Have a small kitchen with hardly any cabinets or storage? Here is a creative way to get extra cabinet storage for your small kitchen or any kitchen of any size.

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Extra Cabinet Storage

Very simple and cost less than $2.

The hooks are from Dollar Tree and come in a 9 pack for $1. They have the sticky backs and all you need to do is remove the protective paper and just press them where you want them. Let them sit for a couple of hours before hanging anything on them.

I got the magazine holder from a Salvation Army for 50 cents, but you can also find them at Dollar Tree for $1. Make sure you get the ones that can hook on the hooks. Magazine holders come in a variety of designs and colors. Keep an eye out at Thrift Stores or yard sales.

I liked the big holes and even used one to place the trash bag roll with the end pulled through one of the holes to easily pull them and tear off as I need them.

What creative storage idea do you have in your kitchen? Leave me a comment below with your ideas. If you liked this post be sure to share and like.

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Can’t walk through your children’s room without stepping on something? I feel you, it is a constant struggle with my children to keeping their rooms clean. We even created a summer chore schedule before any electronics can be turned on! It kinda worked, but by afternoon there is no walkway to be seen! Below are ways to organize your kids bedroom for real people like our family. Most of the ideas are creative ways to use products from Dollar Tree that works for us.

 

10 ways to organize your kids bedroom

1. Closets. Be wise with your closet space.

• Use the hanging organizers to have more storage.
• Use shelving units add more areas to use.
• Use the back of the doors to hangs items.
• Place the plastic single drawers at the bottom of a closet.
• If you have room, create a double hanging area for smaller closets.
• Use Shoe organizers for the sides of closets if they are deep.

2. Toy boxes. If you need an inexpensive way for toy boxes get the plastic storage containers for $5 it beats the $20 plus toy boxes and works just as good.

We have purchased many containers from Dollar Tree in the colors my kids like and those have lasted quite a bit.

3. Need Shelves. We invested in containers from Dollar Tree that fit my children’s chapter books in nicely. We have them lined on the dresser. Great thing is you can stack them on each other.

4. Drawers.  Get section dividers or make your own, but be wise about what belongs in each drawer. In my daughters room her drawer we labeled ‘Bottoms’ contains a bin for her socks, tights and leggings and another for dress shorts and underwear. These work great when she has to put her clothes away. She keeps them organized and has no excuse not knowing which items belongs in its container. They are bins found at Dollar Tree.

5. Hooks. Use hooks behind doors in closets or even from the ceiling to hold coats, scarfs, toys and much more, a great way to de-cluttering the floor and keep organized. We have the kids medals and ribbons hanging from hooks in the kids rooms.

I have become a hook queen! really ask my children. Not only do we have hooks inside most of the closets, we have them in various places of the rooms including my kitchen where I have hung them below my upper cabinet to hang cooking utensils. Hooks can be purchased at Dollar Tree. Go a little crazy with hooks, they are a great invention.

6. Under the bed. You can find many containers that fit perfectly under beds to which you can store winter or summer clothing or even sentimental items. Just be sure you pack neatly and keep organized. Also be sure label to make it easier to find items.

I can’t stress enough, Label, label, label. Save yourself some time by labeling your containers, especially if they are not clear. No need to continually open and rummage through because you thought something might be in there.

7. Behind the door. There are all kinds of different door organizers that are great for kids rooms and to keep smaller items organized. We have a Shoe pocket organizer on the back of my daughters door. She houses her Barbie’s there. Behind my boys door is a card holder that fits their Pokemon Cards. They don’t show up on the floor anymore! The great thing is they are displayed side by side and easier to look at. You can also used the card sleeves for a binder.

You might be interested to see my Pokemon Go Party Ideas if you are planning a party soon!

8. Bookshelves. Bookshelves don’t just have to be for books you can also use to display toys or other important items to have in the kids room, like a piggy bank.

My boys have one bookshelf that has books on it but we got the stack-able shelves from dollar tree and now to the side of the books on the shelf they have a place to put small odds and ends, one of the shelf bin holds their pencils and color pencils.

9. Hampers. There are many theme looking hampers that are not sore to the eye, but are very practical to any kids room? So we have gone through may variations of hampers in the kids rooms but we ultimately decided what works best for our family is to have the kids take their clothes after getting showered and dressed to the laundry room. In there we have laundry bags labeled with their Initial. We know that when a bag is full its enough for a load. This helps us keep dirty clothes out of the kids room and semi-prepped for laundry.

We did try the laundry bags hanging on the backs of the kids doors. It work so well for us, it might for you. Having the plastic hamper didn’t work either, clothes would end up piled on top, plus when it was full that was more than 1 load, it got out of hand and just didn’t work for us.

10. Have a place for everything. Most importantly if you don’t have a place for everything on your child’s room then you need to consider what needs to be gotten rid of or stored elsewhere. Like Nony from A Slob Come Clean she talks about the container rule. It was eye opening for me too. If you have more items than fit in your designated container, Don’t go and buy another container. Organize what you have in level of importance to you. Then one by one place them back into the container and those that are not as important will be last and if you don’t have room consider donating them. Live within the container means. It is hard at first but believe me if you have a place for everything it will help you stay organize and help your kids.

Topic: 10 ways to organize your kids bedroom

Have you ever seen Mrs. Doubtfire? In the movie, Mrs. Doubtfire looks through the cabinets and looks at all the labeling of the cans and the seasonings. Well we aren’t going to that extreme, but we are going to give you 10 Ways to help organize a kitchen.

10 Ways to help organize a Kitchen

1. You’ll need a pen and paper. As you sort thru your kitchen write down general categories of items you have to help you sort by those categories, i.e. Storage containers, pots and pans, bake ware and so forth.

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2. Toss, keep, sell. Always start with three main categories these will help you get organized pretty quickly. As soon as you have a good size toss pile get rid of it immodestly so you don’t think about it and it’s out.

3. Get ziploc bags.When you sort thru the smaller items in your drawers use ziploc baggies so you can easily put everything away if you have to stop in the middle of your organizing adventure.

4. Keep like items together. When you go to put everything away be sure each section has all like items together i.e. Lids go with lids, all canned food in the same general area, all boxed food together.

5. Place wisely. Really pay attention to how things work in your home. Heavily used dishes go closest to the dishwasher/sink area. Larger bake ware that is seldom used is placed in the bottom cupboards towards the back. Canned food or food that is used slot is closest to the oven and stove. Medicine is kept near the sink above and out of reach from my kids (I recently moved them to a hallway closet where we stapled a shoe organizer to the inside of the door, medicine is placed up high and out of reach). Only you will know what works for your family so be sure to pay attention to what works for you and you may need to change it around a few times until it works for you.

6. Reuse items. Often the best money saving organization is reusing boxes or jar for help with organizing spices, toothpicks, straws, plastic utensils and so forth, no need to buy special items unless you want them.

7. Keep what you use. Be honest with yourself and only keep what you actually use. The biggest downfall for my family is I keep items that we haven’t used for years. I’m not talking about occasional holiday items or the items you got as a gift, I’m talking about the items you have that you’ve used maybe once or twice since getting them and you have no realistic use for them anymore. We have plenty of McDonald cups that fall into this category.

8. Clean that Refrigerator. It should be a no brainier, but if it was I wouldn’t be writing it! At least once a month take some time to really clean out your frig and get rid of expired food, leftovers and food items your family will not eat. Write it down on the calendar to remind yourself. Take the extra step and add it to your calendar and have your phone remind you.

9. Keep a running list. As you go through your kitchen you will start to realize items you don’t have and items you think might help you stay organized, jot them down so you don’t forget. Keep an eye out for items in your home that you can re-purpose to use in the Kitchen.

10. Get rid of junk drawers. Ok this might be a little hard and unrealistic in many cases. You will have a drawer that has what seems to be odds and ends but here is a quick idea to stay organized. Get a separate eating utensil organizer to hold pens, pencils, scissors and so forth. If you are like me who collects box tops, Campbell soup labels and coke caps you will want scissors and a baggy on hand in a specific place to put them and have them organized quickly so you don’t have them all over. Dollar Tree has an assortment of organizational tubs that fit in drawers.

Topic: 10 Ways to help organize a Kitchen

First off if you are reading this then you are in need of a large way to decluttering your home.

Well we are going to give you a few simple steps to get started this is by no means a way to completely decluttering your home.

1. Write out your goals. What is it that you want to accomplish by decluttering your house? It’s important to know why you want to declutter to help you achieve your goal.

2. Start small. Break your overall goal into smaller more achievable goals.

3. Do one room at a time. Break each room into smaller achievable goals such as organizing papers in the kitchen or labeling your cabinets. Write down each thing you want to do. As you accomplish each task mark it off.

4. Leave the more time consuming goals to later. Normally I wouldn’t recommend this but in this case the more, smaller quicker goals you do the really harder ones become much easier.

5. Utilize baskets. To pick up a room of items that don’t belong use baskets one for each room to go thru each night and put everything in them that doesn’t belong so it’s relatively picked up and you can sort in the morning when you clean.

6. Sort into 3 categories. When you start to go through a room take 3 bags or baskets and make 3 categories; Toss, Keep, Sell. Put items in those as needed. When you are done take out the toss pile to the garbage immediately so you don’t have the urge to hold onto it. I’m serious about this you are more likely to hold onto it if you let it sit! Same with the Sell put it in the garage or a closet designated for yard sale items, out of sight out of mind and what you do keep will be much easier to organize and find a place for.

7. Organize in Categories. Once you have what you want to keep organize everything by categories like all shorts together or all Tupperware items go in the same category. Making these categories will help you decipher where to put thing away and be an easier way to find them later.

8. Take a deep breath! You have now gotten some tips on how to declutter pretty quickly so go have a soda or a snack and get started.

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Are you tired of the kids complaining about anything! Complaining who is first to the shower, who’s turn it is to sit in the front or what is expected of them when they get home. I have comprised routines and schedules that will help you create a Command Area that works for you. A command area should include items that are tailored to your family.

Lessen the stress of policing arguments that are not necessary. Yes, this will take a few minutes to get it all set up and a few months each month but I know you will be grateful. Remember to tailor to your needs otherwise it will not work for you.

My Command Area includes:

• Weekly Menu
• Car Ride Schedule
• Shower Schedule
• Morning Routine
• After School Routine
• Cleaning Schedule
• Emergency Contact

Perhaps some of these will work for you while you may find yourself tweaking them to fit your family and that is perfectly fine. These are to give you an idea of what to have in your own command area and find what works for your family. We are all different and have different needs in the different stages of our lives.

Let’s take a look a bit deeper of each

Weekly Menu

Having my Weekly Menu posted not only helps me get organized to make sure I have everything I need for the meals but it also helps my kids mentally prepare for our meals. For one of my little guys he likes being able to see this. It doesn’t change his attitude but it helps him be calm and doesn’t have to ask me what for dinner every 20 or so minutes until its done.

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Car Ride Schedule

I have three children plus a friend of mine’s daughter that I take to school each day. Two are in boosters while the other two can sit in the front. We have a constant argument as to who’s turn it is to sit in the front or who has to sit in the middle of the back seat. The later is not a favorite between the four. I came up with this Car Ride Schedule to help lessen the morning argument and it has helped us. Everyone gets a turn in their least favorite seat. You may need to play around with this a bit to figure out your schedule depending on your family size.

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Shower Schedule

Much like the arguments of who sits where which day we also have a constant morning routine of arguments who showers when. We shower in the morning. It works for us. The arguments lessened when we created this shower schedule. First, second, third is our order = 3 kids. Hope this helps you.

Morning Routine

Yes having a morning routine has helped my family. Its posted so everyone know what is expected of them each weekday morning. No electronics or playing until all is done.

Our Morning Routine Includes:

• Bathroom
• Shower
• Get Dressed
• Laundry
• Breakfast
• Free Time

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After School Routine

We certainly had a time with getting our children to work on homework, that was until we created the After School Routine.

Our Routine includes:

• Bathroom
• Snack
• Homework
• Free Time
• Dinner

The kids know exactly what is expected before they can watch their shows, play in their room or any electronic use.

Cleaning Schedule

I admit I have a cleaning schedule but I don’t always follow it, but here is why it works for us. Its a good reminder to see it posted and every so often we look at the day and say yeah we really need to clean that room. There are many times that this works and we do the deep cleaning of that room. This is one of those areas that we need to re-examine in our life.

See our Cleaning Schedule

Emergency Contact

I have to admit that our Emergency Contact list really is not necessary because we have an Echo and the hubby set it up to be able to call both of our cell phones. So if the kids are home and need to get a hold of us they can. We do have other numbers on our Emergency contact such as grand parents and close friends.

Just type this out and place it in the command area. I have not pictured it here to keep those numbers of our friends and family confidential but you get the idea. Make it your own and be sure your children know how to use the phone and call if necessary.

Cheap Picture Frames

I went with black picture frames. Some of them are from Dollar Tree while the larger ones are from yard sales. I did not pay more than $1 for each. Your command center does not have to be expensive to make.

What items do you have in your Command Area? Do you have a Chore chart? I recently created my goals chart. I haven’t actually used it but the idea is there!