This is what my boy's drawer's looked like until I saw the light. Maybe this was only new to me, but I had ALWAYS stacked my kid's clothes into their drawers. It started in neat stacks, but after a couple of days of them rummaging through them, it ended up like the picture above. I was too lazy to re-fold all of the clothes, so I joined with them in just stuffing and jamming the drawers shut.
The result? Totally forgetting about the clothes on the bottom of the drawer.
A friend shared this tip with me a few years ago. I tried it out and ended up with neatly organized drawers in 15 minutes, and so much more room! Now the boys (Aaron's drawers are pictured) can see exactly what is in their drawers and neatly pull it out. I will never go back to stacking their clothes again!
If I really cared, and I don't, I could color coordinate them and fold the undies for an even more organized look. But this works for us.
Actually,that is a fantastic idea! I will have to try it ASAP!
ReplyDeleteI have done this with my clothes forever! Haven't done it with my jeans, but need to because I have so many! Looks much cleaner!!!!
ReplyDeleteOH my goodness. You lived in Kodiak? We lived in Kenai on the peninsula for a few years (And can't wait to move back), but now we're in north pole alaska. Did you know Sheriden Heinrichs. Or the old Radio announcer who was LDS?
ReplyDeleteMy husbands a trooper and he thinks Kodiak would be a fun post.
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I've never tried this! What an AHA moment! Great idea! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea! Thanks for the helpful tip. I am definitely going to try this so just that you know that you're not the only one living under a rock apparently I am too. LOL :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!! Very cool! I think I'm going to have to overhaul our drawers...
ReplyDeleteWow - wish I thought of that - see you're not the only one!
ReplyDeleteThat is such a great idea!! That always happens to me too!! I will have to do that now!
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm definitely going to do that with the kids drawers. They're such a mess! Thanks for the idea. Plus, now you can always see everything without rummaging through it all. I love it.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant! Thanks for the pics. I saw your post on FB but didn't understand what you meant until seeing the pictures. Can I ask how deep (approx) the boys' drawers are?
ReplyDeletewhat a fantastic idea...I have 2 baskets of clothes to put away tonight....perfect time to reorganize:)
ReplyDeleteHaha I do this with my drawers after seeing it on one of those we'll come clean your house & get rid of your junk that you can't part with shows. I used to be a stacker also but I would flip the clothes on the bottom when I added clean clothes in so that I rotated them. Now it's just easier to slide the clothes forward & put the clean ones in behind. I just haven't figured out how to fold pants the way you did. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI haven't ever been a "clean drawer" type of person---but here's to giving it another shot! Brilliant Idea! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I can't wait to tackle my little boy's drawers! No more stirred up drawers for us! Found you through Sugardoodle.net :)
ReplyDeleteI agree, it works much better. I have been doing this for a while, in fact thought it was my idea - but great ideas find many homes. I call it vertical storage.
ReplyDeleteAmazing idea!!!! My older son keeps things neat, but my younger one...yikes! This is a perfect solution!
ReplyDeleteGreat! I can't believe I hadn't heard of this until a couple of years ago, but it really has made my life so much easier! Have a wonderful weekend!
DeleteGreat Idea!!! I am going to try this with my t shirts and my daugthers clothes
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I hope it helps you as much as it has helped us!
DeleteI have to chuckle at this because I was so frustrated with my husbands t-shirt drawer and would find myself so upset when I went to put away his t-shirts only to find the ones in his drawr messed all up while he was searching for the one he wanted. Plus I couldn't fit all his shirts in his draw and would beg his to clean out and discard some t-'s, well he did a few, but not enough to give more space. It was driving me crazy and felt like I was folding for no reason. So one day I was looking at some organizing videos and came across one like this where everything was folded and placed in the drawers just like yours. So I did the same thing!! Boy has that helped with the arguments in my house! lol Now where was this when my 6 boys were little??? lol
ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteIts the most optimized way to fill your drawer, i like that idea and i would like to adopt it for my closet drawers.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome! I saw this on Pinterest and I want to file my skirt drawer. This is such a great idea!
ReplyDeleteMuch better then stacking! I think I am going to organize the kids drawers this week now. If you get a chance, please link this to my linky party: http://suburbsmama.blogspot.com/2013/04/sunday-linky-party-4.html
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea! I do this too with my boys pants and shorts. It helps so much, now I just need to do it in my drawers.
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