Let's Craft Something!

As you guys may have noticed, I don't like to spend more money than I have to.  Generally, that means that those fancy drawer organizers are out the window.  (I do have them in the kitchen, though.)  I haven't been on this DIY organization for very long, but my family isn't so great about throwing things away that we could find use for later.


When I saw these cute little confetti painted tumbler glasses, I kept thinking of how familiar they were and realized that we had glass candle holders stowed away that had the same shape.  I pulled them out and cleaned them really well before heading to my bathroom with them.


As you can see, I haven't bothered with painting them...yet. (But who knows now that I know it works well.)  The top shelf and the top of my shelves were horrid before this.  I took the basket from our "junk room" because it wasn't being used.  I have some lesser used hair products in there, as well as a container of makeup brushes, a make up bag, and some Vaseline in the basket.  I also have my brush and an air freshener up top.  On the top shelf, I have one glass candle holder for bobby pins and hair clips, the next is for my hair elastics, then a candle my neighbor gave me for my birthday, a candle holder for my Qtips, and a mason jar styled candle holder for cotton balls.  The baskets are from Dollar Tree, I think.

This is just one example of ways that you can organize from things you probably have lying around the house.  There are tons of things that you can find online using household items to organize with.  For example:

Do you eat soup?  Yes?  Clean the cans, cover with some pretty paper and BAM! Organization cubbies.


What about cereal?  Do you eat cereal?  Cut them down, cover them with some pretty paper and BAM!  Drawer organization.


Shoes! You have to wear shoes.  Guess what?  Cover those shoe boxes with some pretty paper and BAM!  Storage.


These were just a few of the suggestions that I found through the I Heart Organizing blog.  If you need some organizing tips or inspiration, I would definitely recommend checking them out.


And if that's still not enough for you, here's "Top 58 Most Creative Home-Organizing Ideas and DIY Projects".  Many of them I've seen before, but  they're still pretty good ideas.


What's your favorite DIY organization method?  Do you have any suggestions that need to be added?

Conquer that clutter!