for this i'm thankful - storage ideas

 

remodelista 

I love the start of the new year!

And like most people, I get the organizing bug.

Which is a really good thing if you could see my office.

So I'm thankful for great storage ideas.

I read a book some time ago for packrats.

Not that I am one, but .....

Just buying more storage boxes isn't really going to cut it.

You have to get rid of the stuff you're not using, you don't need, and 

all those duplicates you bought because you couldn't find the first one. 

(do I really need 3 hole punches? the answer is no!) 

Be honest with yourself, too.

Are you really going to finish that project you started last summer?

Are you really going to make those DIYs for which you bought supplies?

I used to get inspired by lots of handmade things and think to myself, 

"I can do that!"

So I'd go out and get the supplies, buy how to books, look up tutorials ...

and never make the handmade things.

Just because I CAN do it, doesn't mean I'll make the time, 

so in terms of time and money,

it's probably cheaper to just buy the handmade things from the source.

So this year I'll be cleaning out my office and

getting it to look like that photo up there!

What are you organizing this year?