Some pics of my organization skills...

Dishwasher - CLEAN (using magnetic letters)

Not sure if everyone has these magnetic letters or not but my daughter plays with them on my refrigerator and I came up with the idea to write "clean" and "dirty" on the dishwasher with them because my husband is always asking, "are these clean or dirty?" so now I don't have to answer him because of course he will still ask :-)

Dishwasher - DIRTY (using magnetic letters)

FYI: I only have one set (got them from the dollar bin at Target during back to school) and one set will spell CLEAN and DIRTY.  How awesome is that??

Baking Products

I LOVE THESE OXO Pop Top Containers - actually I am rather obsessed with them.  Not sure it is a good obsession because THEY ARE EXPENSIVE.  I do try and get them at various places - when I get a Target gift card I buy one, or when Kohl's has Kohl's Cash, I use it for these.  Amazon.com has great prices too as well as Zappos.com.

I used the 4 quart size for flour, sugar, and powdered sugar.  The bigger the better for these bulkier items. I also store plastic (cheap) measuring cups inside as well.  I have nice stainless ones but these plastic ones were maybe a dollar or two for an entire set at Target (check the dollar store too).

I used the 1.5 quart size for light & dark brown sugar - probably could have gone bigger but these fit the one pound boxes and possibly more.

Then I used the .5 quart size for mini chocolate chips and regular semi-sweet chocolate chips.

I just got a bunch more of these containers for my pantry so I will show some pics later.  I am still not 100% in love with the pantry but getting there.  I want to get a few of the 2.4 quart size for snacks and some more of the 3.7 quart size for cereal.


Here are pics of what I did to my cabinet under my sink.

 I purchased a large lazy susan from Bed, Bath & Beyond (I believe it was $14.99) and a wire basket from there as well that hangs over the door.  I believe that was $9.99.  I like it because it holds quite a bit.








 The over the door wire basket holds plenty or bags and wraps (foil, press n' seal etc).

















Large lazy susan had to be strategically placed b/c things kept smacking into the garbage disposal and its cord but I moved it around as best as I could and put the taller items toward the middle.

I also keep a bucket under there that I throw dirty cleaning rags in until I wash them.  I don't like keeping those stored with regular laundry.


Another cool tip - use an old tissue box to store plastic grocery bags - I put a metal tissue box cover over mine to make it look better (I had it and wasn't using it).  I also used an old wipes container to put a sponge and a few misc. small items into it.

I have lots of other missions all around the house...more to come!