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Old 09-18-2017, 03:24 AM   #1
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Default Organizing trouble spots - ideas?

I have two spots in our entry/front of the house that really are starting to get to me.

Shoe mess and recycle piles/bins/mess.

Shoes were easily managed when we had children's sized shoes but we are all adult sized to some degree now and so there are upwards of ten pairs of shoes loitering all over our entry way. Ideally Inwould like them to the left behind the front door but there is only room for three pairs on the floor there.

Recycles - how do you organize/store your recycling in your house? We do not have a garage and our front closet it full because we don't have a garage. We make a lot of recycling more than we do trash but our trash gets picked up twice a week and recycling doesn't get picked up but every other week. I can put the cans glass and plastics outside but papers would get gross and wet in two weeks if being outside or blow away. Ideas?
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Old 09-18-2017, 04:04 AM   #2
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Do you have a recycling centre you can take things to instead of waiting for pick-up? Can this be tied in with other errands and done regularly?

Can family members store most of their shoes in their bedrooms? This way only one pair per person should be by the door throughout the day.
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We have a wooden shoe rack in the bottom of our front closet for some shoe spares. Ideally, only one pair per person is allowed by the front door....but that's still a pile at our house. Other shoes go in their own closets or in the front hall closet.

Can you fit a shoe cubbie anywhere? A little shelf? I like the tall, narrow fabric cubbies that hang from a rod. They don't take much space in a closet.
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For shoes: a shoe rack or large basket? We have a narrow 3 shelf shoe rack which fits behind the door.
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What about a vertical shoe rack? Ikea has some that are compact and would fit behind a door.
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Can you post a picture of your entryway?

The city gives us a giant recycle bin that we keep outside. like this https://adairparkatlanta.files.wordp...ycling-bin.jpg You don't have one? What do you put your recycleables in at the curb?
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The Ikea shoe organizer came to my mind too. It is so compact!
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I was in Staples on Friday and noticed they had some storage bins with lids and a water-tight seal. If you cannot use a large recycle bin like the blue one pictured above, then you could look into something like that.


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Can you post a picture of your entryway?

The city gives us a giant recycle bin that we keep outside. like this https://adairparkatlanta.files.wordp...ycling-bin.jpg You don't have one? What do you put your recycleables in at the curb?
I'll see if I can post a pic of my entry. We had a basket before that was narrow enough to fit behind the door but with big shoes it didn't work. Part of the issue is workbooks for three people.

I would LOVE an outside tote like that for recycles! We have three open top bins. Our trashcan is like the pic you posted.

I'm going to look at IKEA for shoe solutions.

I don't like having my son take his sneakers to his room because then his whole room stinks! Shoe stink is another issue I'm open to ideas on.
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I would LOVE an outside tote like that for recycles! We have three open top bins. Our trashcan is like the pic you posted.
Are the open bins the only option in your city?

When we owned a house I asked about and got a recycling bin that had a lid and was bigger than our trash can, I also got them to give me a smaller trash can.

Most things where we live now are open bins but there are 4 houses that I drive by that have little rolling cans with lids so I know there is a way to get them. I rent and so don't have the ability to call and ask about it.


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Open bins are the only option from our township. We have three and we fill them all by the second week. Now they don't even offer bins they give you a decal to add to whatever you purchase. :eyeroll

I would LOVE a large closed lid tote to have by the curb with the trashcan but it would not be responsible for us to spend that right now. Ones I've found are more than $100.

I "think" I have pics for our entry. Excuse the bulb box my husband forgot to take with him that morning. Also this is after 4/5 of my family has left. Usually there are 3 large book bags here as well as 3-6 more pairs of shoes.


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I am looking at either getting unfinished wooden crates or having Hubs and I make something like this out of some scrap wood outback.
http://101pallets.com/wp-content/upl...shoes-rack.jpg

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Your pallet shelf idea would work perfectly for that space. What do you store in the closet? Can shoe shelves be put in there? I have something like this in one of my closets and it is adjusted for the space. I think I paid less than $20 at a big box store. https://www.alibaba.com/product-deta...fcadlfW8Bi&s=p

Your pallet idea is better, but I know how likely a project like that is to get done in my house.
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Your pallet shelf idea would work perfectly for that space. What do you store in the closet?
:rofl Everything! We don't have a basement or a garage . . :/ It has a storage shelf in it that holds all our cycling gear, other sport equipment, winter jackets are stored to the right and under th m are winter boots, coolers that get used frequently and camping chairs that also get us d frequently. It is organized but FULL.

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that is a risk but I "think" it has a good chance of getting done if we do it together. On his own Hubs either won't do it or won't be as careful about the dimensions. We also tend to enjoy doing projects together so that helps. We made the bag rack and the landing shelf and refinished the stool in the one pic. All from free/upcycled items.
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I like the pallet shelf. This is what I did in my entry, which might work for yours but would cost more (my entry is in my living room so I wanted something closed)

http://www.ikeahackers.net/2015/06/i...y-lockers.html
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