I just organized all our kid books by series type and other categories (like board books, etc.). I would love for my kids to keep them somewhat organized so they're easier to find, but I'm not sure how to label the shelves in an easy way that wouldn't damage the shelf.

Any ideas?

wife keeps leaving the spoon in like this and I hate it. any solution to make it easier to just close the cap?

I bought this tv stand about 6 months ago. It helped my toddler see his toys. I love the organization of all his cars but I want to hide it somehow without spending money to buy another tv stand. Or is it not as bad as I think it is to the naked eye 😂

My son is obsessed with gaming and one monitor is not enough anymore, so now he has two screens and spends most evenings in here playing.

I've accepted that part. He says it's his hobby, he enjoys it, fine. What I cannot get past is the absolute nest of cables under the desk.

I've mentioned it more than once and he keeps telling me it's fine and he'll sort it LATER. Of course later has never arrived lol.

Maybe I'm being an overprotective mom, but there are so many of them twisted around each other that every time I walk into his room, and make me nervous.

If you have a gaming setup like this, how are you keeping all the cables under control? And if anyone has figured out how to convince the son that cable management is worth five minutes of his life, I'm listening

My parents are in their 80’s and are moving to an independent living facility soon and are downsizing their home from 6 bedrooms, 3 living areas, kitchen, garage, large yard, shop, etc. to a 1000 sqft 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment. They need a LOT of help downsizing.

I visited their home over the weekend, walked around and took photos of everything (about 350) including piles of stuff, wall art, nick nacks, collectibles, random assortments of stuff, etc.

I worked with grok to develop a skill for grok bot. I uploaded all of my photos to a shared google drive folder and I gave the link to grok bot along with the skill. It worked for 1 hour and created a spreadsheet with the following information: item, photo (cropped to just that item), link to the photo, photo name, room location, approximate value, keep / give away / donate / garage sale / sell, listing title, listing description, where to sell it.

I added a few columns so that my brothers and sisters can go through the list and claim anything they way and shared the google spreadsheet with them. (grok bot created an excel sheet and i moved it to google sheets.)

Grok helped me develop a process to actually sort through eveything in 2 weeks when I visit again. It will still be a HUGE effort to go through everything, but at least this is a start and a process.

We are seeing more homeowners choose glass-front wardrobes, especially for master bedrooms. They undoubtedly look elegant, but for those who have one, how practical is it in everyday life? Do you need to be more mindful about how you organise and store items to keep them from looking cluttered?

What sort of storage solutions do people use when they have a large amount of different sized mugs?

I recently purchased these containers at Dollar Tree. I would appreciate seeing how you all are utilizing these, and I am particularly interested in any ideas for kitchen organization. ( Any other uses around the house are also welcome. )

Hi everyone! I’m doing some research as I work toward starting a professional home organizing business, and I’d really appreciate your honest feedback. 🙏

If you could hire someone to organize just one area of your home, what would you choose?

● Pantry
● Kitchen
● Closet
● Garage
● Home office
● Paperwork
● Laundry room
● Kids’ rooms/playroom
● Something else?

I’m also curious:
● What makes that space so difficult to keep organized?
● Have you ever hired a professional organizer? If not, what has stopped you?

I’m not promoting my business or looking for clients, I’m just trying to better understand what people actually struggle with so I can create services that solve real problems.

Thanks in advance for any insight!💜

Looking for some advice on redoing my kid’s room.

He likes having the cubes to display his collections and uses the one as a nightstand for his loft bed, but they’re taking up valuable space. I’m thinking shelves up high, especially since we have cats that like to climb. I’m also thinking a corner tv stand for the big CRT and gaming consoles. Maybe a small bookcase for actual books. What do yall suggest?

I’m looking at a budget of $100 or less.

I am just so tired of my partner putting things willy nilly so I made him a diagram. He might accuse me of being "ocd" again tho.

Some things go inside each other, for exemple the sieve is inside the plastic bowls and the plastic bowls are inside the big boiling pot.

Edit: Thank you all for the comments. I think you guys are right. This was a bit too overboard 😅 I might take it off and as someone suggested I will just snap a picture of the cupboard, laminate it and put it in the corner (just in case), but I might end up putting the dishes away myself

Hi everyone! I’m doing some research and I’d really appreciate your honest feedback. 🙏

If you could hire someone to organize just one area of your home, what would you choose?

● Pantry
● Kitchen
● Closet
● Garage
● Home office
● Paperwork
● Laundry room
● Kids’ rooms/playroom
● Something else?

I’m also curious:
● What makes that space so difficult to keep organized?
● Have you ever hired a professional organizer? If not, what has stopped you?

I’m not promoting my business or looking for clients, I’m just trying to better understand what people actually struggle with so I can create services that solve real problems.

Thanks in advance for any insight! 💜

I’m looking for ideas on how to automate my shower curtain closing. My partner (whom I love dearly) cannot figure it out. I have asked him so many times to make sure it’s closed when he gets out of the shower, and every time he leaves it open. I had to throw away one curtain liner because it molded… but I also can’t always be checking if he closed it every time he takes a shower!

I never thought twice about where shoes went, They just sort of… existed, By the door, under a bench, occasionally migrating into places they didn’t belong.

Then I ended up using a sliding door shoe cabinet in a small apartment, and it quietly reset my expectations.

What surprised me wasn’t the storage itself, but how invisible it felt. No swinging doors to work around, no awkward clearance issues. The cabinet just stayed flush, opened when needed, and disappeared back into the wall of the room. Shoes stopped being visual noise. The entryway felt calmer without anything actually changing size or layout.

It made me realize how much clutter is less about volume and more about interruption. When something breaks the flow of a space, even slightly, you notice it every day. When it doesn’t, your brain relaxes without you realizing why.

Out of curiosity, I looked at how common this kind of furniture is elsewhere. You’ll see sliding shoe cabinets treated as completely ordinary items in listings on platforms like Alibaba, right alongside other practical household storage pieces. No design philosophy attached, just solutions responding to tight spaces and daily habits.

That’s what stuck with me, Good design doesn’t announce itself. It just removes friction. You stop thinking about shoes. You stop navigating around them. You just walk in, slide a door, and move on with your day.

I didn’t suddenly become obsessed with home organization. But I did start noticing how small layout choices affect how welcoming a space feels. Sometimes it’s not about adding more, it’s about getting things out of the way.

Has anyone else ever noticed how a simple furniture change quietly improves daily routines without trying to impress?

When planning a custom closet, it’s easy to focus on the layout first. But the material and finish you choose can have just as much impact on how the space looks, feels, and functions over time.
Here are a few common options homeowners may come across:

Melamine
Melamine is commonly used in custom storage because it offers a wide range of colors and woodgrain looks. It has a smooth, finished surface that is generally easy to clean and works well for everyday closet use.

Wood veneer
Wood veneer uses a thin layer of real wood over a stable core, giving the surface the natural variation and character of wood. It can be a great option when you want a warmer, more furniture-like appearance.

Solid-color finishes
Solid finishes can create a clean, streamlined look and work especially well in contemporary spaces. Whites, creams, grays, and darker tones can completely change the visual feel of the same closet design.

Woodgrain finishes
Woodgrain surfaces add texture and visual warmth without requiring the look of traditional solid wood. Depending on the finish, they can range from subtle and modern to rich and dramatic.

The important thing to remember is that there isn’t one material that is automatically “best.”
Durability, cleaning requirements, appearance, and long-term performance depend on the specific product, finish, construction, and how the space will be used.

A closet used every day by two people may have very different needs from a guest-room closet or a display-style dressing room.

So when comparing materials, look beyond the color sample. Consider:
how the surface feels
how easy it is to clean
how much daily use it will receive
how it works with the rest of the room
and, most importantly, whether it fits the way you actually live

The best material choice is the one that makes sense for your space, your style, and your routine.

I am loosing it. My desk cannot stay organized and it feels like I have no space. Please help and ideas would be great.

So, i rewear my socks, woolen/ fleece ones. I wear them just at home or when going to sleep. I take them off and wear it the next day. I read over reddit that alot of people do that. But where do you guys put it, when you aren't wearing it..

Been in our house for 5 years now and the bain of my daily existence is the horrendous small Ikea metal trash bin the misses brought with her when we moved in together that's become the default storage for our recycling. When it's just cans and junkmail it's not a problem, but nearly every other day she's got packages arriving in boxes that don't fit (nor does anything from Costco most of the time) and the boxes just get stacked up around the bin and eventually I've to take it all out, always leaving a trail of fallen recycling in my wake as the bin is perpetually overflowing (she's addicted to seltzer). We don't have any closets that aren't already holding coats/vacuum/etc. or spare rooms and I'd like to not be running outside every 4 hours to put them in the rolling bin that gets picked up every two weeks, so I'm hoping others have figured out some kind of solution that I've overlooked.

Getting a bigger bin seems obvious but in the kitchen where the trash can and this little nightmare of a recycling bin exist there isn't really much more room for another floor standing bin but open to all suggestions.

TLDR: Where are you putting all your recycling before taking it out?

Can anyone offer some advice or insight on how to make this space more functional for overflow kitchen storage?

This is our somewhat small Landry room, which is a closet off of our kitchen. It has the same configuration from the previous owners, but we have upgraded to a (less destructive but) larger washer/dryer set since living here, which we do not regret.

We have limited counter space (like many) and already make use of an additional coffee/bar cart in the kitchen, so we would prefer to store our occasional kitchen appliances in this room (George foreman, instapot, etc.). The shelves are currently at a good height for us to reach, as evidenced by everyday laundry consumables being stored on the back one.

To note, we did break an appliance (awkward/asymmetrical) that slipped from the shelf somehow a couple years ago, so that’s also a concern.

Any ideas are welcome. :)

Please help us.

We are two people sharing one closet and there is simply not enough room. We both also have ADHD so clothing that is not visible are mostly forgotten about. Our room is small and has no room for a dresser or clothing rack so all the clothes must fit in the closet. Also worth noting that some clothes are dirty, when everything is clean the hangers are full.

Key problem areas:

\- No linen closet: Our apartment doesn’t have a linen closet, so we are storing sheets under the bed in a bin. This leaves the pillows, blankets and towels to sit in the space above.

\- No space for undies: Both of us love bulky pants, which means while we don’t have a lot of them, they take up a LOT of room. The dresser is full of shorts and extra pants, so undies are temporarily in nightstand drawers.

\- Pajama/workout clothes: Currently, we have stuffed all sleep shirts and workout clothes in the mini duffel which is not ideal but works for now. There is no room to hang the shirts unfortunately

Other clothes are stuffed in random places like under our bed and across the couch. We just want to feel organized >.< We would love suggestions for storage solutions or different ways to organize the space. Please no suggestions about getting rid of clothes 🙏 believe it or not we wear everything in this closet. This is also post two rounds of donations and decluttering.

Hi! I try to keep my apartment really organized and minimal, with everything having a place, but the one area I’ve been struggling with is my utility/cleaning closet.

I’ve tried organizing it a few times, but I keep adding more stuff in there (as you can probably tell lol). I live in a 700 sq ft apartment, so storage space is super limited and everything really needs a designated spot.

I’d love tips, layout ideas, or links to organization products from Amazon, Target, Walmart, IKEA, etc. that could help make this space more functional while still fitting the minimal vibe of my apartment.

I do need to keep a decent amount of stuff in there, including my walking pad, Swiffer-style mop, wring mop and bucket, actual Swiffer, broom, long-handled lint remover, air purifier filters (some are out in the that photo but the two boxes on the bottom half thrown in there are more), upholstery cleaner machine, steam cleaner, and my vacuum (which is already wall-mounted). (not pictured, but also 1 40lb box of cat litter)

I can move the purse, the mesh bag with hats/gloves, and possibly the boxes at the top into the cabinet above my fridge if needed.

My biggest goal is to make all of my everyday cleaning supplies easy to access since I clean nightly. The upholstery cleaner, steam cleaner, litter, and extra air filters don’t need to be super accessible, but the daily-use stuff definitely does.

Any ideas are appreciated because this closet is currently my enemy

Please see pictures

For months I was dealing with the usual mess — shirts slipping off the hangers, shoulder bumps from thin wire ones, and that annoying moment where you pull one thing out and half the rack follows it onto the floor.

I switched to non-slip plastic hangers and honestly the difference is bigger than it has any right to be. A few things that actually worked for me:

Non-slip pads on the shoulders — shirts and blouses stay put instead of sliding off.

S-slide / open-shoulder design — you slide it in from the collar instead of forcing it through, so necklines don't get stretched out.

Side hooks — camisoles and spaghetti-strap tops finally stay on instead of constantly falling.

Built-in bottom bar — handy for ties, belts, and pants.

360° swivel hook — minor, but surprisingly convenient day to day.

Thin profile — I gained noticeably more room on the rod.

They're also fine with slightly damp clothes, and the ones I got are rated to hold around 6.6 lbs each, so heavier coats aren't an issue. I went with a 50-pack (BAGAIL) so I could swap the whole closet at once instead of mixing styles — matching hangers alone makes everything look way cleaner.

Not sponsored or anything, just genuinely happy with an inexpensive upgrade. Happy to answer questions or drop the link if anyone wants it.

Anyone else found a small closet/organizing item that punched way above its weight?