Survey #158 Response from Marina
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| Which of the following statements describe the help you’ve received in managing your organizing projects? (Check all that apply or have applied in the past.) |
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| Where do you shop for organizing products? (Check all that apply.) |
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| If you selected “Other” above, please elaborate: | I often make my own storage boxes out of cardboard and cut them to the sizes I want, then use black Kraft paper and wrap them to make them look nicer. I DIY my storage boxes for my office/art studio room and the other shared areas of the house we usually buy products for them together when we agree to storage systems and containers. |
| Describe an organizing product, resource, book, video, or other solution that you bought but never used—at least not for the purpose for which you purchased it. | Organizing books. I always intend to read books in general but then never sit down to read them. I get through half of the book but then get bored and never end up finishing the book. I had bought both Marie Kondo’s books and Cass from the Clutterbug’s books. I prefer consuming my content with videos that I can listen to in the background or watching the videos (glancing occasionally) while I’m working or doing something else. |
| For which collections or categories of stuff do you find it difficult to obtain or employ organizing and storage solutions, and why? | Dining room objects. We don’t have a buffet yet nor do we have a proper storage closet in the house to store dining things. So all the placemats, napkins, salt and pepper shakers, Shabbat candles, Epi pen and table toppers sit on top of all the dining chairs we don’t use in the dining room. It drives me crazy but my partner isn’t ready to buy a buffet yet. It’s been this way since we moved here in 2020. We are looking at buffets now since I’ve told him it’s driving me bananas when you pull out a chair, a bunch of stuff is there or stuff falls onto the floor from the movement. |
| What’s your personal favorite inexpensive or free organizing solution? We’d love to hear about furniture, shipping boxes, food containers, craft supplies, or other unlikely items that you’ve ingeniously repurposed to hold your stuff. | Illy coffee containers are metal and I like to wrap them with black Kraft paper and put my collection of sharpie markers in there. I also really like the yogurt cardboard boxes that separate the yogurt stacking rows at the store since those are nice to organize long drawers with. A thin beading storage container I got from the container store I can fit a small thin cut piece of soap in for inside my purse to use at bathrooms away from home since I’m allergic to soaps and can’t use harsh soaps. |
| Here’s your chance to ask Gayle and Ed any question you’re curious about. It need not be related to this survey’s topic(s). If we think that your question—and our answer—might be useful or instructive to The Clutter Fairy Weekly audience, we’ll share them in an upcoming episode. | If you use the Cricut, do you know of good ways to store all the Cricut heads? I was tempted to ask my partner to 3D print me a storage system for all these Cricut heads. The spot they give you to store some, it’s underneath the mat that the machine uses to cut so it’s very inconvenient to store them there when you need to interchange the heads for different functions — cutting, foil transfer, engraving, perforated edges… |
| Future topics | How to organize board games, how to organize video games, how to organize empty plant pots and pot water trays, how to organize garden veggie trellises in the garage, how to organize inside a car, what do you really need inside your car for emergency kit or things like blankets, how to organize sentimental items like letters and photos — do we just keep one box or a few? I do remember over the years you have discussed some or all of these topics but addressing some again could help! |
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