Cheap Organizing Ideas - Getting Organized on a Small Budget

i Everyone, I just got back from a shopping spree. I went to Ross, TJMaxx, Marshalls and Dollar Tree because I was on a mission to find affordable organizing products that people can use if they have a small or limited budget. So a lot of people think if they are going to get organized, they have to have this enormous budget if they are going to afford organizing products, which is not true. If you shop around, you can find stuff to meet any budget. I kept in mind a low budget to figure out what I could find and I found a lot of good stuff and I am really excited to share with you what I found. I have about 20 things in front of me I am going to lift up and show you guys. The first thing I found and I was so surprised to find this because Iíve never found this anywhere else except the one retail store I like to go to. This is a tiered shelf for soup cans for the pantry. This is the exact same tiered shelf I use inside my pantry that I absolutely love. This is actually one of the products I have on my list of favorite organizing products. This is actually the smaller one, so it comes in 2 sizes. I have the larger one in my pantry. Both are amazing. This was at Ross for $6.99. Again, when I saw this I was like ìWhoa, Iíve never seen this anywhere other than retail stores.î So I was quite excited. So if you are organizing your pantry, Ross has amazing pantry products. Next thing I found, which actually belongs in the pantry also, this is an airtight container from TJMaxx. The brand is Sistema, but anyway, this is the best brand for food storage containers, for airtight containers, I like to use Oxo, but this is the best for food storage. Itís an expensive brand; even at TJMaxx it was a little costly it was $5.99 just for this container; they had a variety, some big ones, some small ones, taller ones and so forth. But this is half the price you would pay at retail stores so if you want a really good brand of food storage container, TJMaxx has Sistema. So whatís really awesome about this is the lid. I have this thing with lids, if it clicks on nicely, I get really excited. If it doesnít click on really nicely, I donít like using it. This brand clicks on very nicely. Itís BPA free, they come in all sorts of sizes and shapes, and they are stackable and they are just awesome. $5.99 at TJMaxx, again itís kind of expensive, but if you are looking for something that works nicely, you can check that one out. Another spice rack I found from TJMaxx, itís a tiered shelf like what I showed you and itís expandable, so longer shorter depending on the length of your pantry shelves. This one is not expandable but it does the same thing. Itís made for spices, but you can put canned goods on it. This was $2.49 at TJMaxx, so a little more affordable a little bit smaller, but again, if you are looking for a tiered shelf, $2.49 at TJMaxx. Next thing I found was a tackle box at TJMaxx for $2.99. that is a great price if youíve seen a tackle box at retail stores they are a little more expensive so $2.99 for this product is amazing. If youíve watched my videos before you know I use these tackle boxes for all sorts of organizing things like batteries, nails, screws. I use it for labels and label accessories. So an amazing find from TJMaxx at $2.49. So this next product is called The Diamond Drawer Organizer. Itís made for containing your socks, tights, underwear or ties in your drawers or closets. Actually, Iíve never used this before, but Iíve used this brand before. They are amazing. They work well. They are high quality and kind of expensive if you buy them in the retail store. This one was $4.99 at TJMaxx and it expands to fit any drawer and then you cut them Ö Iím not sure I am explaining this well Ö hereís what it looks like. Then you just cut them down to size to fit your drawer. So the next product is expandable drawer dividers by Progressive. These were $6.99 at TJMaxx. Iíve seen this in the clearance aisle for $4.99, which is a steal because if youíve seen these in the retail store, they are pretty expensive. So Iíve never used this brand, but I have used Progressive in kitchen gadgets and they work well, the quality is great. So I have no doubt these work great for dressers or bathroom drawers or whatever you are trying to divide in a drawer. The next product is Simply Stashed, over the door pockets. So if youíve seen my videos before, you know I door pockets in my bathroom to corral all the small things in the bathroom. I love door pockets; I use them all over the house. I especially love Simply Stashed because they have a lot of pretty designs and colors and stuff. This is the gold floral one, and it was $9.99 at TJMaxx. If youíve ever [purchased] door pockets before, they are a little bit more expensive because, you know, a lot of them are great quality. I donít know why theyíre expensive, but this one is really cheap. It was 9.99 at TJMaxx. If you have a TJMaxx and are looking for door pockets, that is the place to go. They had other brands as well, but of course, when I saw Simply Stashed, I had to get it. $9.99 at TJMaxx Some of the next products are from Dollar Tree, actually, thereís one more from TJMaxx. I wasnít going to show you guys this because every TJMaxx has these, but they are drawer compartment organizer for your office drawer or your kitchen drawer. You can put office supplies, kitchen gadgets and stuff. TJMaxx had a huge variety of these. I like this brand, MadeSmart, they were $3.99 for 2 stackable containers. This next product I bought at TJMaxx because it was the first store I went to, but I saw it at Dollar Tree, Ross, and Marshalls. Itís the vacuum seal bags youíve probably seen them at other stores before. Apparently you can get them at Dollar Tree for a dollar. This one was from TJMaxx and it was 4.99 and is probably a little bit higher quality than the Dollar Tree brand, I donít know for sure, Iím just making an assumption. I have mixed feelings about vacuum sealed bags, but if you like them and they work for you, you donít mind getting the vacuum cleaner out to suck that air out of the bag. Then go to Ross, TJMaxx, Marshalls or even dollar store, they are everywhere. Again, they are half the price of the retail store. They are available in a lot of stores. The last 8 products are from the dollar store. They were all a dollar. The first product is a metal over the door hook. A lot of hooks Iíve seen at the dollar store have been plastic and they havenít seemed like theyíve been good quality. So when I saw a metal hook I was like ëoh, this seems like it wonít snap in half and will hold a lot of weight.í So, over the door hook for a dollar. The 2nd thing is tie dye duct tape. If you find it at a craft store of home improvement store, you know itís expensive. Itís like $4.49 or $4.99 a roll. This was a dollar. This isnít as thick as what you would buy at an arts and craft store, but again, itís a dollar. And you get a roll about half the size so itís still a bargain. They had a lot of designs, but I liked the tie dye best. But they had leopard, camouflage, polka dot, so they had lots of fun color. The reason I am showing you this because I like to use a lot of duct tape in my labeling, so I will just cut a piece maybe like 3-4 inches long, tape it to a box with a label on top about whatís inside so it just adds a pop of color on a label on a box. This next product is a pop-up hamper from the dollar store. It was a dollar. I have a very similar blue pop-up hamper for $9.99 at another store, I wonít tell you where, but now that I see this, I think I should have gone to the dollar store because they have the exact same thing. This next product is a sweater storage bag and itís actually 2 to a pack. You donít have to actually store sweaters in a sweater bag, you can store linens, towels, blankets, clothes, you can store shoes, and anything you want to keep dust out is great in a sweater bag. So 50 cents for each one is a complete steal. So this next product Iíve been using for 10 years. I havenít used them in the past 2 years because I havenít found them. But I found them again and Iím really excited. They are tall, pink, scented trash bags. I wouldnít use them in the kitchen; I would use them in the bathroom trashcan. I donít know about you, but in my bathroom, the trashcan is medium size, an awkward size. Itís not big, so I wouldnít use a tall kitchen bag, I wouldnít want to use those because they are expensive, but itís not small enough here I could use a grocery store bag, which is what I use now and waste space. Itís a medium size and these are medium size, and they are pink and they smell good and they are a dollar. There are 28 bags here so itís 4 cents a bag and I just love that they are pink. I havenít found them in a few years but Iím glad I found them again. Next product is a Sharpie marker. So I donít about you, but every time I go to the office supply store, Sharpies are like 4 for $5 or $1.59 for a big fat one and this one was a dollar at the dollar store. I feel like I can never have enough black Sharpies since I use one a month and they dry out and I go to another one. So, the dollar store has Sharpies. The next thing I found are these binders sleeves to organize sports card and trading cards. Thatís what they are supposed to be for, but I use them for all kinds of other things. I am not going to tell you what I use them for because they are coming in an upcoming video. 10 in a pack for a dollar, so they are 10 cents each. If you buy them in a retail store, you are going to spend $4.99, so buying them in the dollar store is an incredible deal. I had no idea that they sold them so thatís where I am going to go to buy them next time I need them. Next product I found was an expandable file accordion from the dollar store. It has 7 sections just like this. So you can organize receipts, coupons, stickers and kind of small paper and be filed away in this. They had purple, pink, blue and I think yellow so they had a variety of colors. And itís small enough to keep in your car, your purse or backpack. The last thing I found were these over the door door pockets from the dollar store. They seem a little flimsy; you can see how thin they are. So I donít think they are made to hold heavy things like shoes or winter accessories like an umbrella and stuff. But I would use these to organize lightweight office supplies or craft supplies like rubber bands, pipe cleaners, pom-poms, paper clips, or thumbtacks. Nothing really heavy. Again, a dollar to maximize your vertical space is a great deal, just donít put anything too heavy in there. Thatís everything that I have found on my shopping spree to find affordable organizing solutions. I hope this video is helpful. If you want more videos like this, like shopping spree videos, let me know.