Comments on: Organizing Myths: Are they Holding You Back?

By: Melissa George

Melissa George — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:49:56 +0000

In reply to Sarah.

Thanks for sharing those great tips, Sarah!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 15:36:12 +0000

A small laundry trash solution can also be an ice cube holder (not tray; it’s like a little box you dump your cubes into AFTER you use the tray to freeze them). I started using the holder while living in an apartment that had 0 space for a trash can, even mounting it on the wall wouldn’t have worked. The shelf above the washer & dryer was also pretty tall, so I needed a solution that I could still reach. Since the ice cube holders are only about 4-5” tall, I could stand on my tip toes and reach. The box fits a plastic shopping bag perfectly. I continued using it when I moved into a mobile home that had a 7” space between the stacked units and the wall…I bought a small wheeled cart that fits perfectly into the space (to hold my laundry stuff), and the ice cube tray happens to fit perfect on the top shelf of the little cart.

The cart is NOT wide enough to hold standard-size bottles of detergent, fabric softener, bleach, or Clorox 2, but I found my solutions at the Dollar Tree. I buy the huge jugs at Costco, and then refill the very small bottles from the Dollar Store, which DO fit on my little cart (I don’t recommend Dollar Tree detergent or fabric softener for daily use, because the cost/Oz is exorbitant, but a one-time purchase for the long term bottle use is worth it).

By: Melissa George

Melissa George — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 18:28:00 +0000

In reply to Amanda K.

I’m so glad you enjoyed seeing it again, Amanda! I had the same thing happen with some bathroom bins I tried to label, which shocked me since the ones in the pantry went on with no issue. My first thought was that I hadn’t let the paint cure as long in the bathroom, so you might try waiting 3-5 days between painting and labeling. I didn’t use a spray sealer/top-coat on mine either time, but after the bathroom fail, I decided I’d try that the next time as well. Even with both of those, sometimes transfer tape just doesn’t like to let go. I’ve heard you can use painters tape instead of transfer tape, and I bet that would be more gentle. I’ve also reused transfer tape before and it releases better after the first transfer. So maybe place your transfer tape on a piece of paper first, pull it up, and then go about the normal transfer process? Sorry I don’t have a more conclusive answer, but hopefully that gets you started! Worse case scenario, I’ve thought about using plain white address labels on bins and then putting the pretty vinyl label on those so I’m putting the vinyl on a more cooperative surface. So that’s another option!