Organizing Tips that WORK!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- I share some of my favorite "weird" organizing tricks that we love around our house. What are your favorite unique ways to organize?
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Loved this video!! It's the "small little hacks" that make such a big difference around the house! Thank you for linking to my channel! :)
Thanks, Alejandra! So sweet of you to comment! Best to you, Ed, and Mojo! :)
Alejandra, you are the best, I have done so many of your suggestions in my home, thank you both ladies!!
I love your videos can you do some videos on organisers and book stands
+Home Organizing by Alejandra.tv Love you both. Your program is amazing. Subscribed and has transformed my family and home. Thank you.
I love ur ideas alejandra..i use so many of ur tricks to organise. love love love it
Cloths pins are super savers! I want to point out that watching your videos has inspired me to start becoming organized. At the moment I am a clutter bug but now I want to simplify my home and these videos have given me the motivation to do so. Especially living on a small budget!
We have used clothes pins for EVERYTHING, for generations too!
Also if you want to add some fun to your salts, you can put it in a snaplock bag with a couple of drops of food coloring and essential oils shake it up, put it back in the container and let it air dry over night, then pop your brushes back in to your brightly colored and scented salts. :)
Hello my friend
Oh, we are SO clothespin users!! I use them for everything! However, I have embraced the stairs. I frequently say that "My inefficiency keeps me trim!" All those trips up and down and up and down truly are good for me!
I'm so glad I found your channel! To me organization just means knowing where everything is but your videos have taught me otherwise.
I never used clothespins and don't have them around, but next time I need clips I'll just buy those instead. We used to put all the stuff to go upstairs on the stairs haha, really ugly and probably a fire hazard
Hi katie
Clothespins are great for all kinds of things. They are stronger than most "chip clips" available in stores. You can also cover them with washi tape, or let the kids decorate them with markers or paint. Binder clips work well, too! I often clip mail or a return receipt to my purse, to be sure I will see it as I leave in the morning. Love your videos and great ideas!
my family has also been using that magnet-on-washing machine, like, forever! when me and my two brothers were kids, it was our job to load and unload the dishwasher. we had three letters there: L, T & H, from our first names (Zinetha is not my real name, my name is Laura), always one at the top, the one whose turn is was then, and two at the bottom. the person on the top would unload the clean dishes, load the dirty dishes and then change the position of the letters for the next person. when a person used dishes, they put them straight away to the dish washer. so the unloading+loading had to happen quite much right away, so dirty dishes wouldn't pile up.
then me and one of my brothers moved from the house to study, and my parents changed the system, now it's kinda like yours, one letter for dirty, one for clean. we're Finnish, so the words aren't dirty and clean, they're the Finnish equivalents, L for likainen and P for puhdas. :)
the crap basket is a great idea! though i live in a one-bedroom apartment, it will be a lot easier to get stuff in right rooms with a basket, where i throw everything and then go thought the apartment one room at a time in the evening.
Clothes pins are great for a lot of different things , I have used them for years ! Also the the plastic color ones. Love your ideas, some I already know about but some are new to me Thank you for sharing 😇 🌺
Our tip for clean/dirty dishes is that as soon as we dump the clean dishes we fill up the soap. So if there is soap the dishes are dirty.
I love all your tips! the basket tip is great even if you don't have a two story house but you have a bigger than average house. Love your personality, you seem to be a very nice person!
Great tips as always! I'm definitely going to have to give some of these a try. I especially like the power strip cover.
Hello,how are you doing my friend?
We always use clothes pins to close stuff including open plastic bags in cereal boxes, sometimes clippy paperclips too! Love the clicker idea, that's great!
I had a basket actually made to sit on the stairs, at the end of every day I would haul it up put things away and sit it back on the stairs to grab on my way down the next day. It was on of the most useful things I ever bought well except for the Ranch house we have now with 0 stairs.
We have always used clothespins to close chip bags, pasta, rice, etc. My friends use to think my family was so weird, like totally, because every time they came over for 'movie night' (on the VCR, of course) all of our snack type foods had clothespins on them...they were use to those big, plastic clips that said CHIP CLIP on them...When my son was little, we use to paint & embellish them for gifts for his Nana, Grandma, babysitters & daycare workers. Some we would put magnets on the back and you could use them to clip artwork, recipes, shopping list & calendars to the fridge : ) Carson is just too, too cute! And so well behaved...you're such a great Mommy to him!
Some times we use the clips from broken hangers to keep chip bags and such closed.
Llia J. I threw one away today. Shoot fire!
I do that, too
I have used your idea of the clothes pin for years. Just found your site the other day. I watched your trip to the dollar store. You got me so enthused that i went out in s snowstorm the very next day to the dollar store. Keep up the great ideas!
we have always used pegs (I think you called them clothes pins) for keeping our bags closed, we also velcro our remotes to some CD cabinets we have (our TV is on the wall) and I also love your dishwasher tip! I am really not an organised (or tidy) person but I'm trying to become more organised! I play the recorder (various ones), the flute, piano and I sing so I have music all over the place (well, not anymore because I use magazine racks to store them in - and sometimes draws, for the music I don't use often). I also write poetry and children's stories so I have a lot of notepads - I've started storing them in drawers. I'm a mucky pup (as we say here in the UK), but I am trying to be better - honest lol! Thanks for your videos (I like Alejandra's too)
In my house we use binder clips to close bags together. Same concept!
Me too 👍
Yes!and you can get a package of different size binder clips at DT for a buck! I use them for everything....corralling headphone cords, keeping power cords handy but out of the way in the kitchen, organizing coupons for a specific store, and store receipts by store in my purse. The mini ones hold a lot and if you put the clip on the side, you can flip the receipts and still have them all together! On,y remove the ones you need. They work great to use in a box with not side opening. Just paint the clip and add it to the top edge and tie you label to the clip.
Hello Ellevelog,how are you doing?
I have used the clothes pins on things for years also! I also made the same thing for my dishwasher years ago, I love your videos
oh Wow!!! I looove the little "clean/dirty" magnet label!!! we just got a dishwasher, and there was a couple times when somebody other than I was confused whether the dishwasher was done or not.. thank u for the GREAT idea!!!
Fun video. Am a bit amazed by the amount of post-it notes you keep. Best organizing rule: don't buy too much / too many! This supply is for many years to come and only takes up space. The clothespins we use like since forever. Chips not all eaten? Clothespin. Macaroni left in the plastic bag? Clothespin. Great idea to hang up the remote control at the back of the tv! Don't get the clean/dirty sign, since our dishes actually look dirty when not cleaned yet.
We use binder clips, which I got at the $ store, to close bags but when I run out I get frustrated. I have over 100 cloths pins in my drawer from a craft project. I don't know why I never once thought to use them in stead of or when I run out of the binder clips. Duh moment for me. Thanks for the tip.
Love clothespins for everything! My family has always used them too! Thanks for sharing, I love your channel and your positive personality!
Clothespins all the way through..I don't know how many generations! :D it's inherited ;)
We use the clothes pins as well, I didn't realize that was a thing. The remote trick is awesome!
The clothes pin bag closer is something we have always done in my family . I do have some chip bag clips from the dollar tree but when I'm using all of them and need another clip, I get a clothes pin and voila! Love your tips and ideas. Thanks for your videos. :)
I love these tips! Thanks for sharing. I use scented Epsom salt for candle holding. Doubles as a room scent.
I use rubber bands to close food packages
Judi Treble ...I also use rubber bands to close food packages.
Me 2 lol
Judi Treble My Mom did. I bought her a very huge bag at Only A Buck one year and threatened to put a bag in her casket, but that didn’t happen. She had Dementia and turned on me the last 3 years of her life. 😢😞
Yup. I’ve always used clothes pins to seal up my bags. I usually fold in the corners, then fold the bag down, I think it helps seal better. I usually use Japanese plastic ones, they are much sturdier, plus they are pretty colors. I get mine at Daiso, do you have that store near you? It’s my favorite Japanese “dollar store”. Plus their plastic containers are much nicer. Thanks for the organizing tips.
Good ideas. We use binder clips for food bags, have some strong magnets on the side of the frig to keep the loose ones handy.
We never used clothes pins, we used rubber bands. I didn't tell you about the remote but we have done this since getting our travel trailer RV. Love the surge protector cover.
LOVE THE QUOTE!
One of our homes has the most awesome long, 4 line clothesline. We use wooden clothes pins all the time throughout the house too. In fact my husband bought another pack of them 3 days ago.
Love your videos. Yes I use clothes pins for a long, long time. I also glue a magnet on the back for clipping paper on the Fridge.
I've always used clothes pins- i love it! Kathryn your videos are always so awesome! Thank you
We have always used clothes pins...works great! Nice video...love the tips :) I have a stair basket. I don't remember where I got it, but it is shaped exactly like the stairs and fits perfectly. The top part of the basket sits on the stairs, and then it "stair steps" down. Hard to describe. Our bedroom is downstairs, so my basket is always full of my daughter's things and I make her clean out the basket on her way up at night. Great video!
Great ideas! We do the clothes pins and junk bucket lol. But i just thought others may want to know the velcro stickies r also at Walmart now for 2$ and up. They r with both the sewing/craft and office/school organizing sections.
Love Ur channel and Ur son is beautiful! God bless
Hi! Just wanted to say how much i enjoy your channel! Also i too was seeing white powdery stuff when i was using rice in my makeup brush containers. After closer speculation those "white powdery sticky stuff" turned out to be mold mites!! Yes mold mites!!! once i threw out all the rice and got rid of everything that was covered in them the mites disappeared. But yes i would definitely encourage people to stay away from rice especially in the bathroom where there is a lot of moisture.
Our family has always used clothespins to close opened bags. Thank you for the remote tip!
Wow! Ok so I wasn't going to comment but I have to. First of all, I'm a Spanish teacher too! I love your voids and I too love Alexandra's channel, too. So I'm watching this video and I see hour remote looks just like mine and I pick it up, not knowing what tip you're about to show and WOW! I already had my velcro on! Lol. But I attach to my nightstand. Remotes always get lost in the covers. But I had to comment because we had so much in common. However I don't use a clothes pin; I use a paper clip! I have then all over (smile) Keep making these wonderful vids . I love watching!
Amazing ideas :D, like you we have always used the clothes pegs for resealing up bags really helps keep them fresh but also stops them spilling all inside you cupboards :)
I haven't used clothes pins, but the alligator clips from the office supplies! And it makes them a bit more difficult for little bitty ones from being able to get them off. Another thing I've tried is the plastic bottle top idea.
Growing up my family used clothes pins to hold plastic bags closed. They work great. I like your stairs crap basket.
My family has used clothes pins forever too!!! Love them!!!
Great ideas! Yes we have used the clothespins forever too!
Oh you have just solved my dilemma about how to show whether the dishwasher has clean or dirty dishes...thank you so much for the idea, this simply and inexpensively will do the job perfectly!
Besides using clothes pins to close bags and boxes in the kitchen, I also use them to hang plastic bags over the sink on the doorhandle of my kitchen cupboards after I've rinsed them out. In my family we use rubber bands to close bags and boxes as well.
I use binder clips to close our chip bags. I use to have hooks on our laundry room door and hung the chip bags there. Worked perfectly. Not crushed and out of the way.
I love the remote velcro trick, ive been doing it for years and never forgot where it was ;) i really like the power strip too never seen those before.Great and helpful tips!
Love Alejandra Costello's videos too, but the products she shows are way too expensive for my taste. That's exactly why I started searching for cheaper organizing solutions and found your channel. Love these tips! I will definitely try these out, especially the remote control one.
love your videos and yes Alejandra Castello is the one who I aspired me to get back on track (found her videos before yours) and she is amazing!! I love that you show more cheaper ways though.
Mom and Granny used clothes pins, so I just thought everybody did 😃 Thank you for the great tips!
Yes! We have used clothes pins for bags all the time!
Great idea with the clothes pins.. Love that idea!! I am going to use this here in Italy.. thank you.. I LOVE your recipes & You Tube videos.. Great job
and LOVE the "crap basket idea" too.. going to do this with my 3 girls... TY
Awesome tips! I see I'm late getting in on it but I say better late than never! My family have used the clothespins trick also! Others were all new to me! I'm trying to catch up on your videos! Love them!
I need a couple of those baby proof cord holders. Great ideas! Thanks for these great videos!
I’ve been using clothes pins to close bags for a long time! I’ve also recycled kids hangers that are used to clip pants. I break off clip n use one all my bags!
Love the vid! All this time I've been buying those specialty chip clip packs for open bags, I could slap myself for wasting so much money on them when I could've been using clothespins!
So loving your videos! Tysm for posting this! We always lose the little bag clips, but we have tons of clothes pins, so even if we do lose some will always have an ample supply. :-)
Yes to the clothespins. I do that ALL the time. I thought everyone did that too. Thanks for all these tips.
I use clothespins too. Maybe the most odd storage I have is magazine holders to store products under my bathroom sink. (small bathroom) I had everything in a basket, but spent too much time rooting and rooting through tangled cords. I don't love this system, but for now it works.
This video is innovative and refreshing thanks. I did the peg thing but thought everyone did too!
Have used clothes pin for years to close bags.
Love your videos.
Trying to find the one you started... using the teacher section to store things.
Thought it was recent.
Maybe not.
Great ideas. Tks for sharing. Yup I've used pegs lots of times. Wish I could get smaller ones though (shorter), but strong so they won't take up unnecessary space. Suppose I can cut them.
So many great tips that I can use. Thank you. Carson is getting so big. He's adorable:))
I store my remote controls in a small basket that I keep underneath the coffee table. It looks good, matches the interior, and I don't have to look at the clutter ;)
I love the clothes pins idea. I have never used them. I do buy the ones they sell but this is much cheaper. I have a bunch of clothes pins I brought years ago for a party game. I will be using them. I am going to look for those baby things. I have never seen them before. Nice video.
Cloths pins all the way! My parents and grandparents did this, now my family and my brother and his family do this also!
Because of watching your videos, YES we use clothes pins! Another awesome video :)
Would you happen to be LDS? Your happy, positive energy reminds me of every Mormon I know! lol
Yes! I binged watched her videos lol love em!
i do use the clothes pins to close bags, i use dried peas or beans instead of rice or epsom salts to keep my scissors and paintbrushes upright, i have something similar to your "crap" basket, also use the clothes pin to pin recipes to the cabinet handle so i can read it whilst cooking, i have all my recipes in those office plastic folders to they don't get wet in the kichten and haning them makes it easy to read and out of the way
Wow!! The electric chord cover is awesome!! 😀
Yep, have always used clothes pins (or pegs as we call them in Australia ;) ) to close bags in the pantry and freezer (frozen peas SUCK when they spill out everywhere!!) also thanks for the dishwasher magnet idea! Totally making one in about five minutes hahaha thank you so much!!
Sorry, I ran out of writing space. As I was saying you just made a poring spout for your bag of beans. When the bag is empty just take off the cap and use it on another bag. This works on just about any food bag. You can even create you own reusable bag by cutting off the zipper on a plastic freezer zip bag and putting the cap on that and putting what you want in it, except liquid of course. I was wondering why you used Epsom salts for your brushes instead of the sand you can find at Dollar Tree? Anyway, I hope this helps. I have tons of other ideas if you are ever interested. I just noticed Carson is getting so big. Take care, Dee😊
I love Alexandra videos toooooo!!!!!! Finally someone else!!!!!!!
Thank u so much for the videos. You encourage me to organize my house without spending much money
yes I've been using the clothes pins in my pantry for years, i even had my granddaughter paint them one day. great ideas on your video
Yup, my family has also used laundry clips for bag clips! I still do it as well. I know what you mean though... I've had people come to my house and tell me that it is weird, haha. :)
My husband used to have about 5 remotes at his chair (aka, Command Post) and he used the velcro on the remotes to attach them to a leg or the side of his lamp table. Let's see, there was the TV remote, the cable, the VCR, the ceiling fan and at least one more fan on the floor facing him (he had serious hot flashes). And I like the electric cords you hid in the tube; bet I could do that with a Pringles type can and some sticky shelf liner or just paint it. Sometime when you get a chance, Kathryn, show us what you'd do with the empty dental floss and TicTac boxes (reuse as pill boxes?) or what. Thanks!!
Great ideas...love the power strip cover ... very clever and looks so neat and tidy :) As for the dishwasher clean/dirty magnet,,,I would be worried it is to small and if it fell onto the floor, that your little one may find it. Maybe make it bigger, so he or she won't choke. (It just looks very small in the video) but great idea .Yes...we too grew up with clothes pins for bag clips :)
I've used clothes pins for years. They work great and are cheaper than chip clips. You can also attach a free magnet on one side and stick it on the fridge. Clothes pins also work great for holding music on a music stand.
I love when you do these videos because I feel like I'm getting so much "bang of my buck" :) going to Velcro my remotes now!!
I've used clothes pins too, but I like various sizes of binder clips and they are smaller to stash away.
Yes I've always USED clothes-pins for chip bags and all kinds of stuff around OUR HOUSE :~))
I havent scrolled down to see if anyone else has commented this so if so, I'm sorry...
Another unusual but super cheap/free way to close bags is taking the clothes hanger that have the little clips on the ends and breaking the clips off and using them. You get the hanger free when you buy clothes at the store and get 2 bag clips out of it.
Great tips, also my family has always closed bags with clips!
wonderful videos. I've used several of your tips. Thank you!
We have always used clothespins to hold bags closed too!!! :) I always thought it was something everyone did! :)
I use a big paper clip or a rubber band for opened bags. For longer storage I seal shut with tape.
Love your videos! Always fun and always great ideas! TFS!
YES, MY FAMILY HAS ALSO, USED THE CLOTHES PINS FOR CLOSING FOOD BAGS---I USE THEM AROUND ONE OF MY CLEAR ORGANIZER BINS----TO HANG --RUBBER BANDS, ECT. SO EASY TO USE---
I've been using clothes pins for years. Works great.
We use binder clips to close bags at our house. We also have been doing it "forever."
Yes, been using clothes pins for years. Many uses.
Love all the useful advice on organizers and really love the C.S. Lewis quote. When I get my new home, I wanna put that on the wall. Where did you find that?
Just subscribed to your channel great ideas darling, great minds think alike! Been using clothes pins in unexpected ways for years. When I come across someone who doesn't I wonder how they survived
The clean and dirty on the dishwasher is a lifesaver.
We always used clothes pins growing up - Mom let us write with sharpie things like "Chips" or "Grits" to indicate what they should close. Didn't last - "grits" was always clipping the chips bag :) I didn't care but it drove Mom crazy!
My family has used close pins forever as well, haha. Same with the Velcro on the remote