Organization Inspiration

I stumbled across the "Hi, Sugarplum!" blog the other day and read {THIS} bathroom organization post she wrote a while back. It reminded me that I've been wanting to make a visit to our local Dollar Tree store. It seems like every organizational blog post I read raves about the cheap yet practical storage solutions that the Dollar Tree carries. So I finally went, and I'm so glad I did!! They had a bunch of little white plastic bins in varying sizes that are perfect for organizing drawers! I had tons of baskets just like these that I used to use in my classroom for all sorts of things, but they've all been re-purposed somewhere in our house. I'm so happy to have a new stash of these handy little bins to use whenever the organization bug bites!



One tip that I especially loved from Hi Sugarplum's post was keeping a his and hers bin of "getting ready" stuff {ie fash wash, lotion, deodorant, etc} tucked away in a cabinet. Whenever you're getting ready, pull the bin out, use what you need, then store the bin back in the cabinet. Why didn't I think of this sooner?!?! Derek & I have been using the his & hers "getting ready" bins since we lived in Virginia, but we've always kept our bins out on the vanity. It never once occurred to me to tuck them away in the cabinet, but it's GENIUS! We keep our bathroom about a million times cleaner now! Even though we always had the bins, one {or both} of us would have a tendency to leave a bottle of something right next to our bin...why we couldn't go the extra two inches and actually place said bottle inside the bin is truly beyond me. Then when one bottle was left out on the vanity, another would soon follow. It was a vicious cycle. But now that we store the bins in the cabinet, everything magically gets put back where it should! It's delightful! And since our vanity is completely cleared off now, it's soooo much easier to keep it clean & sparkling day in and day out! I love it!

The entire bathroom organization probably only took a grand total of 15-20 minutes, but it made such a big difference! We purged sooo much stuff that we no longer used or needed, which felt really good! Now that we feel pretty confident we're going to be moving somewhere {even though we don't quite no where!} this summer, we're starting to feel the itch to purge like we did in the months leading up to our move to San Antonio. I'm thrilled this bathroom organization got us on the right track despite the fact that I accidentally threw away my powder in my haste this weekend..oops! I didn't realize it until this morning when I was getting ready, and of course we'd just taken all the trash out the night before in preparation for trash day today. Thankfully, the trash truck hadn't come yet and the bag of trash it was in was right on top in the trash can..never a dull moment! ;)

Also, totally random....but I loved the Martha Stewart adhesive bookplates {aka label holders} pictured in Hi Sugarplum's photos on her baskets. Over Christmas I reorganized our pantry with baskets, and I thought the bookplates would be perfect for them! Until I looked them on Amazon {HERE}...holy cow!! Why in the world are those things so expensive?!