Creative Storage Solutions

[pixiegirl]

What are yours? I love wood wine boxes to organize things in the "junk" closet and on the kids bookshelves to organize video games, etc. I use a silverware organizer in my kitchen junk drawer to keep things tidy.

What are some of yours?

I need some creative solutions for shoes and make-up. My make-up has outgrown my traincase and my shoes are over-running my closet.

 

[Jameo]

Look around on pinterest.com. There is TONS of neat ideas for organizing on that site

 

[Nickel]

Are you on Pinterest? I find lots of good organization ideas there, and I love looking through organization blogs. I use big silverware organizers in my junk drawer too. As far as makeup goes...I've seen people use those jewelry armoires for makeup storage, but I decided to purge the stuff I don't/rarely use and was able to get everything to fit into a makeup bag. A few things that don't get used often but I wanted to keep are kept in a small plastic container under my sink. Brushes are in a mason jar in my medicine cabinet. Less is more for me lately, so I've been trying to get rid of a lot and hang on to things that are well made and high quality. I don't have a ton of shoes so I just keep them in a large wicker basket in the corner of my closet. I have seen people use clear boxes (The Container Store has cute fabric ones with a clear front) stacked on the top shelf for shoe storage.

ETA: I have no idea why "wicker basket" is hyperlinked. I didn't do that. And now it isn't hyperlinked anymore.

 

[libertytyranny]

haha I was going to say pinterest too I have ZERO creativity that way..but pinterest makes me feel crafty


for example..Monster had a container of baby "puffs" that had a flip top..I recalled seeing something similar on pinterest so I tore off the label, and stuffed it full of the plastic bags I have all over the house that I can't throw away because I don't want them to end up swirling in the ocean. Now, I have the perfect, compact, easy-to-use plastic bag dispenser for my bag and car.

As for makeup, I have seen some neat things..including painted cookie sheets, with tiny magnets attached to the makeup containers and stuck on the wall by the mirror, that was neat but I use a lot of loose powders so I don't think it would work for me..then there was a long metal flowerbox type deal filled with those glass marbles and the handles of makeup brushes stuck in it, that was actually quite pretty. I am trying to remember the shoes ideas I have seen, one was a lazy susan type deal they rigged for shoes that the stuck in the closet to hold shoes in less space.

 

[pixiegirl]

Great website ladies!

I use empty tissue boxes to hold plasic bags as well! I use them as liners in the bathroom and laundry room trash cans.

 

[migtig]

Shoes - I had the giant redo my whole closet with one of the organizational racks. At the very top I have a high rack and I place my out of season and special occasion wear shoes up there in clear shoe storage boxes. It requires effort on his part to rotate my shoes or I have to drag in a kitchen chair to look at the boxes to see which one he needs to pull down for formal wear. Otherwise when he built in the closet racks, I had him place wire shelves up one side for my shoes and hats. Works great. A closet system is the investment to make.

As for make-up - I want one of these or something similar.
Rolling Storage Drawer Carts | Office | SkyMall

They are basically rolling storage bins for crafts, but with drawer organizers would be perfect for make-up and various items. There are a ton of different styles out there- if you search for craft storage containers.

I'd love to have this so that it looks like a built-in cabinet in my bathroom.
The Paper Tower : Knotty Alder

 

[Nickel]

As for make-up - I want one of these or something similar.
Rolling Storage Drawer Carts | Office | SkyMall

I used to have something similar and felt like it encouraged me to hoard makeup or buy things that I didn't necessarily need because I had room for it. Now that I've pared everything down into a smaller container I'm a lot more selective.

 

[migtig]

I used to have something similar and felt like it encouraged me to hoard makeup or buy things that I didn't necessarily need because I had room for it. Now that I've pared everything down into a smaller container I'm a lot more selective.

Pixie is not going to pare down. You should see her nail polish collection alone.

I actually want the cabinet because we have little to no storage in our bathroom - so I'd put everything in it from asprin to soap.

 

[migtig]

Pixie is not going to pare down. You should see her nail polish collection alone.

I actually want the cabinet because we have little to no storage in our bathroom - so I'd put everything in it from asprin to soap.

Do you see me talking myself into buying the cabinet before the end of the day?

 

[Misfit]

I keep thinking the name of this tread is cleavage storage solutions. I need counseling.

 

[Dakota]

In my upstairs bathrooms, I have those over the door canvass shoe holders that suck for shoes but are great for stuffing bathroom supplies in.

I also use one in my pantry to store packets and other small items.

 

[pixiegirl]

I used to have something similar and felt like it encouraged me to hoard makeup or buy things that I didn't necessarily need because I had room for it. Now that I've pared everything down into a smaller container I'm a lot more selective.

I do hoard make-up and nail polish and shoes. In my defense I'm fantastic at purging though. I keep the things I use and like to have a lot of variety in certain things. Eyeshadow, daily I wear very natural close to skintone colors but like to have different variations. I have to have every other color under the sun for the days I want to get fancy.

Pixie is not going to pare down. You should see her nail polish collection alone.

I actually want the cabinet because we have little to no storage in our bathroom - so I'd put everything in it from asprin to soap.

I paint my toes a new color every weekend.

 

[pixiegirl]

In my upstairs bathrooms, I have those over the door canvass shoe holders that suck for shoes but are great for stuffing bathroom supplies in.

I also use one in my pantry to store packets and other small items.

Great idea!

 

[Nickel]

Pixie is not going to pare down. You should see her nail polish collection alone.

It felt so good to get rid of a lot of it, and Birchbox has helped me keep myself in check. The fact that we move a lot made me want to get rid of all the excess clothes, books, etc that I've been hanging on to. I do have a ton of nail polish, though.

I do hoard make-up and nail polish and shoes. In my defense I'm fantastic at purging though. I keep the things I use and like to have a lot of variety in certain things. Eyeshadow, daily I wear very natural close to skintone colors but like to have different variations. I have to have every other color under the sun for the days I want to get fancy.

I'm very much a neutral eye person and can get by with just the Urban Decay Naked Palette for eyeshadow (and they just came out with a new one too!). Add some liquid liner and mascara (whatever the flavor of the month is) and I'm good to go. I found my perfect shade of blush, so I won't be shopping around for that, and I do have a variety of different sheer berry lipsticks/glosses stains. Easy peasy!

 

[SoMD_Fun_Guy]

I paint my toes a new color every weekend.

So Pix, what color are your little piggies this week?

 

[pixiegirl]

So Pix, what color are your little piggies this week?

Pink.

 

[Dakota]

I went on an organizational rampage today. I tore everything out of my kitchen pantry... and I mean everything, even the horrid wire shelves. After my son painted, they put together a MADE IN THE U.S.A. steel shelving unit inside the closet that fits perfectly. While they were spackling the holes the wired unit left behind they made a terrible joke on my behalf. I was sitting on the floor showing a little crack while I was pulling everything out of our Lazy Susan and big brother points and says to little brother, you missed a crack.

All jokes aside… I’m very proud of my boys today… they really did a fabulous job of making mommy very happy. Now, hopefully, for their sake, they don't mess it up!!!

All I have to say is whoever thought it would be a good idea to put wired shelving in a kitchen pantry when they built this house, should be shot.

 

[Katelin]

In my upstairs bathrooms, I have those over the door canvass shoe holders that suck for shoes but are great for stuffing bathroom supplies in.

I also use one in my pantry to store packets and other small items.

I love using them for bathroon stuff and bandaids and other "NEED NOW" stuff!!

 

[bcp]

I just throw my stuff on the floor and somehow it ends up organized and put in a drawer or on a shelf in the basement etc...
Not sure how it works but its pretty cool... yall should try it and see if it works at your house too.

 

[Foxhound]

No such luck here. I throw it on the floor and it gets chewed or shredded. Not the same as put away and organized. I must have a broken house.