Organize Without Spending Money

This isn’t about coupons or deals but it is a way to save money in the long run.

I have always been one to save everything, thinking that some day it will come in handy.  I don’t know it it’s being frugal or just a hoarder.  But if I need something for storage, I usually have something I can use instead of going out spending money.

The other day I decided to organize the master bath closet and gosh did it need it!  I can’t even show you the before picture, it’s too disturbing!  LOL

I headed up stairs with some plastic storage bins and empty coffee containers. You probably wonder why the coffee containers, but you’ll see why shortly.

I started cleaning  the bathroom closet one shelf at a time, tossing so many out dated items in the trash.   I came across a brand new can of Edge Shaving Cream and since it was new I figured it would still be useable.   There was a small rust spot on the bottom, so I tried to pick it of and the shave cream came squirting out all over me and the floor.  That was the humorous part of my project.

Back to organizing, I had a storage bin for all the different toiletries.  It’s easy to keep everything neatly organized if in a bin plus you also know how much on each thing you have.   The coffee canisters you ask?  The red one is for all the tubes of toothpaste, all neatly stored.  The other one is for hairspray, gel, de-tangler.   It’s hard to keep things upright on the wire shelves so that is why I used the bins and canisters.  Everything that I had, was recycled from something else so it didn’t cost me anything.

This is what my closet looks like after everything is neatly organized.  I have a large box to donate to Helping Hands and another box of shampoo, soaps, and toiletries from hotel stays that we will take to the homeless shelter.

As much as I love to find a good shopping deal to save money, the best way to save is don’t buy things unless you need them. Even if the price is good, there is no need to get it to just store it.

But I also made money cleaning the closet!  I found a box with old money, not sure what it was doing in the bathroom, but was fun remembering we had  it.

So when you plan your next organizing project, don’t say you can’t do it because you don’t have the money for storage containers, think outside the box and turn what you have laying around into something useful!