Quick Tips For Organizing - Tipnut.com

  • Organize Pot Lids Neatly: Lids for pots and pans are tricky things to try and keep neatly organized. It never fails that the lid you’re needing is buried way in the back, hiding underneath a pan or two. A kitchen hack you can try is using a plain old dish rack. Just place the rack on a shelf by itself, slide the lids in the slots on the rack. All you have to do is pull the rack out and grab your lid. This is a nice, easy & super cheap way to keep things neat :). Also see this idea that was sent in: Pot Lid Taming Options.
  • Clipping Magazine Articles: Instead of piling up stacks of magazines, flyers and newspapers because you want to save or clip certain articles when you have time, just tear out the article you want, store the torn clippings in your household inbox or file folder to cut neatly later and toss the magazines, flyers and newspapers (recycle). Really helps cut down on the magazine and newspaper piles. Also see: Ideas For Recycling Magazines
  • Cluttered Refrigerator Notes: With a hole punch handy and a magnetic hook for the refrigerator, it’s easy to keep the refrigerator paper clutter at bay. For the paper items you like to stick on the refrigerator (like school newsletters or team practice times), just give them a quick hole punch and organize it by subject (or date) on one single magnetic hook. It’s so easy to flip through the items to find what you’re looking for and keep the rest of the refrigerator paper free :).
  • Recycle Coffee Cans: You can use coffee cans to store dry goods such as cereals, flour, rice. They’re also great to store craft bits such as lace and ribbon pieces, store nut shells and even stash away kitty litter in the trunk of the car. When washing the coffee tins to prepare for use, make sure to dry very well inside so that rust doesn’t appear.
  • Utilize The Pantry Door: Attach a hanging door shoe bag to the back of the pantry door to organize packets of dried soup, herbs, spices, powder mixes, small bottles, etc. Make sure to use a clear plastic shoe organizer so you can easily see what each pocket contains. I mentioned this tip earlier for storing all those “junk drawer breeder” items (see Organizing Tip: Over the Door Shoe Bags), but it occurred to me that this is a perfect solution for pantries too.
  • Organize Take Out Menus & Coupons: Keep a file folder for menus from your favorite restaurants as well as restaurant flyers and coupons you receive in the mail. Highlight the dishes that your family liked and note the items you didn’t care for. This not only saves time from flipping through the yellow pages, it also keeps your coupons organized and saves you a bit of money since they’re not forgotten in a pile of flyers.

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