Flipped on its side, a filing cabinet isn’t so great at storing important papers — but it’s a surprisingly stellar container for garden tools. The cabinet’s drawers become deep cubbies to keep unwieldy rakes and shovels standing at attention.
An empty wipe container compresses your grocery-store leftovers into a manageable cylinder, but still makes it easy to grab a bag in a flash.
This clever blogger found a way to clean and salvage nearly empty candles. What once held wax and wick now stores Q-tips and cotton balls — with a pretty bird on top.
A muffin tin provides a handy single-step solution to rallying the bits and baubles that live in your junk drawer, home office, or vanity (try it with earrings, rings, and bracelets, too).
Avoid spending hours un-jumbling puzzles strewn about the playroom (“Is that Elsa’s braid?”) by quickly marking the pieces’ backs and box with a unique number when you open a new one.
This blogger is already stretching her under-the-sink space by hanging organizers on the back of the cabinet doors. But she eeks out even more storage by topping the bins with a smart magnetic strip, perfect for corralling bobby pins and even nail clippers.
With a well-placed rod and a few S-hooks, you can hang mini bins at an angle in your kids’ closet. Now storing and sorting is literally just a toss away.
A stealthy use of drawer slides keeps your pretty chains neat and eliminates the daily rummage through your jewelry box.
Control (and disguise!) the unruly tangle of cords that take up residence underneath your bathroom sink. All you need is a toilet paper roll to corral your hair straightener’s coil.
Instead of scooping Fido’s kibble from a precariously floppy bag, minimize the chance of a big spill by pouring the food into a sturdier, wide-mouthed bin. This one’s a spray-painted popcorn canister leftover from the holidays.