I used to have the hardest time keeping track of things like papers, clothes, shoes, and my kids toys were everywhere. I tried everything, but nothing would work. I would clean my house twice a week, but within days it was cluttered again from the lack of places to put things. I would go through my possessions all the time, but by the time I sorted through everything, I was more lost than before. The more I put things away, the more I forgot where they were. Basically, the only way for me to keep track of everything was to leave them lying out all over the floor and that wasn't good. I still remember that fateful day when I was out shopping and found the ultimate clutter remover, plastic storage boxes.
You would never believe how much of a difference having the right sized stackable plastic storage boxes makes in your day-to-day organization and sanity level. The difference has been incredible for me and easier to move with them having wheels on them as well. I was never a person who put a lot of stock in containers until my husband suggested it after seing one of those TV shows that goes into someones home and reorganizes their lives with some major reorganization. I now love to use plastic storage boxes – and pretty much any kind of box, basket, carton, container, or closet that is on the market for storing things like kids toys, out of season clothes, linens, bedding, crafts, collectibles which I have too many of and general household items such as cleaning supplies. The best way to get started is to get a system in place that starts with stackable plastic boxes for storage with lids.
One of the first things I did was buy some heavy duty plastic storage boxes for all of my tools and hardware such as nails, paint cans, screwdrivers, extension cords and screws. By getting all of my tools organized first, I immediately felt the house was safer because my kids could not get into them as easily as before. My next move was some colored and clear heavy duty plastic storage boxes for my kids toys that I could label crafts, dolls, boys toys, and girls toys for example.
After that, it got a little bit more fun as I was shopping at Ikea one saturday and found some hanging shoe racks that have velcro closures and hang in the front closet. Now my kids shoes and mine are nice and neat in the closet reducing the shoes that were previously all over the floor. One of the great advantages of using clear plastic stackable storage boxes in large and small sizes, is that when it comes time to move to another home or address, it makes it so much easier to have things already labeled and separated into different categories for easy moving.
To save money while shopping for storage boxes look for quality brands like rubbermaid at wholesale stores or stores such as wal-mart, or dollar stores or even online at sites such as ebay for deals and cheap storage boxes, or maybe even your local garage sale in your neighbourhood. I find I can never have enough storage ideas to keep my life from getting cluttered again.
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