Organizing the Linen Closet

Organizing a linen closet is probably one of the easiest things you will organize in your home - as long as you have shelves in it. If you don't have shelves in your linen closet, you should go pick some up. You can find them pretty much anywhere that has a home section. I was fortunate enough to have these shelves already in there which made things easier.

Here is how everything is laid out:

1. Bed Linens
2. Toilet Paper
3. Towels - bigger towels on the right, hand towels and face cloths on the left.
4. Reusable Bags
5. Laundry
6. Cats

The bins boxes I used to put everything in are recycled. They once held my Sophie Conran dinnerware sets that we got for my shower. They were the perfect size to be placed in the closet. When you receive boxes like these, see if you can use them anywhere around the house. Saves you from having to buy some.

In the laundry bin, I have the detergent, mesh bags, stain spray and dryer sheets. I live in an apartment where I have to go to a laundry room to do the laundry but if you have laundry in your place, I would be putting this in that area. This is convenient for me though because on my way out the door, I open the closet and grab what I need. I usually only bring one thing at a time because I don't stay in the laundry room but if I were to have to bring everything with me, I would switch the box out for some kind of carrying caddy.

All my reusable bags are folded up in one large one but I still have it in a box to keep it in place.

Finally, the cats stuff in this closet just consists of their litter and food. I have other things like toys and clippers in a bin in another closet.

So there is one of my linen closets. I have two in this apartment which is really helpful for storage. Hope you enjoyed and got some ideas to organize your own :)

Small Project: My Coat Closet

Our coat closet in our apartment is very multifunctional because it is the only closet besides the one in the bedroom that has vertical space from the floor so it is the only place I can store the vacuum and steam mop.

While I did take measures to organize the space before, it wasn't really working for what we needed.

The shoe rack was very tall so it protruded into where the jackets hung which made it really hard to get jackets in and out because they were all bunched up. It was also kind of annoying to have to take shoes off because I had to move jackets out of the way. 

Here is the space with the new solution:

The biggest change that made so much of a difference, was this closet organizer I got from Ikea. I took the shoe rack out completely. The jackets can now hang freely while I am still able to store the shoes. That organizer is surprisingly strong too. 

Here are the key aspects of this closet organization:

• The cat's carriers are on the top shelf and easily accessible in case of an emergency.
• The organizer holds all of our everyday shoes and boots that don't fit in the over-door organizer that I have in my bedroom 
• We have this bag holder from Ikea which makes plastic bags easy to grab for litter cleaning. 
• The ironing board hangs on some hooks on one side and the broom hangs in one of these on the other door.
• The floor is left clear for more heavy duty boots (rain boots, snow boots and Brandyn's work boots) and the vacuum and steam mop 

So that is my newly organized coat project. Click here to go to my Facebook page where you can like it and be notified every time I post here and also little tid bits I post throughout the week :)

Bullet Journal

I recently found a new journal/agenda type system. It is called the bullet journal. If you are a list maker this is a great new option for you to try out. I wanted to experiment with it for a few months before sharing it with you.

While, the original creator uses a moleskin, I just grabbed a regular journal (the button fell off)

At the start of the month, you open up a blank spread. On the right you put the month and the numbers and on the left you put the tasks you want to accomplish that month.

Then on the following pages, you put each date and leave a bit of room to put tasks throughout the day. A square represents a task and a circle represents an event.

I also suggest choosing a journal with some kind of pocket because then you can easily store things like invitations or tickets.

I am so far liking this system of doing things. For bigger lists like grocery, I use an app but for the overall agenda, I think this is a great system and it can be customized to whatever suits you.

If you want to hear more, you can watch this video here.