Find Unused Storage Space
Whether it’s in the rafters of your garage, between joists in the ceiling of your garage, inside a cabinet, etc., maximise your home’s storage space by thinking outside of the box! For example, reader David Ojala uses gutters as storage shelves on the side of kitchen cabinets for one of the most clever home organisation hacks we’ve seen:
Vinyl rain gutters are fairly inexpensive and great for storing small items. They come in 10-ft.-long sections, so you can cut them up with a power miter saw or hacksaw and make several shelves out of them. I just snap an end cap on each end, drill a couple of holes and attach them to my cabinets with wood screws and finish washers. For heavier stuff, I attach them with fascia gutter brackets, which you’ll find at the home centre right next to the gutters. — David Ojala
Plastic Bag Holder
An empty rectangular tissue box makes a convenient holder for small garbage bags, plastic grocery bags and small rags. Simply thumbtack it to the inside of a cabinet door. It’s one of our favourite kitchen storage ideas.
Keep Your Spray Bottles in Line
Hang spray bottles from a rod to keep them upright. It can be hard to keep spray bottles from falling over and making a mess under your bathroom and kitchen sink. To keep them upright, hang them from a short tension rod (about $12 at discount stores) in your cabinet.
An old rod can come in handy in a number of spots in the house.