Sunday, May 24, 2009

Project:: Organizing

I love my kitchen. We have a loverly pantry right next to the fridge but it is hard to store too much there because the cupboards are deep and once you fill it up you can't see what you have in the back. Solution: Slidey basket thingies. We found them at Home Depot for only $20 each. Super easy to install....seriously I put them in while Mike fixed the toilet. I plan on putting them on all the shelves in this cupboard.

Here is the cupboard before:
Here is the after. The baskets hold a lot more than I expected. They also give the cupboard some nice division which makes them so much easier to organize.
Close up:
I have stored my jewelery in a dresser drawer for a while now. I never wear any of it because I never remember I have something to match until I am already out the door or I can't get it untangled from the mess in the drawer. Solution: cork tiles in my closet. I have a very nice walk in closet all to myself so I took advantage of the wall behind the door of my closet and put up cork tiles. They were less than $6 at Target and I bought a $1 pack of push pins. So for less than $10 I have easy access to all my jewelery and I freed up a dresser drawer.
I attached some ribbon to the center tile with hot glue to hang earrings. I felt pretty genius.