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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 566663" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Small, clear plastic boxes with lids that fit tightly. They're sold at Lowes as shoe storage boxes and cost $0.99 each including the lid. The lids are recessed to fit the bottoms of the bins, so they stack nicely. And since they're clear, you can easily see the contents.</p><p></p><p>We use them to organize the children's toys. One bin per category (e.g. cars, Thomas trains, tea sets, etc). We stack them in the wall unit, and the children are allowed to take out one bin at a time. They have to pack up and put the bin away before they can take out something else to play with. </p><p></p><p>We also use them to organize husband's and my workshop. Screws, nails, drill bits, interchangeable heads for grinding tools, sand paper...whatever odds and ends needs to be sorted and easily seen. </p><p></p><p>Wall-mounted storage hooks. I have a row of these hanging above my desk in The Batcave (my home office). They're sturdy metal, and mounted right into the cinder block. I use them to hang calendars, wall-mounted magazine holders (which I use for specialty paper -- labels, card stock, etc.), and even as cable dressing for the snakes of wires and cables: phone charger, headset charger, etc. The cables hang neatly on the wall, with the end available to plug in whichever device needs plugging in. husband has even mounted hooks between the floor joists in the Batcave, to hang things we just don't need too often, such as extension poles for paint rollers. They're out of the way, and we know exactly where to find them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 566663, member: 3907"] Small, clear plastic boxes with lids that fit tightly. They're sold at Lowes as shoe storage boxes and cost $0.99 each including the lid. The lids are recessed to fit the bottoms of the bins, so they stack nicely. And since they're clear, you can easily see the contents. We use them to organize the children's toys. One bin per category (e.g. cars, Thomas trains, tea sets, etc). We stack them in the wall unit, and the children are allowed to take out one bin at a time. They have to pack up and put the bin away before they can take out something else to play with. We also use them to organize husband's and my workshop. Screws, nails, drill bits, interchangeable heads for grinding tools, sand paper...whatever odds and ends needs to be sorted and easily seen. Wall-mounted storage hooks. I have a row of these hanging above my desk in The Batcave (my home office). They're sturdy metal, and mounted right into the cinder block. I use them to hang calendars, wall-mounted magazine holders (which I use for specialty paper -- labels, card stock, etc.), and even as cable dressing for the snakes of wires and cables: phone charger, headset charger, etc. The cables hang neatly on the wall, with the end available to plug in whichever device needs plugging in. husband has even mounted hooks between the floor joists in the Batcave, to hang things we just don't need too often, such as extension poles for paint rollers. They're out of the way, and we know exactly where to find them. [/QUOTE]
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