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Like goes with Like
Group items that are used together, and do your best to store them together. Some examples: scissors, tape, and one or two pens with your giftwrap; paper plates, plastic silverware and plastic cups close to the porch or deck; and my personal favorite, a shredder and recycling bin right where you open the mail every day.
Where should the items
really go?
Ask yourself a question for each group of items--"where am I most likely to look for this or use this?" Then, store it there. The only rule is, there is no rule. If it makes sense to you, that's where it goes.
Start slowly
Pick a smaller project at first--a backpack or purse, one drawer in the kitchen, or the medicine cabinet. EMPTY OUT EVERYTHING, throw away expired or obsolete items, then decide what really needs to go back in. Remember to ask "where should the item really go?" Do you really want to put the aspirin back in the kitchen junk drawer--or in the medicine cabinet in your bathroom?
Let the CONTENTS
determine the CONTAINER
Like the proverbial ten gallons of water in a five gallon bucket, the correct size and type of storage container is critical to success. It is always best to see what you have to store, before buying the containers. If the container is too small, the excess will create more mess; if the container is too large, you're just wasting space.
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