Okay this might be a little different for you. Throughout my life I have had to kind of watch my pennies. (Who hasn’t) but as a result I do not spend money on artsy little containers for storage. I have always liked the concept behind the phrase “Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, or Do Without.”
In tribute to this concept I’d like to let you know what I have done to help organize my possessions or items at work that may not be normally used and some that are.
When I was the administrative assistance for the IT department for a technology company one of my responsibilities was to I managed the extra hardware of the company. It would always drive me crazy trying to store computer key boards with their cords. So my solution would be to wrap the key board with the cord and then put a rubber band around the key board/cord and thus I could store the keyboards without any tails flopping around. The same useful rubber bands are good for mice.
Something I found to be useful is old zip lock bags. I realize that for sanitation reasons, I shouldn’t use a zip log too often even after multiple cleanings for food. So if the bag was still in good condition I would use the clean zip lock bag to hold small electronic devices like mice, hard drives, cassette recorders and power cords. The virtue of this is that not only was the loose articles tightly confined but I had the advantage of keeping dust out off the electronics. and I can grab a select assortment in the one specific zip lock if I need to find something. This has been very useful.
I wager other people have fund that the metal twists that are used to seal loafs of bread can later be used to hold small rows of Christmas lights. I will loop the strand of lights around the palm of my hand until I have several loops. Then I tie / twist them together by the bread twist. I put these contained rows of lights in put in a grocery bags so that I can access them later and they don’t get dusty.
Since I live in an area of the country that is prone for earth quakes, I thought; what about all my dishes in the cupboards? It looks silly (but I’m a silly person so…) I put rubber bands around the knobs of my kitchen cabinets. If the earth shakes, maybe the rubber bands will keep the doors closed enough that things will stay within the cu cupboards. That is if the quake isn’t a bad shaker right?
At church I remember someone collection a bunch of old and cleaned out soup or vegetable cans. They put pretty paper on the outside. Paste on the message “YES YOU CAN” and gave it to fellow sisters as a pretty storage device for pencils etc. Even years later, I still use my can, and still look at the message pasted on the outside.
If you have some ideas of what you think are unique ways to store items, organization ideas, or other ways of efficiency, please feel free to comment.
