Today was a fairly rare occurrence as we went shopping. Not grocery shopping but to a couple of large stores. My first goal was to buy some containers/dividers for the bathroom drawers.
We went Howards Storage World and I bought these.
They are acrylic and have small silicone feet on them to stop them sliding in the drawer. This is how they look in the drawer.
I have done the top two drawers like this, the third drawer is empty and the bottom drawer has the hairdryer in it.
Even though I have culled the contents of the bathroom cabinet a couple of times, most recently when I had to take everything out of the room for the renovations, there was still more to do. I carefully evaluated every single item before I put it back into the cabinet. There are still a couple of things that need to be used up and will not be replaced, however, it is almost to the point of having only those things that I actually need or use.
This is the top drawer.
This is the cupboard. I used to have 2 plastic boxes – one was first aid stuff and the other was extras of medications, sanitiser gel etc so I have now condensed them into one slightly larger box. The bonus is that it is high enough that everything is able to stand up in it.
These are the baskets that I had previously used in the bathroom drawers. They were slightly too big for the space so had got a bit squashed and one was cracked.
The broken one (not shown) went in the bin but I scrubbed the others and have now used them to contain some of the small items in the drawers in my sewing room. They have replaced some cardboard boxes that were a bit the worse for wear after nearly 20 years!
All I have left to do is scrub the 2 plastic boxes from the bathroom cupboard. One, which has an airtight seal will probably go back to being a food storage container. That was its original purpose. The other was previously used for storing toys when Belle and Missy were small so I may offer it to Belle if she needs it for a similar purpose.
SNAP Fairy! I was reorganising drawers this afternoon, too. Only mine were in the kitchen. I bought the plastic drawer dividers from Aldi, $3.99 a pack of either 4 large approximately 30cm long by 10cm wide, or 6 small which are about 10cm square. In my cutlery drawer I now have 5 of the longer large ones, knives, forks, dessert spoons, soup spoons and steak knives and one small square one for teaspoons. In my second drawer I have 2 long ones for various tools like vegie peelers, pizza cutters, corkscrew etc, and 2 square ones for egg rings, and corn holders etc; with a space along each long side of the drawer for carving knives, wooden spoons and other larger utensils. My baking drawer has a small one for scone and cookie cutters, another for icing bits and pieces. I really need another set for the bottom drawer now. I love the way almost everything is in a container and I don’t have to scramble in the drawers to find things. After seeing your post this evening I am thinking of doing the same with the bathroom drawers, too.
Pat – it must have been the day for it. Sounds as though you have all the kitchen utensils sorted. I love knowing exactly where they all are and being able to grab what I need without having to rummage through a jumbled mess.
gosh that looks lovely and neat and tidy. I have some of those big bins in my bathroom cupboards as well and they work well- just slide out like drawers. they are too full of stuff and seeing yours makes me want to get in there and sort it all out. Just the inspiration I need!