Living and working in cluttered spaces is extremely uncomfortable, but somehow it’s so difficult to avoid. Planning, cleaning, and organizing can save immense amounts of time and stress. Here are some great tips and ideas that will help you de-clutter and start the new year right.
1. Hoopla
These adorable cloth bags are easy to make, and they serve such a wide variety of purposes. Because they are easy to manipulate and compress, they fit tight spaces, which is so important for smaller homes. Perfect for laundry baskets, shoe holders, or craft containers! Find out how to make them here!
2. The Ultimate Grocery Lists
You get home from your final errand after a long day at work and prepare to start dinner as you realize you forgot the key ingredient to dinner or tomorrow morning’s coffee beans. It’s easy to forget groceries—even the staple ingredients. Download these free premade grocery lists and keep them in your purse at all times. Save yourself the headache of forgetting those important items, and get the free downloads here!
3.DIY Entryway Organizer
This entry way organizer is so easy and simple, but it might just be a life savor. It’s far too easy to lose the keys or misplace your sunglasses. But with this cute and simple organizer, you can keep them in the same place and always know where they are for a less stressful morning or a quicker run out the door. Find how to make your own here!
4. Shoe Rack
It seems that no matter how hard you try, the shoe rack is always breaking and the shoes exploding in a disorganized mess. This clever idea simply involves gluing together pieces of pipe for a neat shoe rack that is far sturdier than your plastic dollar store buy. Get directions here!
5. The Jewelry Tree
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Sometimes the best place to hide is in plain sight. For a great way to organize your jewelry, paint a tree on your wall and hang the jewelry to look a part of the artwork. Not only will this allow you to get rid of a old cluttered jewelry box, but it will add some art and style to your bedroom. Learn more here.
6. Food Wrap Storage
Oh the dreaded food wrap drawer… You use food wraps so often in the kitchen, and stuffed in a small drawer, they are so inconveniently placed and difficult to manage. These DIY food wrap hangers allow you to rid of that drawer and create easy access to the kitchen items you use so often. Learn how to make it here!
7. The Cutest Dang Coffee Nook You Ever Did See
We’re always collecting mugs—from travel, gifts, mug-painting classes. Eventually we have a cupboard overflowing with mugs, occasionally slipping out and shattering on the floor. Instead of breaking or getting rid of all those fun and meaningful mugs, simply hang them on your wall. This trick allows you to keep all the mugs you love and display them as a part of your kitchen décor. Learn how here!
8. Organization
This is such a cute and useful way to store measuring utensils. By attaching them to the back of a cupboard door, they take up no space, and the conversion chart under the utensils is very convenient for cooking and baking. Learn more here!