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Organizing Every Inch of Your Home oss••o•e: • kl For containers that stay on display, bins in a nice material (wicker, canvas or colorful acrylic) can actually be a welcome addition to the decor. Organize ENTRY Neaten up this zone with inch of your bins, hooks home and shelves. 28 easy tips and inexpensive picks to cut clutter and CMID maximize storage space. The top 4 feet of the room Add a ledge or shelf to the mudroom, entryway coat closet and pass-through spaces to stash seldom-used items like holiday decorations or the vitamins you bought in bulk. N TRY THIS: ClosetMaid TIO 3'x12" Ventilated Wire Shelf Kit, $14; NDICA SY homedepot.com P GARDENS/I ES & HOM PE/ K PO NIC CRAP TH • • 7=11111:1=111-0"=- Overwhelmed by all the manuals for your TV and other devices? Toss the LIVING ROOM print versions to streamline 2 storage if a digital copy Keep this comfy space pretty and is available online. tidy with double-duty furnishings. C!333 Built-ins and bookshelves Shelves can usually be adjusted. Fit more by raising or lowering them to accommodate taller or shorter books, frames and decorative items. (MM) 14 $ Side tables E, Accent tables don't TABL just hold lamps! Choose one with TRIO a drawer, door or FIC RRI shelves underneath to give yourself a I ta Wt. !v.`11 1 0 spot for magazines, remote controls Cr; and more. 47. 0 0 u L. • 02 z x 0 17- u 0 a z E > H- ■ LIJ STORAGE 00 SMART OTTOMANS PIECE Z 5 0 < z From bench-size E trunks to petite 0 -7. poufs, plop these L1.1 1,1 . pieces around Don't want to the house to hold buy a new end table? mo extra pillows, Throw a tablecloth double as seating over one of your own oW to create storage .c,HO or act as an in-a- space underneath. O. ■.1 pinch snack table. OO 48 womansday.com October 2012 3 BEDROOM Cleverly concealed .4 add-ons boost storage mg without sacrificing serenity. CID Under the bed Roll - out bins transform this dust bunny den into prime real estate for extra linens or out-of-season clothing. If you don't mind the added height, bed risers will give you even more room down below. A tailored skirt will hide it all. TRY THIS: ClearView Under-Bed Storage Box, $17; target.com. Mahogany Wood Bed Lifts, $25 for a set of 4; bedbathandbeyond.com. 0 SIFT THROU ce SMART 0 PIECE Pull out any empty a hangers and dry- 0 cleaning bags in your ce DRESSER closet. You have more owLu WITH MORE hanging space than a0 DRAWERS you thought! CMG >- Your closet LL1 -J Don't settle for the Put in another standard four! A bar about 30 Yvi NI I, taller five- or six- inches below your V) Z 0 7, drawer dresser takes standard one <cc LL, fu g up the same amount to double your cc , hanging space. NSW of floor space, but LL. Look for one that z00 o , gives you a vertical attaches to your foot or more of current rod for a> ' storage. 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Retrofit base ■ Over-the-door cabinets with shoe organizers slide-out drawers Use them to...corral everything and it's all easily from winter accessories (hats, accessible. gloves) in an entryway closet TRY THIS: Premier to dry goods (pasta, crackers) Pullout Shelving, from in the pantry. $42 for 6"w x 23%"d; kitchenshelves.corn ■ Paper towel holders Use them to...stack bangle bracelets—or attach one 3). that mounts to a wall or the O D ( back of the closet door as a necklace hanger. ■ Letter sorters EDMAN/STUDI Use them to...hold plastic storage lids upright in PHILIP FRI your cabinet. ■ Side-loading letter trays Use them to...organize takeout SYNDICATI menus, recipe ideas and phone IPC. S/ lists in your kitchen cabinet. ■ Plant urns KITCHEN Use them to...hold oversize utensils that won't fit into CMID BEAUTIFUL The space your kitchen cabinets. above your cars PEEL/ Install platform shelving ■ Ice cube trays Use them to...store MARCUS 2 feet below your garage's When it comes to easily lost accessories. ceiling to gain extra storage non-display storage all around the perimeter— The best part? They're vessels, choose ones TOP LEFT: and still be able to open that hit the three S's: stackable! your car doors. squared-off, stacking FROM and see-through. TRY THIS: Shelving from $159 for 2'x6' shelf; saferacks.com CLOCKWISE 54 womansday.com { October 2012 PRO PICKS What organizing experts keep on hand 3 to conquer clutter Clear in their own homes. stackable boxes GG Anywhere from the pantry 1 to the linen Space bags closet, use these Divided "They really do to corral smaller storage work! Stash seasonal items (snack boxes clothing or linens in "These fabric- these bags, then use 2 bars, extra soap) covered boxes your vacuum to suck Adhesive and keep them are pretty out the air so they take hooks visible.•• enough to up less room." "A quick—and display, but come KATHRYN BECHEN with dividers, DONNA SMALLIN KUPER temporary—way to Author of Small Space nesting pieces Author of How to Declutter create hanging space Organizing: A Room-by- and Make Money Now Room Guide to and a top that without hammering Maximizing Your Space doubles as a Space bags, $10 to $40 each; a nail. In a range bedbathandbeyond.com Clear Shoe Boxes, $1.89 each; tray for maximal of sizes and finishes, containerstore.com organization." they'll fit right DEB LEE in with the rest of Owner of D. Allison your hardware." Lee, Marlboro, MD ELLEN FAYE Bento Box, $7 to $23 Owner of Ellen Faye each; rubbermaid.com Organization, Cherry Hill, NJ for stores Command Hooks, $6.50 to $13 each; command.com for stores Open-weave plastic baskets "Use these to pull forward the items in deep cabinets— and the fridge! The open Skinny felted hangers sides make them good for GG D They take up less space WIN IT! veggies, and the handle DIO 5 readers will win TU in your closet and the S makes them easy for young a 7-piece set of or old hands to grip•" texture keeps silky fabrics Rubbermaid Bento AN/ Containers (value BARRY IZSAK from sliding off. •• $114). Snap on the FRIEDM CPO & Founder of Arranging it All, VICKI NORRIS tag to enter. Austin, TX No purchase necessary to win prize. PHILIP President of Restoring Order, Portland, OR Please see instructions and abbreviated Iris Plastic Mesh Baskets with Handles, rules on pane II. Your carrier's standard Felt hangers, $15 for 20 adult hangers, Internet rates will apply. $22.49 for 3; organize.com $7 for 10 kids' hangers; neatfreak.corn for stores HANGERS: 56 womansday.com { October 2012 .
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