Rubbermaid - Adventures in Organization

FastTrack all over the house

Sadly, I don't have a garage.  But, because they have an additional whole for direct mount into studs in interior walls, I have still found ways to use Rubbermaid FastTrack hooks throughout my house.

Here are a few places the hooks have come in handy for me:

1-Holding mops / stick tools in my laundry room (3 handle S hook)

2- Propping up canvases in my art closet (ladder hooks)

Holding camping chairs in my really little coat closet (hose hook)

Keeping sporting goods off the floor (Multipurpose hook) - this poor tennis racket hasn't seen any court time for quite awhile, so it needs a good resting place!

Alternative "Linen Closet"

If you don't have a linen closet like Jim (see his blog on his Linen Closet Makeover) , a quick way to store extra tablecloths, linens and sheets is an underbed box.  I love how the top flap will open halfway so I don't have to drag the box completely out to find what I am looking for. 

How do you store sheets and linens?

Spring Cleaning with Slide & Stack

We have an item in our kitchen product portfolio called Slide & Stack.  Every time we switch our color offering, they do a giveaway of the outdated colors in our office.  Over the years, I have collected a ton of these, and I was joking with our product manager, Alissa, that I had one in every room in the house!  

I would say the most unusual use would be in the freezer.  To save money, I buy chicken in bulk and put them in individual freezer baggies so I can save them for later use. I was frustrated with them always tumbling out of the freezer, so the Slide & Stack has helped keep them in order!

Just wanted to share the ways I have used it in my house case it can help with your Spring Cleaning challenges. 

I'd love to help one of you out - leave a post below about why you need a few of these Slide & Stacks.  Alissa, our product manager, will guest judge these on Monday 4/27 @ 1pm and we'll select a winner to win a case for their Spring Cleaning!

Laundry Room Organization

When I moved, I did gain some extra indoor space but the one thing I lost was garage space. As a result, I had to maximize my laundry room to accommodate for laundry needs, as well as the items that were traditionally kept in the garage.  Below is what I did to make this space work for me.

Step 1: Laundry Area

Taking Configurations closet systems, I arranged 3 shelves above my washer / dryer.  Using Slide & Stack baskets, I grouped my laundry items into a few categories. The Slide & Stacks are great because it allows me to only pull out the basket I need at the time, such as: 

1. Handwashing (Woolite, etc.)
2. Ironing supplies, spray starch
3. Microfiber cloths for cleaning
4. General cleaning supplies
5. Stain removal, treatment
6. Accessories, such as dryer sheets, wrinkle releaser, etc.
7. Dryel & pads

Step 2: Stuff that was in the garage

I took Rubbermaid totes and placed them on Rubbermaid resin shelves to house a variety of garage items.  A few include:

1. Drill / charger
2. Common tools such as hammer, screwdrivers (a regular toolbox frustrated me because it took so much time to pull it out and find it in the general mass of random tools)
3. Nuts / bolts / screws / nails
4. Circular saw

All in all, while I miss the large amount of space I had in my garage, it has been a fairly good system to keep up with everything.  As always, if anyone has any ideas, send them my way!!