Getting Organized

January, a month without holidays, once you get past the new year, seems like a good time to get organized and there are all sorts of products to help you do this.

Kitchen Clutter
Various companies have a cutlery tray with a sliding section and it fits most standard kitchen drawers. There are eleven spacious compartments for storing cutlery, baking utensils and gadgets. I like to use it for storing arts and crafts or sewing supplies. It's also good for holding cosmetics or office materials.

Work Space
Customize your problem solving with Work Space products by Rubbermaid, for example. These items look like little utility bins or shelves. Each one snaps into a wall strip (part of the system) or they can be mounted on any pegboard, or will sit on a tabletop or counter, and have a multitude of uses. While intended for holding tools, paint, etc. in the garage, they have a multitude of uses. Use them to organize socks, underwear, etc. within easy access in a child's room. They are perfect in a sewing room, bathroom or the inside of a closet door as well.

Stuck No More
Remember when putting Con-Tact paper on shelves meant getting all wrapped up in the sticky stuff? If you didn't put it down perfectly the first time, you could never pick it up to replace it. And when it was time to change it, you just had to keep piling layers upon layers because you could never get it up again? Those days are over.

The new coverings are easy to use and reuse, but best of all the patterns are really nice. They have animal farm scenes with black and white cows, denim, cross-stitch country designs, Swiss dots, calicos, adorable Victorian cats, barn wood and a line of Disney characters. I like the tiny floral prints for covering little tins and boxes.

Copyright Leslie Linsley, author
Reprinted with permission, HouseNet, Inc.

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