If I am using bags that seal by way of my vacuum cleaner, do I still have to put the bags into a tote?

Hey everyone! 👋

I've been working an organizing/storage tracking app for about 5 months, hoping it can be helpful to people, not just me! If you've ever lost track of which box you put something in or wished you had an easier way to digitally organize your storage spaces, or just wondered how some AI tools could help, this might be worth a try.

Here's what it does:

Smart Import: Quickly add items with AI tools by snapping a photo of your belongings or receipts.
Custom QR Codes: Generate and scan QR codes to find boxed items fast.
Quick Search: Search by name and hashtags to quickly find any item in your spaces.
Printable Manifests: Perfect for moving—know exactly what’s in each box. Print/share a manifest.
Insurance Reports: Keep track of your items value with receipts, and easily send a detailed report to your insurer in case of loss, damage, or theft. Useful for storage spaces and travel bags too.
Share Spaces: Easily share your spaces so friends and family can add or edit items.
Link across devices: access your spaces and items across multiple devices.

I'd love for any organizing gurus to check it out and share any thoughts.

https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/storageai/id6670453333

I’m here for any questions or feedback, and if you got this far, thanks for reading. :)

I have a large deep top pantry shelf I’d like to use to store my unopened paper towel rolls. I want to utilize this top shelf space but am also short and can’t reach the back of the shelf. I am imaging a paper towel roll holder similar to those canned food storage racks they have for pantries. The ones where you take one can out and the next one rolls forward. Do they make such a thing for paper towel rolls? I have been searching and cannot find one. I can’t be the only that could utilize such a thing?

I’m trying to make better use of the closets in my kids’ bedrooms, and I’d love some ideas! Each closet has French doors, a hanging rod with hangers, and two high shelves where I store diapers, wipes, and similar items. They also each have a dresser in their room, so most of their everyday clothes are already taken care of.

I’d like to use the closet space more efficiently to organize things like extra sheets, towels, and seasonal clothes that aren’t currently in use. I’m open to adding shelves, bins, or other storage solutions to make the most of the space.

If you have any tips or setups that have worked for you, I’d love to hear them!

I have 14 ukuleles, 3 guitars, 2 bass, 4 cellos, 6 violins, a drum set, a piano, flute, clarinet, and countless music books and accessories. Every time I try and organize them I give up because I don’t know what to do. I’m so overwhelmed.

We’re looking to start buying/prepping food in bulk and storing in our deep freezer. Would love to see different ways you store and organize yours.

I'm working on getting my life in order. I've always been a list person, but the problem is, I'll jot down a note wherever I am when I think of it, which leads to a bunch of notes from a bunch of sources that are scattered around, and/or that I never even refer back to.

I've started a binder with the intent of making it a control center, but it's not gelling yet. I got a little Rocketbook, but I don't know any of the destination apps it can send things to, and don't know which would be good for my use.

If I had a futuristic holograph system where each task or note was on a little square and I could call up the whole board mid-air and shuffle them around per importance and subject and stuff, that would be perfect! 😀

As it is - I just need to figure out how to do triage for the gazillion things I either have to or want to do, and how to log and store them in a way I can refer to in one place. (Or a couple, if need be.) A tile-based system seems ideal, but I don't know how I can find or create that. I've tried sticky notes, dry erase boards, etc., and none have quite clicked.

I don't know if I should try and find an in-person consultant to help me figure out a good system, or if there's some readily available resource or method that would do the trick. Anyone got any ideas?

Hello everyone,

My dad and I both have been finding it challenging to keep our living space organized and clean. With the holiday season approaching, I thought it would be a meaningful gift for both of us to enroll in an in-person organization course or workshop, if that exists.

We live in California and are open to traveling within the state for the right program. Does anyone have recommendations for classes or workshops that focus on organization, cleaning, or executive function skills?

I think this could be a fun and sweet way for us to spend time together while also learning tools to make our day-to-day lives a bit easier. Bonus points if the course is engaging and interactive!

Thank you in advance for any suggestions, and happy holidays!

I have a small closet in my office that I want to use for storage so I plan on taking the door off and finding shelves to stick inside. I can't seem to find anything that'd work well though given the tight dimensions:

- the doorway at its narrowest is 23.25"
- the interior width is 37" for the first 64.25" and then is 35.5" (due to the two boards that the coat rack is mounted on)
- the depth is just over 22.5"

The ideal would be to have shelving take up the entire space of the closet taken up with shelves like a linen closet but I'm renting so am looking just for whatever furniture I can use that will get me as close to that as possible. Some things I'm planning on keeping in the storage are some laptops (~14" wide), a chess board 17" x 17", and various other miscellaneous office stuff.

I'm between either (1) finding something no more than 23" wide and as deep as possible so that I can just push it through the doorway against the back wall or (2) finding something up to 36" wide that I can build in the closet. The options aren't great for shelving <= 23" wide though and most things I find are frustratingly just a hair too wide at like 23.8". There are a number of options for shelves that would fit in the closet in terms of dimensions but trying to assemble something in a small closet that's essentially as large as that closet sounds incredibly frustrating at best and fairly likely to not be possible.

Current best options seem to be:
- putting a couple of these or something similar side by side - RÅGRUND
- building in the closet - BROR , IVAR
- something like these BRIGHTSHOW 5 Tier Storage foldable shelves but ideally deeper and not on wheels
- building in the closet if it didn't seem like it'd be such a PITA - 4-Tier Heavy Duty Steel Garage Storage Shelving Unit

Would love to know if anyone has product recommendations that could work here

edit:

if this isn't a terrible product it looks like what I'd want - origami - The R5 - Foldable 4-Tier Storage Rack On Wheels

edit edit: actually nvm, the top shelf of that needs to swing out over the top..

So I rent an apartment and the two closet have those wire shelving units in them and I'm just wondering if there's anything I can put on top of the wire shelving so things don't fall through? Something like plywood or something that would be removable?

Hello, to begin with, I have 2 tasks at work

1. To admit, categorize, make notes(on how to handle), store complaint and denuciation letters. The number of these can get to around 150 per year in total. Some are repeated complaints throughout the years. If there are repeated letters and things get escalated it can be an entire case on its own that requires lots off effort to solve.

2. The same task but with confidental documents. Note that these cannot be digitalized and the papers have to be stored with extreme caution, as losing them will bring consequences. The headache part is I cant just store these in a box and forget about it because sometimes I need to lend some out to other coworkers.

So I'm wondering what's the best way to better store and managing the documents while making it easy to add in/take out when I need too. I'm thinking about ring binders with transparent sheets so I dont have to ruin any documents. If a complaint ever gets serious I would take it out and make it another seperated box. But is it ok to do so with 150+ documents? Or is there better way to do this?

For the last three years, my wife and I have hosted Thanksgiving for 25+ people and 6+ dogs. It’s been wonderful, but also stressful. Constant RSVP reminders, figuring out who’s bringing what, splitting expenses sometimes feels like more work than joy.

My wife has been on a continuous search for potluck and party planning tools to help—but couldn’t find one that worked for us. So, we decided to build it - classic American style.

If this is something you can relate with, we would love for you to give it a try!

Dm or just fill out this form. It should take less than a minute. We made it free for now because we know the struggle behind planning great parties!

This is a big struggle for me, from my water pik to the vacuum to the small steam cleaner. I don’t know the best way to keep the attachments with the item without having them strewn all over the place.