Wednesday, July 15, 2009

10. Laundry room emergency kit.

Stain sticks, needle and thread, lingerie bags, recently separated socks, safety pins, dry cleaning tickets, spare buttons.

9. Jewelry

Thanks to Ellie for this.

If you regularly wear jewelry, make it all visible and keep chains from tangling. Especially good if you tend to wear certain accessories together.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

8. School kid clutter

Keep track of sports schedules, permission slips...heck go all the way and assign each kid their own row. Make it their responsibility.

7. Photographs

Great idea via ThriftyFun.

Before photos go into albums, use the caddy to organzie them. Frees up your desk!

Monday, July 13, 2009

6. Toiletries

People have been using this one for ages. Hang a caddy in your bathroom and organize your makeup, brushes, and whatever other tubes and bottles are taking up counter space.

5. Small tools

Loose screws, those tiny things shaped like "L"s that are apparently important, rolls of tape, small extension cords, batteries. Whatever is cluttering up your tool box can go into one of these, making it easier to get out your hammer and socket wrench from the tool box (they're too heavy for the caddy).

4. Organizing outfits for wee kids.

I have yet to do this, but I know of it, and if someone does it, please take a photo. Typically Shoe caddies have 4 pockets in a row. So that's one pocket for underwear, one for little pants, one for a top, and one for socks. It's a great idea for preschoolers who are learning to dress themselves. You can do it with multiple outfits for each day of the week, or you can just make a column of each clothing item and let them choose themselves.

Yes, actual outfit organizers are sold. Here is a fine example. However, if you don't feel like shelling out twenty bucks and already have the shoe caddy...good to go.