* Dad: *leaves the kitchen*
What a slob. I hope you didn’t pick up after him.
Load More Replies...honestly, I thought I was looking at an office. Definitely not a very cozy place...
I thought the kitchen at the USS Enterprise might look like this.
Load More Replies...I absolutely love it! I think it's really NEAT, UNIQUE AND. S t u n n i n g! What an amazing designer
First Post (Be Kind!): Pantry Organization In My New Home
Please tilt the pot lids the other way so dust won’t collect on their inside surface
This is the human face of organisation. Love the pan lids, I've fewer and can only find the bigger ones!
Nice and tidy, but I bet you use the teapot more frequently than its exiled spot allows.Just saying this bc trying to reorganize my fridge based on two criteria: frequency of use (of specific item) and best spot in terms of temperature.
I Was Told That This Subreddit May Enjoy My Most Recent Project
1 inch nylon camping straps (you can buy it in any camping supply store, or amazicrap) and some sort of heavy nylon fabric for backing. this looks like cheap zipties for the straps- I would recommend sewing it. If you don't have a machine that can handle the tough fabric, use a saddle stitch with very light cordage (or very heavy thread.)(where you pull/push a loop through, run the top side thread through the loop and pull the loop back down and tight. You can cheese it with a crochet hook, but it's a lot more work than a proper awl.)
Load More Replies...Your center console latch is broken too? Must be a Toyota like mine.
So smart! But please don't leave the lighter in the car. You know I worry.
You always need a knife and a way to start a fire. ALWAYS! zippo lighter and a buck knife saved my life once.
Load More Replies...2008 honda pilot with elastic organizer I found on amazon IMG_10361-...9-jpeg.jpg
Mom Did This For Me
LOVE a good stationary drawer. My older sister sees how much stationary I have and does the old “but does it being you *joy*?” And i’m just like “YESSSS”.
The Pantry Of Dreams
I just love the idea of a walk-in pantry. I'm a millennial in a city. I don't think I'll ever be that rich.
You'll also never have to dust that huge pantry, so look on the bright side!
Load More Replies...Surely this isn't a real pantry? waayyy too much junk food, and not enough actual food. Also, who buys at least ten different kinds of cereal?
Not much real food in there at all. I had a cousin whose kitchen cupboards looked like that. All prepared, packaged crap food. I do have some prepackaged Epicure in my kitchen, but mostly I have ingredients.
Load More Replies...when you have kids and growing teenagers, these can be not enough. These kids & teens - they inhale food, i tell ya.
My Vertical Tea Station
Central Perk! Anyone hear the F.R.I.E.N.D.S theme in your head or is it only me?
If you ever need company for a good cup of tea: I’ll be there for you!🎶
Organizing The Spices With 3D Printing, A Pvc Board, And A Ton Of Labels
I usually cook two or three meals a day and have half the spices but still have seasonings to throw out due to age. I was wondering if they would ever use all that. Nice selection though.
Load More Replies...The white-cuppy things were printed on a FDM printer. they melt plastic out a nozzle and build parts layer by layer. Here's a timelapse of it going. (the thing to the right is the print head, which has the nozzle and it moves along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzbAdpbjOlI
Load More Replies...I find them pretty addictive. but unless you're already in a hobby that you could use printed parts for... I wouldn't recommend one. They're a pretty large timesink to get set up and tuned just right, so if you just want a single thing... well, yeah. Also, if you're looking for fun stuff to print, check out cults3d.com or thingiverse.com
Load More Replies...That's the problem with spices; there's so damn many of them. That and herbs.
Is there a difference between spices and herbs? In my mind, all herbs are spices, but not all spices are herbs. Now I'm wondering if that's true.
Load More Replies...Organized My Baking And Pantry Items!
I've decided it's not pickles in the jar on the top shelf, second from the left. It's not potato skins. Any other guesses?
I went to the Reddit to check.. it is pickles. Home made that morning so not much color change yet.
Load More Replies...Vanity Spring Cleaning!
I don't know about anyone else, but I do my makeup in the washoom, bc access to sink.
For those commenting "so much, so many!", if this person is any kind of a stylist or makeup artist, chances are they got a lot of those products for free, and a lot are usually donated to shelters.
it's great organization but still - why so many brushes and items if this is for one person? unless that person is a make up stylist i find this little over kill.
Baby Clothing Storage Idea
This is actually really impractical. To put away clean clothes you need to empty each pocket every time so the item goes at the bottom of the pile. If you don’t do that then the clothes aren’t rotated and things are worn over and over again.
This is perfect. Babies grow so fast here is no time to match outfits or rotate wardrobes. The only thing I don't see here is a pocket to put items baby has grown out of.
This is actually a great idea for socks and undies as they get older. I used baskets but then the kids found the baskets...
These Shelves Are From IKEA For Those Who Are Asking
For a minute I wondered why someone was storing their shoes in the fridge.
Hope you don’t have cats, or the shoes will be on the floor, and the cats will be on display. Organized, of course, starting with the Alpha cat in the best spot.
Organized Rainbow Of Books And Fun!
I like the idea of this, but if I did it I'd never be able to find any of my books if I went looking for a specific title. Apparently my brain can store either the name of the book, or what a book cover looks like, but not both.
Same. It's by topic, then alphabetical by surname of author, and if the author has more than one book, alphabetical by title within the author. Otherwise I'd be like, "Wow, look, a red book!" and then what?!
Load More Replies...People who do this are not READERS. They are DECORATORS. The books are there for looks not function. I hate these people.
Stacking books on top of each other is the work of the devil. Or people who don't read.
This looks beautiful, but I don't think it's very practical. It's much easier to find books if they are stored by genre, author or even alphabetically.
Got My Paints Sorted Out
Probably painting miniatures for games such as D&D and Warhammer.
Load More Replies...My Wife Spent Most Of The Weekend Organizing Our Pantry, I Think It Came Out Great!
The lazy susans on the top shelf are such a great idea. No standing on a step ladder, gingerly trying to reach over something or moving everything out of the way to get at something else behind it, or forgetting you have something already and buying more because it’s out of sight in the back of the top shelf.
I Wish I Could Work From Home To Sit Here More Than Just A Couple Of Hours A Night!
My Sister Recently Got A Job As A 2nd Grade Teacher. This Cabinet Holds All The Shared Supplies For All Of The 2nd Grade Teachers In Her School And It Was A Mess To Say The Least! I Organized It For Them So Now They Can Find All The Googly Eyes, Paint, And Feathers They Might Need In One Place!
Hey Guys. I Organized A Bunch Of Nerd To Help Quit Smoking. So Now I Have Started Organizing Hundreds And Thousands. I Have Just Finished Removing The White Ones. What Do You Think?
I see where you're looking, and I think that's actually the plate/dish/bowl bottom.
Load More Replies...Ooh! I’ve never heard of this suggestion before, but it makes sense. Trying to stop compulsive behaviour like smoking or anything really, by distracting yourself with something mindless but time consuming and requiring focus when you feel the need. Hmm 🤔 good luck with your journey to quit! Keep up the hard work 💪🏻
Consider volunteering your talents to local crafters who have dropped their bead boxes.
How do you end up not eating them all? I see that as the real skill here.
I’m Real Proud Of My Closet
Finally Getting All Matching Hangers
Psychologically, it's far more peaceful to have uniformly colored hangers. We don't know that they threw them away. They could have given them away for free.
Load More Replies...I use the different hangers to organize my clothes. One for dresses, another for cute shirts, another for casual shirts, another for shirts for painting or working in the yard...
Just paint them and bingo! Dont need to buy new ones! Or just put them in rainbow order! You could have (for example) all the red clothes on the red handles! :D
You have to do a lot of work to paint the tubular plastic hangers - you would have to use sandpaper to rough up the surface, plus make sure to use paint specifically made for plastic, otherwise the paint won't stick & will peel & flake off.
Load More Replies...Simple but this makes me want to do this! We moved into a rental yesterday, so half my stuff is in Storage and the other in boxes in my temporary room. But I need to remember this for when we move into our actual house at the end of the year! I also like those little clips, that look like the top of a fizzy drinks can. So you can double-up hangers to save space.
I Organized My Nail Polish Drawer With Cardboard Dividers! It's Not Perfect, But At Least It Won't Slide Around Anymore!
I have to much polish. I keep it on one of those plastic tray organizers but it's not the most practical.
I have some nail varnish. It is in a box with the rest of my fly tying kit. The colour is "clear".
So easy to make dividers from old shoeboxes (or other sturdy but easy to cut cardboard) and washi tape.
Smart. I'm amazed all of that fit in the drawer without the dividers and without leaking.
Someone is clearly not a Holosexual. Spend one lunch- or dinner break watching Simply Nailogical tutorials on YouTube, and you will begin to understand.
Load More Replies...This Happened! Donated 3 Bags Of Clothes That Did Not “Bring Me Joy” And Ended Up With A Very Organized Closet!
As long as it’s in good shape, I see no point in throwing clothing out. When I was young and broke, I used to go to a second hand clothing store run by the Junior League. Bought some nice work and date clothes there, and for pennies. Now that I’m better off, though I do still pick up some stuff secondhand (especially vintage), I also donate clothes I don’t wear anymore, or don’t suit me, or no longer fit—-but not if they’re worn out (those either have what’s still good salvaged and reworked into other outfits, then migrate to the rag bin).
… where does it say anything was thrown out? They donated the clothes.
Load More Replies...I swapped out my Platic hangers for the slim ones. Made it even neater
I Built Some Shelves This Weekend In My Previously Empty Pantry. This Was Only My Second Time Wood Working So I'm Pretty Happy With The Result Despite Some Missteps
The most difficult part of something like this is that every shelf must be measured and cut individually since walls are rarely framed perfectly straight. As a first-effort, this is perfectly serviceable. There is no reason that a tight glued-and-nailed butt joint can't last for generations.
Especially in older houses—-I swear each door and window in our older house was measured by eye instead of yardstick or tape measure! We had the windows replaced, and after the openings were measured, turned out none of them were a standard size, so they had to be custom made. Good thing we were able to afford good replacement windows. I don’t want to go through that again for a long while.
Load More Replies...Nothing More Satisfying Than A Neat And Organized Shoes And Jerseys Trophy Room!
I have several pairs but not this many. My son's girlfriend was wearing shoes with a hole and we found out that they were the only ones she had then I see something like this and it makes me want to cry over the waste. (We gave our son our credit card and had him take her to get two new pairs. One tennis shoe and one nicer shoe. That's all you really need.)
Load More Replies...I Believe The Saying Is, “It Ain’t Much, But It’s Honest Work”
I wish I had the penmanship to write "Pasta" across a plastic surface and for it to look like something out of a menu from a posh Italian restaurant. you know...instead of PAa$TA. Like a child.
Don't feel bad, these are clearly some sort of stickers.
Load More Replies...Pantry Goals!
Sewing Room... Still A Work In Progress, But I Leave The Door Open Now So When I Walk By I Can Peek In At My Pegboard And Smile
Love Having A 3D Printer For Things Like This
Agreed. There are battery organizers on the market but none Like this
Load More Replies...Yes, but for batteries specifically? They seem pretty easy to differentiate by feeling. Maybe to label pill containers instead?
Load More Replies...What a waste of plastic! For each kind of battery a tiny and thin box would sort as well.
My Tea Drawer
Can you imagine how good that drawer must smell when you open it, too?!
Got Tired Of Always Needing The Bin On The Bottom
I have chickens. My chickens have many items that would be good in a box. Vitamins, medicines, tobacco stems, etc.
Load More Replies...My Son (7) Is A Future Member Of This Reddit. He Does This Every Time When He Cleans Up
Took Me All Afternoon And Now I’m Loving My Under Sink Storage!
I like the caption on another post, and will now label my ‘period stuff’ box as ‘SHARK WEEK SUPPLIES’ :D
After Of Covid Cleaning: Laundry Room Episode
Full Organized Pantry! (Yes It’s A Lot Of Food, 4 Kids)
I Finally Organized Our Basement Playroom! My Daughters Absolutely Love It
I Run A Small Home Bakery And My Supply Closet Had Gotten Out Of Control, So I Finally Organized It. I’m So Happy With The Finished Product!
Finally Figured Out A Way To Store These
Finally Organized My Fabric Stash To A Usable State. Staring At This Wall Is Like Therapy
It will if OP doesn't tear through it like a drunk bear.
Load More Replies...My New Closet Has Minimal Hanging Space So I Moved My Work Clothes Into My Bedroom
Makes sense, since these are the clothes you wear the most, and which need to be the most easily accessible—-especially when you’re running late!
Honest question, are you allowed to incorporate pops of color into your work attire, or do you prefer the dark color palate?
They didn't include a pic of their actual closet, so I'm guessing that's where the colorful blouses/shirts/scarves are stored. This is actually a great set of basic jackets & pants for the office - easily mixed & matched with no worries!
Load More Replies...I need to know more about those burgundy velvet-looking slip ons, please.
I Finally Had It With My Home Office. Now I Can Breathe Again
Fall is my favorite. I am kind of offended for fall right now!
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What sorcery is this?? Seriously, I am incapable of following instructions to fold/build stuff. Origami is my worst nightmare, cannot compute what they have on paper with what’s actually in front of me. To put stuff together I just have to look at the pieces and try to figure it out. Also applies to things like workout videos or yoga or physical therapy exercises, and dancing too. can’t seem to work out how to copy what the person is doing. Is there a word for that? Very difficult to explain but have always struggled with that!
I roll my old shopping bags up so that I can pull just one from the middle and the handles for the next one come out of the center, similar to the trash bags we buy at the store. Beats having lose bags everywhere, and also doesn't require a fancy flag fold. Won't be having to do it much longer since my state is outlawing the plastic shopping bag next month.
Load More Replies...I just use a hand made hanging plastic bag holder I bought at a charity flea market for the local no-kill animal shelter about 20 years ago. Just a cotton tube—-thick and durable cotton—-with elasticized openings on top and bottom, and a handle to hang it attached on one end. You just stuff the bags into the top, then pull them out from the bottom. The elastic holds them in. Takes way less time than folding (and unfolding) each bag like it’s the American flag.
We use them for sm trash bags, for cleaning out the litter box, for packing travel things that might leak or dirty laundry, for messy recyclables. There's always something.
Load More Replies...Who Says You Need A Walk In Pantry To Be Organized?
Procrastination Leads To Organized Bookshelves
I see that organizing by colours give a much more aesthetically pleasant look, but I prefer to organize in a more logic and practical way.
For me, this is my logical and practical way because I can always clearly remember what color the cover is of a book
Load More Replies...This is so good... like... i can't put into words... but my expression would be https://images.app.goo.gl/N8oiGwuutsfSiwCU9
The Lip Department
I mean, I appreciate having a lot of choice, but it's got to be a pain when all of those start getting close to the use-by-or-lose-by date and they have to be replaced. That's a LOT of money.
My choice is usually flavor related... I tend to stick with lip balm... LOL!
Load More Replies...surely they would go off long before you'd get any really use out of them?
I inherited my grandmother's love of lipsticks, and have 50+, in similar organizers. Hey, it's cheaper and healthier than narcotics, right?!
My Garage When It's Organized
Got A Bigger Desk With Enough Storage
Opened These Drawers At Work To Grab Something And Found That One Of My Team Members Organized It. Told Her It Deserved To Be Here
Recently Discovered The Versatility Of Foam Core And Created These Custom Dividers!
Yep. Drawer dividers don’t need to be expensive, or even store bought.
The Quarantine Has Given Me Time To Perfect My Dream Closet! Everything Is IKEA. It Is So Fun To Get Dressed
Tupperware Organization!
Closet Shelf Dividers Are A Game Changer!
That's so many clothes! Surely more than a lifetimes worth-I'd never be able to choose what to wear.
The amount of clothes I buy is waaaay below the average... I always wondered where the people are who pull the average up that far. I mean, I still have enough to cover all the different seasons and occasions and still have some choice in all cases. Surely most of the ones in the picture will just never be worn...?
Load More Replies...My mother has multiple closets in multiple bedrooms and hallways - STUFFED full of clothing. One whole closet is devoted to coats/outerwear, one is dedicated to summer stuff, one is dedicated to shoes, etc. She retired last year and had a yard sale. She put out 6 (actually from a retail store) department store clothing racks of clothes in her yard sale. I couldn't tell where the clothing had actually come from in the house. I took home a car trunkful and still, I couldn't tell I'd taken much from her "summer" closet. Some people collect trinkets, some people collect clothes.
Deep Cleaned And Organized My Pantry, It Is The Only Clean Room Currently Lol
Nothing wrong with organizing one room at a time. Gives you a chance to take your time and do each room properly. You’re off to an excellent start here. Keep up the good work!
Pantry Complete!
Spent all their money on storage bins, I guess. (Kidding!)
Load More Replies...Here's A Garage I Organized
Closet Upgrade!
The only thing I do not like about this kind of closet organizer is that it’s great for shirts, skirts, and pants if you drape them over hangers instead of hang them, but it’s absolute hell for dresses and coats, and the aforementioned pants hung by the waistband. Hope there’s space left for longer items that isn’t in the picture.
Almost A Year Since My Original Post...kept It Up And Finally Added Labels!
My Husband Built Me This Beautiful Wall To Hold All My Spices And Blends. Before, They Were In Various Containers In A Cupboard. It Brings Me Such Joy! No More Having To Take Everything Out Of The Cabinet To Get What I Need. For Anyone Wondering, It Cost About $100 To Build Not Including The Jars
This is so satisfying to look at. I wish I had enough space to do something like this!!!!
I bet you could add racks to the inside of the cabinet doors. Assuming you have cabinets.
Load More Replies...Work In Progress!
My Covid-19 Project!
Time To Get My Garage In Order! Practicing An Organization Method I Call "Many Small Boxes"
Finally Tidied Up Our "Reno Overflow" Room (After 4 Months)
Let me hear from other readers who initially wondered why they need a Reno, NV overflow room, then realized it’s a Renovation overflow room! Is it only an American thing? (BTW, my parents retired to NV from SoCal. Initially to Vegas, then to Carson City. To visit them I had to fly into Reno, so I guess that’s my reasoning for it.)
I thought the same thing at first, then saw the building supplies! I use the word 'reno' as a shortened version of renovation, but I don't capitalize it. To me, Reno will always be the city in Nevada (my mom had 2 aunts who lived in Reno).
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Organized My Spice Cabinet Today!
Doubled Up On Bathroom Closet Storage By Using Stackable Drawers
Straps Storage
This Is My Collection Of Tissue Paper. I Like To Keep It Organized By Color To Make It Easy For Gifts!
My Fridge
Cheese, eggs, Asparagus and Yoghurt are no real food? What are you looking for then?
Load More Replies...Nice, but it seems you don't prepare food yourself, or at least not much.
Bottom drawer label: Fruit and Vegetables. Person stocking the fridge: Nope. CHEESE.
Put the asparagus in a wet towel and in the lowest shelf of your fridge. It will last longer. The same goes for carrots by the way.
Carrots don't really need a fridge. I keep mine in a net bag next to the tomatoes squash, potatoes, courgettes, cucumber onions. All in fine mesh bags and they last for ages. Tomatoes taste wonderful if kept at room temperature.
Load More Replies...Ok but where is the food. You can make an asparagus and cheese omelette but the rest of the week???
Person sharing his/her very organised fridge gets criticised over what he/she eats/drinks/cooks/doesn't cook.
Linen Closet! Purged And Organized
Finally Finished Mucking Out The Art Room
Before And After!! Under $250.00 To Completely Transform!
Color-Coded My Books
As the other photo. Not a fan of the organization by colour of books. Yes it's amazing to see, but it's much more difficult to find what you are looking for, and it gets on my nerves to have books of the same author or of the same genre in two opposite side of the library
I instantly know where a book is because I memorize the color even better than the title or author.
Load More Replies...Nope, not for this former librarian. It's by topic, author, title. Now, Dewey, or don't we?
This looks like you bought books just for decoration, it's not the most logical method for actually finding them.
You have a beautiful collection books.... hope you keep on adding to them.
Organized My Spices. It Brings Me Joy
Paprika should be held in a dark storage box, light affects its colour and taste
The shelf life of dried/ground spices, while taste may deteriorate a bit, can be pretty lengthy. But some people buy in bulk and just keep the smaller jars to use daily and then refill.
Load More Replies...I Created This Allergy-Friendly Pantry For A Sweet Family Of Four!
For a second thought those were PlayBoy branded cookies or cake mix! Was thinking, well that’s a new one!
I think it is more about everything either being in closed recipients (and see through ones) or closed packaging, to avoid cross-contamination for 1 or more persons that have a certain allergy.
Load More Replies...Linen Closet In Master Bedroom No Longer A Catch All—sheets In Farmhouse Bins Sorted By Season, Towels, First Aid Sorted By Category, Bathroom Amenities And All My Polishes In The Happiest Roygbiv A Girl Can Have!
I Organized This Bookshelf
As much as I love seeing these kind of posts where books are stored by colour, practically I’d find this very irritating. Personally, I prefer to organise by genre and then author, like you’d find in a bookshop or library. That way I always know where to look depending on what kind of mood i’m in or what type of book I fancy reading at that time. BUT this is still very pretty and I can appreciate the effort it took to organise this (: 📚❤️
Yeah, I have about 2000 books, I would never find anything if I did this.
Load More Replies...Mine are organized by subject. I get too flustered when I have to hunt for things.
Laundry Cupboard. Was Full Of Junk Before
Been Dreaming Of This For Months. Finally Did It
That closet looks pretty deep—-deeper than the shelf unit. What about the space behind it? Or is it a larger, deeper set of shelves?
Pantry Organization! My Long Awaited Dream Finally Came To Reality
Organized Pantry Items
My Desk Organizer
They got it on amazon - Marbrasse Wooden Pen Organizer - some fb friends of mine have this & love it. I would like one too, but I did read the reviews & it's a bit flimsy, but I think it would be sturdy enough to be kept on a desk. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T66589H/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_9JRVJ00X5B4J8NB0ZHT0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&fbclid=IwAR1kq8kLaGZv3CBn7UE-V-HlnxPxSN9pI05MeuXX3VERRnRAZTvKoELAP8M
Load More Replies...Before And After Of My Closet. Spent Under $50 On Amazon To Redo This So I Am Pretty Proud!
My Cleaning Cupboard Makes Me Happy
I’m guessing you have pets, judging by the big bottle of enzymes. Me too. Last year (2020) it was a new kitten (abandoned alone in our yard at 5-6 weeks old, so a couple weeks of accidents before she was old enough to have muscle control and hold it until she got to the litterbox), this year (2021) the dog is starting to get old (we think he’s developing doggy dementia) and a bit incontinent, so a couple accidents. Just bought doggie diapers for the future because, unlike a kitten, and old dog will have inevitably more accidents, not fewer.
I Built A Small Storage Cabinet To Clean Up My Dresser Space
I Have Dreamt Of This For A Long Time - Now I Finally Have One Of Those Pantries!
This is the size of my pantry too! Making it work with what you've got. =)
Before... After
Starting 2020 Fully Organized
My Favorite Drawer Organizing Hack. I Made This Customized Drawer Organizer Using A Piece Of Foam Board From The Dollar Tree Store, Contact Paper I Found On Amazon, And Some Tape. Super Easy, Super Inexpensive, And Super Organized!
I wish I could find some instructions on how to do this! It's brilliant!
Decided To Create A Capsule Wardrobe For Work Instead Of Just Hanging My Blazers And Pants. Has Made My Mornings Even Easier
Shared Closet Organized!
Satisfying
Trying To Create Order In The Madness Of My Work Supplies
Got My Hobby Space All Tidied Again
Under The Sink!
https://www.amazon.com/Bottle-Holder-Cleaning-supplies-organizer/dp/B08FBT12W5/ref=pd_sbs_4/135-0590707-4907554?pd_rd_w=oThr1&pf_rd_p=a35b3889-328a-403a-834b-e40052269fcd&pf_rd_r=VQH2QD4MYDX4QRW82M0H&pd_rd_r=d933d8d7-7628-48d8-aea6-a13b2c2ca981&pd_rd_wg=T914y&pd_rd_i=B08FBT12W5&psc=1
Load More Replies...Finally Organized My Pantry!
So I Built My Dream Kitchen And The New Fridge Came Today. I’m On A Mission To Create A Space For Everything And Am Wondering If Any Of You Have Seen Someone Use Commercial Polycarbonate Food Pans To Organize Their Fridge? They Seem Like A Great Alternative To What The Container Store Has To Offer
Ok, Here’s The 2nd Edit. Opinions?
Slanted Closet Organized!
It's great to be organised but some of it makes me sad. Surely some people have more stuff than they will ever consume/need? Some of it seems a shrine to consumerism.
Possibly, or the rest of the house may not have so much stuff. My pantry and workspace are important to me, so they are well equipped. The rest of the house doesn't look like that
Load More Replies...These are very esthetically pleasing, but I'm also a bit shocked by the amount of stuff some people have
The main motivation of these seems to be aesthetics and not practicality. Like, when I am studying, of course it helps to be organized. However, if I get carried away, I have to stop myself and think, "Am I learning, or am I decorating a notebook?"
I just know that if I ever replicated any of these within days it would go back to the ‘before’ picture. My room and home office space only has two moods: immaculate and chaos. There is no inbetween!
And actually using most of this “organization” creates the chaos with the impracticality of having to move several things just to get to one item.
Load More Replies...Darn, I hate you! ;_; I hate you and your neat organization Talent!!! ;_; May someone of you come and teach me these superpowers? I'm only able to spread Chaos. ~.~
Practicality. Making necessary items easy to get to/put away, and getting rid of/storing properly things you don’t use/don’t use often. Most of these ‘systems’ fall apart quite quickly because they are difficult to maneuver and maintain. But they do look good for the brief moments they are full and unused.
Load More Replies...this made me realize taht 1. I'm really more of a neat freak than I realize and 2. I'm not nearly as much of a neat freak as I thought.
My pantry was organized as cleanly as these until my next shopping trip when I had to much stuff for the containers.
Yep. If you don’t consider the constant changing of your needs these fall apart quite easily. Or having to adjust shopping to wait until there’s room. I get why people like to look at this stuff, but actually using it day to day, especially if more than one person is dealing with it, becomes a nightmare rather quickly.
Load More Replies...It's great to be organised but some of it makes me sad. Surely some people have more stuff than they will ever consume/need? Some of it seems a shrine to consumerism.
Possibly, or the rest of the house may not have so much stuff. My pantry and workspace are important to me, so they are well equipped. The rest of the house doesn't look like that
Load More Replies...These are very esthetically pleasing, but I'm also a bit shocked by the amount of stuff some people have
The main motivation of these seems to be aesthetics and not practicality. Like, when I am studying, of course it helps to be organized. However, if I get carried away, I have to stop myself and think, "Am I learning, or am I decorating a notebook?"
I just know that if I ever replicated any of these within days it would go back to the ‘before’ picture. My room and home office space only has two moods: immaculate and chaos. There is no inbetween!
And actually using most of this “organization” creates the chaos with the impracticality of having to move several things just to get to one item.
Load More Replies...Darn, I hate you! ;_; I hate you and your neat organization Talent!!! ;_; May someone of you come and teach me these superpowers? I'm only able to spread Chaos. ~.~
Practicality. Making necessary items easy to get to/put away, and getting rid of/storing properly things you don’t use/don’t use often. Most of these ‘systems’ fall apart quite quickly because they are difficult to maneuver and maintain. But they do look good for the brief moments they are full and unused.
Load More Replies...this made me realize taht 1. I'm really more of a neat freak than I realize and 2. I'm not nearly as much of a neat freak as I thought.
My pantry was organized as cleanly as these until my next shopping trip when I had to much stuff for the containers.
Yep. If you don’t consider the constant changing of your needs these fall apart quite easily. Or having to adjust shopping to wait until there’s room. I get why people like to look at this stuff, but actually using it day to day, especially if more than one person is dealing with it, becomes a nightmare rather quickly.
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