Paper, paper, paper. We all have it, but some of us keep it in piles on the desk, the countertop, the floor, and the kitchen table. Purging paper takes time and it can take a long time. Never fear, I’ll show you what to do.
This Half Hour Organizing Project is all about those piles of paper! Ready, set, go!
I’ve talked about being prepared for emergencies before in other posts, but this Half Hour Organizing Project happened when we recently cleaned out our garage and I realized that we did not have all of our hurricane supplies in one place. They were in various places throughout the garage and even the attic! Not great when the lights go out and a storm is barreling down on your home.
I live on the East Coast and while hurricane season doesn’t officially start until June 1st, I wanted to get my new hurricane and emergency container ready now. Hurricane Preparedness Week actually runs May 26th-June 1st, so hey, you’ll be ahead of the curve! Wherever you live, it’s a good idea to have a container with basic emergency storm supplies. Here is a quick list:
Flashlights and/or lanterns
Batteries
Landline phone (not cordless)
Candles and matches
Water
Shortwave radio
Organizing craft supplies, crayons, markers, pencils, and paints can be easy if you use the right containers. This Half Hour Organizing Project shows you what steps to take and containers to use to make is super easy and super quick to organize.
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Tin foil, plastic wrap, food storage bags…we all have them in our kitchen and they can be hard to organize and find a place to store them!
This Half Hour Organizing Project will give you some tips on how to organize them and make your kitchen user friendly! Be sure to check out all my Half Hour Projects here on the blog or on You Tube.
When it comes to getting organized, it’s often the daily stuff that is the hardest to manage and figure out a system for. This Out the Door Box is a great way to corral all the little things you need to grab with you when heading out the door.
Things like library books, returns, items you need to take with you, and so on are usually thrown in the front seat of your car! Using this system keeps it all corralled and your car {and home} clutter free!
Pick the container that fits your use the best. I featured an soft canvas bin from Bed Bath & Beyond and the other is the large Utility Tote from Thirty One.
Under the kitchen sink can become a dumping ground for all sorts of stuff that doesn’t belong down there! In this Half Hour Organizing Project I’ll show you how to containerize and organize under the sink to make it practical, useful, and not cluttered.
Remember to take everything out, sort, purge, and then figure out what you want to keep in the kitchen. Use any containers that you find practical and fit well in your cupboard.
This is one of my most favorite organizing projects because it’s so simple and really helps with food clutter. In this episode of Half Hour Organizing Projects we create a snack center!
After watching the video, get all the snack type foods out of your pantry or cupboard and create your snack center. Take the snacks out of any boxes or bags they come in and organize in your container.
Just another tip to add: keep healthy snacks low on the shelf or door organizer so little ones can reach and not-so-healthy snack up higher so they have to ask for them (think chocolate, gooey, or super messy!)
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We are into week #12 of this year and we are back in the kitchen to start organizing the food! Remember that these Half Hour Organizing Projects are designed to work on ONE specific task that can be done in 30 minutes or less. We aren’t trying to organize whole rooms, closets, garages and attics in these projects, just small parts of them.
Every little part starts to add up to a whole.
One small task that gets done keeps you moving forward in the direction of getting organized.
So, this week we are just organizing the canned food in the pantry or cupboard. Turntables work great because they help you group things together and in pantry’s they help to make those deep shelves more accessible.
If you are like me, I spend hours and hours every week living out of my car. I swear, every week it looks like a bomb went off inside it!
So, several years ago I started using a bin to be the catch-all for my car and to keep it organized. I threw everything loose into it and set it my front seat. My containers have evolved, but the concept is the same: get ANY container and throw all the car junk in it! Every week, clean the container out.
Simple. Easy.
Right now I am using the mini utility tote from Thirty One and an old lunch box for a trash bin, but I’ll give a another idea too.
Check out what to do in this Half Hour Organizing Project for your car.
I know that you love magazines. I love them too. But getting 8 subscriptions and stacking them in piles is not good use of your money or space. No one really has the time to keep up with that many every month anyways.
In this Half Hour Organizing Project, I take you through two ways to organize and manage your subscriptions, but the reality is that you need to purge and cancel some of them! I tell people that 3 subscriptions a month is a good number.
Using magazine holders, baskets, bins, or other decorative containers can make your magazine collection useful and pretty.
