Organizing and Cleaning

by Jan Hayner Professional Organizer

Why is it that when someone thinks about organizing their home they think that they have to stick a lot of money into it in order to do it the right way?

When it comes to storage, there isn't any right or wrong way of doing things or choosing the things you want to use. Sometimes, a cardboard box works better than a plastic storage container, especially if the variable in the amount that goes in that box changes rapidly.

To give you an idea of what I mean look at this list;

Instead of a                                                        Use

Label maker                                                    index cards

Plastic containers                                             cardboard boxes

Plastic hangers                                                 wire hangers

Plastic shoe boxes                                           cardboard shoeboxes

Plastic drawer dividers                                     cut poster board

See, organizing can be inexpensive to do, using the things that you already own.