A Tricky Storage Method I Use for Small and Miscellaneous Items
Finding a place to store different items is difficult because it helps to always store similar items together and ensure that they have a designated place in your home. As someone who has a lot of little things, I was always looking for the best place to store them, but after I started researching how to store bags and wallets , I realized that I found one right in front of me. . Literally.
Use your purses and bags for small items.
After some trial and error trying to figure out how to store all my bags, I ended up hanging them openly in my apartment. But what are bags other than fashion accessories? These are vessels; they hold things. Looking at the variety of wallets hanging in front of me, I wondered if they would be useful for storing items, even—or especially—when not in use.
I put sunglasses in one bag. In the other I put all my sun protection products like sunscreen, self tanner and brightening lotion, as well as the brushes and gloves I use for self tanning. The other contains my travel grooming products, the ones I take to the beach or on weekend trips. The claw clips went into one and the swimsuits went into the other. I used my bags as my personal summer first aid kit, but you can use yours for anything. Socks, tank tops, allergy and pain medications, and anything else you have a lot of room for but little room for can go straight into a tote, purse, backpack or purse for storage.
Why does it work
Different items should be kept together so that you always know where they are. This requires a categorization system and small containers . It is very important to store them in designated storage areas. When I started doing this, I was worried that I wouldn’t remember where my things were, but it turned out to be the opposite: I quickly learned to remember that my sunglasses were in the black crossbody and my swimsuits were in the yellow bags. , and so on. The container-based system made it much easier for me to remember the location of individual categories. This works whether your bags are hanging or sitting on shelves. As long as they are in some order, your things will be in some order too.
Another bonus of the system is that it encourages me to keep my bags organized. If I wanted to use it in the real world, I had to take out its contents and put it under where the bag would hang. This made a bit of a mess, which wasn’t annoying since I wasn’t home to see it, but did make me quickly put everything away and hang the bag up again when I got home. I’m not going to lie: I’m the kind of person who walks into the house, drops my purse at the door and immediately puts on my pajamas, so this was the motivation I needed to stay on top of my organization.
Just make sure the categories match the size and structure of your bag. Heavy items should not be placed in a bag with only one strap or a bag without a sturdy bottom; they should be carried in bags with two straps and some strength behind them. The goal isn’t to ruin your bags, but to get the most out of them while you’re not carrying them around.