Help, I need cheap ways to organize my house!

first of all you need to purge your home of all the items that you don't really need. once you simplified your home and life it will be easier to organize. you can store extra food in your basement if you have one or garage. as far as toys go, try to store them where your kids play with them. the key to organizing is to utilize the space in your home for how you use it. storing items that you use daily in areas that are hard to get to or put away is pointless and won't help you. make it easy for your kids to put their stuff away on their own. when you organize your home think non-traditional. what i mean is if you use a room in your home for different things make it work for you. some people who don't have a family room might use their dining room for eating, doing homework and computer. organize your rooms that way. don't be afraid of moving furniture into rooms where it can be utilized in a more effective way. don't purchase totes until you know what you need. and also remember the things that should be stored are seasonal items, clothing and sentimental items. anything else that you plan on storing away that doesn't fit into those categories is just clutter.

Bricks and planks make cheap and easy pantry storage which can be altered to suit. Hang hooks from the ceiling to suspend baskets of produce. Done nicely, these could look good in the kitchen themselves. My favourite storage idea is to make drawers in the stairs, but I guess you need to install those when you install the staircase.

Do what they do on the show Clean Sweep. Make piles of save, sell, toss and give away. If you haven't worn it, got it out of it's box or turned it on in at least a year, get RID of it. I found when I moved from my house of 18 years to move to florida, I really purged. All this stuff that I thought I had to have, was just stuff. God always provides for what you need and you need to empty the house for more to flow in to you! I use alot of square type baskets in my pantry, closet and bathroom. I download off the computer cute little tags to hang on the outside for the information of what's in the basket. I use trunks not only for storage but also for a mock coffee table in the game room. I keep shoe boxes and use fun wrapping paper to cover them to use as storage of my craft things, hair clips and such. I took all of my appliances off my counter tops so it's a cleaner look and doesn't feel confined. I keep all my appliances now in my cabinets and laundry room on a shelf. Hope this helps.