Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to express-organize your storage containers.
Let’s get to it.
Day 18: Organize Your Tupperware and Storage Containers
Step 1: Empty out your stash of Tupperware and containers onto the floor
Step 2: Add any stray items that belong here but have migrated to other random household destinations.
Step 3: Quickly select the items that:
- You use regularly; and
- Have lids (if needed); and
- Are in good condition.
Step 4: Store these neatly in the cupboard or drawer. Put smaller items into larger ones to save space, and put each little pile on top of its own collection of lids (that way your lids are always close to their respective containers ).
Step 5: Throw out everything else – anything gross, ancient, or surplus to your needs. You can put it aside for donation only if it’s really good.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
Let’s simplify your kids’ lunchboxes and drink bottles.
- Discard anything they’ve outgrown.
- Discard anything that’s stained or smells funky.
- Discard anything that’s surplus to your needs – if you only need one set per child, let the rest go.
- Make a note to buy anything that you’re missing.
Now don’t buy more if you don’t need it!
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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See you tomorrow!
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Another one I pretty much did with task #3 – done!
Another area already organized
I love showing my pantry off to anyone who is interested – I am a Tupper-whore (an ex-demonstrator too) so everything is labelled, like is with like, it truly is a thing a great beauty!! Well, I think so anyway 😉
done!
Done! All I needed to do was double check that everything was still organized from when we moved 3 months ago.
done
Great! I finally did it, no more clutters! Neat! 🙂
I just did this a few weeks ago. I had a Tupperware party and got a whole lot of free stuff so I ditched the crappy cheap containers I had and replaced them with nice new Tupperware ones 🙂
That was fun…I had no idea I had a stack of mismatched unusable containers and now it’s all neat and tidy!
Playing catch-up! This one is done!
Done!
completed
Done… getting low on containers but think we have enough to get by for a little bit longer 😉
After a trip to Ikea, I am in much better shape.
Done.
These are done and sorted
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Complete!!!
Just had to check in on them. Still done!
I was ahead of the game and had recently done this one so it was just a matter of checking to see that it was still organized and nothing that shouldn’t have been there had creeped in. It’s all good. Done!