Best Places to Store Your Stuff in Each Room, Part 1

January 13th, 2012 Kitchen Organizing

Have you ever moved into a new home, put everything in it’s new place and then realized about 3 months down the road that it wasn’t working? Sometimes we put things where we think they should go at the time, only to discover later that’s not efficient.

Here’s an example that happened in my own home. When my girls were little I placed their hairbows under the bathroom sink. Every day I would bend over and retrieved them from under the sink. Finally one day, a lightbulb went off and I thought, “Why am I going all the way under the sink when I have a drawer at the top of the vanity?” So, I bought some containers at the Dollar Tree, lined them up and loaded them in the top drawer. Now, why hadn’t I thought of that sooner? Who knows. Sometimes we just do something a certain way and get used it it, even if it’s not the best way. I’ve done the same thing with lunch sacks too, had them across the kitchen instead of right next to where I was making lunches.

Let’s start with the kitchen for some examples of best places to store stuff:

Kitchen

Drink cups for the kids down low within their reach
After school snacks in a bin for kids at their reach (more here on how to create a snack bin)
Glasses by fridge instead of the sink if you get all your water and drinks from the fridge
Holiday serving dishes can be stored in cupboards that are up high or low or even stored in with the holiday decor in the garage
Keep lunch making supplies together in a kit where you make lunches
Create a baking kit with your most common baking supplies so you can bring it to the counter when you want to get your Betty Crocker on
Keep spices-dry and away from light, preferably close to your food prep area