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7 Baskets That Help With Home Organization

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(These seven baskets are like magic wands; they provide instant home cleaning and home organizing solutions.)

Baskets are a perfect tool to use in organizing your home. They are often inexpensive, beautiful and functional
items. And baskets are usually made of quite durable materials for the typical persons usage. You can use them in
every room of your home. Use them to organize and store everything from your kitchen utensils to your bathroom towels
to your childs toys.

In a way, baskets are a magical organizational tool. Why? Baskets are decorative items that hide mess right before
your eyes (and those of your visitors). They are your home organization magic wand–the one that makes disarray
disappear in seconds.

Here are seven types of baskets and how to use them to organize your home.

1. Stair Basket – A stair basket is shaped like the letter L upside down. Set one on your top step or your bottom
step of your staircase. Fill the basket ongoing throughout the day with things that need to go up or down. That way
you only make one trip. And whichever direction you go with it, up or down the stairs, leave it at the opposite end of
the stairs once it is empty. That way your next trip with the basket will include items that go to the opposite end of
your home.

2. Bushel and Peck Baskets – These look like wide, round pails and usually have swinging metal handles. They are deep
baskets (that hold a bushel or a peck, for example). And unless you are a farmer (or selling produce at a farmers
market), you would not want to fill them with dozens of tomatoes, apples or other fruits and vegetable (unless you have a
lot of immediate family members to feed!). Instead fill them with your childrens miscellaneous toys divided into
different categories for each basket (dolls, soldiers, rubber balls, etc.).

3. Wicker File Baskets – Wicker file storage baskets or boxes are becoming quite popular. you will find them in lots of
mainstream stores or specialty organizing stores. They are sort of square or rectangular shaped baskets (to accommodate
hanging file folders or manila file folders). Usually the wicker file storage basket is made of rattan (because it is
quite sturdy and durable). And they will often have a lid and swinging handle so you can go mobile with the baskets from
room-to-room. For instance, carry the file basket from your home office closet to the kitchen table to do your work.
Just store the file basket on a shelf in your home office like you would a box. Or store the basket in the open;
Thats okay because wicker file baskets are much more stylish to look at than a plain paper file storage box or
traditional metal filing cabinet. A wicker file basket is part of your home decor.

4. Utensil Caddy – you have probably seen these at picnics. They are a caddy or basket with dividers and a handle so you
can tote it around. A picnic caddy might be used to separate the knives, forks, napkins, etc. The utensil caddy might
be made of rattan or willow or something else even such as plastic. Use them in your kitchen to separate whatever
you would like (anything from straws and coffee filters to plastic forks and knives). These baskets work in the bathroom
too for separating and toting toiletries.

5. Hanging Wall Pocket Baskets – These baskets, often wire or rattan, have a flat back so the basket hangs flat
against the wall and a pocket opening. Stuff it with oven mitts in the kitchen. Or fill a pot-bellied wall pocket
basket with a decorative flower arrangement and hang it in the foyer.

6. Wicker Hamper – The best thing about a wicker hamper is it is lightweight and durable. Fill it with guest pillows in
storage or your childs large collection of stuffed animals. you will find many sizes ranging from mini hampers to
full-size hampers. Rattan is common in hampers. But look for rag basket/hampers too for ones that are more unique and
stylish.

7. Wine Caddy – Store your bubbly in a vertical, cylindrical shaped wine caddy or tote it in one that has a top
handle. A wicker wine caddy is an inexpensive way to jazz up a gift bottle of wine (and it is classier than a paper
gift bag.). Just line the caddy with some colorful tissue paper that starts at the inside basket base and fluffs up
all the way around the wine bottle where you can see it. Then tie some curly, sparkling streams of ribbon to the
handle. When your gift recipients are done with the wine, they can use the wine caddy basket to store tall utensils.

So where do you get all these nifty baskets? From everywhere. Here are six places where you can purchase baskets (or
perhaps even get them for free):

…from online stores that solely specialize in baskets
…from flea markets
…from yard sales
…from home decor bricks-and-mortar stores
…from home decor online retailers
…from friends who are discarding empty gift baskets (Ask them ahead of time to save them for you year-round.)

And do not forget, even the plainest, ugliest basket (in your opinion) can be painted or adorned and decorated in many
other ways. do not discard these functional, handmade works of art.

Originally posted 2009-07-04 08:49:01. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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