Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label electronics. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Organizing Cords and Electronics

When Tim and I moved in together suddenly my electronics basket changed from just my few electronic cords to twice the amount in about five seconds. Everything was just tossed into the basket and the pig pile was more then I could take. 



I mentioned to Tim that I was planning on organizing our electronic cords and his response was, "I know what my cords look like. You don't need to do that."

Boys. *Sigh*

First step: Pull everything out of the basket and sort everything on the floor. AKA make a mess.




A big mess. But that's okay, because soon everything will be beautiful, labeled, and organized.

I took each cord and put it in an individual ziplock baggy. I placed a label on each one so it would be clear what the cord was for and who it belonged to. No cord stealers allowed here.


Here's a great example. Apple cords all look similar but my iPod and iPhone have different cords. Can be confusing if you grab one instead of the other by accident and very unfortunate if you actually need it to charge something. Now I know that if I grab this baggie I am getting my iPod charger and nothing else.

I love my label maker by the way. This is a new one I purchased from Dymo. I love the size of it compared to other label makers I have owned in the past.



Another one of my favorite parts of this project is this little container I filled with tools and batteries. Keeping things simple around here.


Not beautiful, but here is the final product!



I enjoyed how easy this project was and how simple I kept it. I don't need every organization project to look beautiful, it just has to work!

What have you organized lately?

Saturday, August 24, 2013

DVD Organization!

I have been toying with the idea of changing up my DVD organization for a long time now. I started to realize just how much room the dvd cases were taking up.

I was inspired after reading Sam's DVD organization  on her blog and decided that this was the time to get this project done!

First thing first- I needed to figured out what kind of dvd sleeves I wanted to put my dvds in. I did a ton of research online, trying to figure out what kind would be best to use. I looked at plastic sleeves, but in the reviews section people were saying that oftentimes they find colorful junk on their dvds after leaving them in the sleeves for too long. I was a little nervous about ordering any after that.

I decided to go simple...


I ended up picking out simple, white paper sleeves by Memorex. I found them at Walmart for just a little over $5 each. This made my project cost only a little over $15 which was not bad at all!

Now here's where we started...


This monstrosity took up quite a bit of room and there were so many dvds, I knew this project would be well worth it.


I took all the dvds out of their cases and placed each one inside a paper sleeve. I labeled each one appropriately, so I will know exactly what is inside. I know, I know, seeing the dvd through the plastic screen is probably plenty- but as a super organized nerd I decided to go for it! (I also alternated colors as I labeled which I'm sure many of you organized friends out there will appreciate!)



I tossed those dvd cases on the floor while I worked. Sometimes tossing stuff while I organize makes me feel more accomplished!

Now check this out.....




Insane! So exciting! Lots of other words that require exclamation points!

Now check out the difference between the stack of DVD cases, and the basket of DVDs next to it...



Crazy right? So much wasted space that is now saved!



Now I have two beautiful baskets of DVDs that are compact, organized and so much prettier then that huge DVD rack I had before!


My next move was to make dividers for the basket so I would be able to find DVDs even faster.



I simply used oaktag so it it extra thick.



How pretty is that?! I absolutely love how this project turned out!


Goodbye DVD rack!


Goodbye DVD cases!


Hello open space! =)

How are your DVDs organized?