https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 15 Nov 2026 18:56:52 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1366641 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 11:56:27 +0000 snowjewelz 1366641@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Torchwood: Check out that blog! And I have a board where I clip random organizing stuff - </p> <p><a href="http://www.pinterest.com/snowjewelz/organization/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pinterest.com/snowjewelz/organization/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365958 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:45:34 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1365958@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For crafts I find that if it is on shelfs in bins its much easier to access and keep neat then if its in drawers. For yarn, I assume you would need some type of containsr to put them in. I know a lot of people like baskets, but often containers with lids are better for me, so I can still set small stuff on top if needed or stack containers. </p> <p>For smaller crafts, these little three drawer plastic organizers are nice. Keep all your pencils, scissors, etc in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365956 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 07:42:54 +0000 looch 1365956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When we moved into this house, I had 40 or so boxes that had been in storage for 5 years. I had the movers put the boxes in a spare bedroom and I unpacked those last, one at a time. I gave away a lot of what was in those boxes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365702 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:20:21 +0000 Arden 1365702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would try to create a staging area outside or in the living room, and go through every box with ruthlessness. Nothing gets in the house unless you love it or need it. Once it's in, it's much harder to get it out. Things become invisible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365689 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:11:31 +0000 JennyD 1365689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just moved in December. I unpacked most of the kitchen but found one box filled with kitchen gadgets that I rarely use. So I put the box in the pantry, and if I take something out, it gets a home in the kitchen. And in a year, whatever is still left in the box just goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365367 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:26:01 +0000 Torchwood 1365367@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lioneyes: The 4 boxes is a good idea!</p> <p>@snowjewelz: Yes, everything! I have ocd as well, but I'm kind of lazy and have a tendency towards hoarding. Which means I have a ton of stuff, a lot of it doesn't have a home, and it all drives me nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365316 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:51:39 +0000 snowjewelz 1365316@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There are many blogs out there, 1 I read is called I Heart Organizing. Also, what things do you want to organize the most? I am naturally OCD so everything always have to be in their place! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365303 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:43:14 +0000 lioneyes 1365303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i think after purging all the obvious stuff while unpacking, you cam do the 4 box method, once you're unpacked- go through every room and of EVERYTHING in the room, ask yourself: keep, move (does it belong in this room?), trash, donate? that will help you see what you don't have room for (everything in your house should have a purpose, and thus should have a HOME, not a dusty, overlooked corner of a closet) and can help you be more ruthless. good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365240 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:10:28 +0000 hellobeeboston 1365240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you on Pinterest? There are a ton of great organization pins I have seen (could post later when not commuting) - but check that out!</p> <p>Congrats on move/house! Fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1365229 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 18:08:03 +0000 Torchwood 1365229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Bumping. Surely someone can help me out! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1364901 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:13:21 +0000 Torchwood 1364901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cole: Yeah, unfortunately we can't do most of that. We moved from CO to TN, and rather than find a house in the 2 weeks his company would pay for a hotel, we moved in with my mom. So 95% of our stuff is in storage. I DO plan on really thinking about what we can get rid of as we unpack. I know there are things that have been in boxes since we got married, and it's time to get rid of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1364888 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:10:08 +0000 Cole 1364888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oooh! Fun! I love organizing so I will ponder this for you! In the mean time purge like it's your job! </p> <p>Walk around with a trash bag for trash and a box or bag for donations. When I am on a thinning out binge I pick a number and I try to get rid of that number of things each morning and each evening. Also, since you will be packing soon try really hard to make sure items are where they belong. Like if your tennis stuff is hanging out in the front entry closet instead of the mud room move it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-best-organization-tips-please#post-1364862 Tue, 21 Jan 2014 16:04:32 +0000 Torchwood 1364862@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're looking to buy a house (might have found one to put an offer on!), and I REALLY want to get things organized once we move in. I've found I'm much better able to keep a neat, non-cluttered home if I'm not just shoving things in drawers to get them out of sight. I want to start researching and getting ideas now, before we move, so I can try to avoid setting things up one way, only to completely redo it later. </p> <p>So help me out. Share your favorite thing you've done, or organization-related blogs or websites, or whatever. Anything that might help me get started thinking the right way! Bonus points for anything that would help me get my yarn and other craft stuff under control, because it is a MESS! </p>