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January 5, 2014 By Jenna 12 Comments

Get Organized! 12 Ideas for Organizing Your Home

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Simple organizing ideas. Most are decorative too! 12 Ideas for Organizing Your Home

It’s the new year, (Happy New Year by the way!) and everyone is ready to get their home (and life) organized! Around here, we have been purging like crazy and organizing as well! Here are 12 ideas for Organizing Your Home:

Ideas for Organizing Your Home

Jewelry and Hat Organization 

In our recent closet makeover, I created hanging jewelry storage so everything was easily within reach and I could see it. I also turned shelf brackets upside down to create hat storage. See more of the closet and get the details on these organization ideas here.

Shoe Storage

When you can’t go out, go up! For shoe storage in the closet, we stacked shoe shelves on top of one another to get the maximum amount of storage possible. More details here!

15 Days to a Clutter-Free Home

This is an awesome printable - perfect for decluttering your home! 9 MUST READ Cleaning Tips!

First of all, let’s de-clutter! Here is a printable for 15 Days to a Clutter Free Home, along with tips on how to turn some of that clutter into money!

Create a Cleaning Closet

Create a cleaning closet - even more great ideas in the post! 5 Simple Storage and Organization Ideas that are Life-Changing

Wrangle all your cleaning items together in a closet and then organize it! Details on my cleaning closet are here.

Baskets & Command Hooks

Use command hooks and Dollar Tree bins for vanity organization. More great ideas in the post! 5 Simple Storage and Organization Ideas that are Life-Changing

Baskets from the Dollar Tree and Command Hooks can easily become your best friend for organization. I use these all the time, all around the house to organize things. See some of my ideas for them here.

DIY Clothes Racks & Free Printable Size Dividers

DIY Clothes Racks and Free Printable Size Dividers - perfect for extra hanging clothes storage, yard sales and kid's closets.

I made these easy DIY clothes racks to use at our yard sales, but you could make them, paint them and they would also be great for use inside your house. Use the size dividers to organize baby clothing or for a yard sale! Get the how-to and printables both here!

Organization and Storage Ideas for the Kitchen

Full of easy to do ideas that are pretty, but also functional. 10+ Kitchen Ideas: Decorating, Organizing, Storage

Get ideas that are both effective and stylish with these organization and storage ideas for your kitchen.

Color Coded Organization

This is such an easy organizing idea and it holds family members accountable for their mess! Color Coded Organization

One simple, cute, and decorative way to organize: Color Coded Organization. This is also a way to get the whole family involved in organizing and de-cluttering.

Metal Basket Shelving

Metal Basket Shelving for the Kitchen

I hung vintage metal baskets in my kitchen to store and organize my cookbooks – organization and decor in one!

DIY Wall – To – Wall Shelving

This is such an easy build! Any beginning DIYer could complete these! How to Build Wall to Wall Shelves in an hour for $50

These wall-to-wall shelves are great for organizing and storing all sorts of things – they’re a really simple build too! I did these in my daughter’s playroom for toy storage, but I’ve also built them in bathrooms for extra storage there!

Coke Crate Tie Organization

Coke Crate Tie Holder

My husband uses vintage coke crates to organize all of his ties.

Garage Organization 

Create a one-stop workshop in your garage with this DIY Mobile Workbench and Pegboard Organization Ideas.

In my garage, I installed pegboard to keep all the tools nicely organized and easily within reach. I also made this mobile workbench for added storage and for more mobility when working on projects. Get the details on both here!

Pantry Organization Tips

Pantry Organization Tips - organization tips for your entire home.

Grab some Pantry Organization Tips from So Much Better with Age.

DIY Paper Organizer

Ideas & Projects for Organizing Your Home via RainonaTinRoof.com

Create a fun Washi Tape Inspired Mod Podge Paper Organizer from TiTi-Crafty.

Quick and Easy Ornament Organization

Ideas & Projects for Organizing Your Home via RainonaTinRoof.com

Find tips for Quick and Easy Ornament Organization from So Much Better with Age.

Resolution Organizer

Ideas & Projects for Organizing Your Home via RainonaTinRoof.com

Those resolutions are more likely to actually get accomplished if you write them down and organize them with this New Year’s Resolutions Printable from Mama’s Got it Together.

Pantry Makeover

Pantry Makeover and Organization Ideas for Your Home

Get more pantry organization ideas with this Pantry Makeover from Neat Little Nest.

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  1. Jamie says

    January 6, 2014 at 1:55 am

    Thanks for featuring my organization projects, girl!!
    Hugs,
    Jamie

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  2. Diane | An Extraordinary Day says

    January 6, 2014 at 7:39 am

    Wow! I can’t believe that my link was the most viewed. Pinch me!!!
    Thanks for the feature Jenna!!
    Hope your week is Extraordinary!!
    ~Diane

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      January 6, 2014 at 8:36 pm

      It was! Congrats!

      Reply
      • Diane | An Extraordinary Day says

        January 6, 2014 at 8:41 pm

        Jenna…I’m the new co-host at Project Inspire{d}. I’d be delighted if you’d come by tonight and link up one of your very inspiring posts!!

        Blessings!!

        Reply
        • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

          January 6, 2014 at 9:22 pm

          Done!

          Reply
  3. Sarah says

    January 6, 2014 at 8:50 am

    Thank you for featuring my Blog Planner Extras, love this collection of organizing posts I need some inspiration for my home!

    Reply
    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      January 6, 2014 at 8:36 pm

      You are so welcome! thanks for making something so awesome and helpful like those planners! Love them!

      Reply
  4. Shelli Godfrey says

    November 25, 2014 at 9:32 pm

    I was hoping to get some ideas. I got a LOT of ads, really slow loads and a misspelled link to a Washi “organizer” box… got here through Pinterest and am quite disappointed.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      November 26, 2014 at 7:13 am

      I’m sorry you had a bad experience, Shelli. Maybe next time you stumble here, it will be better.

      Reply
  5. Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled says

    August 18, 2016 at 8:36 am

    Great list of organizing ideas. With three kids, I’m constantly feeling like something new needs to be organized! The pretty pantry has me pretty motivated to get ours in order. Visiting from DIY Collective.

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    • Jenna @ Rain on a Tin Roof says

      August 18, 2016 at 6:41 pm

      Awesome, Victoria! Glad it was helpful!

      Reply

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