Planning and Organizing: Day Four

This organizing takes forever!

I did find some nice little cheap baskets (made in the USA, too!) that I could use in keeping stuff neat on the pullout drawers of the pantry. They were 2 for $1.69. On this shelf I took all the greeting cards out of their boxes and matched them up with envelopes and put them in one of the baskets (back, left). I separated them with divider tabs I cut down to size. I know it's not Martha-Stewart-worthy, but I'm cheap. Work with me here. 

The baggies at the far right remind me of Grandma Myrtle, who, bless her heart, had a whole drawer full of them. I'm a baggie saver, too, but in moderation.

Group like items together. Things that get used often (tape and stapler) are in front. 

In this pullout drawer I used stack trays to separate lined paper from cardstock. Lots of room for printer paper behind the stack trays. And the pullout drawers make this possible. Have I told you I love this pantry?

Here's the final shot of the pantry. I did splurge and buy a label maker (on super sale). A place for everything and everything in its place.

And, since I hadn't run out of day or steam, I moved on to the closet. The top file boxes contain seven years of records for our family and seven years for the farm. I have an empty box on the lower left, in case I find something else to stash away.

In the upper part of the pantry I found the kids' baby books, and approximately 100 magazines. I offered about 70 of them on the freecycle list. I will recycle them if no other pack rat takes them. I am waiting for direction on the Sheep! and Shepherd magazines...