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Organizing with Inexpensive Wire Shelves & Dividers

Are you feeling a little cramped for space? How would you like to literally double the amount of space you have in your cupboards? Here are some ideas using inexpensive wire shelves that will help you do just that. These shelves can be purchased at most department stores and I’ve noticed that the dollar store in my area has even started selling them.

Add a Shelf

They can be used in cupboards as an extra shelf for dishes or even in your pantry for your cans and other non-perishables.

Another neat trick is to use them in deep bookshelves to create two rows of books and still be able to see what you have in behind that first row. If you find they are too tall you can always cut them down to fit.


Add a Drawer

In one of my bathrooms I don’t have any drawers, so adding these pull out wire shelves increases my bathroom space greatly. I’ve added some dollar store baskets to the shelves to further help me keep items sorted and organized.

Go Vertical

I also really love these wire dividers that work wonderfully to organize cake pans, pie plates and cookie sheets. Rather than having everything all stacked up on one another, storing them vertically like this makes it super easy to grab what you need.

Avoid Piles

Similarly I also use one of these dividers in my office to separate my notebooks and other papers. This is a terrific way to avoid piling which usually only leads to buried papers that are hard to find. No more piles!

Do you think any of these ideas would work for some of your trouble clutter spots?

Laura is a wife and mother to three great kids, lives in Alberta, Canada and is an addict of all things organizing. You can find her blogging regularly at I’m an Organizing Junkie, and her organizing book, Clutter Rehab: 101 Organizing Tips & Tricks to Become an Organization Junkie and Love It!, will hit bookstore shelves in December 2010.

Thanks Laura!  I LOVE organizing tips!  We are so lucky to have your organized brain on HowDoesShe today!

I love Laura’s blog, you MUST check our her site – you will be organized in no time!

Here are three of her top posts:

Letting go of stuff

Simple steps to less clutter

Clothes purging, how to let go

I am in the middle of a move and this post is SAVING me!

Thanks again, Laura!

 

About Missy

A mother of 5 who holds a degree in English and run on sentences. She has a passion for photography, especially capturing life's sweet moments. She has a serious addiction to Oreos, coconut oil and sushi...not necessarily all at the same time. She is one of the 3 founders of HowDoesShe.com.

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  1. Cindy J says

    I have one of these little wire shelves and have had it in numerous places over the yrs. At one time it helped me organize spices, books and it now currently resides under the bathroom sink.
    .-= Cindy J´s last blog ..Premature Maybe =-.

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  7. Jacque Charwood says

    Oooh!! I never thought of that!! What a FANTASTIC idea! My kiddos normally eat off of the plastic plates with the divided sections in them, and they take up a lot of room in our cupboard, even being stacked nice and neatly (In alternating colors at that! LOL)I think that adding a wire shelf would cut down on the amount of space that is being taken up by the additional dishes!
    .-= Jacque Charwood´s last blog ..A-Quiltin We Will Go! =-.

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  9. Erica says

    Wow this is just what I needed today. I informed my husband I need another book shelf because the 6 (Yeah I know) were already full. this tip will save me $180 today. So to say thanks is a small price, but Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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  11. Mary says

    I went to your site because I love the ideas you shared on here and every time I go to the link it goes blank after a few seconds. I thought you might like to know.
    I will definitely be checking back later. 🙂

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  14. Amy K says

    I LOVE organizational “tools”, and can’t wait to get my hands on this book.
    Thanks for a great guest post…heading over to check out Laura’s blog!

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  18. JoAnne says

    I’m with Nicci: where did you find the pull-out clad wire shelves you show in the bathroom cabinet? These could solve my bathroom cabinet storage problem. Thank you.

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  20. Tabitha Kokoska says

    Thanks for sharing. I love wire dividers. I use them for pot lids and cookie sheets – one of the best gadgets I’ve found for the kitchen for the money. And, of course…I LOVE them in closets!

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  21. Sajida says

    I also please need to know where to get the pull out shelves for the bathroom. No drawers in my upstairs bathroom ( why i dont know) Im in Canada so if you know of a place here in the west that would be great!!

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  24. Heather says

    I love these shelving units. I used them in my trailer for years, and now I am using them in my house as well. You can literally double the space in your cupboards with them. I have a huge amount of coffee mugs, and it is so nice to keep them orderly without stacking them so they fall and break.

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