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Showing posts with label OMF to the rescue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OMF to the rescue. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
Monday, March 18, 2013
OMF to the Rescue: Crazy corner closet
Today's OMF to the Rescue is quite a challenge indeed! And, I've said before that I like a good organizing challenge! So, here it is!
Monday, March 4, 2013
OMF to the Rescue: A mudroom fail!
I have another addition of OMF to the Rescue! This time we're dealing with a mudroom. I must be honest, here in Southern California people don't have mudrooms! We don't have enough rain or snow to make mud!
Monday, February 18, 2013
OMF to the Rescue: Two Organizing Dilemmas resolved
I am not a competitive person, but I LOVE a good challenge, especially when it has to do with organizing. I think it's just a lot of fun to see all the C-R-A-Z-Y spaces some of you have to work with...and be able to help you figure out a great way to get them to function normally. Sometimes what it takes is just another person, like me, being able to look at it from a different direction. Today's OMF to the Rescue is revisiting TWO spaces that had BIG problems. And, with my advice {and some of yours}, they found solutions to their awkward spaces.
Monday, December 10, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Entry Way Help!
I can't say that I completely understand what it's like to NEED a mudroom because I live where it doesn't snow! But I DO know that having someplace to "land" and put your stuff down when you come in the door is necessary or your home becomes a place of unsightly messes! I've made my own entry way organization that has helped us. And now...I'm helping one of you!
So, my next OMF to the Rescue is here:
So, my next OMF to the Rescue is here:
Monday, November 26, 2012
How to organize an under the stairs closet! OMF to the Rescue!
I'm here with another OMF to the Rescue! Today I have an under the stairs {coat} closet to deal with! They are a bit crazy and I'm sure many of us deal with them. So, let's see what we can do.
Monday, November 5, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Weird corner closet shelf
A whole month of organizing fun went by and it's time to get back to normal! So, I'm going back to OMF to the Rescue, where I help you out with your organizing dilemmas!
I received the following email back in August {sorry it's taken me awhile to get to this}:
I have twin daughters who are 17 and share this walk-in closet. In the corner are 4 shelves that are pretty deep and have the potential to be great, but so far all they are is a big dis-organized mess. They are weird shaped in a diagonal position. Do you have any ideas how to use this effectively? They usually fill it will jeans, sports clothes and whatever else they can shove in there. It is a mess most of the time.
Monday, September 10, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Help for a troubled pantry
It's another OMF to the Rescue! I got a "help me" from Elizabeth about her dysfunctional pantry.
Monday, August 27, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Master closet organizing dilemma!
Can you believe it's been over two months since I last did an OMF to the Rescue? I've been a slacker at this, so hopefully it will get some of you motivated - and I'll try to get another OMF to the Rescue to you soon! Woohoo! Here is the master closet dilemma.
Monday, June 25, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Mona's closet
It's time for another OMF to the Rescue! I received this email a little while back and wanted to help her desperately!
Mona wrote to me and ask me this:
I am in desperate need of a closet redo and was wondering if you would mind making some suggestions. Basically I share my closet with my elderly mother (tore down wall between for more space) and it is not efficient at all. The closet is 44 1/2 inches wide, 58 inches deep, and 8 feet high. I have shelves on both sides (48 by 11.5 inches) two feet below the ceiling. The closet opens to both rooms by doors on either side. I have attached a couple of pictures so you could get an idea. I am looking for budget friendly solutions (hopefully around $100 for total redo) because I had to cut down on work to care for my mother due to some health problems. Basically, I am going to repurpose things I already own and hope to buy some low cost storage solutions (shelf dividers, storage boxes). Please help!!!
So, here are some of my ideas to help her with her problem.
If possible, I would suggest actually taking down one side of hanging. The closet is just so narrow that you can't walk through it when the clothes are hanging - as you can see above. Use one rod but add a double hanging rod. This will take up about half the side of the rod so that she can store her shorter items on top and her mom's items on the bottom - separate but still in the same space.
For the rest of the rod, where they are hanging longer items, you can divide it with simple dividers {very inexpensive}.
Across from the hanging, once you've take down the other hanging storage, I would suggest getting a narrow dresser or shelving. You can re-do one you already have OR get one at a garage sale. If you can't find anything that narrow, here is one above that is narrow and has wheels to roll in and out and is inexpensive.
Here is what you could even do with an old dresser or nightstand. They even added a little chair here next to it, but a roadside rescued dresser with no drawers can be turned into something clever for your pants and sweaters.
You can make baskets using cardboard boxes that you can fit to your shelf to hide ugly things or just leave open like above.
Above the small shelving you can use molding for something like this to hang shoes.
Or, use that wall to your advantage - as a matter of fact, use the two doors on either end of the closet to your advantage also and put stuff on the back of the doors. I have a whole post about that, but here is an example above.
And another here...You can also use command hooks to hang up all sorts of things on the walls up high or low - and even on the back of the door.
Add a laundry basket or a laundry sorter, this one above is a little more for your budget at $60 but would be a really good use as the bar can go up and used to hang clothes, as well you can roll it to your laundry area OR just grab a bag or sorted laundry and take right to the laundry room. I hope all these ideas have helped Mona AND you, too! When you have a small budget, it's possible to organize but you may have to put in a little more work to do it!
Keep your pictures coming...I enjoy trying to help solve your organizing dilemmas. Email me and send me the pictures of your unorganized spaces. Anyone else have any other ideas for Mona's closet?
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Mona wrote to me and ask me this:
I am in desperate need of a closet redo and was wondering if you would mind making some suggestions. Basically I share my closet with my elderly mother (tore down wall between for more space) and it is not efficient at all. The closet is 44 1/2 inches wide, 58 inches deep, and 8 feet high. I have shelves on both sides (48 by 11.5 inches) two feet below the ceiling. The closet opens to both rooms by doors on either side. I have attached a couple of pictures so you could get an idea. I am looking for budget friendly solutions (hopefully around $100 for total redo) because I had to cut down on work to care for my mother due to some health problems. Basically, I am going to repurpose things I already own and hope to buy some low cost storage solutions (shelf dividers, storage boxes). Please help!!!
So, here are some of my ideas to help her with her problem.
If possible, I would suggest actually taking down one side of hanging. The closet is just so narrow that you can't walk through it when the clothes are hanging - as you can see above. Use one rod but add a double hanging rod. This will take up about half the side of the rod so that she can store her shorter items on top and her mom's items on the bottom - separate but still in the same space.
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For the rest of the rod, where they are hanging longer items, you can divide it with simple dividers {very inexpensive}.
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Across from the hanging, once you've take down the other hanging storage, I would suggest getting a narrow dresser or shelving. You can re-do one you already have OR get one at a garage sale. If you can't find anything that narrow, here is one above that is narrow and has wheels to roll in and out and is inexpensive.
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Here is what you could even do with an old dresser or nightstand. They even added a little chair here next to it, but a roadside rescued dresser with no drawers can be turned into something clever for your pants and sweaters.
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You can make baskets using cardboard boxes that you can fit to your shelf to hide ugly things or just leave open like above.
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Above the small shelving you can use molding for something like this to hang shoes.
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Or, use that wall to your advantage - as a matter of fact, use the two doors on either end of the closet to your advantage also and put stuff on the back of the doors. I have a whole post about that, but here is an example above.
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Add a laundry basket or a laundry sorter, this one above is a little more for your budget at $60 but would be a really good use as the bar can go up and used to hang clothes, as well you can roll it to your laundry area OR just grab a bag or sorted laundry and take right to the laundry room. I hope all these ideas have helped Mona AND you, too! When you have a small budget, it's possible to organize but you may have to put in a little more work to do it!
Keep your pictures coming...I enjoy trying to help solve your organizing dilemmas. Email me and send me the pictures of your unorganized spaces. Anyone else have any other ideas for Mona's closet?
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Monday, May 28, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: A Laundry Room Dilemma
It's time for another OMF to the Rescue! I received this email a little while back and wanted to help her desperately!
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She says..."I can proudly say that I also LOVE having a clean, organized home. It gives me peace and makes me happy! Now my sister on the other hand is a different story! I have been trying to help my sister organize her home so that she can share in the same happiness that I feel. She has a beautiful home but {needs} help to organize her laundry/pantry duo room...This room opens out to her kitchen (all on the first floor that you walk into from the front door) so I think it is a great start to get her organized. She uses it obviously for laundry, but also some food/pantry storage on the shelves and other misc. items. All in all, it needs some MAJOR help! Because it opens out to the kitchen, it definitely needs some special attention."
So, let me show you some of the pictures she sent - the pictures help me a LOT to be able to visualize the size and space and what it's used for. As you can see, there are some things in there that just shouldn't be there - the bag of charcoal right next to the dryer {ummm, not a good idea} and baking rack of some sort behind that, etc.
Also, on the other side of her laundry "room" {really more like a nook} is a rack she uses as a pantry. So, I've found many ideas via Pinterest and I think these will help you get an idea of what she could use to spruce up her tiny space.
First, I like this simple space. It's an open shelf with a rod for hanging your "just dried" laundry. There are bins on top to hide any unsightly things - but they can be labeled and organize light bulbs, etc. You could even add a second shelf to put stuff higher up that you don't use as often. I love the stripes in here because it makes the laundry room seem bigger than it is.
The next one is simple, also. Notice there is a shelf right on top of the washer and dryer. Then, there are several more shelves and a curtain to hide it all! I did something similar to this in my first house.
If you are daring enough, you could do more open shelving and place a large counter, should you have a front loading machine. The baskets are cute and can hide all kinds of stuff. There is a large laundry soap bin to store you soap.
A similar space uses a regular cutting board on top of the dryer to help hold things. This owner has paired down her cleaning supplies to just a few things, placed clothes' pins in a jar and her laundry soap in a jar. I know you all wouldn't put flowers on your dryer while doing laundry....but you get the point!
I like this idea to put somewhere in the room to hang your things to air dry. It's up high and can be used only as needed.
Now, to the other side of her tiny laundry room. It has door in it...and you know that I always recommend USING the back of the door whenever possibly.
In this pantry, she put cardboard on the wire shelves. She used baskets to corral her bags of things and then stacked her cans on risers in the shelves. She also used the back of the door, again super smart! I am SURE that these inspirational pictures can help her get things organized now! It takes purging out the stuff that doesn't fall under "kitchen pantry" or "laundry room" and then using that small space to it's maximum. Make shelving go all the way up to the ceiling, get rid of duplicates that aren't necessary, find baskets to corral smaller items both in the pantry and over the laundry area. It's totally possible, but will take a little work! Anyone else have ideas for her?
So, let me show you some of the pictures she sent - the pictures help me a LOT to be able to visualize the size and space and what it's used for. As you can see, there are some things in there that just shouldn't be there - the bag of charcoal right next to the dryer {ummm, not a good idea} and baking rack of some sort behind that, etc.
Also, on the other side of her laundry "room" {really more like a nook} is a rack she uses as a pantry. So, I've found many ideas via Pinterest and I think these will help you get an idea of what she could use to spruce up her tiny space.
First, I like this simple space. It's an open shelf with a rod for hanging your "just dried" laundry. There are bins on top to hide any unsightly things - but they can be labeled and organize light bulbs, etc. You could even add a second shelf to put stuff higher up that you don't use as often. I love the stripes in here because it makes the laundry room seem bigger than it is.
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The next one is simple, also. Notice there is a shelf right on top of the washer and dryer. Then, there are several more shelves and a curtain to hide it all! I did something similar to this in my first house.
If you are daring enough, you could do more open shelving and place a large counter, should you have a front loading machine. The baskets are cute and can hide all kinds of stuff. There is a large laundry soap bin to store you soap.
A similar space uses a regular cutting board on top of the dryer to help hold things. This owner has paired down her cleaning supplies to just a few things, placed clothes' pins in a jar and her laundry soap in a jar. I know you all wouldn't put flowers on your dryer while doing laundry....but you get the point!
I like this idea to put somewhere in the room to hang your things to air dry. It's up high and can be used only as needed.
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| Source |
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| Source |
In this pantry, she put cardboard on the wire shelves. She used baskets to corral her bags of things and then stacked her cans on risers in the shelves. She also used the back of the door, again super smart! I am SURE that these inspirational pictures can help her get things organized now! It takes purging out the stuff that doesn't fall under "kitchen pantry" or "laundry room" and then using that small space to it's maximum. Make shelving go all the way up to the ceiling, get rid of duplicates that aren't necessary, find baskets to corral smaller items both in the pantry and over the laundry area. It's totally possible, but will take a little work! Anyone else have ideas for her?
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Monday, May 14, 2012
OMF to the Rescue: Kitchen Cabinets
Starting today and running every other Monday, I'll be having a brand new series called:
This is your chance to ask me questions, send in your pictures, or pick my brain to help you get that crazy, ridiculous space organized finally! A couple of months ago, I got a question from a reader. She sent me pictures, too!
"I follow your site every day...I would love to appear {as} an Organized Reader but I'm afraid I can't find a solution - I need help with this kitchen cabinet! It's so tall and deep, things get lost inside and can't be reached. Don't know what to do. I've been looking on the net for some inspiration but I can't find anything suitable. Could you give me some suggestions?"
-- OMF Reader
Or, an expanding shelf that put the jars and cans on steps so you can see farther back. This is an easier way to be able to see all your items.
Another help is using a pull-out spice rack like this one. It has the same idea as the pull out drawer, but it stacks up several small items:
More ideas would be a lazy susan for the back corner of the cabinet or trays that can pull in and out.
There are lots of ways to organize those deep, corners of your cupboards. They are tough to utilize. But, keeping the things in the back that are seldom used, with trays full of your items in front of your things, can help minimize having to move each item - moving a whole tray of them is easier {like my baking supplies tray, as an example}!
Even using the back of a cupboard door - like I did with my spices - can free up inside and make more use.
You can find more organizing ideas for your kitchen at my OMF organizing page - HERE!
Do you have any other helpful ideas for a space like this? Leave your idea in the comment section!
Also, each of the products above have a link to my Amazon shop {also find at the bottom of the right side bar}, should you be unable to find them locally.
This is your chance to ask me questions, send in your pictures, or pick my brain to help you get that crazy, ridiculous space organized finally! A couple of months ago, I got a question from a reader. She sent me pictures, too!
"I follow your site every day...I would love to appear {as} an Organized Reader but I'm afraid I can't find a solution - I need help with this kitchen cabinet! It's so tall and deep, things get lost inside and can't be reached. Don't know what to do. I've been looking on the net for some inspiration but I can't find anything suitable. Could you give me some suggestions?"
-- OMF Reader
I suggested a few things for her. First, I suggested she could get a roll out shelf like this one. This helps to have your items go all the way to the back and easily pull all the way for much easier access:
Or, an expanding shelf that put the jars and cans on steps so you can see farther back. This is an easier way to be able to see all your items.
Another help is using a pull-out spice rack like this one. It has the same idea as the pull out drawer, but it stacks up several small items:
More ideas would be a lazy susan for the back corner of the cabinet or trays that can pull in and out.
There are lots of ways to organize those deep, corners of your cupboards. They are tough to utilize. But, keeping the things in the back that are seldom used, with trays full of your items in front of your things, can help minimize having to move each item - moving a whole tray of them is easier {like my baking supplies tray, as an example}!
Even using the back of a cupboard door - like I did with my spices - can free up inside and make more use.
You can find more organizing ideas for your kitchen at my OMF organizing page - HERE!
Do you have any other helpful ideas for a space like this? Leave your idea in the comment section!
Also, each of the products above have a link to my Amazon shop {also find at the bottom of the right side bar}, should you be unable to find them locally.
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