AIBU to ask where you store...

[Polkapjs]

....wrapping paper
Cards
Handbags
Post
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends
Batteries
Magazines / books that are on the go
Shoes that are almost constantly in use
On the back of my life hacks thread I’m realising I’ve no “home” for so many things
This is just a quick list after having wine but is by no means limited to just this. Surfaces seem to be covered with crap all the time and I can’t clean mess
Help!

Stackable plastic boxes and drawers in spare room and top of wardrobes. Large bags in loft with christmas pressies

Wrapping paper on tip of a cupboard in utility room
Cards in my knicker drawer
Handbags have a handbag drawer in the bottom of my wardrobe , the one in cueprrent use hangs on a hook in the kitchen
Post on DH computer table
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends don’t have this , DC are in their 20s
Batteries can never find any
Magazines / books that are on the go on the coffee table
Shoes that are almost constantly in use under my dressing table , or on the shoe rack by the back door

...wrapping paper....Christmas stuff in the playroom wardrobe, everyday stuff at the side of a bookcase
Cards......................In a filing cabinet
Handbags...............Hanging off the stair post
Post.........................On the floor, then gets moved to the bookcase
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends
Batteries..................In the battery box which should be in the undertairs cupboard
Magazines / books that are on the go
Shoes that are almost constantly in use......Hall cupboard

We are lucky that we have a fair bit of storage and fairly new (well 20 years) house

This list is going to be of F all use to anyone. But I’m trying to pretend I’m not waiting for someone to WhatsApp me so, whatever...

wrapping paper & cards in a little draw in the living room sideboard. Folded wrapping paper only. Rolls only bought at Xmas
Handbags back of my wardrobe for ones I never use, ones that are used are in the coat cupboard
Post various. Telephone table. Kitchen worktop. Handbag. Basically wherever they land until it gets thrown out.
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends in the kids’ own ‘junk’ drawers. Unless I find them out of the drawers, then they go in the bin
Batteries old shoe box in a cupboard in the utility room
Magazines / books that are on the go on the coffee table
Shoes that are almost constantly in use by the front door. In front of the shoe rack 😳

wrapping paper - top of kitchen cupboard/fridge
Cards - next to microwave
Handbags - inside one another bottom of wardrobe. I tend to use one for months and that lives on the bannister.
Post -all over the place!
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - recycled (or put into lucky dip at school)
Batteries- top of microwave
Magazines / books that are on the go - books piled next to the bed
Shoes that are almost constantly in use- under the stairs in boxes.

Wrapping paper lives in a drawer in the spare room, along with a variety of nice presents either pre bought for birthdays or picked up with no particular person in mind, and the cards.

Batteries (watch, calculator, scales, triple a, double a and smoke alarm...not excessive at all...) live in a chest of drawers downstairs that also has one for stationery, one for crap like unfiled letters, and one with napkins and the like in. The battery drawer is quite copious and also contains all adapters, leads and wires as well as lightbulbs, padlocks, candles, battery chargers etc.

We don’t have an understairs cupboard or I would store all this stuff in there.

wrapping paper - bag in spare room under the bed.
Cards - buy as needed (old cards get thrown)
Handbags - wardrobe
Post - opened, binned or filled
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - n/a but in a you box or recycle it?
Batteries - ehm bedside draw
Magazines / books that are on the go - bedside table usually
Shoes that are almost constantly in use / by the front door but dp is building a shoe cubby thing

*Cupboard in the utility room, along with scissors and tape....wrapping paper and Cards
*In my wardrobe on some shelves (wall to wall and floor to celiing wardrobes) Handbags
*Box in the kitchen. Gets mucked out regularly- Post
*In the kids' bedrooms or surreptitiously binned/recycled - Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends

• in a cupboard in the utility room along with candles, lamps and spare bubls -Batteries
• bedside tables or the magazine racks in the kids' bedrooms -Magazines / books that are on the go
• hallway shoe cupboards along two walls - Shoes that are almost constantly in use

In addition we also have a box in the hallway for hats, gloves, sunhats, buffs, scarves etc....

....wrapping paper in a wrapping paper storage bag in my bedroom cupboard.
Cards I make them and have loads in mini storage drawers, all labelled.
Handbags ones not used in the loft, a opulent in my wardrobe, one is use downstairs.
Post kitchen counter, lounge floor.
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends dont have.
Batteries in plastic boxes in the garage.
Magazines / books that are on the go by my bed, next to the sofa.
Shoes that are almost constantly in use wardrobe.

I've just been writing a job list as I really need to sort the house out as my MH is suffering.

..wrapping paper - plastic carrier bag container in the hall cupboard.
Cards - in a box file on the bookcase.
Handbags - in a canvas box in the wardrobe.
Post - dining table for less than 1 hour. Opened, dealt with, filed or shredded.
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - drawer in the kids room which gets emptied every few months.
Batteries - messy drawer in kitchen.
Magazines / books that are on the go- I dont buy magazines. Books on the go stay on my bedside table.
Shoes that are almost constantly in use - in an IKEA shoe cabinet in the hall.

I am very proud of my wrapping paper storage! I saved a box that flowers were delivered in and I use it to hold rolled up sheets of wrapping paper and brown paper . Stops it getting crumpled and I can see what I have ! It's about the only useful storage invention I have.

....wrapping paper - hallway bureau
Cards - hallway bureau
Handbags - I use three and these are in my dressing area
Post - kitchen counter but gets opened and recycled immediately
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds - don't keep this.

Or pocket money spends - such as?
Batteries - hall bureau
Magazines - don't keep this / books that are on the go - bedside table, reading chair coffee table or handbag depending
Shoes that are almost constantly in use - outdoor home use by the front door coat hanging area on a two-story shoe thing, work ones are in my wardrobe.

wrapping paper and cards in a cupboard in the living room, or for wrapping paper, sometimes down the side of a bedroom wardrobe.

handbags all inside one big-ish handbag on top of my wardrobe. You could also put hooks on the inside of your wardrobe door and hang them or get one of those wardrobe tidy things that you hang from the rail in there.

post on a stand next to the front door.

plastic tat toy-box

batteries in a draw in the office

magazines and books placed on top of the books in the bookcase of they're being read currently. Then onto the bottom shelf laid the wrong way once finished with to go to the charity shop.

shoes shoe rack. Only takes a moment to grab them off/put them on.

If in doubt, buy pretty storage boxes, at least they're stackable!

wrapping paper - in a box in the big cupboard
Cards - box in the smaller cupboard
Handbags - big wicker trunk
Post - tottering pile on the desk
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - not applicable, kids grown up, but used to have boxes for their smaller crap
Batteries - spice drawers, where I keep all little bits
Magazines / books that are on the go - on the go ones are either on bedside table or on big coffee table
Shoes that are almost constantly in use - floor to ceiling shoe carousel thing in dressing room plus wicker basket at back door
I sound quite tidy - how come the place is a mess?

wrapping paper - i don't use it for adults; for children i get the shop to wrap it (they do it here for free)

Cards - i don't buy them. I make the odd one (for DS, DH and close friends).

Handbags - i use one for winter, one for summer. I have a couple of other bags that live in a box under the bed.

Post - receive very little, mostly online. Postcards get put on DS' wall.

Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - bin/recycling almost as soon as it is through the front door, they're never missed.

Batteries - in a small pot (that did house potato salad) in a drawer in the cupboard by the front door (see also post its, glue, storecards, doggy poo bags, dog's nightlight - for her collar so we can see her running in the dark!).

Magazines / books that are on the go - magazines we don't buy. Books on nightstands.

Shoes that are frequently used - shoe rack in the (closed) porch. Other shoes (in season) are kept in a giant shoe tidy with pockets hung up in the futility room. Out of season shoes in a big under-bed box.

Ikea are fantastic for storage. I have some of their drawer tidies for my bedroom: top draw are, in separate compartments: pants/bras/socks. Leaving some space for jewellery in their own boxes and other useful bits. Middle drawer: vest tops/belts/work-out wear. Bottom drawer: DH's drawer of doom that barely closes! These drawer tidies, or the idea of such things, can be used for glue/paperclips/batteries/rubber bands/spare change/extra sets of kets/stamps/sellotape/cards/mini screwdrivers (to open fiddly compartments of children's toys to put the batteries in). Super handy at Winterfest-time (C-mas ssssh, it's September!).

.wrapping paper
Cards
Handbags
Post
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends
Batteries
Magazines / books that are on the go
Shoes

Wrapping paper/gift bags by the side of the desk in the study.
Cards in the drawer of the wee table in the lounge.
Handbags on the coat rack in the back corridor.
Post I try to deal with ASAP then it goes upstairs for filing in the study eg bank statements.
Batteries are in a cupboard in the kitchen.
Magazines-don’t do magazines.
Books on the go there are several on the bedside table.
Shoes on the shoerack under the coatrack. More are in the bedroom cupboard.

Under the bed storage boxes are fabulous for shoes etc.

Wrapping paper and cards go in a long plastic box under my bed.

Plastic bags inside a bag, batteries in a box in the zombie apocalypse cupboardpantry

Shoes, got two racks in the hall.

Coats on one of those over the door hangers on one of the hall cupboards, when theDCs weresmaller we had hooks at kiddie height.

I dont have handbags

if you feel the need to put things in bags, get some Recycling Bags (in the household cleaning aisle of the supermart). They are about the size of bin bags, but transparent. The translucent plastic crates are also useful.

Never put anything you want to keep in a black bin bag. Sooner or later a kindly helpful person will chuck it out. This is especially the case when clearing up for building or moving. Much distress has been caused by kindly helpful people.

I’m tempted for some over the wardrobe door shoe storage, probably fab for toys, too. Out of the way but easily accessible.

Wrapping paper in one of these from Ikea in the hot tank cupboard

rolls of wrapping paper are kept in here, I nailed it to the door of a halllway closet

same thing for plastic bags, but I mainly use cotton ones, I have a nail in the other cupboard door.
birthday card organiser, it lives in the book case.
Handbags: I’ve only got 3, they live in their original bags in the wardrobe.
Shoes in the hallway, in a kallax, one drona cube for each of us.
Post: top of the same kallax has 2 drawers: one for post, one for keys.

Plastic tat: kallax drona box in DDs room.

Batteries: old baby shoes box in the jallway cupboard.

No magazines. Books on the go: the one I am reading is by the bed, the ones I’m about to have their own shelf in the bookcase.
Hth

and for drawers...

not just for kitchens. Available in multiple sizes and can be trimmed with kitchen scissors.

wrapping paper - in a big bag in our fitted wardrobe
Cards - in a big box in our fitted wardrobe
Handbags - have their own dedicated shelf in the fitted wardrobe (are you seeing a theme here? Get a bespoke fitted wardrobe!!)
Post - post tray & then filing system when dealt with
Plastic tat from party bags and McDonalds or pocket money spends - drawer in playroom or bin after a couple of days
Batteries - in a box on a spare cupboard shelf in the kitchen
Magazines / books that are on the go - bedside table or coffee table
Shoes that are almost constantly in use - shoe cupboard. We always put them away and get them back out when needed. Or I do anyway.

Wrapping paper - in pantry under all the shelving.
Handbags - Under the stairs on hooks, or on the shelf in my wardrobe.
Post - Opened and chucked or filed into pretty magazine files on shelves in the dining room.
Batteries - Welsh dresser drawer.
Shoes - in a wooden ottoman that has been re-painted to match the dining room.
Magazines and books - Bookshelf in my room, shelves in living room and dining room.

Oops posted instead of previewed!
Cards in a box beside wrapping paper
Handbags-shelf in my wardrobe
Post-opened ASAP and either binned or dealt with, then sits in a pile in the kitchen till I can’t stand looking at it and then it gets filed
Plastic tat from party bags- my kids are passed that stage 🎉
Batteries, in a basket in the cupboard above the fridge
Magazines-couldn’t tell you the last time I bought one!
Books-bedside table whilst being read then the bookcase
Shoes-my nice shoes in plastic storage boxes in the bottom of the wardrobe, dh’s chucked in the hall cupboard, ds’ usually at the bottom of the stairs to trip me up 🙄

It all sounds so goodnight doesn’t it ! That is the theory of storage in my house, but it isn’t all necessarily stored in the right place all at the same time!