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Where does this go?

78 replies

LCarbury · 19/08/2012 19:36

Does anyone want to play a game of sorts in working out where things should go based on where other people keep things?

For starters, in our house teatowels sit on top of the microwave and have done since we moved in 2 years ago for want of knowing where to put them. Where do teatowels go?

OP posts:
InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:25

buggyrunner all your bras have one pair of matching pantsShock. I have sooo many pairs of pants whose matching bras are a long way from fittingBlush.

ItMakesThePeasTasteFunny · 19/08/2012 20:26

Hoover lives in the laundry room (posh, eh?), teaspoons in the cutlery drawer, kettle beside toaster, c

Fiveflowers · 19/08/2012 20:28

I just adjusted the shelf heights in one of my tall kitchen cupboards and all sizes of cereal packets live there. Likewise tall oil/squash bottles, but in another cupboard.

Kettle sits on the hob.

Hoover in the porch and ironing board in my built-in wardrobe (everything I iron is kept upstairs anyway).

Where do you keep coupons/money off vouchers? I never have enough room in my purse.

ItMakesThePeasTasteFunny · 19/08/2012 20:28

Oops - cereals in containers in deep cupboard, all underwear in one drawer - bit of a jumble?

Fiveflowers · 19/08/2012 20:31

My washing up liquid is under the sink with all the other cleaning stuff.

I like the sound of your caddy, Marrow, where did you get it?

I just know you're going to say Lakeland

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:32

Vouchers go in a box by the front door, to be sorted through before each shopping trip.

newlark · 19/08/2012 20:32

Tall bottles of squash on the other end of the worktop to the cereal boxes, next to the chopping boards leaning vertically against the wall.

Kettle next to the sink.

Washing up liquid on windowsill.

Pants, bras (none matching Grin)and everyday socks in one drawer, tights and walking/sports socks in another.

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:33

Chopping boards go in a drawer with the baking trays

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:40

Where do the mugs go? Mine are on hooks, hung along a bar on the wall.

Fiveflowers · 19/08/2012 20:40

Good idea InMySpareTime

  1. because it'll help me remember to actually take them to the shops and

  2. because I love any excuse to buy storage boxes Smile

NeedToSleepZZZ · 19/08/2012 20:42

Tea towels go in the drawer under the dining table along with napkins (and bibs and ds's crayons Blush), new teaspoon every time, ironing board shoved between work top and fridge freezer, cereal boxes in the 'big' cupboard.

Where do your oven gloves go? I have mine in the 'everything else' drawer atm.

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:42

I use storage boxes all the time they come free with takeaways or margarine

Pascha · 19/08/2012 20:43

Teatowels live in the placemat drawer in the dresser. Kettle lives on the hob.

Cereal is in the cereal cupboard - where else? Confused

Ironing board in the futility room behind the cats basket. Hoover under the stairs.

Underwear us in my bedside cabinet, bras in the top drawer, knickers next, pyjamas at the bottom. Socks and tights in the drawers in my dressing room.

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:43

Oven gloves are on a hook (as are so many things in my house)

ooer · 19/08/2012 20:47

Kettle goes on the worktop between sink and cupboard containing tea/coffee/ mugs/biscuits. That was about the only thing that was obvious in our kitchen! Clean aprons and teatowels go in a basket (not enough drawers).

Vouchers are pinned on the kitchen pinboard beside the shopping list which gets added to as we go along.

As a recent innovation, tights now go on an Ikea tie-organiser in the wardrobe (lots of fabric circles joined together). Frees up acres of space in the drawers but only takes up the space of one coat-hanger in the wardrobe. I have around 20 pairs of tights looped on to it, now readily accessible.

Pants in top drawer, bras in 2nd, socks in 3rd. Mind you I have 2 chests of drawers for my clothes.

NCForNow · 19/08/2012 20:52

Oven gloves on a hook near t oven, cereal in tupperware pouring thingies which are designed for cereal...then they fit in cupboard!

NCForNow · 19/08/2012 20:52

Oven gloves on a hook near t oven, cereal in tupperware pouring thingies which are designed for cereal...then they fit in cupboard!

NCForNow · 19/08/2012 20:52

Where do chopping boards go please?

Fiveflowers · 19/08/2012 20:53

Oven gloves hang over the oven handle, spare ones in the cleaning cupboard.

I have understair cupboard envy - mine is outside the house and must have been a coal shed at one time (?) It's now used for storing lawnmower, paint tins and other associated stuff.

Fiveflowers · 19/08/2012 20:54

Chopping boards go in the drawer under the oven, along with oven tins and casserole dishes.

InMySpareTime · 19/08/2012 20:55

fiveflowers I got builders to brick up the "outside" door of our understairs space and knock a door through in the hallway. I also got a light put in, it's a very useful space, didn't cost much to convert.

NeedToSleepZZZ · 19/08/2012 21:01

Might consider the hook for oven gloves, over the oven handle isn't an option as ds just pulls everything down Hmm so they would just live on the floor. Have aprons and shopping bag on a hook so alongside that I suppose.

AfternoonsandCoffeespoons · 19/08/2012 21:08

Chopping boards go in between the cooker and the slow cooker. Big cereal boxes go in the cupboard under the cooker with the roasting tins. Tall bottles of squash or oil also go in here. Tea towels go in the tea towels drawer. The hoover goes wherever it was last used! Blush

LCarbury · 19/08/2012 21:14

Ironing board under sofa is very good idea!

Chopping boards go in a cupboard under the work surface but then they jump out at you every time you open the door which is not ideal.

Where do the children's finished junk modelling projects go? Or, how long do I have to wait until I bin them?

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poocatcherchampion · 19/08/2012 21:21

Love the chopping boards; I've always wondered where they go.

Shopping vouchers go in a plastic pouch in changing bag so I can rifle through them at the till
Hoover does not live in spare room cupboard - I 'm looking at you dh

Washing up liquid lives under the sink.

Where do bathroom cleaning products go?

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