Frugal and Creative Organizing Ideas

You don’t need expensive, fancy bins to get organized. All you need is a little creativity! Transform old jars, shoe boxes, cereal boxes and more into instant storage. Frugal organizing is just smart organizing.

As I’m going through my house this month, my goal is to use things I already own, to store the items I need to store.  After all, I’m trying to declutter the house, so I don’t want any new containers!  In my mind, using what I have already is what makes my living more simple and frugal.

Here are some frugal and creative organizing ideas to help inspire you to be frugal and creative with your organizing projects:

• Use old drawers as under the bed storage.
• Use mason jars or pasta sauce jars for pantry items.
• Buy a couple packs of Magnetic Bulldog Clips and clip all of your winter hats and gloves to your magnetic back door.  Now there is no last minute looking for these items!
• Keep a bag or a box somewhere in your house and anytime you find something you’re not sure if you need to keep or not, throw it into the bag/box.  When the bag/box gets full it goes to a second hand store!
• Scan your children’s artwork, then save each year to folder on your computer of that year.
• Empty shoe boxes can hold a lot of different items.
• Use empty soda pop boxes to hold canned goods.
• Empty and clean tin cans make great pen and pencil holders.
• Cereal boxes make great magazine holders once they’re empty
• Use empty egg cartons for Christmas ornament storage or jewelry storage
• Use empty toilet paper rolls to contain extension cords and cables.
• Put soccer balls, footballs… etc, in a large laundry bag, then hang on the back of a door
• Shoe boxes are great for drawer dividers. In my kids’ rooms I use one for socks and one for underwear.
• Minimize paper clutter by opting to receive electronic statements for as many things as possible
• Turn an old metal filing cabinet on its side, remove the drawers, and use it to store yard tools like rakes and shovels
• Buy less…my favourite way to stay organized and save money 🙂

Now, I’m sure you’ve got some wonderful ideas to share as well, so let’s hear them in the comments!