Where do you put all the containers?

If you haven't been able to tell, I love containers! Any kind- big ones, little ones, colored ones, clear ones, wooden ones, plastic ones, fabric lined ones, personalized ones, cheap ones, expensive ones- you name it, there is a perfect container for every job.

So, Home Girl asked a great question- Where do you put all the containers?

We don't have a huge house. Only 1800 square feet. Wade's closet is tiny. We don't have a coat closet. The kids' bathroom has virtually no storage space (barely enough for towels and tp). The boys' bedroom are tiny and don't provide enough space for their mounds of toys (in fact, our dining room is now more like a playroom). No built ins to provide us with more hide-a-way storage. And a tiny attic that is accessed through the garage. So...Where do I put all of the containers? It gets tricky. With all the containers in our house, I am forced to get creative about storage and to keep our amount of clutter/unused items to a minimum.

I maximize our space through our closets. When we bought our house, the closets had the standard one hanging row (Not the wire kind. More like what appeared to be a broom handle. Seriously??? Brand new house with broom handle closets.) I new immediately that we would have to take full advantage of our closets to gain more storage space AND we would have to get rid of the broom handles.

So, I enlisted the help of my favorite closet organizer, Robin, at Container World (yep, we are on a first name basis here - he has done all the closets in both houses we have lived in). He came out to the house and drew up a plan. Our closets are amazing and store an unbelievable amount of stuff. Here are some pics. (Somebody PLEASE take notice of all the labeled containers!!!!)

William's closet. Enough room for almost everything he owns.

The small shelves that hold drawer containers will be a great place for shoes one day.

Remove the stackable drawer containers (and other stuff) and he will have more hanging space.

More long hang space.

Wade's tiny, but mighty closet :)

More small shelves that can be for shoes or more storage one day.

Remove his containers and he will have more long hanging space.

If your living conditions don't allow for you to vamp up your closets with wire shelving, I recommend the stackable drawer containers.

Stay tuned for a post about my favorite containers.