Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

I was organizing a home the other day and a woman asked me if my home was organized like I organize other people’s homes. I assured her that it is. When I got home I started looking in my cupboards and drawers to make sure what I had told her was true.

I have four drawers at the end of my hallway and I started looking in them. I was agog and aghast at what I saw. When did things get out of hand? The extension cord drawer was a mess. I ‘folded’ each one and put a Velcro strip around them to hold them in place. An empty toilet paper roll or a long twisty tie works also.

In the next drawer I donated some suction cups that don’t work very well. It was always iffy if they would hold. I got rid of some old spray paint that I haven’t used in years. I have some in the garage and these were almost empty. Why on earth was I holding on to the cans I wondered?

In the next two drawers I rearranged the table clothes and placemats; I took out my warrantees and put them in my wonderful FreedomFiler filing system. (You can find this product on my web site at www.marilynbohn.com on my home page). By putting the paperwork where it belongs it freed up space in my drawers.

Later I found another bonus from my organizing jag. We were prepping the walls and floor to have tile laid. I needed safety goggles, a drill, a large drill bit, spackling paste and all because I had organized these drawers I knew right where these things were. I would have been clueless. Even as a professional organizer of homes and offices I find things in my home that need organizing. And what a bonus to find things I forgot I had or didn’t know exactly where they were.