No Money Required! Tips For Home Storage And Organization, Use Shoe Boxes And Old Clothes To Organize The Whole House

Make clever use of gaps in the sofa to prevent small items from getting lost

Among many family living rooms, the most wasted space is actually the inconspicuous gap between the sofa and the wall. Small items such as remote controls, charging cables, and headphones slip in easily, and when you look for them, you can't find them even after rummaging through the entire sofa. In fact, to solve this problem, you don’t need to spend money to buy any gap storage rack. Find an idle shoe box at home, cut it into a strip according to the width of the gap, wrap it with a layer of old cloth or wrapping paper, and stuff it into the gap to create a perfect storage slot. The commonly used remote controls, mobile phones, and data cables can be easily placed in it, so that they will not fall to the ground, and the table will be much cleaner. Courier boxes are good items. Find a few of roughly similar sizes, label them on the outside and mark them as "snacks," "tissues," and "miscellaneous items." Then stack them near the TV cabinet or under the coffee table. This way they look orderly and don't cost money. As for the scattered and messy items on the coffee table, it is much more pleasing to the eye to use the lids of unused lunch boxes or small trays to sort and place them than to spread them in a messy pile.

Bedroom clothing zoning method, neat without partitions

In many cases, the clutter of the wardrobe is not due to the large number of clothes, but to the lack of partitioning. Wardrobe dividers sold online cost dozens of yuan each, and a set costs several hundred. In fact, you can easily find replacement items at home. Search for those old T-shirts, scarves and towels in the closet that you rarely wear, fold them into long strips, and place them directly on the wardrobe shelves to naturally form "soft partitions". Place the underwear on the left, the socks in the middle, and the bottoming shirt on the right. When you open the wardrobe, it will be clear at a glance, and it will not make other areas cluttered when you take out the clothes. The method of folding clothes is very important. Normally, if you take out one piece of clothes and pile them together, the whole pile will collapse. The square folding method is to fold each piece of clothing into a square of the same size, put it vertically in a drawer or shelf, and arrange it like books on a bookshelf. In this way, you can not only double the number of clothes, but also take out any piece without affecting the one next to it. For the mobile phone, eye mask and watch placed on the bedside table, find an unused cosmetic box or a small gift box to store them. It will be much neater than scattering them on the table. For the hard-to-reach layer at the top of the wardrobe, use old suitcases or sturdy cardboard boxes to place seasonal bedding, label them with labels indicating what's inside, and simply remove them when the seasons change.

Waste bottles in the kitchen become treasures, and spices and kitchen utensils return to their proper place

Buying various spice boxes, spatula holders, and dish racks is an easy pitfall for kitchen storage. If you just go to the supermarket and buy them, you will spend too much money and the countertop will still be messy. In fact, the mineral water bottles and beverage bottles thrown away in the kitchen that day were ready-made storage artifacts. Cut off the top half of the bottle, leaving only about ten centimeters at the bottom. Use a lighter to burn the edges to avoid cutting your hands. Wash and dry it and use it to hold common seasonings such as salt, sugar, chicken essence, and starch. It is more convenient than buying a seasoning box. The bottles are transparent, so you can see the remaining amount at a glance. Label them with your name and arrange them neatly next to the stove. Do not throw away unused pen holders or plastic cups at home. Wash them and place them in the corner of the stove. Insert long-handled kitchen utensils such as spatulas, spoons, chopsticks, and egg beaters into the built-in ones. The countertop will immediately become refreshing. Put oil jugs, soy sauce bottles, and vinegar bottles on the kitchen counter with the help of old trays or shoe box lids. Even if there is oil dripping, it will only be left on the tray. When scrubbing, just take the tray away and rinse it, so there is no need to lie prone to wipe the countertop.

Bathroom walls and corners, zero-cost expansion technology

Bathrooms are often the smallest in area, but they hold the most things, such as skin care products, toiletries, toilet paper, dirty clothes, etc., all crowded together. The first reaction of many people is to buy floor-standing shelves, but in fact the wall is the place with the most development value. You have accumulated a considerable number of hooks and suction cup hooks at home due to various gifts, right? Don't let them sit idle, stick them on the back of the bathroom door or on the wall next to the sink, and hang towels, bath balls, and wash bags one by one, so that the countertop and floor will be free. On the countertop where you wash your hands, bottle-like and can-like objects are arranged according to categories with the help of unused boxes for storing cosmetics or small plastic woven baskets. Water-like lotions are placed in one place, items such as powders and pastes for face cleansing and brushes for brushing teeth are placed in one place, and they are easily accessible every morning when using them. The cabinet space under the countertop where you wash your hands is often wasted. Place an old plastic basket or a small, sturdy cardboard box. Toilet paper, laundry liquids, cleaning preparations and other storage items should be placed in them according to category. After closing the cabinet door, the outside will look clean and tidy. Place an old plastic basin or a fabric storage bag in the corner of the bathroom to store dirty clothes and bath slippers. This way, dirty clothes and bath slippers will not be scattered all over the floor, and it will be visually tidier.

Let’s talk about the home. In the end, the goal is not to make the house look like a model room, but to make it more comfortable for oneself to live in, to find items faster, and to save more effort when cleaning. There is no need to be rigid about how many items must be discarded when "breaking up", and there is no need to follow the trend and buy a bunch of storage devices that end up gathering dust when you take them home. Look through the courier boxes, old shoe boxes, mineral water bottles and boxes containing cosmetics at home, and make some slight changes to make them useful. Start trying from a small corner first. For example, take the lead in sorting out the gaps in the sofa today, and then deal with one layer of the wardrobe tomorrow. After you slowly develop a habit, you will find that your home will become refreshing without you realizing it, and your life will become smoother.