How to organize without spending any money "use what you already have"

Can we organuze without spending money?

Here are some tips to answer this question:

Yes! "Use what you already have":

1. Any boxes that can be used from deliveries, use them and then when you know what needs to put togeher then look for, and it can help decide what storage ways will be good for long term storage. This can be a bin or even a bucket, I have used my sons bucket to store kitchen cleaning items, and stored up high so my son to get hold of it.

2. With recycled I think its being misconstrude as coffee cups you get made out of cardboard are not recyclable and if you check the bins outside you have two options, general rubbish, and recycle, NO DISPOSABLE COFFEE SHOP CUPS. Yet it is good to use reusable and when I tried to reuse a cup from a shop the coffee I made in it did not taste nice. You can empty them out and be used as a desk organizer for pens and stationary such as paper clips and if you want to get office supplies on sale, this is the time to shop, as they will be a load of sales as in the UK all schools all re-open. The other time is around the new year and then July when academic planners go on sale. The school year in the UK is from September to July.

3. If you have are on the moving and order items online keep the boxes and they started many retailer, using reusable bags which are handy for packing clothes, books, make up as I am using that to store in a storage bin and have a cleaning caddie for my toiletries and are great for packing if you already have any and separate your makeup from your toiletries and use clothing labels as labels for your boxes and storage containers.

4. In the kitchen, have items stored of what you use the most at the front, and others that you don't at the back. You don't need a Lazy susan, use plates that you don't often use and I used a microwave tray when I lived in my old home in Epsom and plates. 

5. Knives, forks and spoons are great stored on the counter top in a cutlery holder, rather than a draw, but if you got kids store these out of reach and you can use again bowls to store mugs too. 

I hope you find these tips helpful and there will be more blogs to follow as we move from Summertime to Autumn and get nearer...wait for it...birthdays and Christmas. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X  

 

Organizing Queen I am not but wait until my room looks sorry for itself

If you know me, you will see that I watch a lot of Youtube and the videos that grab my eye are Organization ones, and it was watching a video now about Organization that I thought of this blog. 

I am functional but I look at my desk and see that it could be better and as I began this post I found that I have just organized a Caddie I have that is my make up caddy, which was actually a cleaning caddy from TK Maxx and have another with all my toiletries and some jewellery, from Robert Dyas.

I then looked around my room to see what else I could clear and did. I need to be inspired to organize, as the word for me is one I battle with. Do I enjoy it? Or not? Answer it depends on the day and how my room looks, if it looking sorry for itself. 

As a kid I shuved things in draws so system involved and was nagged regularly about my room and now I am back living with my mum for a bit, it is more or less the same, yet I do get it done, organizing and tidying. I have to be in the mood. 

Looking at my workbase it does need a good thorough clean again, so gonna jot it down to clean it, so it gets done. 

So gonna see what items I can take back with me from my old home to here, that will also keep my room tidy and trust me when I have a new place, it will be different, but often you have to work on what you have. 

Many thanks for reading, 

Carrie X