TBH, the usual answer isn't to have better storage solutions, it's to have less stuff. Occasionally, you do need clever, but that's usually because you're trying to use a weird space.
Kudos for the Video! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you considered - Mahorrla Control Clutter Method (erm, check it on google should be there)? It is a good one of a kind product for decluttering your home minus the normal expense. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my good mate called Gray finally got great success with it.
Allison J right??? Like "we moved in here together. We both work from home. Is my uterus a tracking device? Is that why I know and my husband doesn't?"
My fiance and I are pretty much on top of the stuff we each use the most but that is about it. If I ever need the packing tape, I have to ask him where it is even though it is always in the same spot. He is the same way with things like scissors and wrapping tape. It's like we ignore each others stuff until we need it. Lol.
It’s all about the brain: see stanmed.stanford.edu/2017spring/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different.html My husband still asks me where his tools are after he used them. And, I was perplexed that I know where they are!
Haha so true,but he’s learning. It’s because I’m the one who does all the cleaning,& taking care of everything,though we do take turns cooking dinner. I work just not as much right now because I’m trying to study for my license and go back to college. I was working almost everyday but they were only giving me 3&4 hour shifts,so I went to 1 and was getting 7-8 🙂 way better. I added in two more for my availability but if they pull the short shifts again I’m going down to 2 & then 1 if I get two four hours instead of one eight.
Katherine Canon Label them, what type of plug, + what it can be used for, esp if multifunctional. Don't ever pull from the end, where it connects. In time the cable can split, exposing the wires.
@@viviennejordan215 I keep mine in zip lock bags with an index card that reads what type of cable it is or what device it's for. The bags then go into a box with other cables. The end result is that I know very quickly where the cables themselves go. Fortunately, the variation in cables seems to be subsiding as most of them are now some sort of USB cable that are usually interchangeable with others of the same variety. I also make a point of labeling power bricks that don't come with clear labeling about what device they go with. It can be a royal pain dealing with them when the power brick and the device get separated. But, you can usually get a generic power supply, provided it fits, has the right polarity and has the right voltage/amperage to match the device. And that's usually labeled on both the power supply and the device.
In that same vein, I have to take issue with builders who don't include necessities in a home/apartment structure: coat closet, linen closet, drawers in a kitchen or bathroom, food pantry, outlets in all rooms and hallways, ....and a multitude of other things. Don't laugh, as someone who has rented all over the USA, major things get skipped in apartments when the owners never have to live in them!
I use to keep a tiny blow up baby pool under my toddler's crib, filled with toys- It comes in handy to easily pull it out and set your little one inside the soft pool to play with their toys!
A hack to putting away winter blankets when not in use; Fold them between your box spring and your mattress. Might fold them to give one a slight height on the pillow area. They won't get musty and put a couple of fabric softener sheets so they smell nice.
I have a tiny bathroom so I utilized the back of the door for storage. I got one of those shoe organizers that hang on door and store soap, toothpaste, etc. in all the little pouches.
Being organized in the kitchen is key to saving money on groceries. By knowing exactly what you have you can then shop around it to save money. My kitchen has a few cabinets that are way up high especially over the refrigerator. My husband made me a stepstool that actually is the same color as my kitchen cabinets. I love it and use it every day. I really enjoyed your video.
I am tall and usually can technically reach those spaces & usually have stuff on the fridge in way of easy access, so what I do is keep rarely used items there like box of misc. light bulbs, vases and any other extra and rarely used items which are however still of occasional need to me, worth keeping. :)
Another tip I’ve learned in trying to maximize our 1400 sq ft house is using back-of-the-door shoe holders, the pocket ones. I have them on multiple doors-to hold medicines, gloves, scarves, and hats, and on the back of my pantry door to hold lots of extra items. They’re a life saver! This was a great video, and I think you’re my new hero! (Most UA-camrs have big, perfect houses. 😒) More like this would be great!
As I am a student, it is crucial to have a clean space so that I can improve my study efficiency. I had already labeled different kinds of storage areas before I watched this video. These tips are useful for organizing my messy bedroom. Thanks for sharing!
Literally trying to reorganize the storage space in my small house today. Took a break to feed the baby and put on UA-cam. Perfect timing! Great ideas, I never thought about shelves up high before!
Just want to share a quick hack (if you can call it that) on an alternative to label makers (if you're unsure to buy or not) Use masking tape or paper tape for labeling stuff. So long as the tape is sticky enough to stick on to things but not too sticky that it's difficult to rip it off. And you can just write what you want to label on them with marker pens 👍👍👍
You can use blue painter's tape. I labeled everything fridge, stove, microwave, and everything else I could put a tape on but I was doing it to get my children familiar with word, letters to get them reading.
@@crybebebunny awesome.... I'm an avid belolievervin education. Any time the govt/congress have to cut spending in the so called budget, well, it's been education. No wonder our children are in need pf an education...... Go back and see how many times education has taken the hit and our children and us now have been hurt and deprived of a good education.
@@animalsareloveandhappiness4505 yes but they can't budget my LOVE. We as parents need to understand that We are our children's first Teachers and educate our children both in fundamentals and valuables. Let the "school teachers " strain if, we happen to fall behind. Don't allow where we live, or government budgets to keep our children ignorant. Just how, we are able to get information about anything. Let's get knowledge and wisdom to educate ourselves and our families.
What I've discovered about that specific label maker (I have that one) when the printing starts to be not-so-clear, it's because it needs new batteries. I was so stressed because I couldn't figure out why it was not printing so clearly, and then just gave up and replaced the batteries and then it printed beautifully!
I've had my label maker for about 10 years and I LOVE it! I used it to label all the switches in my house so guests (and children) aren't stuck turning every switch trying to figure out how to turn a ceiling fan off.
We donate toys once a year to Goodwill or salvation army, my kids go through all their toys and we make a pile for keep toys, broken toys and donation toys. They love doing this and they are always proud to say mom these toys are going to go to a child that didn't have this before. Great video definitely going to try some of your tips to get my small apartment less cluttered
I for legit KNOW where everything in my house should go/be! The others never put stuff back so low and behold, the things aren't there when I need them! 😁
Yes, and I was that kid 😁😁, so, I get it on both sides. It seems to me that the only way 2 really break people of that is to have them have to find it when it's needed ( by whomever ) when they'd rather be doing something else (or getting on with the project using it ). If several people and who knows who used it last, may have to be a rule that everyone who isn't in the middle of something urgent had to drop it and help look, every time. Share the pain, share the motivation to put stuff back !
I just started watching your videos! I'm so glad I found them. Not only do I appreciate what you're showing, the tips and the help. I love your personality, you're real, funny and just refreshing and not putting on a "persona" for the camera! Yeah!! A chick I can watch! Lol
I have just started the task of really organizing my small home and ur videos are so helpful:). Thank you for your help and inspiration! I do think you are a queen of organization:)💗❤️
I'm so late to find this, but I'm thankful that at no time in this video, you advised buy this or that or go to the dollar store and just buy a bunch of baskets to put all around. You actually found small spaces that were being unused and that could now be used for things cluttering up the house, which had no home. That's exactly what I needed. Thanks.
I live in a small apartment and there was no place for me to hang coats up not even space for a coat rack near the entryway. So I put an over the door hook rack. It works perfectly for hanging up coats.
All of these tips are very useful. I have been in our 1600 sq ft house for about a year now and while we do have closets and storage spaces, our kitchen and bathrooms are very small. The bathroom does have a small linen closet, but having two different medicine cabinets (one above the sink and one above the toilet) is amazing!!
Label maker works well to label where things go - but if you need to make sure everything fits a certain way, take a picture of what “done” looks like! Helps kids know where things go and how to put them away!
I lived for 19 years in a 9'x11' room. Less than 100sq ft I am a queen of storage solutions. I'm also an artist so the amount of art supply clutter I have is insane. I had a loft bed by utter necessity. A drafting table wouldn't fit if that bed was on the ground. My dad built my bed when I was 12 based off a drawing I made. The outer ledge to keep me from falling off the loft doubled as a bookshelf from the inside and a ledge shelf on top. Instead of a ladder I had stairs that were cubbies that my dad also built. Underneath the bed i kept my drafting table and attached to the "ceiling" of the desk area I had a cubby for papers and artwork with track lighting there too. I had framed corkboard strips on the wall and that same paper cubby area by the track lighting also had magnetic sheets where I kept my metal palette knives. That tiny ass room had 6 outlets that I had my dad install and I was genuinely sad to leave that room when I moved out and got married. Its still set up how it was before I left, just now its my parents storage. I'm glad I grew up in that space though bc it helped my creativity flourish. My current apartment is 1100sq ft and I'm not lacking storage space, its just awkward storage space so the ideas I had as a kid in that bedroom definitely help in my apartment now
One of the hardest aspects of keeping a home organized is when others don't want to make the effort. This was a point of constant argument between myself and my former roomate when it came to putting the quilts in the ottoman. Not using it? put it away. But the roomate reasoned that using it once a week for movie night was reason enough to leave it out all other 6 days.
Yes, we all meed to learn to be creative when sharing a space with roommates or spouse etc. , and find creative compromises. Each states their preference, then works to find a compromise each can handle. Maybe even take turns doing it the other's way ( week at a time ?) , if there's no real middle-ground solution. One book which may b an unexpected huge help with this is " The house that cleans itself" . It's super, duper helpful in many ways, one of which being to work with your family and habits as is wise/do-able vrs. always trying to change them. For example, they just never used the other door/area which had the coat etc. storage and the area by door they did use, was always a mess. Rethinking trying to get them all to finally adopt a habit of the other door, which wasn't working, mom and author created storage and seating by the door they used and everything was way better. Just a super helpful book even for we who thought we were good at trouble-shooting.
Thank you for this! I have a 1600 sq for house with 1 eight yr old, a husband and a 3lb teacup poodle (3bed 2bath) and I'm always trying to find more storage. Houses built in the 70s do not have enough storage lol! I am an organizational nut. Love your videos!
One thing in one thing out! My daughters parted with 40 of their whopping 257 stuffed animals, so I treated myself to a shoes rack and I'm so happy to be able to find my shoes and stop tripping on the pile!
My Mom always to keep our home neat n tidy with 7 in family. I know she would take cardboard boxes of different sizes and put contact paper on them for storing things and storage dressers. But she made everything work. Sure miss her greatly.
Great ideas! Just a note on medicine cabinets. Don’t put anything that shouldn’t be around damp/hot places. Since you shower in this room, you don’t want to keep medicine, makeup or perfume.
The one tidbit that I hadn’t thought of was the one item in, one item out. Like that a lot. If I buy something new, it needs to replace something else. 👍
One thing that helped me when my son was young ( and then when the grandkids were young!) was to put some of his toys away in a bin for a month or two (or longer), then rotate something else out and bring back the first batch. It keeps them feeling like they have new toys to play with and decreases boredom. When you pull out a box and get a big ho-hum response, it may be time to donate or pass on to a younger child. (It also minimizes the overwhelming factor when it’s time to have them start learning to put things away!)
Love your video... Great tips!! I'm a professional organizer & the vertical space & space behind doors (medicine cabinets too) is most looked over. There are great magnetic products out there I use in my own home that are awesome!! 😊
It’s kitchen cabinets that drive me nuts because I try to keep everything in order (too many Chinese soup containers) and he just sticks crap anywhere! He’s trying to help me... but just don’t! He decided to clean out my spices one time and I seriously thought I might need to call 911 to protect him! Hahaha! He’s never touched them again! 🤪
Yes. I prefer them always asking me. Than trying to figure out how they think it's organize when they can't find something and I have no clue how they put them "away".
It sounds like your organizational system that isn't working. If it were working, then he wouldn't need to ask, he'd know where and there would be space.
Lettuce Eat With Suzanne Ridgeway I think that's Mostly Because women Start off doing it. Should be Shared, Equally, the Responsibilities. What if one of You gets Seriously sick? That would be bad enough, + stressful, but more so if Your 'other half' hasn't a clue. Help + Teach each other. Being on Your own, You hve to deal with things. You can Learn in So Many ways Nowadays.
@@viviennejordan215 my husband tries but, always stress that when we are older we will have less things. Now is the time that my children need to learn. He dose work too much for our family. My children are going to be great spouses. They have resolved that by saying we are to live with them so we only need to take care of ourselves then.
Ha Ha! On the flip side, we moved so much growing up...that I know where my mom tends puts everything in her kitchen even when we've moved to a new place. She puts the day to day dishes and tools in easy access areas between the sink and the stove. : ) I guess I have learned her logic! Maybe husbands need to learn their wives logic?
@@viviennejordan215 In truth -- when we gals started out -- I think we coveted that "position of power", in that WE decided where things went. AND, if we were the ones to go get "whatever", we could then "maintain the order" we'd managed and we kept others from mucking it up. Sadly, we haven't learned how to achieve the power to command our housemates NOT to MUCK UP the works, and to "MAKE IT RIGHT" when they're done with whatever.
Another tip is to set limits. That is to say figure out the amount of space and par down if needed. I kept trying to fit 5 lbs of stuff in a 3 lb bin. Didn't work. Now my house is getting organized and I feel at peace. Great video!
Heh, heh, heh...Try this...Get one large box; put it somewhere discrete (under the dining room table if you have one?) Whatever gets left laying around, put it in the box. When they come looking for the item, tell them to check the "depository". >>> The first lesson we need to teach THEM is the one WE have to teach OURSELVES, and that is WE are NOT their maids!! A CHILD -- or for that matter, a HUSBAND -- does not become (or sustain) SELF-RELIANCE when they are not EXPECTED to be SELF-RELIANT!!!
@@kittybegum8486 Sadly then, Girl...You are DOOMED!! I will say prayers for your aching back. (Naw, I'm guessing you're still young; there's hope for you yet!)
@@amkarei when I used to move my partner’s stuff like keys, phone, briefcase to either a safer place (not a tripping hazard, or something our cat would knock into the kitchen sink), he would get so angry with me. “Don’t move my stuff! I Now can’t find my (keys, phone, wallet...).” So now I just kick the briefcase out of the doorway, and, as for the keys, phone, wallet, etc, you’re on your own, buddy. Not my responsibility.
@@HeronCoyote1234 I can SO understand why you have taken this tack. No one's psyche can long sustain snarls and attacks. Sadly, given his attitude toward your efforts, and your VERY understandable response, I won't be buying you a "Happy 50th" card.
I like to add a clear shoe holder on the back of the door to the basement, for dog leashes, scarves, hats, sunscreen, or hooks for purses, umbrellas, jackets.
You're the cutest! I love how your quick videos always give me ideas for getting my sh*t together lol. I so wish I could do a medicine cabinet! When you said not really an option for renters, I thought oh crap....the under the bed idea has been saving me lately, my bed is high up so I can fit quite a lot! Less dust bunnies accumulate under there now too..at least that's what I'd like to think!
These are some great ideas! I started storing out of season stuff under the bed this last fall, I'll have to figure something out for the winter stuff, since sweaters take up WAY more room than tank tops, lol
Love this! Cant tell you how many times i have struggled with trying to find a home for all of my stuff since i moved into a smaller house! I love to declutter my stuff regularly because i have 5 kids and i homeschool so stuff accumulate quickly! The less stuff i have the less stuff i have to manage and find homes for things lol
What changed my life was the Ikea-type shelves with storage cubes. I stacked two in our bedroom, so they are about 6 feet high. 16 cubes, I think. I got two colors of fabric cubes that matched our bedroom colors and alternated them. So instead of my tiny vanity, suddenly we had 16 storage spaces, and it really solved a lot of our problems. Now everything has a home, and bedroom clutter has been eliminated. With children and a small home, our bedroom was the dumping ground and it was never company-ready. Not anymore!
Great tips. But I'm jealous of all you people with basements. Since I was 16 I've never lived in a house with a basement. I absolutely love the medicine cabinets with mirrors. In my old house I bought two HUGE ones for the master bathroom sinks. They looked like nice mirrors but had SO MUCH storage in them! And they items are so easy to access.
i grew up in the houston , tx area, which is at sea level. so i never had a basement. i always thought it would be cool. moved to kansas 20 years ago and got my house with a basement. it ceased being so cool when we had historic rain last spring and my entire basement flooded. we live on a hill, so we never thought it would be a problem. the ground became so saturated that it literally just seeped in thru the walls and floors. all of the sheetrock has to be ripped out. but i did enjoy having it for the few times the tornado sirens go off.
I got my first basement house 8 years ago. Now in a different house with a basement and I’ve notice that they have such narrow stairs to them. I still am mindful about going down the stairs.. Similar to the first commenter, my laundry room was on the main floor. I left for the day ( 6 hours) and got a frantic phone call from my 10 yr old daughter after school. Our house was flooded. A pipe in laundry room broke. Guess where all the water goes! Yep. Our basement that was fully furnished and filled with storage items and a watch business. I came home 45 min later, water was turned off to the house, and water was streaming out of the light sockets and wall switches in the stairway. Part of the soaked ceiling fell down all over my stuff. I wanted to get rid of clutter, but didn’t want to do it that way! Lol living room, bathroom and daughters bedroom upstairs were the only rooms not needing repair. 3 months we lived in the living room! Ugh New house, just last year, we bought a new washer/dryer. They delivered it and hooked it up. Started washer to make sure it worked, but went outside for some reason. He returned to bathroom and he yelled asking for towels. Washing machine was a lemon and again water came through the ceiling in basement soaking an area of carpet underneath. Sigh. I just can’t win. Lol So, if you ever get a basement, do not put anything valuable down there. And always have insurance even if you rent. ❤️
I had some of my grandmother's almost antique furniture, storage and so much other stuff. We were planning to move in with my mother-in-law, so I needed to purge anyway. That made it much easier. I had renters insurance. Paid 20 years for it and never made a claim. Guess what they don't cover.... Flood from ground water. So it was a loss with no reimbursement.
When we redid our bathroom I got the deepest medicine cabinet mirror I could find & my husband recessed shelf's into the wall since we had to take the drywall down anyway big difference
Are use over the door shoe organizers for all kinds of things. I also have a contraption on the back of the door that holds all my purses. I use over the door shoe organizers to hold spices, small craft items, gloves scarves and garden gloves.
I feel finding clever storage solutions is a never ending story... Who's with me on that one ?
The only thing I cant find is how to store away tools when living in an appartment 😭
TBH, the usual answer isn't to have better storage solutions, it's to have less stuff. Occasionally, you do need clever, but that's usually because you're trying to use a weird space.
Use a command stick and hang Wicker baskets 🧺 on the walls and you have a little cubby
These kids. They keep growing... then you have more of them... then they want more toys... it’s just crazy. 😂❤️
Kudos for the Video! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you considered - Mahorrla Control Clutter Method (erm, check it on google should be there)? It is a good one of a kind product for decluttering your home minus the normal expense. Ive heard some incredible things about it and my good mate called Gray finally got great success with it.
Duuuude when you talked about how husbands never know where anything goes even though you’ve lived in the house the same amount of time. Felt that ✌️😂
Allison J right??? Like "we moved in here together. We both work from home. Is my uterus a tracking device? Is that why I know and my husband doesn't?"
My fiance and I are pretty much on top of the stuff we each use the most but that is about it. If I ever need the packing tape, I have to ask him where it is even though it is always in the same spot. He is the same way with things like scissors and wrapping tape. It's like we ignore each others stuff until we need it. Lol.
It’s all about the brain: see stanmed.stanford.edu/2017spring/how-mens-and-womens-brains-are-different.html
My husband still asks me where his tools are after he used them. And, I was perplexed that I know where they are!
Haha so true,but he’s learning. It’s because I’m the one who does all the cleaning,& taking care of everything,though we do take turns cooking dinner. I work just not as much right now because I’m trying to study for my license and go back to college. I was working almost everyday but they were only giving me 3&4 hour shifts,so I went to 1 and was getting 7-8 🙂 way better. I added in two more for my availability but if they pull the short shifts again I’m going down to 2 & then 1 if I get two four hours instead of one eight.
I get x 3 daughters age 20s and hubby 50 yr old, contstantly yelling where his stuff is..like put a gun to your head...😵
I think the point that everything needs to have a place cannot be overstated. That’s the fundamental key to keeping order anywhere!
My problem is the cables and plugs 😂
Katherine Canon Label them, what type of plug, + what it can be used for, esp if multifunctional. Don't ever pull from the end, where it connects. In time the cable can split, exposing the wires.
@@viviennejordan215 I keep mine in zip lock bags with an index card that reads what type of cable it is or what device it's for. The bags then go into a box with other cables. The end result is that I know very quickly where the cables themselves go. Fortunately, the variation in cables seems to be subsiding as most of them are now some sort of USB cable that are usually interchangeable with others of the same variety.
I also make a point of labeling power bricks that don't come with clear labeling about what device they go with. It can be a royal pain dealing with them when the power brick and the device get separated. But, you can usually get a generic power supply, provided it fits, has the right polarity and has the right voltage/amperage to match the device. And that's usually labeled on both the power supply and the device.
In that same vein, I have to take issue with builders who don't include necessities in a home/apartment structure: coat closet, linen closet, drawers in a kitchen or bathroom, food pantry, outlets in all rooms and hallways, ....and a multitude of other things. Don't laugh, as someone who has rented all over the USA, major things get skipped in apartments when the owners never have to live in them!
B I know, it's a crying shame
I use to keep a tiny blow up baby pool under my toddler's crib, filled with toys- It comes in handy to easily pull it out and set your little one inside the soft pool to play with their toys!
What a SMART, CLEVER person you are!!!
*I like the little notes included in the videos, especially when there's a hint of sarcasm in them lol.*
People tend to forget vertical space. Love the shelf you put up near the bathroom ceiling!
A hack to putting away winter blankets when not in use; Fold them between your box spring and your mattress. Might fold them to give one a slight height on the pillow area. They won't get musty and put a couple of fabric softener sheets so they smell nice.
I have a tiny bathroom so I utilized the back of the door for storage. I got one of those shoe organizers that hang on door and store soap, toothpaste, etc. in all the little pouches.
Being organized in the kitchen is key to saving money on groceries. By knowing exactly what you have you can then shop around it to save money. My kitchen has a few cabinets that are way up high especially over the refrigerator. My husband made me a stepstool that actually is the same color as my kitchen cabinets. I love it and use it every day. I really enjoyed your video.
Debby, give your thoughtful hubby a virtual hug for me.
I am tall and usually can technically reach those spaces & usually have stuff on the fridge in way of easy access, so what I do is keep rarely used items there like box of misc. light bulbs, vases and any other extra and rarely used items which are however still of occasional need to me, worth keeping. :)
Another tip I’ve learned in trying to maximize our 1400 sq ft house is using back-of-the-door shoe holders, the pocket ones. I have them on multiple doors-to hold medicines, gloves, scarves, and hats, and on the back of my pantry door to hold lots of extra items. They’re a life saver! This was a great video, and I think you’re my new hero! (Most UA-camrs have big, perfect houses. 😒) More like this would be great!
As I am a student, it is crucial to have a clean space so that I can improve my study efficiency. I had already labeled different kinds of storage areas before I watched this video.
These tips are useful for organizing my messy bedroom. Thanks for sharing!
Literally trying to reorganize the storage space in my small house today. Took a break to feed the baby and put on UA-cam. Perfect timing! Great ideas, I never thought about shelves up high before!
Just want to share a quick hack (if you can call it that) on an alternative to label makers (if you're unsure to buy or not)
Use masking tape or paper tape for labeling stuff. So long as the tape is sticky enough to stick on to things but not too sticky that it's difficult to rip it off. And you can just write what you want to label on them with marker pens 👍👍👍
You can use blue painter's tape. I labeled everything fridge, stove, microwave, and everything else I could put a tape on but I was doing it to get my children familiar with word, letters to get them reading.
@@crybebebunny awesome.... I'm an avid belolievervin education. Any time the govt/congress have to cut spending in the so called budget, well, it's been education. No wonder our children are in need pf an education...... Go back and see how many times education has taken the hit and our children and us now have been hurt and deprived of a good education.
@@animalsareloveandhappiness4505 yes but they can't budget my LOVE. We as parents need to understand that We are our children's first Teachers and educate our children both in fundamentals and valuables. Let the "school teachers " strain if, we happen to fall behind. Don't allow where we live, or government budgets to keep our children ignorant. Just how, we are able to get information about anything. Let's get knowledge and wisdom to educate ourselves and our families.
True practical ang easy to removed
Great idea, especially if I’m not 100% that’s going to be the permanent home.
These are fantastic tips, especially Clean As You Go. That one helps me from being overwhelmed.
"You've lived here as long as I have and I don't know how you still don't know where everything goes." LOL!! spot on.
What I've discovered about that specific label maker (I have that one) when the printing starts to be not-so-clear, it's because it needs new batteries. I was so stressed because I couldn't figure out why it was not printing so clearly, and then just gave up and replaced the batteries and then it printed beautifully!
I've had my label maker for about 10 years and I LOVE it! I used it to label all the switches in my house so guests (and children) aren't stuck turning every switch trying to figure out how to turn a ceiling fan off.
I did the same thing. It’s a lifesaver.
We donate toys once a year to Goodwill or salvation army, my kids go through all their toys and we make a pile for keep toys, broken toys and donation toys. They love doing this and they are always proud to say mom these toys are going to go to a child that didn't have this before. Great video definitely going to try some of your tips to get my small apartment less cluttered
Same! My family did a yearly purge before school started which turned me into a big believer in keeping a donation box at all times.
I for legit KNOW where everything in my house should go/be! The others never put stuff back so low and behold, the things aren't there when I need them! 😁
Yes, and I was that kid 😁😁, so, I get it on both sides. It seems to me that the only way 2 really break people of that is to have them have to find it when it's needed ( by whomever ) when they'd rather be doing something else (or getting on with the project using it ). If several people and who knows who used it last, may have to be a rule that everyone who isn't in the middle of something urgent had to drop it and help look, every time. Share the pain, share the motivation to put stuff back !
I just started watching your videos! I'm so glad I found them. Not only do I appreciate what you're showing, the tips and the help. I love your personality, you're real, funny and just refreshing and not putting on a "persona" for the camera! Yeah!! A chick I can watch! Lol
The vacuum sealed bags for clothes and bedding are awesome! It makes storing things you aren’t currently using so much easier! Great space savers!
I love utilizing the stairwell to the basement! You could even add some shelves on the header to store things.
I've had a label maker for years and I've literally never used it. And I used to be an elementary school teacher. 😂😂
Try over the toilet storage!! It added so much space for me, its like a stand with shelves that was super simple to assemble
I’m a new subscriber as of when you said “how to organize a small home”. Moving into a a townhouse forever home soon! So thankful you exist.
I have just started the task of really organizing my small home and ur videos are so helpful:). Thank you for your help and inspiration! I do think you are a queen of organization:)💗❤️
I’ve moved 28 times in 65 years. My #1 piece of advice is “purge purge purge”.
I'm so late to find this, but I'm thankful that at no time in this video, you advised buy this or that or go to the dollar store and just buy a bunch of baskets to put all around. You actually found small spaces that were being unused and that could now be used for things cluttering up the house, which had no home. That's exactly what I needed. Thanks.
My small space hack is already opt for rectangle storage. Everything fits together so nicely and is much easier to utilize the most space
Lol!! Naptime coffee😆 I never thought to call it that and I have it every single day!!! Great ideas! There are 6 of us in a less than 1000 sq ft space
I live in a small apartment and there was no place for me to hang coats up not even space for a coat rack near the entryway. So I put an over the door hook rack. It works perfectly for hanging up coats.
All of these tips are very useful. I have been in our 1600 sq ft house for about a year now and while we do have closets and storage spaces, our kitchen and bathrooms are very small. The bathroom does have a small linen closet, but having two different medicine cabinets (one above the sink and one above the toilet) is amazing!!
I love the vacuum space saving bags for extra sheets and blankets! They shrink down so small and I am able to store them under the bed!
Label maker works well to label where things go - but if you need to make sure everything fits a certain way, take a picture of what “done” looks like! Helps kids know where things go and how to put them away!
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Love the tip graphics that pop up!
Brought back old memories, the area by the back stairs my Mom had heavy duty hooks in the wall so each kid had there own space.
diane brenna it doesn't take much to be organized, little, but Regular. Soon gets done.
Yes! Seriously, God bless the label maker inventor!
Clutter is downfall of every house...not just small house my friend!!!💕
Great insight🧐
Very helpful.
I agree, the advantage of a small house is that it forces you to clean and tidy up more frequently.
Great video.
I lived for 19 years in a 9'x11' room. Less than 100sq ft I am a queen of storage solutions. I'm also an artist so the amount of art supply clutter I have is insane. I had a loft bed by utter necessity. A drafting table wouldn't fit if that bed was on the ground. My dad built my bed when I was 12 based off a drawing I made. The outer ledge to keep me from falling off the loft doubled as a bookshelf from the inside and a ledge shelf on top. Instead of a ladder I had stairs that were cubbies that my dad also built. Underneath the bed i kept my drafting table and attached to the "ceiling" of the desk area I had a cubby for papers and artwork with track lighting there too. I had framed corkboard strips on the wall and that same paper cubby area by the track lighting also had magnetic sheets where I kept my metal palette knives. That tiny ass room had 6 outlets that I had my dad install and I was genuinely sad to leave that room when I moved out and got married. Its still set up how it was before I left, just now its my parents storage. I'm glad I grew up in that space though bc it helped my creativity flourish. My current apartment is 1100sq ft and I'm not lacking storage space, its just awkward storage space so the ideas I had as a kid in that bedroom definitely help in my apartment now
One of the hardest aspects of keeping a home organized is when others don't want to make the effort. This was a point of constant argument between myself and my former roomate when it came to putting the quilts in the ottoman. Not using it? put it away. But the roomate reasoned that using it once a week for movie night was reason enough to leave it out all other 6 days.
Did they at least fold it????? I’d lose my minddddd
Yes, we all meed to learn to be creative when sharing a space with roommates or spouse etc. , and find creative compromises. Each states their preference, then works to find a compromise each can handle. Maybe even take turns doing it the other's way ( week at a time ?) , if there's no real middle-ground solution. One book which may b an unexpected huge help with this is " The house that cleans itself" . It's super, duper helpful in many ways, one of which being to work with your family and habits as is wise/do-able vrs. always trying to change them. For example, they just never used the other door/area which had the coat etc. storage and the area by door they did use, was always a mess. Rethinking trying to get them all to finally adopt a habit of the other door, which wasn't working, mom and author created storage and seating by the door they used and everything was way better. Just a super helpful book even for we who thought we were good at trouble-shooting.
Love your stairwell coat closet!!! Great tips!
Stairwell storage is brilliant!
"What's for dinner tonight; What do I need to pick up from the store; What time do I pick up my kids; *When is my anniversary* " LMAO
Thank you for this! I have a 1600 sq for house with 1 eight yr old, a husband and a 3lb teacup poodle (3bed 2bath) and I'm always trying to find more storage. Houses built in the 70s do not have enough storage lol! I am an organizational nut. Love your videos!
I wish I had that much room, I live in a two story cap cod with a basement. 780 sq ft footprint. Built in 1926 with one closest upstairs.
One thing in one thing out! My daughters parted with 40 of their whopping 257 stuffed animals, so I treated myself to a shoes rack and I'm so happy to be able to find my shoes and stop tripping on the pile!
My Mom always to keep our home neat n tidy with 7 in family. I know she would take cardboard boxes of different sizes and put contact paper on them for storing things and storage dressers. But she made everything work. Sure miss her greatly.
Great ideas! Just a note on medicine cabinets. Don’t put anything that shouldn’t be around damp/hot places. Since you shower in this room, you don’t want to keep medicine, makeup or perfume.
She's so enthusiastic this is the first video I saw from her I love her already
So, true on the needing labels so the husband can find things...he never knows where things go! :P
Love “...when is my anniversary” 🤣
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The one tidbit that I hadn’t thought of was the one item in, one item out. Like that a lot. If I buy something new, it needs to replace something else. 👍
One thing that helped me when my son was young ( and then when the grandkids were young!) was to put some of his toys away in a bin for a month or two (or longer), then rotate something else out and bring back the first batch. It keeps them feeling like they have new toys to play with and decreases boredom. When you pull out a box and get a big ho-hum response, it may be time to donate or pass on to a younger child. (It also minimizes the overwhelming factor when it’s time to have them start learning to put things away!)
I love having a label maker!!
LOVE, LOVE my label maker..💜🧡💛💚💙
Love your video... Great tips!! I'm a professional organizer & the vertical space & space behind doors (medicine cabinets too) is most looked over. There are great magnetic products out there I use in my own home that are awesome!! 😊
It’s kitchen cabinets that drive me nuts because I try to keep everything in order (too many Chinese soup containers) and he just sticks crap anywhere! He’s trying to help me... but just don’t! He decided to clean out my spices one time and I seriously thought I might need to call 911 to protect him! Hahaha! He’s never touched them again! 🤪
Yes. I prefer them always asking me. Than trying to figure out how they think it's organize when they can't find something and I have no clue how they put them "away".
It sounds like your organizational system that isn't working. If it were working, then he wouldn't need to ask, he'd know where and there would be space.
Chris L trust... he doesn’t care! Haha! After 25 yrs we just go with the flow
Love the color of the spare bathroom
I've been watching a few of your videos, and that Lil Miles is so adorable!
Ok, I'm definitely going to put a shelf in my spare bathroom!!!
Lol! My husband still doesn't know where everything is. After 19 years together. 😂
Lettuce Eat With Suzanne Ridgeway I think that's Mostly Because women Start off doing it. Should be Shared, Equally, the Responsibilities. What if one of You gets Seriously sick? That would be bad enough, + stressful, but more so if Your 'other half' hasn't a clue. Help + Teach each other. Being on Your own, You hve to deal with things. You can Learn in So Many ways Nowadays.
@@viviennejordan215 my husband tries but, always stress that when we are older we will have less things. Now is the time that my children need to learn. He dose work too much for our family. My children are going to be great spouses. They have resolved that by saying we are to live with them so we only need to take care of ourselves then.
Ha Ha! On the flip side, we moved so much growing up...that I know where my mom tends puts everything in her kitchen even when we've moved to a new place. She puts the day to day dishes and tools in easy access areas between the sink and the stove. : ) I guess I have learned her logic! Maybe husbands need to learn their wives logic?
@@viviennejordan215 In truth -- when we gals started out -- I think we coveted that "position of power", in that WE decided where things went. AND, if we were the ones to go get "whatever", we could then "maintain the order" we'd managed and we kept others from mucking it up. Sadly, we haven't learned how to achieve the power to command our housemates NOT to MUCK UP the works, and to "MAKE IT RIGHT" when they're done with whatever.
Thank you, Kallie, for the great organizing tips! You’ve inspired me! 💪🏼
Another tip is to set limits. That is to say figure out the amount of space and par down if needed. I kept trying to fit 5 lbs of stuff in a 3 lb bin. Didn't work. Now my house is getting organized and I feel at peace. Great video!
Label maker! Hallelujah! You cracked me up. I have used a label maker for years!
Girl same I put one thing away and my daughter & husband take out 5
Heh, heh, heh...Try this...Get one large box; put it somewhere discrete (under the dining room table if you have one?) Whatever gets left laying around, put it in the box. When they come looking for the item, tell them to check the "depository".
>>> The first lesson we need to teach THEM is the one WE have to teach OURSELVES, and that is WE are NOT their maids!! A CHILD -- or for that matter, a HUSBAND -- does not become (or sustain) SELF-RELIANCE when they are not EXPECTED to be SELF-RELIANT!!!
@@amkarei ,I wish this could work!but alas all tips and tricks fail!
@@kittybegum8486 Sadly then, Girl...You are DOOMED!! I will say prayers for your aching back. (Naw, I'm guessing you're still young; there's hope for you yet!)
@@amkarei when I used to move my partner’s stuff like keys, phone, briefcase to either a safer place (not a tripping hazard, or something our cat would knock into the kitchen sink), he would get so angry with me. “Don’t move my stuff! I Now can’t find my (keys, phone, wallet...).” So now I just kick the briefcase out of the doorway, and, as for the keys, phone, wallet, etc, you’re on your own, buddy. Not my responsibility.
@@HeronCoyote1234 I can SO understand why you have taken this tack. No one's psyche can long sustain snarls and attacks. Sadly, given his attitude toward your efforts, and your VERY understandable response, I won't be buying you a "Happy 50th" card.
I like to add a clear shoe holder on the back of the door to the basement, for dog leashes, scarves, hats, sunscreen, or hooks for purses, umbrellas, jackets.
I'm in love with my new label maker lol
You're the cutest! I love how your quick videos always give me ideas for getting my sh*t together lol. I so wish I could do a medicine cabinet! When you said not really an option for renters, I thought oh crap....the under the bed idea has been saving me lately, my bed is high up so I can fit quite a lot! Less dust bunnies accumulate under there now too..at least that's what I'd like to think!
Try a clear plastic over-the-door shoe organizer. They come in different widths, in case you have a narrow door.
Label maker can’t live without one
These are some great ideas! I started storing out of season stuff under the bed this last fall, I'll have to figure something out for the winter stuff, since sweaters take up WAY more room than tank tops, lol
You look great in this video .. that lipstick blends so well with your skin.. 💛
Right! How does my husband not know where things go??? Glad to know others feel the same pain!!
You are a genius! Loved these tips!
I love your creativity! Awesome ideas!
I would have never thought in the basement stairwell!!! Thank you so much. We just bought a new house and no main level closet!
I like to use a door hanging shoe holder on the back of my bathroom door. It holds all the bigger stuff that won't fit in the drawers.
Thankyou for video also hanging baskets from ceilings good to put things in x
Love this. I want a label maker so badly! And the comment about husbands = 100% true 😪😄 It made me (and my husband) laugh
Before you buy a label maker, check the cost of replacement tape, cause that can be more expensive than the machine itself.
😂 yes and my kids old enough but I guess I still need do some picture and writing labels for their stuff.
Yeah, I was going to say, paper sticky labels, cheap as chips, though they can fall off, or get dirty. Doesn't hurt, just to re-do them .
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Totally agree with shelves at ceiling height.
Love this! Cant tell you how many times i have struggled with trying to find a home for all of my stuff since i moved into a smaller house! I love to declutter my stuff regularly because i have 5 kids and i homeschool so stuff accumulate quickly! The less stuff i have the less stuff i have to manage and find homes for things lol
What changed my life was the Ikea-type shelves with storage cubes. I stacked two in our bedroom, so they are about 6 feet high. 16 cubes, I think. I got two colors of fabric cubes that matched our bedroom colors and alternated them. So instead of my tiny vanity, suddenly we had 16 storage spaces, and it really solved a lot of our problems. Now everything has a home, and bedroom clutter has been eliminated. With children and a small home, our bedroom was the dumping ground and it was never company-ready. Not anymore!
Dead space use up high. Love it. Great honest video that is doable.
Coat rack on the stair wall, genius.
Great ideas! Loved the comment about husbands or others not knowing where things are or where they go. Lol
It’s like you are making videos specifically for me lol. ❤️
Love it. Thanks for the motivation and the tips!
I LOVE the ceiling shelf idea 😍 Such a great use of space and I can definitely make one in my kids bathroom 😃 thanks for sharing 🖤
My new model is don't put it down put it away. Happy new year.Every thing has a place and in that place shall be.thats what mom use to tell me.
Great tips. But I'm jealous of all you people with basements. Since I was 16 I've never lived in a house with a basement. I absolutely love the medicine cabinets with mirrors. In my old house I bought two HUGE ones for the master bathroom sinks. They looked like nice mirrors but had SO MUCH storage in them! And they items are so easy to access.
i grew up in the houston , tx area, which is at sea level. so i never had a basement. i always thought it would be cool. moved to kansas 20 years ago and got my house with a basement. it ceased being so cool when we had historic rain last spring and my entire basement flooded. we live on a hill, so we never thought it would be a problem. the ground became so saturated that it literally just seeped in thru the walls and floors. all of the sheetrock has to be ripped out. but i did enjoy having it for the few times the tornado sirens go off.
I got my first basement house 8 years ago. Now in a different house with a basement and I’ve notice that they have such narrow stairs to them. I still am mindful about going down the stairs..
Similar to the first commenter, my laundry room was on the main floor. I left for the day ( 6 hours) and got a frantic phone call from my 10 yr old daughter after school. Our house was flooded. A pipe in laundry room broke. Guess where all the water goes! Yep. Our basement that was fully furnished and filled with storage items and a watch business. I came home 45 min later, water was turned off to the house, and water was streaming out of the light sockets and wall switches in the stairway. Part of the soaked ceiling fell down all over my stuff.
I wanted to get rid of clutter, but didn’t want to do it that way! Lol living room, bathroom and daughters bedroom upstairs were the only rooms not needing repair. 3 months we lived in the living room! Ugh
New house, just last year, we bought a new washer/dryer. They delivered it and hooked it up. Started washer to make sure it worked, but went outside for some reason. He returned to bathroom and he yelled asking for towels. Washing machine was a lemon and again water came through the ceiling in basement soaking an area of carpet underneath. Sigh. I just can’t win. Lol
So, if you ever get a basement, do not put anything valuable down there. And always have insurance even if you rent. ❤️
I had some of my grandmother's almost antique furniture, storage and so much other stuff. We were planning to move in with my mother-in-law, so I needed to purge anyway. That made it much easier. I had renters insurance. Paid 20 years for it and never made a claim. Guess what they don't cover.... Flood from ground water. So it was a loss with no reimbursement.
When we redid our bathroom I got the deepest medicine cabinet mirror I could find & my husband recessed shelf's into the wall since we had to take the drywall down anyway big difference
Yassss girl I need a label maker. I've been making my own with paper & tape. It works but I know a label maker would be better.
Great stuff helping me improve myself
The Tribble sitting on your camera surprised me. ♥
Never thought about over the door storage, thank you.
Great tips, Kallie! TYFS!
Are use over the door shoe organizers for all kinds of things. I also have a contraption on the back of the door that holds all my purses. I use over the door shoe organizers to hold spices, small craft items, gloves scarves and garden gloves.
Now when a toy rolls under that crib… It will pretty much bounce right back out into view!
Excellent tips...I'm getting started right away!!!👍
Very useful tips. Thanks for sharing.
I love the shelf in the bathroom. That’s a great idea. 💡 !
Woo hoo! Add a shelf for extraine s in the bathroom.