52 Weeks of Printables: Week 29 - Home Inventory

Nobody ever wants to be a victim of theft or natural disaster, but unfortunately, those things happen. Be prepared by keeping a home inventory of your belongings. You can be as specific or broad as you want...from home electronics to your mattress. Click the image below to grab a copy:

52 Weeks of Printables: Week 28 - Feezer Inventory

Last week, we took inventory of our pantry and this week, we're taking inventory of our freezer. We have a freezer that is attached to our refrigerator and we also have a chest freezer in our garage. I especially love having inventory of our chest freezer, as I don't look in it as often to remember what we have. Click the image below to grab a copy:

52 Weeks of Printables: Week 27 - Pantry Inventory

The printable theme for July is all about taking inventory. We'll start off with a Pantry Inventory printable. I use this sheet to know what is buried in the depths of my pantry. It is extremely helpful when meal planning and writing my grocery shopping list. I make sure to update it when I come home from the store as I am putting things away. Click the image below to grab yours:

Laundry Closet Organization

I love having our laundry closet upstairs by the bedrooms. I do not however, love that it is a closet. There is a serious lack of storage space with the one wire shelf we have in there. I wanted to keep all of my extra cleaning supplies in one place, but there just wasn't enough room. Here is what I started with:

Lovely, isn't it? I really wanted to install two cabinets with open shelving in between, but my handyman hubby said there wouldn't be enough room with where the light fixture is located. :(

So then I thought about installing another wire shelf above the existing one. But again, there wouldn't be enough room with the brackets (we would want to get a shelf that matched the one we already had). Plus, I already have had to climb onto the washer to reach the items located at the back of the shelf, so it just wasn't realistic. Back to the drawing board...

I finally decided to utilize the space under the shelf since it was just kind of wasted area (and I'd be able to reach it!). We hit up the dollar store and bought four baskets with handles. I chose blue to add a pop of color amongst all the white going on in there. We also bought some S hooks from the hardware store to hang the baskets from the wire shelf.

When we got home, I started by taking everything out of the closet. Then I wiped down everything...walls, floor, doors, washer and dryer, the wire shelf itself. There was spilled laundry detergent on the walls and wire shelf from the previous owners, plus a ton of lint everywhere!

I started to put everything back in the closet by grouping like things together. I put the extras toward the back of the shelf so as to hopefully eliminate the need to climb on top of the washer to reach them.

I think it still looks a little bit cluttered, but I had a lot to fit on that little shelf. I would have containerized more, but a lot of the items were large and somewhat bulky and I don't think I would have been able to get them out of the containers easily. Here are some close ups of the baskets:

Left: Laundry Supplies (dryer sheets, bleach pens, sample dryer sheets, sample laundry detergent, etc)
Right: Laundry Detergent Making Supplies (grater, baking soda, extra laundry bars, measuring cups, etc)

Left: Cleaning Supplies (microfiber cloths, extra cleaning gloves, etc)
Right: Miscellaneous light bulbs

Let's get one more before and after side-by-side:

Project Cost: $7.54

Linked up at Pretty Well Organized

52 Weeks of Printables: Week 25 - Library Book Log

One of our favorite summertime activities to participate in is the Summer Reading Program at our local library. Unfortunately, it also means there are a lot of library books scattered throughout our home, and they are all checked out on various library cards. One way to keep track of all the madness is to have a Library Book Log. This way, we can make sure we get all the books returned on time and avoid fines! Click the image below to grab a copy:

52 Weeks of Printables: Week 24 - Packing List

What summer would be complete without a few vacations? And how many times have you or a family member forgotten to bring something with you? Don't let it happen again by using this packing list! Click the image below to grab yours:

52 Weeks of Printables: Week 23 - Summer Bucket List

School's out for summer! The printables theme for June is Vacation & Travel. We'll start off by creating a summer bucket list. Here are a few items on our family's summer bucket list (you can tell we have little ones):

- Go to a zoo                                  - Play in the sprinkler              - Make a blanket fort
- Go to a museum                         - Play with bubbles                  - Make something with Play-doh
- Go to a story time                       - Have a picnic                        - Paint
- Go to an outdoor pool                 - Eat a popsicle                        - Draw with sidewalk chalk


Click the image below to grab your copy and start filling it in!