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Clear Up Clutter with Magic Magnetic Wall

This magnetic wall from Austrian company Magic Wall falls in the category of “why-didn’t they think of this sooner.” The company sells various sized panels with embedded magnets, strong enough to hold your pots, pans, knives, tools or any other ferrous object.

The panels are available in a laminate, wood and Terrazzo stone surfaces. They also offer shelves and other “Magic Tools” that affix to the wall surface. Watch their video above to see the wall in action.

At €269-€1079/$350-$1400 per panel, they’re not cheap. The company indicated that they will ship to the the US. While pricey, they’re extremely versatile, and because you can stick virtually any metal object on them, they will never lose their usefulness.

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Make Your Kitchen Flow Like a Faucet

Part of living an edited life is making choices in your home that make sense–putting stuff in its right place near where it can be accessed and is used. Few places is this more true than in the kitchen, and especially true in small kitchens. Justin Klosky from OCD Experience gives practical tips on how you can optimize kitchen logic and organization. 

Kitchen Flow…Yo Yo Yo

Like a good song, there needs to be flow and rhythm, which can also be applied to the way you organize your kitchen. When organizing your kitchen think of it in terms of efficiency first then organization. Dishes should be stored in cabinets near the dish washer while pots and pans should be close to the stove. The more efficient your kitchen is setup the more effective you will be when cooking in it. Like the garage the kitchen can become very overwhelming if you don’t grab hold of it, so we gravitate towards organizational products that you can see through which will make things look and feel cleaner. Items like these Square Pop Canisters are great for organizing and storing cereals, pastas and nosh foods. You should also take the time to label these canisters which will make the first glance your last glance. For smaller items that can get out of control we suggest investing into these tea bags storage containers to eliminate the tea boxes and the possibility of tea bags ending up everywhere. Akro bins are your best bet for canned goods, and almost anything else you want to bring order to as they come in all sizes. It also brings clarity into your kitchen when you can see everything you are looking for.

Kitchen Flow Tip: The most important tip when organizing your kitchen is flow. The more you can flow in your kitchen the more fun you will have in it and the more love you will be able to bring to your food. The most used items should be a few steps or arm’s length away.

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Don’t Let Your Garage Become a Dumping Ground

While you might be striving for a more edited life, chances are you still live in a conventional home. And in most conventional homes, a major repository for clutter is the garage–it becomes a catchall for the stuff we don’t use or want to see. Today, Justin Klosky from OCD Experience gives great tips for making sure your garage doesn’t become your own private junkyard.

Most people use their garage as a large storage space with no thought of organization. Think of your garage as a home away from home. Like your home you want to know where everything is and make use of the things in it. The primary use of your garage should be for your automobiles. If you have the luxury of using your garage for other things as well make sure that you utilize the empty wall space first.

Organize: PULL EVERYTHING OUT OF YOUR GARAGE! I know it might seem overwhelming, but you need to know what you are organizing before you start putting things where you think they go.

Create: Invest in custom cabinets or industrial shelving where you can store seasonal items such as Halloween or Christmas decorations. For you Christmas lovers look into the ornament storage container! Always make sure that whatever you are putting into your garage is safe from moisture and rodents. Always store items in airtight bins to prevent damage. If you have an excessive amount of tools you can use peg boards like these. These peg boards keep tools organized and out of the reach of little children. Make sure paint and hazardous items are locked away from children. O.C.D. approved accessories are lockers for children’s toys which will allow you to teach them where their items belong and will also keep things neat. Some fun organization tools for the adult kid in us are sport organizers such as this golf organizer and the Electric Lift System to keep larger, bulkier items off the floor . If you are storing food or cans in your garage make sure the food isn’t near the chemicals as food and chemicals don’t mix.

 Discipline: Make sure you don’t just pile things back into your garage. If you are storing something in your garage it better be for a good reason.

Garage Organization Tip: The garage can end up as a dumping ground if strict organizational discipline isn’t implemented. Make sure that if you are putting anything in your garage, it has a place, it is easily accessible and you never have to wonder what is hiding in your garage.

image credit: OCD Experience

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Clear Bathroom Clutter with Organizational Expert Justin Klosky

Even if you can’t create your own super-duper transforming micro space, there are thousands of things you can do to simplify and edit your existing spaces. In the coming weeks, organizational expert Justin Klosky of O.C.D. Experience (Organize and Create Discipline) will be giving tips for organizing your life. 

Bathroom Brawl

To eliminate bathroom clutter first throw away all but the most recent magazines on the floor or magazine rack. After, simply remove all of the products from the vanity shelves, the sink, and the cover of the toilet tank. Go through your drawers and empty them out as well. Place all of the bathroom items in the bathtub or shower and then go through the pile and pick the ones out you use on a daily basis. Once you have placed these items back in their spot, preferably the most convenient place for you in your bathroom, then go back to the shower and pick the ones you haven’t used in over a year. (Items such as unexpired medicines and first aid items are excluded. You should have a separate first aid kit or place somewhere else in the home.) Take the bathroom items you haven’t used in over a year and throw them out. Ladies, the products you think you will use again you won’t. You stopped using them for a reason. The remaining bathroom items are things you use, and want to use, so find a home for them in the vanity or drawers. Akro bins are a great way to keep like items together that you can grab out all at once and put back simply. Keep the area next to your sink clear of all products as less is always more and less is less distracting.

Bathroom Brawl Tip: In a perfect world you should be able to grab anything from your bathroom or any area of your home in the dark. Best tip for anything stored in your bathroom is when in doubt toss it out!

image credit: TLC

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