You may have read on my blog before, here and here that I am still trying to recover from an upstairs bathroom flood, which caused a waterfall in my living room for over 5 1/2 hours, just 5-days before Christmas last year. On top of this monumental disaster, I am trying to de-clutter and re-organize my home. I live in the house I grew up in with my daughter Rory. So, after 42-years and 4-generations, there is LOTS of work to be done around here.
Pinterest is an amazing source for organizational tips and tricks. I am gathering quite a collection of Pins on my Pinterest Board. I thought I would share a few of those Pins with you, and I hope you will SHARE This Post with others too!
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Organize Your Home
Let’s Get Organized!
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In Southern California, flip flops are almost everyday wear. So, needless to say, we have a lot of them around our house. Here is a fantastic way to control the flip flop clutter and abolish the flip flop black hole that steals away just the flip without the flop. And bonus, you get to re-purpose those awful wire hangers you get from the dry cleaners! Make a set for a friend for Christmas.

Organize Your Flip Flops with re-purposed Wire Hangers!
DIY Tutorial
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In case you are short on hanging closet space, here is another great idea for flip flops…
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Do you hate digging through your “Junk Drawer” looking for things? Get all those small loose things organized.
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What do you do with all of your Big Ticket Receipts, Manuals, and Warranties for your household appliances, electronics, gadgets, furniture, decor, etc.? Here is a neat way to stay organized and have everything you need at your fingertips.
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How To Organize Big Ticket Receipts, Manuals, & Warranties. However,I keep all of my vehicle maintenance and repair paperwork in a separate folder tucked under the floor mat in the back of my Suburban. This way the records are handy when I need them.
DIY Tutorial
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Try this adorable and inexpensive idea for your Grocery List, Message Center, or Reminder Station!
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Awesome Grocery List, Message Center, or Reminder Station Idea!
DIY Tutorial
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If you’re like me, you have a collection of gift wrap, tissue paper, and bags that need to be organized and managed. Check out this awesome idea.
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What a great way to store Gift Wrap, Tissue Paper, and Bags! DIY Tutorial
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Have you ever had to lift a bunch of pans to retrieve one from the bottom of the nesting pile? It can be heavy, especially if you have some cast iron skillets in the mix. Here is a solution to that problem, and it keeps things neat and organized.
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You can remove one pan without having to remove them all. Turn a vertical bakeware organizer on its end and secure it to the cabinet wall with cable clips.
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Tired of fumbling through your gadget drawer hunting for measuring spoons? Ever have to try to convert measurements after a long hard day when your brain just does not want to focus on math? Look at this really cool idea!
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Make this Chalkboard Hanger for Measurement Conversions and Measuring Utensil Organization. DIY Tutorial
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Don’t know what to do with those bulky small appliance attachments like dough hooks, whisks, and batter paddles? Now you do…
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Get bulky small appliance attachments and gadgets out of your drawers. Organize Your Kitchen For Cheap. DIY Project
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Can’t find the right lids for your Plastic Storage Containers? Keep them organized with this simple trick.
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Need to pull one cord, but you don’t know which is the correct one? Here is an easy solution.
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Label Closing Tabs from bread wrappers and the like, and attach them to the appropriate cords. Simple, yet a HUGE problem-solver.
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You have loads of chargers and cords for you phones, computers, cameras, music players, etc. How do you keep track of which charger goes to which gadget?
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Label your charger and cord with the name of the item it goes with. Lots of organizing tips for electronics here.
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Hate those unruly Cords in your drawer? Try this little DIY Project to tame the wily beasts.
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Use empty Toilet Paper Rolls to hold Cords and store easily. Decorate with tape, stickers, ribbons, or drawings. If you wanted, you could even label them for what product the cord belongs. If it’s an extension cord, label how long it is.
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I cannot stand the tangle of wires and cords laying about underneath desks, entertainment centers, etc. This is an awesome idea.
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And last, but not least, is a really cool idea for anyone with a pool. Live by a lake? This would be great for you. This would make a unique gift for Christmas!
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This PVC Towel Rack for pool owners or lake home inhabitants would be easy to construct. What a great way to keep things organized and not have them just strewn around the poolside.
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How do you like these Organization Tips & Tricks?
Do you have any Tips or Tricks to share?
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Love, love organization! Great post!!
Thanks, Sharon. I hope you find uses for some of these tips. 🙂
Love, love love this post!!! My house definitely needs some organization! Bookmarking this to come back!
Thanks for the bookmark, Liga. Don’t forget to share it with friends. 🙂
Epic! An organizers dream post. I got some great ideas to consider. The junk drawer is always my pet peeve. For sure I’ll be Pinteresting you!
Thanks for the Pin! I can’t stand messy junk drawers either… LOL 🙂
These are fabulous ideas! I LOVE the altoid tin repurposing. How smart is that?
I know! I love to use small tins for that kind of stuff. I even have one in the glove compartment of my truck. 🙂
Lorelai, these are fantastic! I didn’t know you were such a thrifty organizer. I also wasn’t aware of your ‘flood’ issue. Oh my goodness, I can’t even imagine.
I am going to use several of these ideas. Thanks for sharing.
I’m glad you found these fantastic! I actually thought about you, Regina, while I preparing the post and how your Inn is at the Lake…how would that nifty towel rack work for you? And please, share this with your friends! 🙂
Thanks for sharing! Those are really great tips! I know my daughter can def use the Flip-Flop one! I could use the pool, mint tins, gift wrap ideas for sure. Another thing our family does is we have 1 big gift bag n store all other sized bags in it- that we have used over the years- regifting the gift bag! It’s fun to find a bag for any occassion! 🙂
Excellent idea! I save gift bags for later use too. 🙂
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Check out these great tips!
I was just wondering what I could do with my toilet paper rolls. Thanks for sharing!
Here’s another fun idea for your toilet paper rolls… just in time for Halloween! 🙂
Spooky Eyes
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/390335492674645150/
Excellent! I’m always always looking for ways to organize! Thanks for sharing!!
I love organizing! 🙂
A great organizing post! Love the shoes Letter Organizers, except we are dealing here more with heavy boots than with flip-flops :(. So many nice ideas, thank you for sharing!
Hopefully you found some that will work for you! 🙂
These are all some great tips and a few of them have me saying “why didn’t I think of this before?” I am so going to use a few of these. Thank you!!!!
I know, some of them seem like such simple ideas. I wondered the same thing myself. LOL 🙂
Wow,awesome post. I especially love the ones about organizing the electronics.
Oh, I hate all the unruly cords everywhere. I would tape or use twisty-ties, whatever just trying to get some kind of restrain on them. These tips are great! 🙂
Fantastic post! I LOVE organization!!! 🙂
I thought you might appreciate some of these tips! Glad you did. 🙂
Great tips, they are very creative and fantastic… Thanks for sharing
Creative, useful tips…what could be better! 🙂
I really love these ideas. I especially like the one to organize manuals and warranties. I SO need to do that. I was pulling a pan out the other day and my Pyrex 4-cup glass measuring bowl fell out, hit the metal floor grate and disintegrated into 1000 tiny pieces. Sigh. All because I was hurrying. I need to do the gift wrap deal too. Thanks for all these cool ideas!
Ouch! Your poor bowl.There really are some fantastic and easy ideas for organization here. 🙂
oooh love the gift wrap one. sure beats my current method: shove tissue paper in the box where I store gifts and hope it doesn’t tear/wrinkle TOO much before I use it again.
LOL… hey, I think I’ve seen that system before… 🙂
Love the flip flop one!! Too, too cute!!
and all the others are great as well.
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Thanks for stopping by! I’m glad you enjoyed the post… The flip-flop hanger is incredible. 🙂
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Who doesn’t need a little organization? Great tips.
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There are some really great tips here! And I love that most of the disorganization can be fixed with simple items that we would otherwise toss away. Wrapping the cords with toilet paper rolls and labelling them with plastic tags would absolutely help to keep my sanity. Great to meet you and so excited to be co-hosting our first Home Matters Linky Party!
Sonja, glad you found these tips helpful. We are thrilled to have you as part of the #HomeMattersParty team! 🙂
I love so many of these ideas!! I have tried out a few of them myself!! So excited to be co-hosting #HomeMattersParty with you!! Hope you have a wonderful week.
You know I am ALL ABOUT THESE! LOL I love me some good home organization – great post! #HomeMattersParty rocks! 🙂
Wnat a great post on organization. I so needed the one about junk drawer I love that one. Glad to be cohosting #HomeMattersParty with you.
I know…that junk drawer is awesome! 🙂
These are such great tips. I always feel amazing when I purge and I am shocked at how much I really have!
It is amazing, isn’t it?! Have a great weekend. 🙂
You have just solved one of my biggest problems i.e organizing the foot wear, those hangers are really cool and actually display your entire foot wear collection in a very stylish manner. Many thanks!
I had to pin this post just so I can look back on some of these fabulous ideas as I work through my own house. They are so clever! #HomeMattersParty
These ideas for organizing are so NEAT! I have not seen most of them ever before. I’m definitely getting some letter boxes for our flip flops this summer! #HomeMattersParty
Pinterest will totally suck me in when I look for organizing ideas! I can get lost there are so many great ones. #HomeMattersParty