Do you spend hours looking for stuff around your house? Cut the time in 2, nah, 10, with these mind-blowing home organizing hacks!
We've searched high and low and found these life-changing (literary) home organizing tips from BuzzFeed.com - all added in one place here (minus the hacks with super-blurry photos) for your easy browsing.
Once you are done with these, your house will be the most organized house of them all, srsly, see for yourself, ladies!
Installing it right beside the fridge is ideal, so everyone (young and old) will remember to add things to the shopping list as they run out or expire. Full tutorial at The Merry Thought.
3 Declutter Your Counter and Move All of Your Utensils over to the Wall
Add a few extra containers for plants (just because they’re pretty). Find the full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.
4 Keep Adult, Child, and Pet Medications in Separate Containers
You wouldn’t want to mix up your dog’s medication with your daughter’s. Now you just need to remember to periodically weed out the expired stuff. Learn more at Clean and Scentsible.
5 Store Your Trash Bags on a Roll so They’re Easier to Grab
Maybe now your family will remember to take out the garbage. It’s worth a shot! Full tutorial at Simply Organized.
6 Put the Cleaning Supplies You Use Most Frequently into an Easily Transportable Toolbox
Whenever someone decides to clean, they just have to grab the box and they’re good to go. Get more information at The Social Home.
7 Convert a Bread Box into a Charging Station
Simply drill holes through the back to thread the charging cords through. Full tutorial at Four Generations One Roof.
8 Organize Your Movies Alphabetically with Plastic Sleeves and Small Tubs
The boxes take up so much space! You’ll free up so many shelves and—if you prefer—you could organize your movies by genre instead of title (holiday movies, musicals, cartoons, etc.). Learn more at Simply Organized.
9 Don’t Have the Space for a Designated Homework Station? Make an Easily Transportable One Instead
Just the necessities. Learn how to make your own at at Aunt Peaches.
10 Organize the Greeting Cards You Can’t Bear to Throw Away Chronologically
It’s easy to keep your sentimental snail mail under control without becoming a hoarder and you can learn how to at The Realistic Organizer.
11 Use Picture Frames to Make Wipe Boards That’ll Keep You Organized *and* Actually Look Good Hanging on Your Wall
Print out the free templates at The Chic Site and then add them to any 8×10 frames. Hang them in your entryway (so you’ll remember what you need to do after heading out the door).
12 Add Storage to Your Entryway with Drawer Knobs
Just add more (and more, and more) as you need to. Bonus: you can paint them to match the wall. Get the tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.
13 Transfer Board Games into Plastic Drawers to save Space
Now you don’t have to figure out the best way to stack up dozens of boxes of varying dimensions…plus: you have room to buy more games! Find out more at Raising Lemons.
14 Keep Your Collection of Wrapping Paper Contained in a Garment Bag
Hang it in a closet (out of sight, out of mind) until you need to wrap something. Learn more at The Chic Site.
15 Add Some “crap Buckets” to Your Stairway to Keep Track of All the Stray Things Family Members Leave around the House
Even good ol’ mom and dad could probably use one of these. Empty them out on a daily (or—let’s be real—weekly) basis. Get more information at ReMarkable Home.
16 Put Together Outfits over the Weekend and Use Tags by Day of the Week
Reuse paint cans, tins, Mason jars, and plastic containers to store small things. There are so many creative ways to repurpose them. Shown: paint cans covered in fabric. blogs.babble.com
Find two sturdy hooks that are your style, and hang them near each other (measure the length of your ironing board’s foot, so you know what distance will work). From here.
123 If Your Room is Too Small for an Ironing Board, Make a DIY Version That Fits on Top of the Dryer
If you have little kids, though, make sure they’re stationed well out of reach (you don’t want them thinking those colorful pods are ACTUALLY candy). Get a similar jar here for $9.99. From here and here.
129 Keep Socks and Other Top-of-the-washer Clothes from Falling off with One of These Laundry Guards
It’s certainly a weekend’s worth of project, but it could really make your laundry room look more ~sophisticated~, even if you’re not staging it for your blog. Get the step-by-step here.
135 Put Together a Stain Station, with All the Tools You Need to Get out Every Possible Stain
I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did! These are all you need to get your home organized and perfect, just the way you always wanted! Thanks for reading, and let me know if we missed on any awesome hacks in the comments!
Ellen-Mary So many great ideas!! Thank you so much for sharing!!
Yaa Love it
Olga @SzamantaMarysia Thank you so much! I am so happy you found it useful :) Thank you.
Szamanta I love you for this list. Already have a few of these ideas in use but this extended list is a definite win. Thank You.
Olga @Bindi turns out I messed up on the numbers - and there is a gap between 80 and 100 - so, definitely going to feel it up with some incredible tips! Thank you again, I'll update as soon as possible.
Olga @AjM - there went my weekend! :) Thank you again so much for your kindness.
Olga @dawnlarkin thank you so, so much
Olga @Kristan, omg, thank you so much for noticing this glitch! Looking for 11 more awesome tips right now - @AleshaVYoung, thank you so much, so glad you liked that idea, turns out we have a gap for 11 more ideas - an update coming up! :)
AleshaVYoung @olga kaushan.....I would love to see the others/rest that you have
Dawn What a fantastic list!
AleshaVYoung Absolutely love this!!!! Going to put the shelf up over the bathroom door!!!! Thank you soooooo much!
Kristan Did anyone else notice it skipped from 89 to 100?
AjM @olga kaushan, No wayy! Well thank you for having the patience to edit the original list! Lol. Keep these posts coming! They're fab :) :)
Sara I already do no 17
Eden love it all. God bless.
Kiana Such a long post, but such good tips
Lavera Thank you!
Olga @AjM, lol! You should have seen the original length of this post - I have been editing ruthlessly for hours! :)) Thank you for your lovely feedback, though, means a lot! Thank you.
Olga Ladies, thank you so much for your kind feedback! SO happy to see that you are as excited to try these as I was when putting it together. Thank you again!
Desiree Great tips, thanks
AjM Omggg it was never ending lol... but they're all so useful. When ever i move into my own place i'll re-read this great post! :)