Budget Friendly Ways to Get Organized

Apr 27, 2011
Prerna Malik

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With increasing prices, it is natural that when we want to organize our home and declutter, we want to be frugal. Learn how to get organized on a budget.

Home organization is not only a great way to create order and balance but also a wonderful way to practice being frugal. Is it possible to get organized without spending a bomb on the latest organizing tools and products? It sure is. Here are some super-simple ways to get organized in a jiffy and on a tight budget.

Scout Yard Sales for Baskets and Boxes

Yard sales can be an organizer’s delight. You’d be surprised at the variety of boxes and baskets that people want to sell at dirt cheap prices. Pick baskets in various sizes as well as lidded and open cartons. However, keep a budget before you hit the yard sale circuit. It is easy to get carried away with the low prices and end up buying more than what you actually need.

Get Organized with Less

Easiest way to get organized is to downsize. Depending upon the area you’re organizing, look at items that are no longer needed, wanted or used. We often hold onto clothes, appliances, office supplies and more in the hope that they may be needed some day. An organizing spree is a great way to get rid of all these and create space for the things that you do use.

Use What You Have to Store and Sort

Sometimes all that we need to organize things is right in front of us. We just need to look for them. Trays as drawer dividers, cloth bags to hold toddler toys and a grocery basket as a magazine holder are all simple ways to corral items and are easily available as well. Organizing the home is easy when you think out-of-the box and focus on getting things sorted instead of stored prettily.

More Tips for Creative Budget Organizing

Here are some more simple and frugal ways of organizing the home.

Use ice cube trays to store small items such as spare buttons or earrings.
Empty jelly jars can be used to hold pens and pencils or store spices and dry mixes.
Bookshelves can be used to hold books as well as memorabilia. Be creative in displaying collections of items such as coffee mugs along with well-loved books.
Have a charity or giveaway container placed in the mudroom where you can drop off everything that you realize you no longer need or use.

Getting organized on a budget can be a fun way to practice being orderly and frugal at the same time. Simple things like yard sales, using what you already own and thinking out-of-the box can help you create an organized home easily and affordably.