Despite what my husband may think, I’m a deal-finder, a lover of cheap solutions, and a do-what-you-can-to-make-it-happen kind of girl. This goes for finding cheap organizing solution. I hate spending money on organizing knick-knacks around the house because I’d rather spend money on other things…like fancy coffee, crafts, or food.
Below are a few tips and and examples of cheap solutions I’ve found to maximize storage and get our house more organized.
1. Tension rod for cleaning supplies.
This idea is genius. Instead of wasting precious cabinet space on spray bottles, I hung a tension rod in the back of the cabinet and hung all the spray bottles by the nozzle, allowing space for other items that need to sit in the cabinet.
2. Curtain rod as a towel rack.
There is absolutely no room to hang towels in our bathroom. That’s why I’m glad I found this idea on Pinterest to use cheap curtain rods as towel racks on the back of our door.
3. Decorative serving tray as a catch-all medicine cabinet.
We have one medicine cabinet in our bathroom…and it belongs to Aaron. All of my products were segregated to the counter top but it soon felt cluttered. We had used this tray for something in our wedding so I just screwed in two D-hooks to the back and hung it on the wall. Now, all of my products are off of the counter and I’m not fighting with Aaron for cabinet space.
4. Magazine racks for flat iron/curling iron storage.
I hate how there’s no built-in storage in our bathroom cabinets so I had been throwing all of my hair tools in the cabinet at random. That led to tangled cords, wasted space, and frustration. So I bought these magazine racks at Ikea (2 for $10) and used L-brackets to hang them on the inside of the cabinet doors for hair tool storage. And see the brown and silver thing holding the curling iron to the left? That’s an oven mit….another useful tool to wrap your iron in after you use it.
5. Glas jars as knick-knack storage.
I’ve developed a bit of a hoarding habit with glass jars. I use them all over the house to hold little miniscule items that would be strewn everywhere otherwise. We use everything from spaghetti jars to pickle jars to baby food jars (we mix baby food with Millie’s hard food…it’s cheaper than wet dog food and goes farther). As you can see below, I use jars for my hair accessories and for all the office supplies.
6. Plastic Rubbermaid tubs for pantry storage.
I’m very proud of this idea. Since we got married I’ve always thought of buying the fancy Elfa pantry storage system but every time I could, I just couldn’t bring myself to forking out the money. There had to be something cheaper! One day when I was cleaning I found five empty Rubbermaid tubs that weren’t being used and I decided to screw them into the pantry door to give it a try as pantry door storage.
Sure enough, it worked! This move maximized our pantry storage by 80%! Once where food had been tumbling off the shelves, we now had three extra empty shelves! I’m sure you can find these at the dollar store. As far as durability, they’ve been up for quite some time and have yet to crack or break!
There you have it! What are some cheap organization tricks you use in your home?
by Hannah
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