Take a Deep Breath . . .
June 27, 2007
. . . cause we are still flying through the tips!
Charlotte says, “Drop one mothball into your outside garbage can to keep flies away.”
I currently live in a condo, but I’ll keep this tip in mind whenever we have our own outdoor garbage container. On the other hand, maybe our condo dumpster could use a bunch of mothballs. Wonder if they’ll keep squirrels away?
Holly says to put lots of shelves in the garage.
Yep, let’s keep the garage floor clear for the car! Another thing I dream of having some day. (Okay, bad writing there — I have a car; I dream of having a garage.)
Patricia says to keep small things rubberbanded or in a small container, and Eric suggests rubberbanding shoes together. Put them sole to sole and wrap a rubberband around them.
Joni says, “I save all the rubber bands that come on our daily newspaper and use them for everyday needs around the house. I store them in a zip lock baggie so they all stay in one place.”
My kids’ Sunday School teacher used to paper clip all their papers together each Sunday, and I saved those clips and never had to buy my own. Just one way to save a little money here and there. Good tip, Joni!
Carol says, “I use little clear plastic boxes to keep my cosmetics organized in my bathroom drawers.”
I do this in our bathroom. We have a vanity cabinet with a big open space beneath the sink. In other words, no drawers. So I got the big plastic boxes with clear drawers, and we keep everything there — hair dryer, brushes, toothpaste, cotton balls, all that fun stuff we women can’t live without.
Along those lines, Sarah says, “Use a smaller desk organizer for cosmetics to go in narrow drawers for dressing rooms or bathrooms.”
Shea says, “We have a very tiny full bathroom (the only one!), and there is virtually NO cupboard or shelf space for towels and washcloths. I purchased two of those hanging ‘canvas/vinyl’ sweater organizers. They velcro attach to the shower curtain bar at the far end of the tub, facing outwards, and because they have only the front opening, they stay dry!
Now we have ample storage space for bath towels, washcloths, some other hard-to-place linens like extra toilet lid covers and bathmats, and they really don’t take up that much room at the end of the tub– in addition, being outside the shower curtain, they wind up providing even MORE protection keeping shower water IN the tub and not down the curtain and onto the floor.”
Interesting. For those of you without bathroom storage, this might be a good solution. Thanks, Shea.
One more day of tips, and then the winner of the Container Gift Store will be announced!
- Don’t forget to enter the contest for Rene Gutteridge’s latest book Snitch.