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I love these containers because they are budget friendly, stack well and are easy to find, if you need to add to the collection. Add a print out of your favourite recipe and a few of the dry ingredients and you have a great themed gift for a soon-to-be Organized Baker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1636825258641-3NY3N5S4QKM2XQ25KOI8/Clutter+Free+Gift+Guide+-++the+pantry-2.png Blog - Organizational Gift Guide - The Pantry Gift I use a Copco tiered shelf organizer for my canned food and for my spices. However, I’ve also seen them used on a work station for art supplies, or in a garage work bench with jars of nuts and bolts. If you pair this tiered shelf with some of your favourite local or small shop consumable pantry items, this makes a great consumable product and helps your loved one organize. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1636825270180-8I5SFO36UYBJKG776JA5/Clutter+Free+Gift+Guide+-++the+gadget-2.png Blog - Organizational Gift Guide - The Gadget Gift Wire management is an easy way to help take control of all the gadgets in our life. I love this HomePod Mini Stand which tucks the wires away in a case, allowing the HomePod mini to sit on top while plugged in. Extension cords can create a lot of eye clutter making a space feel unorganized. An cable management box creates a home and contains the distraction. I use these cable clip organizers anywhere I have a phone cord extension. Velcro Wire Wraps can help manage long wires that are actively being used, as well as ones in storage. The velcro is strong enough to hold thick extension cord wires, but flexible enough to wrap around thin headphone cables. Smart outlets may not physically organize anything, but they certainly organize my life! We are an Apple family, so smart outlets that are Apple HomeKit compatible were important to us. I use them to ask Siri to turn on my daughter’s sound machine, and I turn off the living room light through my iPhone’s Control Center. 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Left Bin - This is a bit of a misc. bin, which is currently used to tuck away the door frame jolly jumper, and has the diaper pail bags in it. The clothing rod is only housing items that current fit both kids, with the exception of a couple of special items that could be worn oversized (ex. Signed maple leafs jersey). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1634415958480-VLMCGRZHUUBCYPU4IPKB/Blog+Signature+SS+-+white.png Blog - Anatomy of: A Shared Kid’s Room - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1634260730983-XTOZEL0Y1DR4ATLV0UX1/IMG_8099.jpg Blog - Anatomy of: A Shared Kid’s Room - Sleep The room needed to fit both a single bed and a crib. Our crib was a family hand-me-down, so the goal was to make that work (with no storage space underneath). When purchasing a new piece of furniture for the space (the single bed) there was some consideration to future needs (bunkbeds? trundle bed for sleepovers?). We landed on an Ikea twin bed, which would be able to serve current storage space needs, that also has a trundle bed or drawer add-ons that could be purchased in the future. The crib is in our primary bedroom for now, but I wanted to be sure that there was an intentional space for when we are ready to move the crib into the shared kid’s room. For now, this temporarily open space is great for tucking away the car seat and diaper bag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1634260408642-TG6ZP7Y3TC69YYFG24Y7/IMG_8095.jpg Blog - Anatomy of: A Shared Kid’s Room - Reading Reading is fundamental. We read every night before bed, and I wanted to create a cozy and inviting spot to do that. 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A quick reach away, tucked away in the closet, is the diaper pail and garbage can. The dresser has been kicking around since our college days, but adding some Ikea kids collection handles gave it a little spruce. I keep a bin under the bed to store the extras diapers and wipes, so they are very accessible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612e6cee1b71af50f8f378f6/1634259609541-OTD2AQGWU1D1E53L59M3/IMG_8112.jpeg Blog - Anatomy of: A Shared Kid’s Room - The closet, dresser, and four bins underneath the single bed act as storage in this shared room. The top two drawers of the dresser belong to the youngest making them easily accessible during diaper changes. The bottom two drawers belong to the eldest, making them accessible to him as he is develops a sense of independence for picking out his own pyjamas, or quickly grabbing a pair of socks before we head out the door. Each child has a bin under the bed for their “next size up” (see image in diaper changing section). 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