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By: 5 Simple Ways to Organize Without Spending Big Bucks : I'm an Organizing Junkie

5 Simple Ways to Organize Without Spending Big Bucks : I'm an Organizing Junkie — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:49:30 +0000

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By: Susannah

Susannah — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:22:09 +0000

Late to the discussion, but my biggest challenge is Other People’s Stuff (read: spouse’s). Talk me through how you deal with stuff you can’t sort or purge on your own! I have a “junk room” for stuff I don’t know what to do with and it’s already so full I can barely walk through it!

For instance, all the gun hobby stuff is in our bedroom. Arg! Tools leftover from projects, etc. Garage is not yet organized, so no “home” for tools. When I get totally desperate, I move them to cardboard boxes set willy-nilly in the garage. Unfortunately, I’m nearly always the one sent to go hunt for this or that tool, so it works against me. I feel so helpless over it, that I am completely demotivated when it comes to decluttering. (I do declutter my own stuff pretty regularly.)

By: ChristyL

ChristyL — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:45:01 +0000

I have been doing pretty good sorting things. I do spend more than I should on containers. I’ve almost gotten through my entire house! I’ve finished my kitchen, living room, girls bedroom and playroom. I don’t have a lot of storage space in my house so I bought a nice big closet (at lowes) for my hallway. It holds a lot of things. I am currently working on my craft area. That has been my biggest challenge so far. I had to buy a lot of containers for it but it is looking really nice and I know where everything is! Thank you for the time you take helping us all get organized…it really does change our everyday life!

By: Molly

Molly — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:41:01 +0000

The other day I was putting laundry away and realized I couldn’t close a drawer. This post inspired me to rethink all the things that I was storing in that drawer, and I put quite a few shirts in the donate pile. Thanks for your help!

By: Rana

Rana — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:44:14 +0000

I forgot I didn’t have to buy any containers because I had so many from other projects. It was great to just use what I had.

By: Rana

Rana — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:43:04 +0000

I’m having fun doing this challenge. The hardest part has been getting rid of kids toys. It’s been going fairly well. The kids helped purge a lot of stuffed animals. I’m working on the basement playroom and it is coming along really well.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:05:08 +0000

I have enjoyed the challenge. I actually think I am going to try to do one room a month and meet my goal of being better organized in 2010. I am working in my master bedroom and I definitely need some containers or storage solutions for the closet. A second shelf up top is a great idea. I’ll have to see what I can come up with this next week! Thanks for the challenge!

By: TheFeministBreeder

TheFeministBreeder — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:42:16 +0000

I’m the container queen. I have two kids under 3.5 and if I wasn’t a container freak, this house would be carpeted in toys. Every room they play in has a place for bins, and the bins are all labeled with where things go. When we have playdates, people who help clean up just start shoving cars in with dinosaurs and I have to be all “oh, no, the dinosaurs go in the container marked dinosaur” and they think I’m a nutbag – but guess what?! My kids can always find their favorite dinosaurs when they want them!

I wish I could teach this skill to my friends. A few cheap containers can go a long way to saving one’s sanity.

By: Deanna K

Deanna K — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:44:25 +0000

I like containers with lids – so you can stack them!
moving along organizing – having a community garage sale – I want to make some Money!

By: Becky L

Becky L — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:53:18 +0000

I’m doing ok….but in a stalemate..been busy with working an extra day this week and last week and no energy to sift through the papery stuff from my desk. I have a table with the stuff I need to sift through more thoroughly right behind me. I’d rather be resting tonight cuz I wasn’t feeling good at work today so need some rest and feel better for tomorrow is my added work day this week. Worked for a co-worker who’s husband had eye replacement surgery. Yuck!! Anyway, am plugging away and trying to get this task done!! I’m addicted to containers and some are full in closet that needs purged, eventually as well. Thanks for your encouragement.