Calling all home organisation gurus! Having a bit of a purge and re-organisation …

[Theladyofshallots789]

I have disappeared down an Instagram rabbit hole of home organisation reels and I have a few questions please …

Which drawer dividers are best for clothing?
The extendable partitions?
The concertina mesh pouches?
Or the IKEA squareish stiff fabric boxes?

I can really see the value of compartmentalising things in containers for clothes, cutlery and pens etc but when it comes to fridges and pantries…if you opt for plastic containers within fridges and plastic boxes to store foodstuffs in your pantry… don’t you just end up with a lot of extra plastic boxes to clean as well as having to keep the actual foodstuffs organised? What is the benefit in other words?

Where do you store towels and handbags?

Thank you!

I didn't buy any storage for my clothes
My underwear is stored in shallow drawers. I got a load of free shoe boxes in various sizes and jiggled them round to fit. I pair up socks in a flat rather than round bundle and they stand up in rows of 5 across each shoe box. ..short black in one, sport socks in another, long ones in a third. Tights and pop socks similar.
Kknickers are also folded and stacked like vertical files!
Does it take time to fold? Yes but I do it while watching tv.
It saves me so much time getting dressed in the morning - I can always find exactly what I want without wrecking the drawer.

T shirts are also folded and stacked like files in a drawer.

I do decant some foodstuffs but not all.
I find it great that I can look at pantry shelves and KNOW that I have plenty of pasta but need rice.
I don't put cereal in containers.
I have a couple of clear open bins to corral packets from wandering

Thanks for replies JungleBellsHoHoHo! Much appreciated!

That all sounds very sensible - a mixture of practicality and economy - but I am not sure I like the idea (for me) of very precise folding as I know I probably won't keep it up! I suppose containers = folding though to a certain extent! I do have quite a few small cardboard boxes I can use though I think.

Noted about pantry! Thanks! I don't like to decant because I want to know the use by date.

Can anyone recommend any label systems please?

I write the use by date in Sharpie on base of the container. Wipes off with hand sanitiser

That's a good idea - thank you!

Agreed. Being able to see what I have and gaps, so what I need, works for me in the pantry. Corner shop visual layout

I use the ikea fabric boxes for clothes in my chest of drawers. The fit best into ikea furniture but I've currently got them in a mid century piece.

I fold my clothes the Kondo way. I didn't think I'd keep it up. But actually I do.

(My friend's husband and I both do this. She thinks it is hilarious that her close friend and DH are both under the spell).

I don't decant stuff in my kitchen. It doesn't work for me. But I do store bags of flour / sugar etc in lock & seal boxes in drawers with the name of the product on the top.

I bought a dymo label maker ages ago to label stuff and have just upgraded to a cricut. People take the piss out of my baking drawers because it is so tidy/ beautifully labelled.

I'm also a crafter and I have just bought a tonne of Japanese drawer divider boxes to store my paper craft and sewing stuff. I'm not totally wedded to plastic boxes though and use old shoeboxes too!

I've got very shallow drawers for underwear and socks, so like a PP I 'file fold' and don't need drawer organisers. In a previous house I used to use shoe boxes, they worked well, and I had some plastic dividers that sort of slotted together so you could make different sized compartments. They were handy.

I don't keep stuff in plastic boxes in the fridge, but all my baking stuff (flour, sugar etc) are decanted into lock and locks. I use that up quite quickly so use by dates aren't an issue. They are labelled with a label maker