Organizing Your Cleaning Supplies
For Those Of You With Small Children
Getting my own cleaning supplies organized became an issue when my daughter was born. Before that time, I organized my cleaning supplies the way many people do. Cleaning supplies for the bathroom under the bathroom sink. Supplies for the kitchen under the kitchen sink. All of that changed when I had a child and suddenly had to get all of those toxic chemicals out of the reach of tiny prying hands that would open anything they could.
After a few different trial and error solutions, I hit on an organization solution that kept the supplies out of reach for my daughter and also made it easier for me to find any cleaning supply I needed.
Keep the cleaning supplies all on one shelf in the pantry (or in a high cupboard in the kitchen) and organize them in plastic buckets. All cleaning supplies for the kitchen go in a bucket marked kitchen. All of the bathroom supplies in one marked bathroom. Supplies needed only for certain things also get their own labeled container. For example, we have some hardwood flooring in our home so the supplies I use to clean and refurbish them get their own bucket.
This has especially been helpful for the bathroom supplies because now all I have to do is grab the bucket full of bathroom supplies and take it from bathroom to bathroom. Before organizing my cleaning supplies this way I would have to try to remember which supplies I needed and then make several trips between bathrooms to get them all moved.
If You Don't Have Small Children, Try...
If you don't have to worry about little ones getting into your cabinets, keeping cleaning supplies in the room that you use them in is a good way to go. Keep bathroom cleaning supplies in each bathroom. Keep dusting supplies in every room of your home that has woodwork. Keep tile and/or linoleum cleaning supplies in every room that has tile or linoleum floors. If this means that you'll have to buy way too many cleaning supplies, try organizing your cleaning supplies by keeping a basket or bucket with all of the necessary items on each floor of your home. This at least eliminates the hassle of having to go up and down the stairs when you need something.
Getting my own cleaning supplies organized became an issue when my daughter was born. Before that time, I organized my cleaning supplies the way many people do. Cleaning supplies for the bathroom under the bathroom sink. Supplies for the kitchen under the kitchen sink. All of that changed when I had a child and suddenly had to get all of those toxic chemicals out of the reach of tiny prying hands that would open anything they could.
After a few different trial and error solutions, I hit on an organization solution that kept the supplies out of reach for my daughter and also made it easier for me to find any cleaning supply I needed.
Keep the cleaning supplies all on one shelf in the pantry (or in a high cupboard in the kitchen) and organize them in plastic buckets. All cleaning supplies for the kitchen go in a bucket marked kitchen. All of the bathroom supplies in one marked bathroom. Supplies needed only for certain things also get their own labeled container. For example, we have some hardwood flooring in our home so the supplies I use to clean and refurbish them get their own bucket.
This has especially been helpful for the bathroom supplies because now all I have to do is grab the bucket full of bathroom supplies and take it from bathroom to bathroom. Before organizing my cleaning supplies this way I would have to try to remember which supplies I needed and then make several trips between bathrooms to get them all moved.
If You Don't Have Small Children, Try...
If you don't have to worry about little ones getting into your cabinets, keeping cleaning supplies in the room that you use them in is a good way to go. Keep bathroom cleaning supplies in each bathroom. Keep dusting supplies in every room of your home that has woodwork. Keep tile and/or linoleum cleaning supplies in every room that has tile or linoleum floors. If this means that you'll have to buy way too many cleaning supplies, try organizing your cleaning supplies by keeping a basket or bucket with all of the necessary items on each floor of your home. This at least eliminates the hassle of having to go up and down the stairs when you need something.
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