{"id":1835,"date":"2015-08-25T17:25:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T17:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designtheoryinteriors.com\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2022-09-08T01:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T01:25:18","slug":"10-great-organizing-products-no-diy-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designtheoryinteriors.com\/10-great-organizing-products-no-diy-required\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tI’m a hot mess when it comes to staying organized. \u00a0I actually love the process of getting<\/em> organized\u00a0and I love the feeling<\/em> of being organized but I can’t seem to stay that way for long, especially in my work environment. \u00a0\u00a0I’m not the girl who folds sweaters around cardboard and gently places them in a stacking drawer and – oh HELL no! – \u00a0I won’t be caught DIY-ing toilet paper cores into pencil holders or cord organizers. \u00a0I don’t even replace the empty toilet paper ring.<\/p>\n

So the fact that I’m writing about organization is laughable. \u00a0 But I can’t be the only person who needs a full staff to keep her stuff where her stuff belongs. \u00a0So I have found a few things that really work for me. \u00a0These are storage options that are handy, easy to use and no maintenance. \u00a0So\u00a0roll up your fancy tape with the butterflies on it, \u00a0put away your “I heart Scrapbooking” stickers and walk away from the craft table. \u00a0This is more like “Organization for Dummies.”<\/p>\n

#1 – \u00a0The Vintage Bread Box – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

If you love retro and mid-century, these bread boxes are so much fun. \u00a0The vintage variety come in chrome and some yummy colors like aqua, butterup yellow and pale pink. \u00a0There are also some really funky painted patterns. \u00a0I always buy the ones that have the drop front\u00a0so I can stock them and access them from the front. \u00a0 When I need to be really organized, I buy a cheap file sorter, \u00a0like the one below from Staples<\/a>, and put it inside and then I can organize mail or correspondence. \u00a0The vintage bread boxes can be found on ebay<\/a> and etsy<\/a><\/p>\n

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#2 – \u00a0The Metal Wastebasket\/Bin – 10 \u00a0Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

Ikea<\/a> carries this great little metal wastebasket bin in a couple of sizes, \u00a0and they usually have them in fun colors as well as silver black and white. \u00a0I use them for dog food, \u00a0hand towels, fabric samples and any kind of junk I don’t want out and visible. \u00a0 I like to use them together in my office in various colors. \u00a0No folding, no sorting, no filing. \u00a0Open lid. \u00a0Dump stuff in.<\/p>\n

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#3 – \u00a0The Mini Faux Taxidermy Deer Head – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

I love this little dude from White Faux Taxidermy<\/a>. \u00a0It’s a mini dear head that I hang in pairs in my bathroom. \u00a0I have some really long necklaces that don’t fair well when I toss them in a jewelry box but this is really handy way to hang them. \u00a0I like that my necklaces are accessible and they don’t end up in a pile on my countertop. \u00a0Note to husbands: not designed for smelly post-workout hats.<\/p>\n

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#5 – \u00a0The Jar – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

Yeah, I know. \u00a0We’re all burnt out on the mason jar craze but we all have them around. \u00a0 I tossed some pens in a jar one day and found that I like using them for my desk storage like paper clips, rubber bands, pens, binder clips, etc. \u00a0 I like to be able to fill these jars to the top with stuff I need at my fingertips. \u00a0 They hold way more than the little cheap things you find at office stores so\u00a0I don’t have to refill them every couple of weeks. \u00a0 And that means I don’t have to have an entire storage cabinet for backup supplies.<\/p>\n

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#6 – \u00a0The Wall Pocket – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Require<\/h5>\n

These little wall pockets from The Container Store<\/a>\u00a0are kick-arse! \u00a0 \u00a0And they have some funny little kid versions if you’re into that sort of thing. \u00a0 So they have 2 open rings at the top to hang. \u00a0I bought a couple of those cheap things that go over a door and I can hang them on the back of my door to hide my junk. \u00a0 I keep supplies like file folders, paper products and magazines, and that crap you get in the mail that you just don’t know what to do with but you’re afraid to throw it out too soon. \u00a0 I used it on the back of my bathroom door when we lived in an apartment in Toronto and I could hide junk like combs, brushes and soaps.<\/p>\n

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#7 – The Evernote App – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

Put your techno hat on a minute for this one. \u00a0 Check out the Evernote app<\/a>. \u00a0It comes in 3 versions, Basic, Plus and Premium. \u00a0 \u00a0Basic is free so you can give it a whirl and learn a little about the basics to see if you want more options. \u00a0I love this thing for storing important documents and files\u00a0that I can access almost anywhere and I don’t have to drag a paper file every where I go. \u00a0 This means less paper blowing around my office every time I turn on the fan. \u00a0 \u00a0You can organize notes into notebooks, use tag words, and with the upgrades you can even annotate files.<\/p>\n

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#8 – The Canister Set – \u00a010 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

I have absolutely no use for kitchen canisters as they are intended but they are an extension of my junk drawer. \u00a0My favorites are the retro variety in fun colors and patterns. \u00a0 I also prefer\u00a0the square variety versus the round ones because they fit together nice and neat on a countertop. \u00a0 I stuff one of them with Clif Shot Bloks so I can grab and go on my way out the door, another is simply more of that junk that you think you may want one day but really you won’t, and the other has pens, note pads, extra house keys, and more junk that I think I may want one day but really I won’t. \u00a0I found that I’m more apt to go thru these little canisters and trash the junk I haven’t looked at since I put it in there than I am to go through a 15″ wide drawer that I can’t open. \u00a0 \u00a0These are from Wayfair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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#9 – The Wine Crate – 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

Wine crates are good for everything. \u00a0 My powder bath is a little on the rustic side with burlap drapery and a vintage mirror, so these wine crates are perfect for holding toilet tissue and hand towels. \u00a0 I simply nailed screwed thru the bottom of the crate into the wall and I stacked two of them. \u00a0It freed up so much space in my cabinet and it makes the toilet tissue and towels highly accessible. \u00a0 In another bathroom I don’t have the wall space but I had a little room on the floor so I filled it with toilet tissue, soaps and towels. \u00a0 And they stack nicely as well!<\/p>\n

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#10 – The Shoe Drawer\u00a0– 10 Great Organizing Products – No DIY Required<\/h5>\n

These drawers from The Container Store<\/a> saved the life of my shoes. \u00a0These things stack, shoes are visible through the clear drawers, and the drawer pulls out the front for a quick grab-and-go. \u00a0 I no longer\u00a0have to dust my shoes before wearing them and none of them look like a kitten anymore from all of the Papillon fur flying thru my house. \u00a0The official “shoe drawer” \u00a0is smaller and only about 4″ tall and works for a lot of my shoes. \u00a0 But if you have really high heels or just don’t like to lay your shoes down, the sweater drawer is double width and is 8″ tall.<\/p>\n

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So there you have it! \u00a0Organization for people that don’t have time to be organized. \u00a0 For further info or design assistance contact Jamie Kern with Design Theory Interiors of California, Inc <\/a>directly at jkern@designtheoryinteriors.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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