Closed armoire

This is my office armoire where I store my office supplies. Computer paper, e-books I have printed off, staples, paper work (I don’t have a desk with drawers) and other office related things. I organized it about a year ago and I expected it to stay like that. Hum, just like I always say, things just get undone.

It dawned on me one day that I dreaded getting to my supplies because it just wasn’t working for me anymore. I had started just putting things back where there was space and not putting them where they belonged. BIG MISTAKE

Here is what it looked like before:

I wanted to use containers because I knew it would be well organized and I would be happy when I was done. I had been given magazine organizers years ago and these now came in handy. Everything has a place and at least for now everything is in its place.

Here is what it looked like after:

When organizing look around and see what containers you can use that have different uses than originally planned, in other words different and multiple uses. When organizing in containers you will be less likely to just chuck things in a closet, on a shelf or on the floor. This is a time management tip as you won’t have to re-do when it is put away right the first time.

Have you found a favorite organizing tip you can share with us?