Organizational Ideas

Bed and Bath

• If you have any 'leftover' dead space in your home you can create a small closet, bookshelf or this Kneewall Dresser
• Use a silver sugar and creamer to hold q-tips, and cotton balls with a silver tray for bottles and jars for an elegant storage alternative.
• If you have drawyers in your bath try dividers or this Expand A Drawer Organizer to organize your your personal items, cosmetics, toothbrushes, etc.
• Use an over the door shoe posket holder to hold toiletries.
• Display rolled towels in an open pretty hatbox. For an added treat tuck in some scented soaps.
• Rolled towels can also be stored in the cubbies of a wine rack.
• Under the bed can be a great place to store table leaves, or off season clothes in plastic tubs - just be sure to measure carefully.

Closets

• Closets can be organized to cut down on wrinkles and make finding things much easier. Start by removing and storing unused hangers. Then store out of season clothing in clear tubs or guest closets. Remove all clothing from plastic bags - they keep clothes from breathing and can cause discoloration. I have my clothes organized first by length (blouses, slacks, and then dresses) and then by color. The space below the shorter clothes can be used for a chest of drawers, Stackable Shoe Racks , or even a second clothes rack.
• Linen Closets can also be organized. This step by step weekend project can be fun as well as creative.
  1. Take everything out.
  2. Paint or wallpaper the walls and shelves. Let dry overnight.
  3. Trim the shelf edges with lace.
  4. Sort through what will go back.
  Holiday linens can be stored with Holiday decorations.
  Stack towels with folded edges out, this will make it easier to remove the towels one at a time and will make the shelves look neat.
  Tuck in dryer sheets and soaps for a fresh scent.
  Try hanging tablecloths on hangers to save space and minimize wrinkles.
  Store bed linens in the bedroom where they are used. They can be stored on a shelf or even tucked between the mattress and box spring.
  Extra blankets can be stored between the matress and the box spring in the summer.
  A spare blanket can be folded and put in a pillow case and added to a guest bed.
  

Crafts

• Organize beads, needles, buttons, and various trinkets in one easy-to-carry case with an 18 Compartment Craft Storage Case or a fishing tackle box.
• Open shelvs allow an you to see at a glance while drawers with dividers can keep smaller items organized. A basket keeps patterns easily accessible.
• Use this Pocket Organizer that hangs over a door to hold all your scrapbooking and craft supplies in one location.
• Binders or a file cabinet hold ideas cut from magazines for the future. A mason jar can hold colored pencils and paintbrushes, thread, pins, beads, or buttons.
• A skirted table hides under-table storage.
• Fabrics on the open shelves can be organized by color, making selection easier.
• Add a sign to inspire you (or add a smile):
  Organize!
  I'm creative - You can't expect me to be organized, too
  Creative minds are rarely organized
  A creative mess is better than tidy idleness
  People that are organized are just too lazy to get up and look for it!
  I refuse to organize - it would interfere with the creative process.
  
• Use a Rolling Organizer for scrapbooking supplies to store easily when not in use.

Links

• 10 Tips to Organize your Home
• How To Organize Your Scrap Workspace