Organizing Your Home Made Easy!
As part of Today show’s Clean Sweep series, I was thrilled to share my favorite finds for organizing your home! From the kitchen to your closet, your junk drawer to your glasses, I’ll get your organized and creatively covered in no time!
FOR THE KITCHEN
Expandable Undersink Organizer
I call the dilemma under the sink? Bottle Bowling: you reach for one bottle, and all the rest topple over! The challenge many face with organizing under a kitchen sink is a low-hanging garbage disposal and the u-shaped P-trap water pipe that extends under what is typically the largest sink in a home. But this Undersink Organizer from The Container Store is precisely made with this in mind, as it is completely adjustable from shelf placement to width: it can expand from 17” wide to 27.5” wide! It’s a great way to maximize otherwise underutilized vertical space.
No tools assembly
Includes six shelves and two pull-out bins
Dimensions 17" wide x 15-5/8" depth x 15-5/8" high
Expands up to 27- 1/2"
$43.99, The Container Store
Steel-and-Glass Storage Canisters
JCPenney
These brightly-hued turquoise steel-and-glass Storage Canisters from JCPenney have a peep-through window so you can see the contents within and an airtight lid to keep foods fresh! Use for essential products where you often have “leftover” from a recipe like lentils, coffee, flour, nuts and dry pasta, and get it out of the storebought container and into these canisters to free up valuable space.
Amy E. Goodman
konmarie: King Jim Tepra Lite Label Maker
This little label maker 2.3" L x 3.9" W x 5.2" H is a powerhouse when it comes to printing labels for you rhome! with an APP that’s compatible with iPhone and Android, you can have loads of fun picking darling icons, fonts and borders to spice up your label presentation and stay organized with all of your grouped essentials: from clothing to kitchenwares, storage bins to shelves. Requires 4 AAA batteries and tapes are sold separately. I’ve honestly had more fun making labels with this hand-held printer over any other, which in turn MAKES me want to organize!
$65, konmarie.com (tape sold separately); Allow time for shipping
FOR THE CLOSET:
Hat Rack for Baseball Caps
Amy E. Goodman
Caps, caps for sale! A place (Sheinelle, it’s a “P” word for your New Year’s Resolution) for every cap!
I SO wish I had found this organizing tool earlier, because, at the moment, my family’s baseball caps are stacked one atop the other, on three pegs I have on the wall. Mind you, caps fall off onto the floor no matter how neatly I stack and restack! So these velcro clip tools from amazon that you attach to a sturdy hanger (comes in a set of 2) hang up to 10 accessories each, from baseball caps to winter beanies, from scarves to cozy sock pairs. Ingenious and affordable!
$11.98, amazon
Chain Steel Handbag Hanger
Yamazaki Home
Made of durable steel, this “waterfall” handbag organizer of 6 hooks enables you to feature your seasonal handbags, totes and hats at a glance. It can hung in the closet, hooked onto a door or screwed into a wall for maximum versatility, and you can hang the hooks in either direction.
$28, theyamazakihome
FOR THE REST OF THE HOME:
Stacking Bins Set of 6
Three by Three
Yes, yes, yes, bear with me: I like an organized junk drawer! I fill it to the brim, but it’s organized by like and type, and my family shuffles in there often because they can readily find what they need and it’s aesthetically pleasing. The key? Is organizational storage for shallow drawer organizers. I love the bold-hued sets that women-owned Three by Three makes, and these are stackable too. Great for the kitchen or office or any drawer that may need tidying. Comes in three different color sets, all uniquely beautiful.
Use code “TODAY” during checkout at their website for not only 20% off the bins, but also 20% off sitewide.
$35 for 6, Three by Three
Acrylic Stand for Eyeglasses
Muji
This is a very visual way to store eyeglasses, and yes, I was thinking of you Al Roker! Get out your most frequently used specs out of their carrying cases and find glasses more easily whenever you need them.
Amy E. Goodman
Also, it can be used vertically or horizontally depending on how you choose to orient it. (Can of course be used for storing other items.)
$39, Muji
To watch these products in action, here’s the Today show segment!
Editorial: prices reflect time of segment airing.