A green home is good. A green organized home is fantastic. Here are 10 simple ways to reuse stuff you already have in order to get organized. Trust me, with the holidays coming, it’s best to organize now.
- Take old wastebaskets; you know the ones too grungy for the house, and use them for storing long rolls of wrapping paper. No one will see it, because a mid-size garbage can fits neatly into the back of most closets.
- If you’ve given up clothes pins for an energy efficient dryer, you can spray paint the pins pretty colors and use them to hang pictures and your little one’s artwork. Simply hang a string across one wall. This makes changing your art decor fast and easy.
Make your own reusable lunch bags out of old tablecloths. Very cute, and the perfect way to organize lunch outings.- Old laundry baskets can be used for storing toys or out of season clothing. If you do use them to store clothes be sure to place clothing in a garbage bag first.
- Quit buying overpriced Tupperware. You can reuse sauce jars, butter tubs, and more for snack and left-over storage. Small yogurt cups are perfect for kid sized snacks.
- Reuse bubble wrap (start saving during the holidays) for protecting produce. Line your produce bins in the fridge with bubble wrap and you won’t have to deal with bruised fruit anymore.