Storage Idea for May

We all have a hard time finding a place for every thing. the closets are not big enough, there are not enough shelves for everything. The kitchen will not hold all the items I have. I know the story. I thought I had a big kitchen with lots of cupboards and lots of space. Then I go and fill it up with food, and dishes. you know the basic stuff we all have in our kitchens.

One thing I have learned to do over the years is when I go shopping, we call it big shopping one a month to every six weeks. When we come home we have to find a place to put everything. Well the tip for this month is when putting food away in your cupboards put the same type of food in the same area or cupboard. Put all the fruits together, as well as all the vegetables. Keep the pastas in the same area and not all over the kitchen. Keep the flour, sugar, and other baking items in the same location as well.

One reason is to know what you have at a glance. Second is you only have to go to one cupboard to get items for say baking and not have to go here, then go there to gather up all your baking supplies. Also makes for easier clean up, off to one cupboard and not two or three. 

It is spring time, clean and re organize you cupboards and your pantry. This is the best time to take every thing out, wipe down the cupboards, check for pests and discard old stuffs and find the empty boxes taking up space. Then put every thing of alike food stuffs away in the same area. Label the inside of the cupboards for what goes where. Some people label the outside the choice is yours. That way when you have "helpers" they know where things go when put away.

This is a simple but easy way to find extra room in your kitchen and your kitchen pantry.

Storage Idea of the month

Storage Idea of the Month is pretty easy and can help a lot. Add an over the door hanger or hooks on the back of the doors in bedrooms, or bathrooms. The family members can hang in their bedrooms, their jackets, coats, bathrobes, towels, etc.

You can also add hooks to back of doors, or on the walls behind the doors for the smaller people in your house. Teach kids to hang up their jackets, backpacks, sweaters, etc on their hooks. This will help keep the clutter down and things in each persons room for easy location when things go missing.

You can also add towel bars, on doors, behind doors, or in the closets to hang up blankets, extra towels, or even sleeping bags. Towel bars are great to store belts, and scarves on, just hang over the bar.

Hooks do not cost a lot and can help hide, and keep things a bit more organized and you can fit quite a lot on hooks.

The hooks and bars can help you use space that is normally not usable.  Once you start using hooks, and bars in your closets, you will see how many things that can be put away, still being able to see what you have . Use the dead space and find more storage space.